Threatened Asian Seabirds

WBFT The Chinese Crested-tern was rediscovered breeding in Taiwan in 2000 Zoom In

Three threatened seabird species (Short-tailed Albatross, Chinese Crested-tern and Japanese Murrelet) breed only in the Asia region, two breed in eastern Asia and in the U.S.A. (Blackfooted Albatross and Red-legged Kittiwake), and two are nonbreeding visitors to the Asian region from Christmas Island (Australia) (Abbott’s Booby and Christmas Island Frigatebird). These threatened seabirds are mainly concentrated in north-east Asia, particularly on islands in Japan.

Countries and territories Russia (Chukotka; Koryakia; Kamchatka; Khabarovsk; Primorye; Sakhalin); Japan (Hokkaido; Honshu; Izu Islands; Ogasawara Islands; Iwo Islands; Shikoku; Kyushu; Nansei Shoto; Daito Islands; Senkaku Islands); South Korea; China (Mainland: Liaoning; Hebei; Shandong; Jiangsu; Fujian; Guangdong; Hong Kong; Taiwan); India (Andaman Islands); Sri Lanka; Thailand; Philippines; Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia; Sabah; Sarawak); Singapore; Brunei; Indonesia (Kalimantan; Sumatra; Java and Bali; Nusa Tenggara; Maluku).