Okinawa Rail – Birdwatching Tours & Guides

Okinawa Rail

Hypotaenidia okinawae (Yamashina & Mano, 1981)

Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots

Okinawa Rail, Hypotaenidia okinawae, is a rail in the family Rallidae, within the order Gruiformes. It occurs in the Palearctic on northern Okinawa in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan, where it breeds.

Order

Gruiformes

Family

Rallidae — Rails, Crakes & Coots

Breeding range

Palearctic: n Okinawa (Ryukyu Is., Japan)

Tours where you can spot this bird

2 tours in Japan

Kyushu and Okinawa Autumn Birding Adventure

Japan / Fukuoka Group tour 5 days

Five autumn days linking Ariake Bay migration birding with Okinawa endemics, rice-field waders and night birding in Yambaru....

Next: Sep 9, 2027

Amami and Okinawa Endemic Birding Journey

Japan / Tokyo Group tour 5 days

A five-day island journey from Tokyo to Okinawa and Amami Oshima for rails, robins, woodpeckers, woodcocks and other Ryukyu endemics....

Next: Apr 3, 2027