A Bird Community of Shrub-grassland in Yufutsu Plain, Hokkaido

Bird populations were investigated in a shrub-grassland of the Yufutsu Plain, south-western Hokkaido from May to July 1986 by the territory-mapping method. Nineteen bird species, including Cuculus canorus, Gallinago hardwickii, Alauda arvensis, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps, Locustella lanceolata, Calliope calliope, Saxicola stejnegeri, Emberiza fucata. E. aureola, E. personata and E. schoeniclus were observed, excluding species that flew in temporarily. Most of the species observed were commonly found in shrub-grasslands and grasslands in other parts of Hokkaido.