black-faced bunting
A small passerine bird native to East Asia. The name is usually written in katakana as アオジ.
The black-faced bunting is one of the wild birds commonly seen in Japan.
Kanji form using gikun reading; rarely used in practice.
The name アオジ likely derives from the bird's greenish coloration (青 'blue/green') combined with ジ, possibly from 雀 (sparrow) or a similar bird-related suffix. The exact derivation is uncertain.