Japan

Sept 11 - Oct 17, 1992

Feb 1, 1994 - Aug 16, 1998

For more details see: Birds in Japan and Asia

Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail [J]
Bambusicola thoracica Chinese Bamboo-Partridge [J]
Syrmaticus soemmerringii Copper Pheasant [J]
Phasianus colchicus Common Pheasant [E][U][J]
Bonasa bonasia Hazel Grouse [J]
Cygnus olor Mute Swan [E][J]
Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan [E][J]
Cygnus columbianus Tundra Swan [E][J]
Anser fabalis Bean Goose [E][J]
Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose [E][J]
Anser erythropus Lesser White-fronted Goose [J]
Branta bernicla Brent Goose [E][J]
Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck [J]
Anas strepera Gadwall [E][J]
Anas falcata Falcated Duck [J]
Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon [E][J]
Anas americana American Wigeon [J]
Anas platyrhynchos Mallard [E][J][U]
Anas poecilorhyncha Spot-billed Duck [J]
Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler [E][N][J]
Anas acuta Northern Pintail [E][J]
Anas querquedula Garganey [E][J]
Anas formosa Baikal Teal [J]
Anas crecca Common Teal [E][J]
Aythya ferina Common Pochard [E][N][J]
Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck [J]
Aythya baeri Baer's Pochard [J]
Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck [E][J]
Aythya marila Greater Scaup [E][J]
Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck [J]
Melanitta nigra Black Scoter [E][J]
Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye [E][J]
Mergellus albellus Smew [E][J]
Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser [E][J][U]
Mergus merganser Common Merganser [E][J]
Dendrocopos kizuki Pygmy Woodpecker [J]
Dendrocopos leucotos White-backed Woodpecker [J]
Dendrocopos major Great Spotted Woodpecker [E][J]
Dryocopus martius Black Woodpecker [E][J]
Picus awokera Japanese Woodpecker [J]
Picus canus Grey-faced Woodpecker [J]
Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird [M][J]
Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher [E][I][N][J][M]
Halcyon coromanda Ruddy Kingfisher [J]
Megaceryle lugubris Crested Kingfisher [J]
Cuculus fugax Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo [J]
Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo [E][J]
Cuculus saturatus Oriental Cuckoo [J]
Cuculus poliocephalus Lesser Cuckoo [J]
Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail [J]
Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift [J]
Apus nipalensis House Swift [N][J]
Otus scops Common Scops-Owl [E][J]
Otus elegans Elegant (Ryukyu) Scops-Owl [J]
Otus bakkamoena semitorques Japanese Collared Scops-Owl [J]
Otus bakkamoena pryeri Ryukyu Collared Scops-Owl [J]
Strix uralensis Ural Owl [J]
Ninox scutulata Brown Hawk-Owl [J]
Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl [E][J]
Caprimulgus indicus Grey Nightjar [J]
Columba livia Rock Pigeon [E][U][I][J]
Columba janthina Japanese Wood-Pigeon [J]
Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle-Dove [J]
Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared-Dove [E][I][N][J]
Chalcophaps indica Emerald Dove [I][N][J]
Treron sieboldii White-bellied Green-Pigeon [J]
Treron formosae Whistling Green-Pigeon [J]
Grus leucogeranus Siberian Crane [J]
Grus vipio White-naped Crane [J]
Grus grus Common Crane [E][J]
Grus monacha Hooded Crane [J]
Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane [J]
Rallus aquaticus Water Rail [E][J]
Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen [N][J][M]
Porzana fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake [J]
Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen [E][U][J][P?!][M]
Fulica atra Common Coot [E][U][J]
Scolopax rusticola Eurasian Woodcock [E][J]
Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe [J]
Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe [J]
Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe [E][J]
Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit [E][J]
Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit [E][J]
Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel [E][J][P][M]
Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew [E][I][J]
Numenius madagascariensis Far Eastern Curlew [J]
Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank [E][J][M]
Tringa totanus Common Redshank [E][N][J][M]
Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper [J][M]
Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank [E][I][J][M]
Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper [E][N][J]
Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper [E][J][P]
Tringa cinerea Terek Sandpiper [J]
Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper [E][I][N][J][P][M]
Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler [J][P]
Tringa incana Wandering Tattler [J]
Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone [E][J][P]
Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher [J]
Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot [J]
Calidris alba Sanderling [E][U][J]
Calidris minuta Little Stint [E][J]
Calidris ruficollis Rufous-necked Stint [J][P]
Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint [J]
Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint [J]
Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper [J]
Calidris alpina Dunlin [E][J]
Limicola falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper [J]
Philomachus pugnax Ruff [E][J]
Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope [E][J]
Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-snipe [J]
Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher [E][J]
Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt [E][I][J]
Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover [J][M?]
Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover [E][J]
Charadrius placidus Long-billed Plover [J]
Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover [E][I][N][J]
Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover [E][J]
Charadrius mongolus Mongolian Plover [J]
Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand Plover [J]
Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing [E][J]
Vanellus cinereus Grey-headed Lapwing [J]
Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole [J]
Catharacta skua Great Skua [E][J]
Stercorarius pomarinus Pomarine Jaeger [E][J]
Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic Jaeger [E][J]
Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed Jaeger [J]
Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull [J]
Larus canus Mew Gull [E][J]
Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull [J]
Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull [J]
Larus argentatus Herring Gull [E][U][J]
Larus schistisagus Slaty-backed Gull [J]
Larus ridibundus Common Black-headed Gull [E][I][J][P]
Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake [E][J]
Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern [U][J]
Sterna hirundo Common Tern [E][J]
Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern [E][J]
Sterna albifrons Little Tern [E][J]
Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern [J]
Uria aalge Common Murre [E][J]
Cepphus carbo Spectacled Guillemot [J]
Brachyramphus marmoratus Marbled Murrelet [J]
Synthliboramphus antiquus Ancient Murrelet [J]
Synthliboramphus wumizusume Japanese Murrelet [J]
Aethia pusilla Least Auklet [J]
Cerorhinca monocerata Rhinoceros Auklet [J]
Fratercula cirrhata Tufted Puffin [J]
Pandion haliaetus Osprey [E][U][N][J][M]
Pernis ptilorhyncus Oriental Honey-buzzard [N][J]
Milvus lineatus Black-eared Kite [J]
Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle [J]
Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller's Sea-Eagle [J]
Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent-Eagle [N][J]
Circus spilonotus Eastern Marsh-Harrier [J]
Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier [E][N][J]
Accipiter soloensis Chinese Goshawk [J]
Accipiter gularis Japanese Sparrowhawk [J][M?]
Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk [E][J]
Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk [E][J]
Butastur indicus Grey-faced Buzzard [J]
Buteo buteo Common Buzzard [E][J]
Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle [E][U?][N?][J]
Spizaetus nipalensis Mountain Hawk-Eagle [J]
Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel [E][N][J]
Falco columbarius Merlin [E][J]
Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby [E][J]
Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon [E][U][J][M]
Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe [E][J]
Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe [E][J]
Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe [E][J]
Podiceps nigricollis Black-necked Grebe [E][J]
Sula leucogaster Brown Booby [J]
Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant [E][N][J]
Phalacrocorax capillatus Japanese Cormorant [J]
Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pelagic Cormorant [J]
Egretta garzetta Little Egret [E][I][N][J][P][M]
Egretta sacra Pacific Reef-Egret [J][P][M]
Ardea cinerea Grey Heron [E][I][N][J]
Ardea purpurea Purple Heron [E][M][J]
Casmerodius albus Great Egret [E][J][M]
Mesophoyx intermedia Intermediate Egret [N][J][P][M]
Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret [E][U][I][J][P][M]
Butorides striatus Striated Heron [I][N][J]
Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron [E][N][J]
Gorsachius goisagi Japanese Night-Heron [J]
Ixobrychus sinensis Yellow Bittern [P][M][J]
Botaurus stellaris Great Bittern [E][J]
Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill [E][J]
Platalea minor Black-faced Spoonbill [J]
Oceanodroma tristrami Tristram's Storm-Petrel [J]
Oceanodroma castro Band-rumped Storm-Petrel [J]
Gavia arctica Arctic Loon [E][J]
Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon [J]
Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar [E][J]
Calonectris leucomelas Streaked Shearwater [J]
Puffinus carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater [J]
Puffinus griseus Sooty Shearwater [J]
Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater [J]
Diomedea albatrus Short-tailed Albatross [J]
Diomedea nigripes Black-footed Albatross [J]
Diomedea immutabilis Laysan Albatross [J]
Lanius tigrinus Tiger Shrike [J]
Lanius bucephalus Bull-headed Shrike [J]
Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike [J]
Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay [E][J]
Cyanopica cyana Azure-winged Magpie [J]
Nucifraga caryocatactes Spotted Nutcracker [E][J]
Corvus dauuricus Daurian Jackdaw [E][J]
Corvus frugilegus Rook [E][J]
Corvus corone Carrion Crow [E][J]
Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow [I][N][J][M]
Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet [J]
Pericrocotus tegimae Ryukyu Minivet [J]
Terpsiphone atrocaudata Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher [J]
Cinclus pallasii Brown Dipper [J]
Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-Thrush [J]
Zoothera sibirica Siberian Thrush [J]
Zoothera dauma Scaly Thrush [J]
Turdus cardis Japanese Thrush [J]
Turdus obscurus Eyebrowed Thrush [J]
Turdus pallidus Pale Thrush [J]
Turdus chrysolaus Brown-headed Thrush [J]
Turdus naumanni Dusky Thrush [J]
Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher[J]
Muscicapa dauurica Asian Brown Flycatcher [J]
Ficedula narcissina Narcissus Flycatcher [J]
Ficedula mugimaki Mugimaki Flycatcher [J]
Cyanoptila cyanomelana Blue-and-white Flycatcher [J]
Erithacus akahige Japanese Robin [J]
Luscinia calliope Siberian Rubythroat [J]
Luscinia svecica Bluethroat [E][J]
Luscinia cyane Siberian Blue Robin [J]
Tarsiger cyanurus Orange-flanked Bush-Robin [E][J]
Phoenicurus auroreus Daurian Redstart [J]
Saxicola torquata Common Stonechat [E][N][J]
Sturnus philippensis Chestnut-cheeked Starling [J]
Sturnus cineraceus White-cheeked Starling [J]
Sitta europaea Wood Nuthatch [E][J]
Certhia familiaris Eurasian Tree-Creeper [E][J]
Troglodytes troglodytes Winter Wren [E][J]
Remiz pendulinus Eurasian Penduline-Tit [J]
Parus palustris Marsh Tit [E][J]
Parus montanus Willow Tit [E][J]
Parus ater Coal Tit [E][J]
Parus major Great Tit [E][N][J]
Parus varius Varied Tit [J]
Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit [E][J]
Riparia riparia Sand Martin [E][U][J]
Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow [E][U][I][J][P][M]
Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow [J][M]
Hirundo daurica Red-rumped Swallow [E][J][M]
Delichon dasypus Asian House-Martin [P][M][J]
Regulus regulus Goldcrest [E][J]
Ixos amaurotis Brown-eared Bulbul [J]
Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola [J]
Zosterops japonicus Japanese White-eye [J]
Urosphena squameiceps Asian Stubtail [J]
Cettia diphone Japanese Bush-Warbler [J]
Locustella lanceolata Lanceolated Warbler [J]
Locustella ochotensis Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler [J]
Locustella fasciolata Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler [J]
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Black-browed Reed-Warbler [J]
Acrocephalus arundinaceus Great Reed-Warbler [E][J]
Acrocephalus aedon Thick-billed Warbler [J]
Phylloscopus borealis Arctic Warbler [J]
Phylloscopus tenellipes Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler [J]
Phylloscopus coronatus Eastern Crowned-Warbler [J]
Megalurus pryeri Marsh Grassbird [J]
Garrulax canorus Hwamei [Je]
Leiothrix lutea Red-billed Leiothrix [Je]
Alauda japonica Japanese Skylark [J]
Passer rutilans Russet Sparrow [J]
Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow [E][N][J]
Motacilla alba White Wagtail [E][I][N][J]
Motacilla lugens Black-backed Wagtail [J]
Motacilla grandis Japanese Wagtail [J]
Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail [E][N][J][P]
Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail [E][N][J]
Anthus hodgsoni Olive-backed Pipit [J]
Anthus spinoletta Water Pipit [E][J]??
Prunella collaris Alpine Accentor [J]
Prunella montanella Siberian Accentor [J]
Prunella rubida Japanese Accentor [J]
Fringilla montifringilla Brambling [E][J]
Carduelis sinica Grey-capped Greenfinch [J]
Carduelis spinus Eurasian Siskin [E][J]
Uragus sibiricus Long-tailed Rosefinch [J]
Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill [E][J]
Pyrrhula pyrrhula Eurasian Bullfinch [E][J]
Coccothraustes coccothraustes Hawfinch [E][J]
Eophona personata Japanese Grosbeak [J]
Emberiza cioides Meadow Bunting [J]
Emberiza fucata Chestnut-eared Bunting [J]
Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting [J]
Emberiza rustica Rustic Bunting [J]
Emberiza elegans Yellow-throated Bunting [J]
Emberiza aureola Yellow-breasted Bunting [J]
Emberiza sulphurata Yellow Bunting [J]
Emberiza spodocephala Black-faced Bunting [J]
Emberiza variabilis Grey Bunting [J]
Emberiza pallasi Pallas's Bunting [J]
Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting [E][J]
Emberiza yessoensis Ochre-rumped Bunting [J]

Last modified: Aug 16,, 1998