An Unofficial Checklist of the Birds of Japan
This is work in progress. Here is the preamble which contains the sources on which this lis is based. To be done: spelling check and recheck of english names and Japanese names. recheck of of subspecies; comparison BoJ, HBW, SM; check gulls, owls, and other difficult "splits". Also a comparison with the newly appeared OSJ97 has to be made: it differs with BoJ on the level of subspecies: both BoJ and OSJ77 contain subspecies that the other does not contain.
- Coturnix japonica Japanese Quail
Uzura Monotypic.
- Bambusicola thoracica Chinese Bamboo-Partridge
Kojukei Introduced to Japan 1919 (B. t. t.) or 1931 (B.t. s.).
- B. t. thoracica
- B. t. sonorivox
- Syrmaticus soemmerringii Copper Pheasant
Yamadori S. s. intermedius and S. s. subrufus might be synonymous with S. s. scintillans according to HBW.
- S. s. scintillans
- S. s. intermedius
- S. s. subrufus
- S. s. soemmerringii
- S. s. ijimae
- Phasianus colchicus
Kourai-kiji (Re-)introduced from Korea at various places and times since middle ages (BoJ).
- P. c. karpowi
- Phasianus versicolor Green Pheasant
Kiji In Sibley-Monroe treated as subspecies of P. colchicus. HBW argues for species status. BoJ mentions a fourth P. v. tohkaidi that sometimes gets included in P. v. robustipes.
- P. v. robustipes
- P. v. versicolor
- P. v. tanensis
- Lagopus mutus Rock Ptarmigan
Raichou Occurs only on the Japan Alps on Honsu.
- L. m. japonicus
- Bonasa bonasia Hazel Grouse
Ezo-raichou Highly sedentary (HBW). Occurs only in Hokkaido
- B. b. vicinitas
- Dendrocygna javanica Lesser Whistling-duck
Ryukyu-gamo Present in low numbers until end of 19th century on Yaeyama Islands and Okinawa. Current status: probably extinct or higly accidental.(BoJ)
- Cygnus olor Mute Swan
Kobu-hakuchou Monotypic. Population may be as high as 200 (BoJ).
- Cygnus cygnus Whooper Swan
Ou-hakuchou Monotypic. Wintering population about 13.000 in Januari 1988 (BoJ).
- Cygnus columbianus Tundra swan
Ko-hakuchou Bewick's swan
- C. c. jankowskii
- C. c. columbianus
Whistling swan More than 5000 ex. of C. c. jankowoskii have been recorded during migration in Hokkaido (BoJ). Winters mainly on big lakes on Honshu. C. c. columbianus is a rare straggler- Anser cygnoides Swan Goose
Sakatsura-gan Monotypic. Currently very rare winter visitor (BoJ).
- Anser fabalis Bean Goose
Hishikui (Oo-hishikui)
- A. f. middendorffii
- A. f. serrirostris
(Hishikui) Over 10.000 birds occurred in Miyagi-ken during the winter 1987/88 (BoJ). A. f. middendorffii winters only in small numbers at some places in Japan. In HBW three additional subspecies are listed for the whole world: A. f. rossicus, A. f. johanseni and A. f. fabalis. Imminent and hinted at by Sibley and Monroe is a split A. fabalis (for A. f. f., A. f. j. and A. f. m.) and A. serrirostris (for A. f. r. and A. f. s. ). Finally: it is unclear to which subspecies the name A. f. curtus in BoJ and A. f. curtus L\oumlautnnberg, 1923 in OSJ97refers. The name does not occur in HBW. Perhaps it is a synonym for A. f. j.. (inspection of the primary literature cited in BoJ might shed a light on this...)- Anser albifrons Greater White-fronted Goose
Ma-gan Over 18.000 ex. A. a. frontalis occurred in Miyagi-ken during the winter 1987/88.A. a. gambeli is a straggler (BoJ).
- A. a. frontalis
- A. a. gambeli
- Anser erythropus Lesser White-fronted Goose
Karigane Monotypic. Very rare winter visitor (BoJ).
- Anser anser Greylag Goose
Haiiro-gan Very rare winter visitor (BoJ).
- A. a. rubrirostris
- Anser indicus Bar-headed Goose
Indo-gan Monotypic. Recent accidental: two records. (BoJ) Currently under examination by the OSJ.
- Anser caerulescens Snow Goose
Haku-gan A. c. hyperboreus was abundant until 1895 when use of firearms became widespread. Now it is a very rare winter visitor. A. c. atlanticus is a recent accidental, currently under examination by the OSJ.
- A. c. hyperboreus
- A. c. atlanticus
- Anser canagica Emperor Goose
Mikado-gan Monotypic. Accidental, one record (BoJ). Occurs as A.canagicus in OSJ97.
- Branta canadensis Canada Goose
Shijuukara-gan B. c. was a fairly common winter visitor until 1895 when use of firearms became widespread. Now it is a very rare winter visitor. B. c. leucopareia is now a very rare winter visitor. B. c. minima is an accidental, two records. (BoJ)
- B. c. leucopareia
- B. c. minima
- Branta bernicla Brent Goose
Koku-gan B. b. o. was a common winter visitor until 1895 when use of firearms became widespread. Now it is a uncommon and local winter visitor to three main areas. Up to 5000 birds have been recorded during fall migration in Hokkaido. (BoJ). HBW mentions the occurrence in small numbers of B. b. nigricans in Japan. This subspecies is not listed in BoJ and OSJ97.
- B. b. orientalis
- B. b. nigricans
- Tadorna ferruginea Ruddy Shelduck
Aka-tsukushi-gamo Monotypic. Rare but annual winter visitor to mainly southern Japan, particularly Kyushu. Accidental elsewhere. (BoJ)
- Tadorna cristata Crested Shelduck
Kanmuri-tsukushi-gamo Monotypic (I presume). One certain record 1822. Presumably extinct: last Asian record was Korea 71 (BoJ). Possible record from China in 1990 (HBW).
- Tadorna tadorna Common Shelduck
Tsukushi-gamo Monotypic. Locally common winter visitor to Ariake Bay, Kyushu. Rare or accidental winter visitor elsewhere. (BoJ)
- Sarkidiornis melanotos Comb Duck
Kobu-gamo One record of a likely escapee. However wild origin is ruled out by BoJ.
- S. m. melanotos
- Nettapus coromandelianus Cotton Pygmy-goose
Nankin-oshi One record, Yonaguni 22-23 March 1972 by Mitsuo Imai (Yacho 319, 364) Subspecies not mentioned in BoJ. N. c. coromandelianus seems most likely. Size should be distinctive (HBW).
- N. c. ?
remainder under revision for distribution comments this will take some time :-)
remainder under revision this will take some time :-)
- Aix galericulata Mandarin Duck
Oshidori Monotypic.
- Anas strepera Gadwall
Okayoshi-gamo Monotypic, according to HBW. Listed as A. s. strepera in BoJ. Possibly because of the race couesi. This is considerd to be extinct since 1874 in HBW.
- A. strepera
- Anas falcata Falcated Duck (Falcated Teal)
Yoshi-gamo Monotypic.
- Anas penelope Eurasian Wigeon
Hidori-gamo Monotypic.
- Anas americana American Wigeon
Amerika-hidori Monotypic. Hybrids with A. penelope occur
- Anas platyrhynchos Mallard
Ma-gamo
- A. p. platyrhynchos
- Anas poecilorhyncha Spot-billed Duck
Karu-gamo
- A. p. zonorhyncha
- Anas luzonica Philippine Duck
Akanodo-karugamo Monotypic. Two birds were observed on Kubura-mito Pond, Yonaguni on 14 March 1987 by Yasuyuki Kawasumi (Yacho 497, Strix 6 1987) and 6 April 1987 by Hiroyuki Kato (Strix 6 1987).
- Anas clypeata Northern Shoveler
Hashibiro-gamo Monotypic.
- Anas acuta Northern Pintail
Onaga-gamo
- A. a. acuta
- Anas querquedula Garganey
Shimaaji Monotypic.
- Anas formosa Baikal Teal
Tomoe-gamo Monotypic.
- Anas crecca Common Teal
Ko-gamo
- A. c. crecca
- A. c. caroliensis
- Netta rufina Red-crested Pochard
Akahashi-hajiro Monotypic.
- Aythya ferina Common Pochard
Hoshi-hajiro Monotypic.
- Aythya valisineria Canvasback
Ou-hoshi-hajiro Monotypic.
- Aythya americana Redhead
Amerika-hoshi-hajiro Monotypic.
- Aythya collaris Ring-necked Duck
Kubiwa-kinkuro Monotypic.
- Aythya nyroca Ferruginous Pochard
Mejiro-gamo Monotypic. One record
- Aythya baeri Baer's Pochard
Aka-hajiro Monotypic.
- Aythya fuligula Tufted Duck
Kinkuro-hajiro Monotypic.
- Aythya marila Greater Scaup
Suzu-gamo Perhaps both subspecies mentioned in [HBW] occur in japan A. m. marila & A. m. mariloides.
- A. m. ?
- Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup
Ko-suzu-gamo Monotypic. Three records
- Somateria mollissima Common Eider
Hon-kewata-gamo S. m. ?
Accidental: two winter records(BoJ). Likely both records concern subspecies S. m. v-nigra.- Somateria spectabilis King Eider
Kewata-gamo Monotypic. Accidental: three winter records (BoJ).
- Polysticta stelleri Steller's Eider
Ko-kewata-gamo Monotypic.
- Histrionicus histrionicus Harlequin Duck
Shinori-gamo Monotypic according to HBW. The pacific population is sometimes (e.g. in BoJ) treated as separate subspecies H. h. pacificus. However this is doubtfully valid (HBW).
- Clangula hyemalis Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw)
Kouri-gamo Monotypic.
- Melanitta nigra Black Scoter (Common Scoter)
Kuro-gamo Split M. americana seems to be the modern view (eg. UK400 club)
- M. n. americana
- Melanitta perspicillata Surf Scoter
Aranami-kinkuro Monotypic.
- Melanitta fusca White-winged Scoter (Velvet Scoter)
Biroudo-kinkuro
- M. f. stejnegeri
- Bucephala clangula Common Goldeneye
Houjiro-gamo
- B. c. clangula
- Bucephala albeola Bufflehead
Hime-hajiro Monotypic.
- Mergellus albellus Smew
Miko-aisa Monotypic.
- Mergus serrator Red-breasted Merganser
Umi-aisa Monotypic.
- Mergus squamatus Scaly-sided Merganser (Chinese merganser)
Kourai-aisa Monotypic. After the first record for Japan (Ito 1988), there has been a few records in every winter, mainly from western Japan
- Mergus merganser Common Merganser (Goosander)
Kawa aisa
- M. m. merganser
remainder under revision (checking against species/subspecies in HBW234) this will take some time :-)
- Turnix suscitator Barred Buttonquail
Mifu-uzura
- T. s. okinavensis
- Jynx torquilla Eurasian Wryneck
Arisui
- J. t. japonica
- Dendrocopos kizuki Pygmy Woodpecker
Ko-gera
- D. k. ijimae
- D. k. seebohmi
- D. k. matsudairai
- D. k. shikokuensis
- D. k. kizuki
- D. k. kotataki
- D. k. amamii
- D. k. nigrescens
- D. k. orii
- Dendrocopos minor Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Ko-aka-gera
- Dendrocopos leucotos White-backed Woodpecker
Ou-akagera
- D. l. subcirris
- D. l. stejnegeri
- D. l. namiyei
- D. l. owstoni
- Dendrocopos major Great Spotted Woodpecker
Aka-gera
- D. m. japonicus
- D. m. hondoensis
- Picoides tridactylus Three-toed Woodpecker (Eurasian or Norther Three-toed Woodpecker).
Miyubi-gera P.t.t is indistiguishable from P.t.i according to Vaury (see BoJ)
- P. t. inouyei
- P. t. tianschanicus
- Dryocopus javensis White-bellied Woodpecker
Kitataki Extinct in Japan
- D. j. richardsi
- Dryocopus martius Black Woodpecker
Kuma-gera
- Picus awokera Japanese Woodpecker (Japanese Green Woodpecker)
Ao-gera
- P. a. awokera
- P. a. horii
- P. a. takatsukasae
- Picus canus Grey-faced Woodpecker (Grey-headed Woodpecker)
Yamagera
- P. c. yessoensis
- Sapheopipo noguchii Okinawa Woodpecker (Pryer's Woodpecker)
Noguchi-gera
- Upupa epops Eurasian Hoopoe (Hoopoe)
Yatsugashira
- U. e. saturata
- Eurystomus orientalis Dollarbird (Broad-billed roller)
Buppousou
- E. o. calonyx
- Alcedo atthis Common Kingfisher
Kawasemi
- A. a. bengalensis
- Halcyon coromanda Ruddy Kingfisher
Aka-shoubin
- H. c. major
- H. c. bangsi
- Halcyon smyrnensis White-throated Kingfisher
Ao-shoubin One was video recorded by Tomoko and Yoji Kagawa on 28 April 1994 on Nagura, Ishigaki for the first record in Japan (Yacho 574, Strix 13).
- Halcyon pileata Black-capped Kingfisher
Yama-shoubin
- Todiramphus chloris Collared Kingfisher
Nanyou-shoubin Two records
- Todirhamphus cinnamominus Miyako Kingfisher
Miyako-shoubin Extinct. One record. WSBJ treats it as full species Halcyon m., whereas as Brazil is skeptic: Even mislabeling is possible...
- T. c. miyakoensis
- Megaceryle lugubris Crested Kingfisher (Greater Pied Kingfisher)
Yamasemi Occurs as Ceryle l. in Brazil.
- M. l. pallida
- M. l. lugubris
- Merops ornatus Rainbow Bee-eater (Australian Bee-eater)
Hachikui One record
- Clamator coromandus Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Kanmuri-kakkou Records since 1974
- Cuculus fugax Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
Juuichi
- C. f. hyperythrus
- Cuculus micropterus Indian Cuckoo (Short-winged Cuckoo)
Seguro-kakkou Less than ten records
- C. m. micropterus
- Cuculus canorus Common Cuckoo (Eurasian Cuckoo)
Kakkou
- C. c. telephonus
- Cuculus saturatus Oriental Cuckoo
Tsutsudori
- C.s. horsefieldi
- Cuculus poliocephalus Lesser Cuckoo
Hototogisu
- C. p. poliocephalus
- Surniculus lugubris Drongo Cuckoo
Ouchuu-kakkou One record
- Hirundapus caudacutus White-throated Needletail
Hario-amatsubame
- H. c. caudacutus
- Apus pacificus Fork-tailed Swift (White-rumped or Pacific Swift)
Amatsubame A. p. kurodae is not mentioned by Chantler and Driessens
- A. p. pacificus
- A. p. kurodae
- Apus nipalensis Little Swift (House Swift)
Hime-amatsubame A. affinis s. according Brazil
- A. n. subfurcatus
- Tyto longimembris Eastern Grass-Owl (Grass Owl)
Higashi-men-fukurou One record 14 May 1975 on Iriomote (YL, Kobayashi 1980, BOJ): Brazil calls it T. capensis
- Otus scops Common Scops-Owl
Konoha-zuku Otus sunia in Brazil.
- O. s. japonicus
- Otus elegans Elegant Scops-Owl
Ryukyu-konoha-zuku
- O. e. elegans
- O. e. interpositus
- Otus bakkamoena Collared Scops-Owl
Ou-konoha-zuku
- O. b. semitorques
- O. b. ussuriensis
- O. b. pryeri
- Bubo bubo Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Northern Eagle Owl)
Washi-mimizuku
- B. b. kiautschensis
- B. b. borissowi
- Ketupa blakistoni Blakiston's Fish-Owl
Shima-fukurou
- K. b. blakistoni
- Nyctea scandiaca Snowy Owl
Shiro-fukurou
- Strix uralensis Ural Owl
Fukurou Last three subspecies form perhaps one subspecies
- S. u. fuscescens
- S. u. japonica
- S. u. hondoensis
- S. u. momiyamae
- Strix nebulosa Great Grey Owl
Karafuto-fukurou Anticipated species in Brazil: when has it been added?
- Aegolius funereus Boreal Owl (Tengmalm's Owl)
Kinme-fukurou
- A. f. pallens
- Ninox scutulata Brown Hawk-Owl
Aoba-zuku Status subspecies unclear
- N. s. japonica = scutulata
- N. s. macroptera
- N. s. totogo
- Asio otus Long-eared Owl
Torafu-zuku
- A. o. otus
- Asio flammeus Short-eared Owl
Ko-mimi-zuku
- A. f. flammeus
- Caprimulgus indicus Grey Nightjar (Jungle Nightjar)
Yotaka
- C. i. jotaka
- Columba livia Rock Dove
Dobato Not in OSJ97
- Columba oenas Stock Pigeon (Stock Dove)
Hime-mori-bato Records since 1984
- Columba janthina Japanese Wood-Pigeon
Karasu-bato C. j. nitens is extinct since early 1980s
- C. j. janthina
- C. j. stejnegeri
- C. j. nitens
- Columba versicolor Bonin Wood-Pigeon
Ogasawara-karasu-bato Extinct, 1889
- Columba jouyi Ryukyu Pigeon
Ryukyu-karasu-bato Extinct, 1936
- Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle-Dove (Rufous Turtle-Dove)
Kiji-bato
- S. o. orientalis
- S. o. stimpsoni
- Streptopelia tranquebarica Red Collared-Dove (Red Turtle Dove)
Beni-bato S.t.humilis
in OSJ77.- Streptopelia decaocto Eurasian Collared-Dove (Collared-Dove)
Shirako-bato
- S. d. decaocto
- Chalcophaps indica Emerald Dove
Kin-bato
- C. i. yamashinai = indica
- Treron sieboldii White-bellied Green-Pigeon (Japanese Green Pigeon)
Ao-bato
- T. s. sieboldii
- Treron formosae Whistling Green-Pigeon (Red-capped or Formosa Green-Pigeon)
Zuaka-ao-bato
- T. f. permagnus
- T. f. medioximus
- Tetrax tetrax Little Bustard
Hime Nogan One record
- Otis tarda Great Bustard
Nogan
- O. t. dybowskii
- Grus leucogeranus Siberian Crane
Sodeguro-zuru
- Grus vipio White-naped Crane
Mana-zuru
- Grus canadensis Sandhill Crane
Kanada-zuru
- G. c. candensis
- Grus virgo Demoiselle Crane
Aneha-zuru
- Grus grus Common Crane
Kuro-zuru
- G. g. lilfordi
- Grus monacha Hooded Crane
Nabe-zuru Hybrids between Hooded and Common Cranes exist
- Grus japonensis Red-crowned Crane
Tanchou
- Coturnicops exquisitus Swinhoe's Rail (Swinhoe's Yellow Rail)
Shima-kuina C. noveboracensis in JSPB
- Rallina eurizonoides Slaty-legged Crake (Philippine Banded Crake)
Ou-kuina
- R. e. sepiaria
- Gallirallus okinawae Okinawa Rail
Yambaru-kuina
- Rallus aquaticus Water Rail
Kuina
- R. a. indicus
- Amaurornis phoenicurus White-breasted Waterhen
Shirohara-kuina Invader since 70's
- A. p. chinensis
- Porzana pusilla Baillon's Crake
Hime-kuina
- p. p. pusilla
- Porzana fusca Ruddy-breasted Crake (Ruddy Crake)
Hikuina
- P. f. erytrothorax
- P. f. phaeopyga
- Porzana paykullii Band-bellied Crake
Kourai-hikuina Check-list of Japanese birds 6th edition
- Porzana cinerea White-browed Crake (Ashy Crake)
Mamijiro-kuina Extinct in Japan since 1911 or 1924-25
- Gallicrex cinerea Watercock
Tsuru-kuina
- Porphyrio porphyrio Purple Swamphen
Seikei
- Gallinula chloropus Common Moorhen
Ban
- G. c. indica
- Fulica atra Common Coot (Eurasian Coot)
Oo-ban
- F. a. atra
- Syrrhaptes paradoxus Pallas's Sandgrouse
Sakei Less than ten records
- Scolopax rusticola Eurasian Woodcock
Yama-Shigi
- Scolopax mira Amami Woodcock
Amami-yama-shigi
- Gallinago solitaria Solitary Snipe
Ao-shigi
- G. s. japonica
- Gallinago hardwickii Latham's Snipe (Japanese Snipe)
Ouji-shigi
- Gallinago stenura Pintail Snipe (Pin-tailed Snipe)
Hario-shigi
- Gallinago megala Swinhoe's Snipe
Chuuji-shigi
- Gallinago gallinago Common Snipe
Ta-shigi
- G. g. gallinago
- Lymnocryptes minimus Jack Snipe
Ko-shigi
- Limosa limosa Black-tailed Godwit
Oguro-shigi
- L. l. melanuroides
- Limosa lapponica Bar-tailed Godwit
Ou-sorihashi-shigi
- L. l. menzbieri
- L. l. baueri
- Numenius minutus Little Curlew
Koshaku-shigi
- Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel
Chuushaku-shigi
- N. p. variegatus
- Numenius tahitiensis Bristle-thighed Curlew
Harimomo-chuushaku-shigi Less than 15 records
- Numenius tenuirostris Slender-billed Curlew
Shirohara-chuushaku-shigi
- Numenius arquata Eurasian Curlew
Daishaku-shigi
- N. a. orientalis
- Numenius madagascariensis Far-Eastern Curlew (Eastern Curlew)
Houroku-shigi
- Tringa erythropus Spotted Redshank
Tsuru-shigi
- Tringa totanus Common Redshank
Akaashi-shigi
- T. t. eurhinus
- Tringa stagnatilis Marsh Sandpiper
Ko-aoashi-shigi
- Tringa nebularia Common Greenshank
Aoashi-shigi
- Tringa guttifer Nordmann's Greenshank (Spotted Greenshank)
Karafuto-aoashi-shigi
- Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs
Ou-kiashi-shigi Seven records
- Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs
Ko-kiashi-shigi Six records
- Tringa ochropus Green Sandpiper
Kusa-shigi
- Tringa glareola Wood Sandpiper
Takabu-shigi
- Tringa cinerea Terek Sandpiper
Sorihashi-shigi
- Tringa hypoleucos Common Sandpiper
Iso-shigi
- Tringa brevipes Grey-tailed Tattler
Kiashi-shigi
- Tringa incana Wandering Tattler
Meriken-kiashi-shigi
- Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone
Kyoujo-shigi
- A. i. interpres
- Arenaria melanochephala Black Turnstone
Kuro-youjo-shigi Observed by Norio Yamagata on Kirritapu at Januari 3, 1998. No photographic record. (Communicated by Ikenaga-san and Katayama-san)
- A. melanochephala
- Limnodromus griseus Short-billed Dowitcher
Amerika-ouhashi-shigi Two records
- Limnodromus scolopaceus Long-billed Dowitcher
Ou-hashi-shigi
- Limnodromus semipalmatus Asian Dowitcher
Siberia-ouhashi-shigi
- Calidris tenuirostris Great Knot
Oba-shigi
- Calidris canutus Red Knot
Ko-oba-shigi
- C. c. rogersi
- Calidris alba Sanderling
Miyubi-shigi
- Calidris mauri Western Sandpiper
Hime-hama-shigi More than a dozen records
- Calidris minuta Little Stint
Youroppa-tounen (Nishi-tounen) Accidental
- Calidris ruficollis Red-necked Stint
Tounen
- Calidris temminckii Temminck's Stint
Ojiro-tounen
- Calidris subminuta Long-toed Stint
Hibari-shigi
- Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper
Amerika-hibari-shigi Three records only
- Calidris bairdii Baird's Sandpiper
Hime-uzura-shigi Fewer than twenty records
- Calidris melanotos Pectoral Sandpiper
Amerika-uzura-shigi
- Calidris acuminata Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Uzura-shigi
- Calidris ptilocnemis Rock Sandpiper
Chishima-shigi
- C. p. couesi
- Calidris alpina Dunlin
Hama-shigi
- C. a. sakhalina
- Calidris ferruginea Curlew Sandpiper
Saruhama-shigi
- Micropalama himantopus Stilt Sandpiper
Ashinaga-shigi Three records
- Tryngites subruficollis Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Komon-shigi
- Eurynorhynchus pygmeus Spoonbill Sandpiper
Hera-shigi
- Limicola falcinellus Broad-billed Sandpiper
Kiriai
- L. f. sibirica
- Philomachus pugnax Ruff
Erimaki-shigi
- Phalaropus tricolor Wilson's Phalarope
Amerika-hireashi-shigi Two records
- Phalaropus lobatus Red-necked Phalarope (Northern Phalarope)
Akaeri-hireashi-shigi
- Phalaropus fulicaria Grey Phalarope (Red Phalarope)
Haiiro-hireashi-shigi
- Rostratula benghalensis Greater Painted-snipe (Painted Snipe)
Tama-shigi
- R. b. benghalensis
- Hydrophasianus chirurgus Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Renkaku Fewer than twenty records
- Haematopus ostralegus Eurasian Oystercatcher (Common Oystercatcher)
Miyakodori
- H. o. osculans
- Himantopus himantopus Black-winged Stilt
Seitaka-shigi
- H. h. himantopus
- Himantopus leucocephalus White-headed Stilt
Ousutoraria-seitaka-shigi Two records
- Recurvirostra avosetta Pied Avocet
Sorihashi Seitaka-shigi
- Pluvialis fulva Pacific Golden-Plover
Munaguro
- Pluvialis dominicus American Golden-Plover
Amerika-munaguro Accidental
- Pluvialis squatarola Grey Plover (Black-bellied Plover)
Daizen
- Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover
Hajiro-ko-chidori
- C. h. tundrae
- Charadrius placidus Long-billed Plover
Ikaru-chidori
- C. p. japonicus
- Charadrius dubius Little Ringed Plover
Ko-chidori
- C. d. curonicus
- Charadrius alexandrinus Kentish Plover (Snowy Plover)
Shiro-chidori
- C. a. nihonensis
- C. a. alexandrinus
- Charadrius mongolus Mongolian Plover (Lesser Sandplover)
Medai-chidori
- C. m. mongolus
- C. m. stegmanni
- Charadrius leschenaultii Greater Sand Plover
Ou-medai-chidori
- Charadrius asiaticus Caspian Plover (Oriental Plover)
Ou-chidori Accidental
- Eudromias morinellus Eurasian Dotterel
Kobashi-chidori
- Vanellus vanellus Northern Lapwing
Tageri Accidental
- Vanellus cinereus Grey-headed Lapwing
Keri
- Glareola maldivarum Oriental Pratincole
Tsubame-chidori
- Catharacta maccormicki South Polar Skua
Ou-touzoku-kamome
- Stercorarius pomarinus Pomarine Jaeger (Pomerine Skua)
Touzoku-kamome
- Stercorarius parasiticus Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Jaeger or Skua)
Kuro-touzoku-kamome
- Stercorarius longicaudus Long-tailed Jaeger (Long-tailed Skua)
Shirohara-touzoku-kamome
- Larus crassirostris Black-tailed Gull
Umineko
- Larus canus Common Gull
Kamome
- L. c. kamchatschensis
- Larus delawarensis Ring-billed Gull
Kurowa-kamome First record in 1985 according to JSPB, but possibly Relict gull according to Brazil. However a newer record also exist
- Larus californicus California Gull
Karifuorinia--kamome First record in 1988 according to JSPB
- Larus glaucescens Glaucous-winged Gull
Washi-kamome
- Larus hyperboreus Glaucous Gull
Shiro-kamome
- Larus glaucoides Iceland Gull
Aisurando-kamome L. g. k. is most likely subspecies
- L. g. kumlieni
- Larus thayeri Thayer's Gull
Kanada-kamome Species status is unclear. Two records.
- Larus argentatus Herring Gull
Seguro-kamome Vegae is considerd a species by some
- L. a. vegae
- Larus schistisagus Slaty-backed Gull
Ou-seguro-kamome
- Larus cachinnans Yellow-legged Gull
???Kiashi-seguro-kamome Accidental. Latin name is debatable: L. taimyrensis or L. heuglini mongolicus seems to be the modern insight.
- Larus fuscus Lesser Black-backed Gull
Nishi-seguro-kamome First record in 1987 according to JSPB
- Larus ichthyaetus Great Black-headed Gull (Pallas's Gull !?)
Ou-zuguro-kamome
- Larus ridibundus Black-headed Gull
Yuri-kamome
- L. r. sibiricus
- Larus genei Slender-billed Gull
Hashiboso-kamome Accidental
- Larus philadelphia Bonaparte's Gull
Bonaparuto-kamome Two records only
- Larus saundersi Saunders's Gull
Zuguro-kamome
- Larus relictus Relict Gull
Gobi-zukin-kamome Two records only
- Larus pipixcan Franklin's Gull
Amerika-zuguro-kamome Three records only
- Larus minutus Little Gull
Hime-kamome Accidental
- Pagophila eburnea Ivory Gull
Zoge-kamome Accidental, three records
- Rhodostethia rosea Ross's Gull
Hime-kubiwa-kamome Accidental
- Xema sabini Sabine's Gull
Kubiwa-kamome One record, 1909
- Rissa tridactyla Black-legged Kittiwake
Mitsuyubi-kamome
- R. t. pollicaris
- Rissa brevirostris Red-legged Kittiwake
Akaashi-mitsuyubi-kamome
- Sterna nilotica Gull-billed Tern
Hashibuto-ajisashi
- Sterna caspia Caspian Tern
Oni-ajisashi
- Sterna bergii Great Crested-Tern (Crested Tern)
Oo-ajisashi
- S. b. cristata
- Sterna dougallii Roseate Tern
Beni-ajisashi
- S. d. bangsi
- Sterna sumatrana Black-naped Tern
Eriguro-ajisashi
- S. s. sumatrana
- Sterna hirundo Common Tern
Ajisashi
- S. h. longipennis
- S. h. minussensis
- Sterna paradisaea Arctic Tern
Kyoku-ajisashi Accidental
- Sterna albifrons Little Tern
Ko-ajisashi
- S. a. sinensis
- Sterna aleutica Aleutian Tern
Koshijiro-ajisashi Accidental
- Sterna lunata Grey-backed Tern (Spectacled Tern)
Nanyo-mamijiro-ajisashi Accidental
- Sterna anaethetus Bridled Tern
Mamijiro-ajisashi
- S. a. anaethetus
- Sterna fuscata Sooty Tern
Seguro-ajisashi
- S. f. nubilosa
- Chlidonias hybridus Whiskered Tern
Kurohara-ajisashi
- C. h. javanica
- Chlidonias leucopterus White-winged Tern
Hajiro-kurohara-ajisashi
- Chlidonias niger Black Tern
Hashiguro-kurohara-ajisashi Accidental
- C. n. niger
- Anous stolidus Brown Noddy (Common Noddy)
Kuro-ajisashi
- A. s. pileatus
- A. s. pullus
- Anous tenuirostris Lesser Noddy (Black Noddy)
Hime-kuro-ajisashi
- A. t. marcusi
- Procelsterna cerulea Blue-grey Noddy (Grey Ternlet)
Haiiro-ajisashi Two records
- Gygis alba Common White-Tern (Fairy Tern or White Noddy)
Shiro-ajisashi Accidental, only one record since 1954
- G. a. candidus
- Alle alle Dovekie
Hime-umisuzume recent accidental on Check-list of Japanese birds 6th edition
- Uria aalge Common Murre (Common Guillemot)
Umigarasu
- U. a. inornata
- Uria lomvia Thick-billed Murre (BrĂșnnich's Guillemot)
Hashibuto-hmigarasu
- U. l. arra
- Cepphus columba Pigeon Guillemot
Umibato
- C.c. kaiurka
- C. c. snowi
- Cepphus carbo Spectacled Guillemot
Keimafuri
- Brachyramphus marmoratus Marbled Murrelet
Madara-umisuzume B. perdix = Long-billed murrelet (41st Supplement to the AOU checklist, Auk, July 1997)
- B. m. perdix
- Brachyramphus brevirostris Kittlitz's Murrelet
Madara-umisuzume Two records
- Synthliboramphus antiquus Ancient Murrelet
Umisuzume
- Synthliboramphus wumizusume Japanese Murrelet
Kanmuri-umisuzume
- Cyclorrhynchus psittacula Parakeet Auklet
Umioumu
- Aethia cristatella Crested Auklet
Etorofu-umisuzume
- Aethia pygmaea Whiskered Auklet
Shirahige-umisuzume Accidental
- Aethia pusilla Least Auklet
Ko-umisuzume
- Cerorhinca monocerata Rhinoceros Auklet
Utou
- Fratercula corniculata Horned Puffin
Tsunomedori
- Fratercula cirrhata Tufted Puffin
Etopirika
- Pandion haliaetus Osprey
Misago
- P. h. haliaetus
- Pernis ptilorhyncus Oriental Honey-buzzard (Crested Honey Buzzard)
Hachikuma P. p. japonicus = P. p. orientalis
- P. p. japonicus
- Elanus caeruleus Black-winged Kite (Black-shouldered kite)
Haguro-tobi - Kataguro-tobi
Shinji Koyama and others photographed and video recorded one bird on 6 January 1995 on Ishigaki (Birder 98, 1995). One record. Japanese name means Black-shouldered Kite.
- E. c. hypoleucus
- Milvus migrans Black-eared Kite
Tobi Formerly M. migrans l.: Species according to S/M
- Haliaeetus albicilla White-tailed Eagle
Ojiro-washi
- Haliaeetus pelagicus Steller's Sea-Eagle
Ou-washi H. p. niger is doubtful Korean subspecies
- H. p. pelagicus
- Aegypius monachus Cinereous Vulture
Kuro-hagewashi
- Spilornis cheela Crested Serpent-Eagle
Kanmuri-washi Following Fergusson-Lee Brazil gives S. c. p. species status
- S. c. perplexus
- Circus aeruginosus Western Marsh-Harrier
Youroppa-Chuuhi Recent accidental
- C. a. aeruginosus
- Circus spilonotus Eastern Marsh-Harrier
Chuuhi
- Circus cyaneus Northern Harrier (Hen Harrier)
Haiiro-chuhi
- Circus melanoleucos Pied Harrier
Madara-chuhi Accidental
- Accipiter soloensis Chinese Goshawk (Chinese Sparrowhawk or Grey Frog Hawk)
Akahara-taka
- Accipiter gularis Japanese Sparrowhawk
Tsumi
- A. g. gullaris
- A. g. iwasakii
- Accipiter nisus Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Northern Sparrowhawk)
Hai-taka
- A. n. nisosimilus
- A. n. pallens
- Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk
Ou-taka
- A. g. fujiyamae
- A. g. schedowi
- A. g. albidus
- Butastur indicus Grey-faced Buzzard
Sashiba
- Buteo buteo Common Buzzard
Nosuri
- B. b. japonicus
- B. b. toyoshimai
- B. b. oshiroi
- Buteo hemilasius Upland Buzzard
Ou-nosuri Accidental
- Buteo lagopus Rough-legged Hawk
Keashi-nosuri B. l. kamtschatkensis should be possible
- B. l. menzbieri
- Aquila clanga Greater Spotted Eagle
Karafuto-washi Accidental
- Aquila heliaca Imperial Eagle
Katashiro-washi Accidental
- Aquila chrysaetos Golden Eagle
Inu-washi
- A. c. japonica
- Spizaetus nipalensis Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Hodgson's Hawk Eagle
Kuma-taka
- S. n. orientalis
- Falco naumanni Lesser Kestrel
Hime-chougenbou Accidental
- Falco tinnunculus Common Kestrel (Eurasian Kestrel)
Chougenbou
- F. t. interstinctus
- Falco amurensis Amur Falcon (Eastern Red-footed Falcon )
Akaashi-chougenbou Accidental
- Falco columbarius Merlin
Ko-chougenbou
- F. c. insignis
- F. c. pacificus
- Falco subbuteo Eurasian Hobby
Chigo-hayabusa
- F. s. subbuteo
- Falco rusticolus Gyrfalcon
Shiro-hayabusa
- Falco peregrinus Peregrine Falcon
Hayabusa
- F. p. japonensis
- F. p. pealei
- F. p. calidus
- F. p. furuitii
- Tachybaptus ruficollis Little Grebe
Kaitsuburi T. r. kunikyonis is mentioned in OJS97, and does not occur in BoJ.
- T. r. poggei
- T. r. kunikyonis
- Podiceps grisegena Red-necked Grebe
Akaeri-kaitsuburi
- P. g. holboellii
- Podiceps cristatus Great Crested Grebe
Kanmuri-kaitsuburi
- P. c. cristatus
- Podiceps auritus Horned Grebe (Slavonian Grebe)
Mimi-kaitsuburi
- P. a. auritus
- Podiceps nigricollis Black-necked Grebe (Eared Grebe)
Hajiro-kaitsuburi
- P. n. nigricollis
- Phaethon rubricauda Red-tailed Tropicbird
Akao-nettaichou Occurs as P. r. rothschildi in BoJ and OSJ97. HBW includes these birds of the C Pacific in P. r. melanorhynchus.
- P. r. melanorhynchus
- Phaethon lepturus White-tailed Tropicbird
Shirao-nettaichou Accidental
- P. l. dorotheae
- Sula dactylatra Masked Booby (Blue-faced Booby)
Aotsura-katsuodori
- S. d. personata
- Sula sula Red-footed Booby
Aka-ashi-katsuodori
- S. s. rubripes
- Sula leucogaster Brown Booby
Katsuodori
- S. l. plotus
- Phalacrocorax melanoleucos Little Pied Cormorant
Shiroharakobito-u P. m. ?
One non-photographed record from 1955 (BoJ). Not mentioned in OSJ97- Phalacrocorax carbo Great Cormorant
Kawa-u HBW states that P. c. hanedae may be better considered to be synonymous with P. c. sinensis
- P. c. hanedae
- Phalacrocorax capillatus Japanese Cormorant (Temminck's Cormorant)
Umi-u Monotypic.
- Phalacrocorax urile Red-faced Cormorant
Chishima-ugarasu Monotypic.
- Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pelagic Cormorant
Hime-u
- P. p. pelagicus
- Egretta garzetta Little Egret
Ko-sagi
- E. g. garzetta
- Egretta eulophotes Chinese Egret (Swinhoe's egret)
Kara-shira-sagi Monotypic.
- Egretta sacra Eastern Reef-egret (Pacific Reef-egret)
Kuro-sagi
- E. s. sacra
- Ardea cinerea Grey Heron
Ao-sagi
- A. c. jouyi
- Ardea purpurea Purple Heron
Murasaki-sagi
- A. p. manilensis
- Ardea alba Great White Egret (Great Egret)
Dai-sagi This species belongs in HBW and OSJ97 to genus Egretta.
- A. a. alba
- A. a. modesta
- Ardea intermedia Intermediate Egret
Chuu-sagi This species belongs in HBW to genus Egretta.
- A. i. intermedia
- Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret
Ama-sagi
- B. i. coromandus
- Ardeola bacchus Chinese Pond-Heron
Akagashira-sagi Monotypic.
- Butorides striatus Striated Heron (Little Heron, Green-backed heron)
Sasa-goi
- B. s. amurensis
- Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron
Goi-sagi
- N. n. nycticorax
- Nycticorax caledonicus Rufous Night-Heron
Hashibuto-goi Extinct in Japan
- N. c. crassirostris
- Gorsachius goisagi Japanese Night-Heron
Mizo-goi Monotypic.
- Gorsachius melanolophus Malayan Night-Heron
Zuguro-mizo-goi Monotypic in [HBW]. Occurs as G. m. melanolophus in [BoJ] and OSJ97.
- Ixobrychus sinensis Yellow Bittern
Yoshi-goi Monotypic in [HBW]. Duotypic in [BoJ] and OSJ97: I. s. sinensis & I. s. bryani .
- Ixobrychus eurhythmus Schrenck's Bittern
Ou-yoshi-goi Monotypic.
- Ixobrychus cinnamomeus Cinnamon Bittern
Ryukyu-yoshi-goi Monotypic.
- Dupetor flavicollis Black Bittern
Takasago-kuro-sagi Monotypic. Occurs as Ixobrychus f. in [HBW]. Occurs as Ixobrychus f. flavicollis in OSJ97. Accidental, one record.
- Botaurus stellaris Great Bittern
Sankano-goi
- B. s. stellaris
- Threskiornis melanocephalus Black-headed Ibis (Oriental White Ibis)
Kuro-toki Monotypic.
- Nipponia nippon Crested Ibis (Japanese Crested Ibis)
Toki Monotypic. Extinct in Japan
- Platalea leucorodia Eurasian Spoonbill (White Spoonbill)
Herasagi Platalea l. leucorodia
Occurs as P. l. in [BoJ]. Occurs as P. l. major in OJS97, but [HBW] is sceptic about validity of subspecies status of asian populations.- Platalea minor Black-faced Spoonbill
Kuro-tsura-herasagi Monotypic
- Pelecanus onocrotalus Great White Pelican (Eastern White Pelican)
Momo-iro-perikan Monotypic. Accidental.
Pelecanus philippensis Spot-billed Pelican (Dalmatian Pelican)
Haiiro-perikan Monotypic. Due to splitting unclear whether it has been recorded in Japan. Not in OSJ70 and OS97.
- Pelecanus crispus Dalmatian Pelican
Garanchou Monotypic. Accidental. Two species are possibly not separated by observers- Ciconia nigra Black Stork
Nabe-kou Monotypic. Accidental since Meiji
- Ciconia boyciana Oriental Stork (Eastern White Stork)
Kounotori Monotypic.
- Fregata minor Great Frigatebird
Ou-gunkandori
- F. m. minor
- Fregata ariel Lesser Frigatebird
Ko-gunkandori
- F. a. ariel
- Fregata andrewsi Christmas Island Frigatebird
Shirohara-gunkandori Monotypic. One record, an initially misidentified Lesser Frigatebird
- Gavia stellata Red-throated Loon
Abi Monotypic. Listed as G. s. stellata in BoJ
- Gavia arctica Arctic Loon
Ouhamu Treated formerly as one species with Pacific Loon. Brazil comments "Obscure status". Modern view according to Birding world
- G. a. viridigularis
- Gavia pacifica Pacific Loon
Shiroeri-ouhamu Monotypic. But treated in HBW as subspecies of G. Arctica.
- Gavia adamsii Yellow-billed Loon
Hashijiro-abi Monotypic.
- Fulmarus glacialis Northern Fulmar
Furuma-kamome
- F. g. rodgersii
- Pterodroma nigripennis Black-winged Petrel
Haguro-shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic. Accidental
- Pterodroma inexpectata Mottled Petrel
Madara-shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic. Accidental, 1986, 1987
- Pterodroma hypoleuca Bonin Petrel
Shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic. P. h.hypoleuca in BoJ. Subspecies not emntioned in [OSJ97].
- Pterodroma longirostris Stejneger's Petrel
Hime-shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic.
- Pterodroma pycrofti Pycroft's Petrel
Ume-hime-shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic. One possible observation by McWhirter, no evidential photograph
- Pterodroma sandwichensis Hawaiian Petrel
Hawai-shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic in SM. Occurs in HBW, BoJ and OSJ97. as P. phaeopygia sandwichensis a subspecies of Dark-rumped petrel. One record.
- Pterodroma neglecta Kermadec Petrel
Kawari-shirohara-mizunagidori Accidental, presumably P. p. neglecta (BoJ). Subspecies not mentioned in OSJ97
- P. p. ?
- Pterodroma externa Juan Fernandez Petrel
Ou-shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic in HBW. Does not occur on its own as species in SM. Occurs in OSJ97. Does not occur as subspecies P. e. externa in BoJ. Accidental.
- Pterodroma cervicalis White-necked Petrel
?-Ou-shirohara-mizunagidori Monotypic in HBW. Does not occur on its own as species in SM. Treated as subspecies P. e. cervicalis in BoJ. of P. externa, Juan Fernandez Petrel. Accidental (BoJ).
- Pterodroma solandri Providence Petrel (Solander's Petrel)
Hajiro-mizunagidori Monotypic. Accidental. Does not occure in OSJ97.
- Bulweria bulwerii Bulwer's Petrel
Anadori Monotypic
- Calonectris leucomelas Streaked Shearwater
Ou-mizunagidori Monotypic.
- Puffinus pacificus Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Onaga-mizunagidori Monotypic. HBW states that several subspecies have been proposed, but that considerable individual variation disrupts patterns. Occurs as P. p. chlororhynchus in BoJ. But as P. p. cuneatus in OSJ97.
- Puffinus bulleri Buller's Shearwater (New Zealand Shearwater)
Minami-onaga-mizunagidori Monotypic. Accidental
- Puffinus carneipes Flesh-footed Shearwater (Pale-footed Shearwater)
Akaashi-mizunagidori Monotypic.
- Puffinus griseus Sooty Shearwater
Haiiro-mizunagidori Monotypic.
- Puffinus tenuirostris Short-tailed Shearwater (Slender-billed Shearwater)
Hashiboso-mizunagidori Monotypic.
- Puffinus nativitatis Christmas Island Shearwater
Ko-mizunagidori Monotypic. Accidental
- Puffinus lherminieri Audubon's Shearwater
Seguro-mizunagidori
- P. l. bannermani
- Diomedea exulans Wandering Albatross
Watari-ahoudori Accidental, one record of two captured birds near Senkaku Islands, 1970 (BoJ). Not mentioned in [OSJ97].
- D. e. ?
- Diomedea albatrus Short-tailed Albatross (Steller's Albatross)
Ahoudori Monotypic.
- Diomedea nigripes Black-footed Albatross
Kuroashi-ahoudori Monotypic.
- Diomedea immutabilis Laysan Albatross
Ko-ahoudori Monotypic.
- Oceanites oceanicus Wilson's Storm-petrel
Ashinaga-umitsubame Accidental
- O. o. exasperatus
- Oceanodroma microsoma Least Storm-petrel
Ko-umitsubame Monotypic. One record, not supported by photograph. Not mentioned in OSJ97.
- Oceanodroma castro Band-rumped Storm-petrel
Kuro-koshijiro-umitsubame Monotypic. Occurs as O. c. kumagai in BoJ. Is called Madeiran Storm-petrel in HBW. Subspecies not mentioned in OSJ97.
- Oceanodroma leucorhoa Leach's Storm-petrel
Koshijiro-umitsubame
- O. l. leucorhoa
- Oceanodroma monorhis Swinhoe's Storm-petrel
Hime-kuro-umitsubame Monotypic.
- Oceanodroma tristrami Tristram's Storm-petrel
Ousuton-umitsubame Monotypic.
- Oceanodroma matsudairae Matsudaira's Storm-petrel
Kuro-kmitsubame Monotypic.
- Oceanodroma furcata Fork-tailed Storm-petrel
Haiiro-umitsubame
- O. f. furcata
- Pitta sordida Hooded Pitta
Zuguro-yairochou One record, 1984 as mentioned in BoJ. Occurs not in checklist OJS97 because of (1,2,5) [reasons I still have to translate]
- P. s. cucullata
- Pitta nympha Fairy Pitta
Yairochou
- Melopsittacus undulatus Budgerigar
Sekisei-inko Former escape bird
- Psittacula krameri Rose-ringed Parakeet
Wakake-honsei-inko Former escape bird
- Apalopteron familiare Bonin White-eye (Bonin Islands Honeyeater)
Meguro A. f. f. is extinct
- A. f. familiare
- A. f. hahashima
- Lanius tigrinus Tiger Shrike
Chigo-mozu
- Lanius bucephalus Bull-headed Shrike
Mozu
- L. b. bucephalus
- Lanius cristatus Brown Shrike
Aka-mozu L.c. cristatus is mentioned in Okinawa-checklist
- L. c. superciliosus
- L. c. lucionensis
- L. c. cristatus
- Lanius schach Long-tailed Shrike
Takasago-mozu Accidental, two records
- Lanius excubitor Northern Shrike (Great Grey Shrike)
Ou-mozu
- L. e. bianchii
- L. e. mollis
- Lanius sphenocercus Chinese Grey Shrike
Ou-kara-mozu
- L. s. sphenocercus
- Garrulus glandarius Eurasian Jay
Kakesu
- G. g. brandtii
- G. g. japonicus
- G. g. tokugawae
- G. g. hiugaensis
- G. g. orii
- Garrulus lidthi Lidth's Jay
Ruri-k akesu
- Cyanopica cyana Azure-winged Magpie
Onaga
- C. c. japonica
- Pica pica Black-billed Magpie
Kasasagi
- P. p. sericea
- Nucifraga caryocatactes Spotted Nutcracker (Eurasian Nutcracker)
Hoshi-garasu
- N. c. macrorhynchos
- N. c. N. c. japonica
- Corvus monedula Eurasian Jackdaw (Common Jackdaw)
Nishi-kokumaru-garasu One record
- Corvus dauuricus Daurian Jackdaw
Kokumaru-garasu
- Corvus splendens House Crow
Ie-garasu One, possibly ship assisted record
- Corvus frugilegus Rook
Miyama-garasu
- C. f. pastinator
- Corvus corone Carrion Crow
Hashiboso-garasu
- C. c. orientalis
- Corvus macrorhynchos Large-billed Crow (Jungle Crow)
Hashibuto-garasu
- C. m. japonensis
- C. m. mandshuricus
- C. m. connectens
- C. m. osai
- Corvus corax Common Raven (Northern Raven)
Watari-garasu
- C. c. kamschaticus
- Artamus leucorynchus White-breasted Woodswallow
Mori-tsubame One record
- Oriolus chinensis Black-naped Oriole
Kourai-uguisu
- O. c. diffusus
- Coracina melaschistos Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Asakura-sanshoukui Two records
- Pericrocotus divaricatus Ashy Minivet
Sanshoukui
- Pericrocotus tegimae Ryukyu Minivet
Ryukyu-sanshoukui
- Dicrurus macrocercus Black Drongo
Ouchu Accidental
- Dicrurus leucophaeus Ashy Drongo
Haiiro-ouchuu Recent accidental. For instance observed at the island Yonakuni close to Taiwan during October 13-15, 1997 by Kenji Takehara. His clear photographs show unmistakenly an Ashy Drongo. The bird seems light greyish, with a forked tail, black lores and white patches around the eyes. This indicates the subspecies leucophaeus. In March 1998 Kenji Takehara made a photograph on the same island of D. l. longicaudus.
- Dicrurus l. leucophaeus
- Dicrurus l. longicaudus
- Terpsiphone atrocaudata Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (Black Flycatcher)
Sankouchou
- T. a. atrocaudata
- T. a. illex
- Bombycilla garrulus Bohemian Waxwing
Ki-renjaku
- B. g. centralasia
- Bombycilla japonica Japanese Waxwing
Hi-renjaku
- Cinclus pallasii Brown Dipper
Kawagarasu
- C. p. pallasii
- Monticola saxatilis Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush (Common Rock Thrush)
Koshijiro-isohiyo One recent record
- Monticola gularis White-throated Rock-Thrush (White breasted Rock-Thrush)
Hime-isohiyo Two recent records
- Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-Thrush
Iso-hiyodori >M. s. pandoo not mentioned ion OSJ97
- M. s. philippensis
- M. s. pandoo
- Zoothera sibirica Siberian Thrush
Mamijiro
- Z. s. davisoni
- Zoothera dauma Scaly Thrush (White's Thrush)
Tora-tsugumi Z. d. major not mentioned in BOJ.
- Z. d. aureus
- Z. d. major
- Z. d. horsfieldi
- Zoothera major Amami Thrush
Ou-tora-tsugumi
- Zoothera terrestris Bonin Thrush (Kittlitz's Thrush)
Ogasawara-gabichou Ciclopasser t. in Brazil. Extinct since 1828.
- Turdus hortulorum Grey-backed Thrush
Kara-akahara
- Turdus cardis Japanese Thrush (Grey Thrush)
Kuro-tsugumi
- Turdus merula Eurasian Blackbird (Common Blackbird)
Kuro-utadori T.m .mandarinus
Subspecies not mentioned in BOJ.- Turdus obscurus Eyebrowed Thrush (Grey-headed Thrush)
Mamichajinai
- Turdus pallidus Pale Thrush
Shirohara
- Turdus chrysolaus Brown-headed Thrush (Brown Thrush)
Akahara Subspeices not mentioned in BOJ.
- T.c.orii
- T.c.chrysolaus
- Turdus celaenops Izu Thrush (Izu Islands Thrush)
Akakokko Subspecies T. c. yakushimensis is not impossible
- Turdus ruficollis Dark-throated Thrush
Nodoguro-tsugumi Accidental. T. r. ruficollis not mentioned in OSJ97.
- T. r. ruficollis
- T. r. atrogularis
- Turdus naumanni Dusky Thrush
Tsugumi
- T. r. eunomus
- T. n. naumanni
- Turdus pilaris Fieldfare
Nohara-tsugumi Accidental, three records
- Turdus iliacus Redwing
Wakiaka-tsugumi Accidental
- T. i. iliacus
- Turdus philomelos Song Thrush
Uta-tsugumi One record, but confusion with T. mupinensis not excluded
- Turdus viscivorus Mistle Thrush
Yadorigi-tsugumi One recent record
- Muscicapa griseisticta Grey-streaked Flycatcher
Ezo-bitaki Definite evidence of breeding in Japan seems to be lacking
- Muscicapa sibirica Dark-sided Flycatcher (Sooty Flycatcher)
Same-bitaki
- M. s. sibirica
- Muscicapa dauurica Asian Brown Flycatcher
Ko-same-bitaki
- Muscicapa ferruginea Ferruginous Flycatcher
Miyama-bitaki Accidental,three records
- Ficedula zanthopygia Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Tricolored Flycatcher)
Mamijiro-ki-bitaki
- Ficedula narcissina Narcissus Flycatcher
Ki-bitaki
- F. n. narcissina
- F. n. owstoni
- Ficedula mugimaki Mugimaki Flycatcher
Mugimaki
- Ficedula parva Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ojiro-bitaki
- F. p. parva
- F. p. albicilla
- Cyanoptila cyanomelana Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Ou-ruri
- C. c. cyanomelana
- Niltava vivida Vivid Niltava
Chabara-ohruri One male was captured at Nishizaki Junior-high school, Itoman-shi, Okinawa on 2 May 1989. It remains a possibility for being an escaped caged bird. The bird is common on Taiwan. Spring 98, photographed bird.
- Erithacus rubecula Eoropean Robin
Youroppa-komadori Recent accidental
- Erithacus akahige Japanese Robin
Komadori
- E. a. akahige
- E. a. tanensis
- Erithacus komadori Ryukyu Robin
Akahige E. k. subrufus = E. k. k
- E. k. komadori
- E. k. namiyei
- Luscinia sibilans Rufous-tailed Robin (Swinkoe's Red-tailed Robin)
Shima-goma
- Luscinia calliope Siberian Rubythroat
Nogoma Oo-nogoma is a subspecies mentioned in Wild Birds of japan but not in OSJ97 and BOJ.
- Luscinia svecica Bluethroat
Ogawa-komadori Or indeed L. s. svecica as in Brazil?
- L. s. svecicus
- Luscinia cyane Siberian Blue Robin
Ko-ruri
- Tarsiger cyanurus Red-flanked Bluetail
Ruri-bitaki
- T. c. cyanurus
- Phoenicurus ochruros Black Redstart
Kuro-joubitaki P. o. ruficollis
Accidental. Subspecies mentioned in OS97, but not in BoJ.- Phoenicurus phoenicurus Redstart
Shirobai-joubitaki Accidental, 1 record at Hegura Shima October 31-November 2, 1998. Picture (local copy)
- Phoenicurus auroreus Daurian Redstart
Jou-bitaki
- P. a. auroreus
- Saxicola torquata Common Stonechat (Stonechat)
No-bitaki
- S. t. stejnegeri
- Saxicola caprata Pied Bushchat
Kuro-ko-bitaki One record, 1989
- Saxicola ferrea Grey Bushchat
Yamazaki-bitaki Accidental, four records.
- Oenanthe oenanthe Northern Wheatear (Common Wheatear)
Hashiguro-bitaki Accidental
- Oenanthe pleschanka Pied Wheatear
Seguro-sabaku-bitaki Accidental
- Oenanthe deserti Desert Wheatear
Sabaku-bitaki Accidental
- Oenanthe isabellina Isabelline Wheatear
Inaba-bitaki Accidental
- Sturnus sericeus Red-billed Starling (Silky starling)
Gin-mukudori
- Sturnus sturninus Purple-backed Starling (Daurian Starling)
Siberia-mukudori Accidental
- Sturnus philippensis Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Red-cheeked Starling)
Ko-mukudori
- Sturnus sinensis White-shouldered Starling (Chinese Starling)
Kara-mukudori
- Sturnus roseus Rosy Starling
Bara-iro-mukudori Recent record after 1991
- Sturnus vulgaris Common Starling
Hoshi-Mukudori
- Sturnus cineraceus White-cheeked Starling (Grey Starling)
Mukudori
- Acridotheres cristatellus Crested Myna
Hakkachou Accidental
- Sitta europaea Wood Nuthatch (Eurasian Nuthatch)
Gojuu-kara
- S. e. asiatica
- S. e. amurensis
- S. e. roselia
- Certhia familiaris Eurasian Tree-Creeper (Common Tree-Creeper)
Kibashiri
- C. f. daurica
- C. f. japonica
- Troglodytes troglodytes Winter Wren (Northern) Wren
Misosazai T. t. orii almost certainly extinct, T. t. peninsula and T. t. dauricus require confirmation
- T. t. fumigatus
- T. t. ogawae
- T. t. orii
- Remiz consobrinus Chinese Penduline-Tit (Asian Penduline-Tit)
Tsurisu-gara Remiz pendulinus consobrinus in Brazil
- Parus palustris Marsh Tit
Hashibuto-gara
- P. p. hensoni
- Parus montanus Willow Tit
Ko-gara P. m. s possibly equal to P. m. r
- P. m. sachalinensis
- P. m. restrictus
- Parus ater Coal Tit
Hi-gara
- P. a. insularis
- Parus major Great Tit
Shijuu-kara
- P. m. minor
- P. m. amamiensis
- P. m. okinawae
- P. m. nigriloris
- Parus cyanus Azure Tit
Ruri-gara One record, 1987
- Parus varius Varied Tit
Yama-gara
- P. v. varius
- P. v. namiyei
- P. v. owstoni
- P. v. sunsunpi
- P. v. yakushimensis
- P. v. amamii
- P. v. olivaceus
- P. v. orii
- Aegithalos caudatus Long-tailed Tit
Enaga
- A. c. japonicus
- A. c. magnus
- A. c. trivirgatus
- A. c. kiusiuensis
- Riparia riparia Sand Martin (Bank Swallow)
Shoudou-tsubame
- R. r. iijimae
- Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow
Tsubame
- H. r. gutteralis
- H. r. saturata
- Hirundo tahitica Pacific Swallow
Ryukyu-tsubame
- H. t. namiyei
- Hirundo daurica Red-rumped Swallow
Koshiaka-tsubame
- H. d. japonica
- Delichon urbica Northern House-Martin
Iwa-tsubame ?? Straggler. In 1992 Northern House martin [Nishi-Iwatsubame] was recorded in Japan as a straggler. Science name for the bird is D. urbica lagopoda. After then Northern House martin is recorded from Tobishima (Yamagata pref.), Hekura-jima (Ishikawa pref.) and Okinawa, according to Ikenaga-san
- D. u. lagopoda
- Delichon dasypus Asian House-Martin
Iwa-tsubame
- Regulus regulus Goldcrest
Kikuitadaki
- R. r. japonensis
- Pycnonotus sinensis Light-vented Bulbul (Chinese Bulbul)
Shirogashira
- P. s. orii
- Ixos amaurotis Brown-eared Bulbul
Hiyodori
- I. a. hensoni
- I. a. amaurotis
- I. a. ogawae
- I. a. pryeri
- I. a. stejnegeri
- I. a. nagamichii
- I. a. borodinonis
- I. a. squamiceps
- I. a. magnirostris
- Cisticola juncidis Zitting Cisticola
Sekka
- C. j. bruniceps
- Prinia subflava Tawny-flanked Prinia
Mamihauchiwadori One record, 1986
- Zosterops erythropleurus Chestnut-flanked White-eye
Chousen-mejiro Accidental
- Zosterops japonicus Japanese White-eye
Mejiro
- Z. j. japonica
- Z. j. stejnegeri
- Z. j. alani
- Z. j. insularis
- Z. j. loochooensis
- Z. j. daitoensis
- Urosphena squameiceps Asian Stubtail
Yabusame Accidental
- Cettia diphone Japanese Bush-Warbler
Uguisu C. d. b. in Checklist of Okinawa
- C. d. sakhalinensis
- C. d. cantans
- C. d. diphone
- C. d. riukiuensis
- C. d. restrictus
- C. d. borearis
- Locustella lanceolata Lanceolated Warbler
Makino-senyu
- Locustella certhiola Pallas's Grasshopper-Warbler
Siberia-sennyu Accidental
- Locustella ochotensis Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler
Shima-sennyu In Brazil L.o and L. p are treated as belonging to one species
- Locustella pleskei Pleske's Grasshopper-Warbler
Uchiyama-shima-sennyu In Brazil L.o and L. p are treated as belonging to one species
- Locustella fasciolata Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler
Ezo-sennyu
- Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Black-browed Reed-Warbler
Ko-yoshikiri
- Acrocephalus agricola Paddyfield Warbler
Inada-yoshikiri Recent record
- Acrocephalus arundinaceus Great Reed-Warbler
Ou-yoshikiri In Brazil and JSPB: A. a. o = A. o
- Acrocephalus aedon Thick-billed Warbler
Hashibuto-ou-yoshikiri One record 1927
- Phylloscopus trochilus Willow Warbler
Mori-mushiku One record 1981. Not in JSPB nor WSBJ
- Phylloscopus sibilatrix Wood Warbler
Mori-mushiku One record 1984. Also on forthcoming Check-list of Japanese birds 6th edition
- Phylloscopus fuscatus Dusky Warbler
Muji-sekka Accidental, Records since 1982. In JSPB, not in WSJB.
- Phylloscopus schwarzi Radde's Warbler
Karafuto-muji-sekka Accidental, records since 1985. In JSPB, not in WSJB.
- Phylloscopus proregulus Pallas's Leaf-Warbler
Karafuto-mushikui P. p. proregulus
Accidental- Phylloscopus inornatus Inornate Warbler (Yellow-browed Warbler)
Kimayu-mushikui
- P. i. inornatus
- Phylloscopus borealis Arctic Warbler
Meboso-mushikui
- P. b. borealis
- P. b. xanthodryas
- Phylloscopus tenellipes Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler
??-mushikui Rare passage bird (Martens in Ibis). Japanese name Ezu-mushikui in Brazil should apply to Sakhalin warbler...
- Phylloscopus borealoides Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler
Ezu-mushikui Martens in Ibis. Since this is the breeding species, this one should be called Ezu-mushikui.
- Phylloscopus coronatus Eastern Crowned-Warbler
Sendai-mushikui
- Phylloscopus ijimae Ijima's Leaf-Warbler
Iijima-mushikui
- Megalurus pryeri Japanese Swamp Warbler
Ou-sekka
- M. p. pryeri
- Panurus biarmicus Bearded Parrotbill (Bearded tit)
Hige-gara Accidental
- P. b. russicus
- Paradoxornis webbianus Vinous-throated Parrotbill (Webb's Parrotbill)
Daruma-enaga Accidental, one recent record 1984.
- Sylvia curruca Lesser Whitethroat
Kashimiya-mushikui Recent accidental
- Melanocorypha bimaculata Bimaculated Lark
Kubiwa-koutenshi Accidental. Subspecies determined on geographic grounds
- M. b. torquata
- Calandrella brachydactyla Greater Short-toed Lark
Hime-koutenshi
- C. b. longipennis
- Calandrella rufescens Lesser Short-toed Lark
Ko-hibari Accidental
- Alauda arvensis Eurasian Skylark
??Youroppa-hibari
- A. a. pekinensis
- A. a. lonnbergi
- Alauda japonica Japanese Skylark
Hibari In Brazil as A. a. japonica
- Eremophila alpestris Horned Lark (Shore Lark)
Hama-hibari
- Passer domesticus House Sparrow
Ie-suzume Breeding 1990, Hokkaido acording to Brazil
- Passer rutilans Russet Sparrow
Nyuunai-suzume
- P. r. rutilans
- Passer montanus Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Suzume
- P. m. saturatus
- Dendronanthus indicus Forest Wagtail
Iwami-sekirei
- Motacilla alba White Wagtail
Haku-sekirei Iozawa photographed one young male M. a. alboides on 19 February 1994 on Sonai, Yonaguni for the first subspecies record in Japan
- M. a. leucopsis
- M. a. ocularis
- M. a. baicalensis
- M. a. alboides
- Motacilla lugens Black-backed Wagtail
Houzuro-haku-sekirei
- Motacilla grandis Japanese Wagtail
Seguro-sekirei
- Motacilla citreola Citrine Wagtail
Kigashira-sekirei Accidental
- Motacilla flava Yellow Wagtail
Tsumenaga-sekirei
- M. f. simillima
- M. f. taivana
- M. f. macronyx
- M. f. plexa
- Motacilla cinerea Grey Wagtail
Ki-sekirei
- Anthus novaeseelandiae Australasian Pipit
Mamijiro-tahibari
- A. n. sinensis
- Anthus godlewskii Blyth's Pipit
Ko-mamijiro-tahibari Accidental
- Anthus trivialis Tree Pipit
Youroppa-binzui Accidental, four records
- Anthus hodgsoni Olive-backed Pipit
Binzui
- Anthus gustavi Pechora Pipit
Sejiro-tahibari Two subspecies A. g. gustavi or A. g menzbieri could occur in Japan
- Anthus cervinus Red-throated Pipit
Muneaka-tahibari
- Anthus spinoletta Water Pipit
Tahibari A. rubescens spinoletta in Brazil
- Anthus rubescens American Pipit (Buff-bellied pipit)
Amerika-tahibari rubiscens, spinoletta, pacifus... I don't understand.
- A. r. pacificus
- Prunella collaris Alpine Accentor
Iwa-hibari
- P. c. erythropygia
- Prunella montanella Siberian Accentor
Yama-hibari Accidental or rare visitor
- Prunella rubida Japanese Accentor
Kayakuguri
- P. r. rubida
- P. r. fervida
- Amandava amandava Red Avadavat
Beni-suzume Former escape bird: not in WSBJ nor JSPB
- Lonchura striata White-rumped Munia
Koshijiro-kinpara
- Lonchura punctulata Scaly-breasted Munia
Amihara New arrival or former escapebird. Subspecies as in Checklist of Okinawa.
- L. p. topela
- L. m. atricapilla
- Lonchura malacca Black-headed Munia
Kinpara (why was this one double in the list)
- Padda oryzivora Java Sparrow
Bunchou Escape bird since 1796
- Fringilla montifringilla Brambling
Atori
- Carduelis sinica Grey-capped Greenfinch (Oriental Greenfinch)
Kawara-hiwa
- C. s. minor
- C. s. kawarahiba
- C. s. kittlitzi
- Carduelis spinus Eurasian Siskin
Ma-hiwa
- Carduelis carduelis European Goldfinch
Goshiki-hiwa Recent accidental
- Carduelis hornemanni Hoary Redpoll (Artic Redpoll)
- C. h. exilipes
- Carduelis flammea Common Redpoll
Beni-hiwa
- C. f. flammea
- Leucosticte arctoa Asian Rosy-Finch (Rosy-Finch)
Hagi-mashiko
- L. a. brunneonucha
- Uragus sibiricus Long-tailed Rosefinch
Beni-mashiko
- U. s. sanguinolentus
- Carpodacus erythrinus Common Rosefinch
Aka-mashiko
- C. e. grebnitskii
- Carpodacus roseus Pallas's Rosefinch
Ou-mashiko
- Chaunoproctus ferreorostris Bonin Grosbeak
Ogasawara-mashiko Extinct since 1828
- Pinicola enucleator Pine Grosbeak
Ginzan-mashiko
- Loxia curvirostra Red Crossbill
Isuka
- L. c. japonica
- Loxia leucoptera White-winged Crossbill (Two-barred Crossbill)
Naki-isuka
- L. l. bifasciata
- Pyrrhula pyrrhula Eurasian Bullfinch
Uso
- P. p. cassinii
- P. p. rosacea
- P. p. griseiventris
- Coccothraustes coccothraustes Hawfinch
Shime
- C. c. coccothraustes
- C. c. japonicus
- Eophona migratoria Yellow-billed Grosbeak
Ko-ikaru
- E. m. migratoria
- Eophona personata Japanese Grosbeak
Ikaru
- E. p. personata
- Melophus lathami Crested Bunting
Renjaku-nojiko One female was photographed on Hoshidate, Iriomote on 27 May 1987 by Yoshimi (1992), for the first record in Japan.
- E. c. erythrogenys
- Emberiza citrinella Yellowhammer
Ki-aoji Accidental
- E. c. erythrogenys
- Emberiza leucocephalos Pine Bunting
Shiraga-houjiro
- E. l. leucocephalos
- Emberiza cioides Meadow Bunting (Siberian Meadow Bunting )
Hojiro
- E. c. ciopsis
- Emberiza hortulana Ortolan Bunting
Zuao-houjiro Accidental, one record 1986
- Emberiza tristrami Tristram's Bunting
Shirohara-houjiro
- Emberiza fucata Chestnut-eared Bunting (Grey-headed Bunting)
Houaka
- E. f. fucata
- Emberiza pusilla Little Bunting
Ko-houaka
- Emberiza chrysophrys Yellow-browed Bunting
Kimayu-houjiro
- Emberiza rustica Rustic Bunting
Kashiradaka
- E. b. latifascia
- Emberiza elegans Yellow-throated Bunting
Miyama-houjiro
- E. e. elegans
- Emberiza aureola Yellow-breasted Bunting
Shima-aoji
- E. a. ornata
- Emberiza rutila Chestnut Bunting
Shima-nojiko
- Emberiza melanocephala Black-headed Bunting
Zuguro-chakinchou Accidental, twelve records
- Emberiza bruniceps Red-headed Bunting
Chakinchou Accidental, twelve records
- Emberiza sulphurata Yellow Bunting (Japanese Yellow Bunting)
Nojiko
- Emberiza spodocephala Black-faced Bunting
Aoji
- E. s. spodocephala
- E. s. personata
- Emberiza variabilis Grey Bunting
Kuroji
- Emberiza pallasi Pallas's Bunting
Shiberia-jurin
- E. p. polaris
- E. p. pallasi
- Emberiza schoeniclus Reed Bunting (Common Reed Bunting)
Ou-jurin
- E. s. pyrrhulina
- Emberiza yessoensis Ochre-rumped Bunting (Japanese Reedbunting)
Ko-jurin
- E. y. yessoensis
- Calcarius lapponicus Lapland Longspur
Tsumenaga-houjiro
- Plectrophenax nivalis Snow Bunting
Yuki-houjiro
- P. n. vlasowae
- Passerella iliaca Fox Sparrow
Gomafu-suzume Accidental, two records
- P. i. unalaschcensis
- Zonotrichia leucophrys White-crowned Sparrow
Miyama-shitodo Accidental.
- Z. l. gambelii
- Zonotrichia atricapilla Golden-crowned Sparrow
Kigashira-shitodo Accidental, four records.
- Passerculus sandwichensis Savannah Sparrow
Sabanna-shitodo Accidental
Back to Birds of Japan and Asia
May 24, 1998. Fer-Jan de Vries,- Fer-Jan de Vries