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Japan
Birds
during FONT Birding
& Nature Tours
1994 thru 2008
(during the months of January,
February,
April, May, June, November, & December)
The following list compiled by Armas Hill,
the leader of FONT tours in Japan
Photo at upper right: RED-CROWNED CRANES in Hokkaido, as seen during the FONT
Winter Tours
(The RED-CROWNED CRANE also known as the JAPANESE CRANE)
There have been 19 FONT Fall
& Winter birding tours in Japan: FW.
There have been 11 FONT Spring birding tours in Japan: SP.
During our 30 FONT tours in Japan, 389 species of birds have cumulatively been found.
In the following list, Japanese bird
names follow English names.
The upper right photo is of a
Narcissus Flycatcher, one of the birds seen during our Japan in the Spring Tours
on Hegura Island, a magnet for migrants.
Codes:
(i): introduced species
(t): a globally threatened or
rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical
(t2): endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(nt): considered a
near-threatened species globally
(JAr): rare in Japan
(JArs): rare in Japan in spring/summer
(JArw): rare in Japan in
winter
(JAe): Japanese endemic
(JAeb): Japanese endemic breeder
(JAneb): Japanese near-endemic breeder
FW: Seen during FONT Fall
& Winter Japanese birding tours.
SP: Seen during FONT Spring Japanese birding tours.
HI: seen
on Hegura Island (Hegura-jima) in the Sea of Japan off Honshu, (o):
on Hegura Island only. (Hegura Island
visited during Spring tours)
NS: seen in the Nansei Shoto (Amami
& Okinawa). From Okinawa south these islands known as the Ryukyus. (o):
in Nansei Shoto only
A booklet is available from Focus On Nature Tours
listing all the birds that have been found during over a decade of FONT tours in Japan,
with more information than given here, noting, for example, the Japanese islands where, and the months
when, sightings have occurred. Please e-mail us if you'd like to receive a copy.
Links:
Upcoming Japan Birding & Nature Tours
300 species of Birds during FONT Tours on Honshu (with photos)
Rare Birds during our Japan Tours
A
List
of Japanese Mammals
A
List
of Japanese Butterflies
Directory
of Photos in this Website, in this list & others
List of Birds during
FONT Tours in Japan:
