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Japan Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours

1994 thru 2008

(during the months of January, February, 
April, May, June, November, & Decemb
er)

 

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) 

Birds of Hegura Island

Birds of the Island of Amami

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:

  1. Chinese Bamboo Partridge (i)  (Kojukei) ______ FW
    Bambusicola t. thoracica

  2. Copper Pheasant (nt) (JAe)  (Yamadori) ______ SP,FW 
    Syrmaticus soemmerringii
    Syrmaticus s. subrufus
    (on Honshu)
    Syrmaticus s. ijimae
    (on Kyushu)




    Copper Pheasants have been seen during FONT tours in Honshu & Kyushu
     
  3. Green Pheasant (JAe)  (Kiji) ______ SP,FW (has been considered conspecific with the Common Pheasant native to Eurasia, Phasianus colchicus
    Phasianus versicolor
    Phasianus v. tohkaidi
    (on Honshu)
    Phasianus v. tanensis
    (on Kyushu)

  4. Mute Swan (i)  (Kobu-hakucho) ______ SP,FW
    Cygnus olor 
    (monotypic)

  5. Whooper Swan  (O-hakucho) ______ SP,FW  
    Cygnus cygnus
      (monotypic)




    Whooper Swans photographed in Hokkaido 
    during a FONT Winter Tour in Japan
    (photo by Alan Brady)
      

  6. "Bewick's" Tundra Swan  (Ko-hakucho) ______ FW (considered conspecific with "Whistling" Tundra Swan of North America) 
    Cygnus
    columbianus bewickii

  7. Greylag Goose (JAr)  (Haiiro-gan) ______ SP,FW
    Anser anser rubrirostris

  8. Greater White-fronted Goose  (Ma-gan) ______ FW
    Anser albifrons frontalis

  9. "Tundra" Bean Goose  (Hishikui) ______ FW
    Anser fabalis middendorffii

  10. Snow Goose (JAr)  (Haku-gan) ______ FW
    Anser caerulescens hyperboreus

  11. "Black" Brant Goose  (Koku-gan) ______ FW
    Branta bernicla orientalis

  12. Common Shelduck  (Tsukushi-gamo) ______ FW  NS
    Tadorna tadorna 
    (monotypic)

  13. Mandarin Duck (nt)  (Oshidori) ______ SP,FW  NS  
    Aix galericulata
       (monotypic)




  14. Eurasian Wigeon (incl green-faced form)  (Hidori-gamo) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Anas penelope 
    (monotypic)

  15. American Wigeon (JAr)  (Amerika-hidori) ______ FW
    Anas americana
      (monotypic)

  16. Falcated Duck  (Yoshi-gamo) ______ FW 
    Anas falcata 
    (monotypic)




    The Falcated Duck is one of the attractive Asian species of waterfowl
    seen during FONT tours in Japan.

      
  17. Baikal Teal (t3) (Tomoe-gamo) ______ FW 
    Anas formosa 
    (monotypic)




    The now-rare Baikal Teal has been seen during FONT Winter Tours
    in Honshu & Kyushu


    The now-rare Baikal Teal has been seen during FONT Winter Tours
    in Honshu & Kyushu


  18. Eurasian Teal (Ko-gamo) ______ SP,FW  NS (was considered conspecific with Green-winged Teal of North America, Anas carolinensis)
    Anas c. crecca 

  19. Garganey  (Shimaaji) ______ SP
    Anas querquedula
      (monotypic)

  20. Gadwall  (Okayoshi-gamo) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Anas s. strepera

  21. Mallard (Ma-gamo) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Anas p. platyrhynchos

  22. Eastern Spot-billed Duck  (Karu-gamo) ______ SP,FW  HI NS 
    Anas zonorhyncha

  23. Northern Pintail  (Onaga-gamo) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Anas acuta 
    (monotypic)

  24. Northern Shoveler  (Hashibiro-gamo) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Anas clypeata 
    (monotypic)

  25. Red-crested Pochard (JAr)  (Akahashi-hajiro) ______ FW
    Netta rufina 
    (monotypic)

  26. Common Pochard  (Hoshi-hajiro) ______ SP,FW
    Aythya ferina 
    (monotypic)

  27. Baer's Pochard (t3) (JAr)  (Aka-hajiro) ______ FW
    Aythya baeri 
    (monotypic)

  28. Ring-necked Duck (JAr)  (Kubiwa-kinkuro) ______ FW
    Aythya collaris 
    (monotypic)

  29. Tufted Duck  (Kinkuro-hajiro) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Aythya fuligula 
    (monotypic)

  30. Greater Scaup (Suzu-gamo) ______ SP,FW
    Aythya marila mariloides

  31. Harlequin Duck  (Shinori-gamo) ______ SP,FW
    Histrionicus histrionicus (pacificus) 
    (now  monotypic, with pacificus merged) (the single member of its genus)




    Harlequin Ducks are usually seen in large numbers 
    during late-fall & winter FONT Japan tours in Hokkaido.
    (photo by Howard Eskin)


     
  32. Long-tailed Duck  (Kori-gamo) ______ FW (has been called Oldsquaw in North America)
    Clangula hyemalis 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)




    The Long-tailed Ducks is yet another attractive species of waterfowl
    seen nicely during late-fall & winter FONT Japan tours in Hokkaido.
    (photo by Kim Steininger) 

  33. American Scoter  (Kuro-gamo) ______ SP,FW  (was considered conspecific with the Black Scoter of Europe, Melanitta nigra)
    Melanitta americana


  34. "Stejneger's" White-winged Scoter  (Birodo-kinkuro) ______ FW (considered conspecific with the White-winged Scoter of North America, Melanitta deglandi, and was formerly so with the Velvet Scoter of Europe, Melanitta fusca)
    Melanitta (deglandi) stejnegeri
     

  35. Bufflehead (JAr)  (Hime-hajiro) ______ FW
    Bucephala albeola
      (monotypic)

  36. Common Goldeneye  (Hojiro-gamo) ______ FW
    Bucephala c. clangula

  37. Smew  (Miko-aisa) ______ SP,FW
    Mergellus
    (formerly Mergus) albellus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  38. Red-breasted Merganser  (Umi-aisa) ______ SP, FW HI
    Mergus serrator 
    (monotypic)

  39. Scaly-sided (or Chinese) Merganser (t3) (JAr)  (Korai-aisa) ______ FW
    Mergus squamatus 
    (monotypic)

  40. Common Merganser (or Goosander)  (Kawa-aisa) ______ SP,FW
    Mergus m. merganser

  41. Yellow-billed Loon (or White-billed Diver) (JAr)  (Hashijiro-abi) ______ FW
    Gavia adamsii 
    (monotypic)

  42. Red-throated Loon (or Red-throated Diver)  (Abi) ______ FW
    Gavia stellata  (monotypic)

  43. Pacific Loon (or Pacific Diver)  (Shiroeri-ohamu) ______ SP,FW
    Gavia pacifica 
    (monotypic)




    A Pacific Loon

  44. Black-throated Loon (or Black-throated Diver; has also been called Arctic Loon)   (Ohamu) ______ FW
    Gavia arctica viridigularis
  45. Black-footed Albatross (t3)  (Kuroashi-ahodori) ______ SP,FW
    Phoebastria
    (formerly Diomedea) nigripes

  46. Laysan Albatross  (Ko-ahodori) ______ SP,FW
    Phoebastria
    (formerly Diomedea) immutabilis

  47. Short-tailed (or Steller's) Albatross (t2) (JAeb)  (Ahodori) ______ SP,FW
    Phoebastria
    (formerly Diomedea) albatrus

  48. Northern Fulmar  (Furuma-kamome) ______ SP,FW
    Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii

  49. Bonin Petrel  (Shirohara-mizunagidori) ______ FW
    Pterodroma hypoleuca

  50. Bulwer's Petrel  (Anadori) ______ SP NS(o)
    Bulweria bulwerii 
    (monotypic)




    Bulwer's Petrels have been seen from ferries during FONT Tours
    in Southern Japan in the Spring

       
    Bulwer's Petrels have been seen from ferries during FONT Tours
    in Southern Japan in the Spring
       

  51. Streaked Shearwater (neb)  (O-mizunagidori) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Calonectris leucomelas 
    (monotypic)

  52. Buller's Shearwater (JAr)  (Minami-onaga-mizunagidori) ______ SP
    Puffinus bulleri 
    (monotypic)

    (monotypic)

  53. Flesh-footed Shearwater  (Akaashi-mizunagidori) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Puffinus carneipes 
    (monotypic)

  54. Sooty Shearwater  (Haiiro-mizunagidori) ______ SP  NS
    Puffinus griseus 
    (monotypic)

  55. Short-tailed Shearwater  (Hashiboso-mizunagidori) ______ SP,FW  NS 
    Puffinus tenuirostris 
    (monotypic)




    A Short-tailed Shearwater photographed during a FONT tour
    (photo by Marie Gardner)


  56. Tristram's (or Sooty) Storm-Petrel (nt)  (O-suton-umitsubame) ______ SP
    Oceanodroma tristrami 
    (monotypic)

  57. Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (nt)  (Hime-kuro-umitsubame) ______ SP  NS(o)
    Oceanodroma monorhis 
    (monotypic)

  58. Fork-tailed (or Grey) Storm-Petrel  (Haiiro-umitsubame) ______ FW
    Oceanodroma f. furcata


  59. Little Grebe (or "Dabchick" (Kaitsuburi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei

  60. Black-necked Grebe (or Eared Grebe)  (Hajiro-kaitsuburi) ______ FW
    Podiceps n. nigricollis

  61. Horned Grebe (or Slavonian Grebe)  (Mimi-kaitsuburi) ______ FW
    Podiceps a. auritus




    A Horned Grebe in non-breeding plumage
    (photo by Kim Steininger)

  62. Red-necked Grebe  (Akaeri-kaitsuburi) ______ SP,FW
    Podiceps grisegena holboellii

  63. Great Crested Grebe  (Kanmuri-kaitsuburi) ______ SP,FW  HI
    Podiceps c. cristatus

  64. Oriental Stork (t2) (JAr)  (Konotori) ______ FW
    Ciconia boyciana 
    (monotypic)

  65. Eurasian Spoonbill (JAr)  (Herasagi) ______ FW  NS
    Platalea l. leucorodia

  66. Black-faced Spoonbill (t1) (JAr)  (Kurotsura-herasagi) ______ FW  NS  
    Platalea minor 
    (monotypic)




    Rare Black-faced Spoonbills have been seen over the years 
    during FONT Winter Tours in Honshu, Kyushu, Amami, & Okinawa

  67. Eurasian Bittern  (Sankano-goi) ______ FW
    Botaurus s. stellaris

  68. Black-crowned Night-Heron  (Goi-sagi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Nycticorax n. nycticorax

  69. "Eastern" Cattle Egret  (Ama-sagi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Bublucus ibis coromandus 
    (the single member of its genus) 

  70. Little Egret  (Ko-sagi) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Egretta g. garzetta

  71. Chinese (or Swinhoe's) Egret  (t2) (JAr)  (Kara-shira-sagi) _______ SP  HI
    Egretta  eulophotes 
    (monotypic)

     
  72. Yellow-billed (or Intermediate) Egret  (Chu-sagi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Egretta i. intermedia

  73. Great Egret  (Dai-sagi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Ardea a. alba

  74. Grey Heron  (Ao-sagi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Ardea cinerea jouyi

  75. Purple Heron (JAr)  (Murasaki-sagi) ______ SP  HI
    Ardea purpurea manilensis

  76. Striated Heron  (Sasa-goi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Butorides striatus amurensis

  77. Pacific (or Eastern) Reef-Heron  (Kuro-sagi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Egretta s. sacra

  78. Chinese Pond Heron  (JAr)  (Akagashira-sagi) ______  SP  HI
    Ardeola bacchus 
    (monotypic)

  79. Cinnamon (or Chestnut) Bittern  (Ryukyu-yoshi-goi) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Ixobrychus cinnamomeus 
    (monotypic)

     
  80. Yellow (or Chinese Little) Bittern  (Yoshi-goi) ______ FW NS(o)
    Ixobrychus sinensis 
    (now monotypic)

     
  81. Brown Booby  (Katsuodori) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Sula leucogaster plotus

  82. Great Cormorant  (Kawa-u) ______ SP,FW
    Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae
    (often considered synonymous with P. c. sinensis)

  83. Japanese (or Temminck's) Cormorant (JAneb)  (Umi-u) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Phalacrocorax capillatus 
    (monotypic) 

  84. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant)  (Hime-u) ______ SP,FW  HI
    Phalacrocorax p. pelagicus

  85. Red-faced Shag (or Cormorant) (JAr)  (Chishima-ugarasu) ______ FW
    Phalacrocorax urile 
    (monotypic)

  86. Osprey  (Misago) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Pandion h. haliaetus 
    (the single member of its genus) 

  87. Crested Honey Buzzard  (Hachikuma) ______ SP  HI(o)
    Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis

  88. Black (-eared) Kite  (Tobi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS (part of the widespread Black Kite, Milvus migrans, across Eurasia & Africa)
    Milvus migrans lineatus

  89. White-tailed Eagle (nt)  (Ojiro-washi) ______ SP,FW  (has also been called White-tailed Fish Eagle)
    Haliaeetus a. albicilla 




    White-tailed Eagles have been seen during FONT tours 
    in Honshu in the winter, and in Hokkaido in the winter & spring
    (photo during a FONT tour)
     
  90. Steller's Sea Eagle (t3)  (O-washi) ______ FW  (has also been called Steller's Fish Eagle) (A morph, at one time called H. p. niger, all-black except for the white tail, in Korea & adjacent Siberia, may now well be extinct.)  
    Haliaeetus p. pelagicus 




    The presence of the Steller's Sea Eagle is a wonderful aspect of the Hokkaido winter.
    During that season, the species occurs there in large numbers, having come from its
    breeding grounds in Siberia. 
    (photo during a FONT tour)
       
  91. Northern Hen Harrier (Haiiro-chuhi) ______ SP,FW HI (has been called Hen Harrier in Europe)
    Circus c. cyaneus

  92. Eastern Marsh Harrier  (Chuhi) ______ SP,FW HI (has been considered by some as conspecific with the Western Marsh Harrier of Europe, and was then called Northern Marsh Harrier)
    Circus spilonotus

  93. Northern Goshawk  (O-taka) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Accipiter gentilis fujiyamae

  94. Eurasian Sparrowhawk  (Hai-taka) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Accipiter nisus nisosimilis

  95. Japanese Sparrowhawk  (Tsumi) ______ SP,FW HI NS
    Accipiter gularis iwasakii

  96. Common Buzzard  (Nosuri) ______ SP,FW
    Buteo buteo japonicus

  97. Roughleg  (has been called either Rough-legged Hawk or Rough-legged Buzzard)  (Kaeshi-nosuri) ______ FW
    Buteo lagopus menzbieri

  98. Grey-faced Buzzard  (Sashiba) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Butastur indicus 
    (monotypic)

  99. Greater Spotted Eagle (JAr)  (Karafuto-washi) ______ FW
    Aquila clanga 
    (monotypic)

  100. Mountain Hawk-Eagle  (Kuma-taka) ______ FW
    Spizaetus nipalensis orientalis 
    (this subspecies of Japan rather distinct from populations on mainland Asia)

  101. Common Kestrel  (Chogenbo) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Falco tinnunculus interstinctus

  102. Merlin  (Ko-chogenbo) ______ FW
    Falco columbarius pacificus

  103. Eurasian Hobby (Chigo-hayabusa) ______ SP, FW HI
    Falco s. subbuteo

  104. Peregrine Falcon  (Hayabusa) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Falco peregrinus japonensis

  105. Gyrfalcon  (Shiro-hayabusa) ______ FW
    Falco rusticolus 
    (monotypic, but with a variation in color)

  106. Swinhoe's (or Asian Yellow) Rail  (Shima-kuina) ______ FW NS(o)
    Coturnicops exquisitus 
    (monotypic)  

  107. Water Rail  (Kuina) ______ FW
    Rallus aquaticus indicus

  108. Okinawa Rail (t2) (JAe)  (Yambaru-kuina) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Gallirallus okinawae 
    (monotypic)




    An Okinawa Rail photographed during a FONT tour on Okinawa 

  109. Ruddy-breasted Crake  (Hi-kuina) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Porzana fusca erythrothorax

  110. Baillon's Crake  (Hime-kuina) ______ FW  NS(o)
    Porzana p. pusilla

  111. White-breasted Waterhen  (Shirohara-kuina) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Amaurornis p. phoenicurus

  112. Common Moorhen  (Ban) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Gallinula chloropus indica

  113. Eurasian Coot  (O-ban) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Fulica a. atra|

  114. Common Crane (JAr)  (Kuro-zuru) ______ FW
    Grus grus lilfordi

  115. Hooded Crane (t3)  (Nabe-zuru) ______ FW  (in photo below)
    Grus monachus 
    (monotypic)




    Hooded Cranes (front left & right), & a Sandhill Crane (front center)
    with White-naped Cranes in the background.
    Photographed during a FONT Winter Tour in Kyushu, Japan.

     
  116. Sandhill Crane (JAr)  (Kanada-zuru) ______ FW  (in photo above) 
    Grus c. canadensis

  117. White-naped Crane (t3)  (Mana-zuru) ______ FW  
    Grus vipio 
    (monotypic)




    White-naped Cranes photographed during a FONT tour in Kyushu 

  118. Red-crowned (or Japanese) Crane (t2)  (Tancho) ______ SP,FW  
    Grus japonensis 
    (monotypic)






    Two photos above of Red-crowned Cranes,
    taken during FONT Winter Tours in Hokkaido


  119. Siberian Crane (t1) (JAr)  (Sodeguro-zuru) ______ FW 
    Grus leucogeranus






    Two photos of Siberian Cranes taken during FONT Japan Winter Tours in Kyushu,
    the upper photo in 2000; the lower photo in 2004

      
  120. Demoiselle Crane (JAr)  (Aneha-zuru) ______ FW  
    Anthropoides virgo 
    (monotypic)




    A Demoiselle Crane, with Hooded Cranes, in Kyushu 
    during a FONT Winter Tour in Japan in 2000
    (photo by Trevor Ford)


  121. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (JAr)  (Renkaku) ______ FW NS(o)
    Hydrophasianus chirurgus 
    (the single member of its genus)

  122. Greater Painted Snipe (Tama-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Rostratula b. benghalensis 
    (the single member of its genus)

  123. Eurasian Oystercatcher (JAr)  (Miyakodori) ______ SP,FW
    Haematopus ostralegus osculans

  124. Black-winged Stilt  (Seitaka-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS  (in PG1)
    Himantopus h. himantopus 

  125. Pied Avocet (JAr)  (Sorihashi-seitaka-shigi) ______ FW  NS
    Recurvirostra avosetta 
    (monotypic)

  126. Oriental Pratincole  (Tsubame-chidori) ______ SP  NS(o)
    Glareola maldivarum 
    (monotypic)

  127. Long-billed Plover (nt) (Ikaru-chidori) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Charadrius placidus japonicus

  128. Little Ringed Plover (Ko-chidori) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Charadrius dubius curonicus

  129. Common Ringed Plover (JArw)  (Hajiro-ko-chidori) ______ SP,FW HI NS
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae

  130. Kentish Plover (Shiro-chidori) ______ SP,FW  NS  (Eurasian birds were considered conspecific with those in North America & South America called the Snowy Plover)
    Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus 

  131. Lesser Sand Plover (has been called Mongolian Plover (Medai-chidori) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  (in PG1)
    Charadrius mongolus stegmanni
     

  132. Greater Sand Plover (JAr)  (O-medai-chidori) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Charadrius l. leschenaultii

  133. Pacific Golden Plover  (Munaguro) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Pluvialis fulva 
    (monotypic)

  134. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (Daizen) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Pluvialis s. squatarola

  135. Grey-headed Lapwing (nt)  (Keri) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Vanellus cinereus 
    (monotypic)

  136. Northern Lapwing  (Tageri) ______ FW  NS
    Vanellus vanellus 
    (monotypic)

  137. Great Knot  (Oba-shigi) ______ SP
    Calidris tenuirostris 
    (monotypic)

  138. Red Knot (JAr)  (Ko-oba-shigi) ______ SP
    Calidris canutus rogersi

  139. Temminck's Stint  (Ojiro-tonen) ______ FW  NS
    Calidris temminckii
      (monotypic)

  140. Red-necked Stint  (JArw)  (Tonen) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  
    Calidris ruficollis 
    (monotypic)




    A Red-necked Stint in Japan
    in non-breeding plumage


  141. Little Stint (JAr)  (Yoroppa-tonen) ______ SP  NS(o) 
    Calidris minuta 
    (monotypic)

  142. Long-toed Stint  (Hibari-shigi) ______ FW  HI NS  
    Calidris subminuta 
    (monotypic)

  143. Sanderling  (Miyubi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Calidris alba rubida

  144. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  (Uzura-shigi) ______ SP  NS  
    Calidris acuminata 
    (monotypic)




    A Sharp-tailed Sandpiper in Japan.
    This species has been seen during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring.


  145. Curlew Sandpiper  (Saruhama-shigi) ______ SP  NS
    Calidris ferruginea
      (monotypic)

  146. Dunlin  (Hama-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Calidris alpina sakhalina 
    (other subspecies also occur in Japan: C. a. arcticola from Alaska, and C. a. kistchinskii & C. a. actites, both of these from further north in east Asia)  

  147. Broad-billed Sandpiper  (Kirai)  ______ SP
    Limicola falcinellus sibirica 
    (the single member of its genus)

  148. Ruddy Turnstone  (Kyojo-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Arenaria i. interpres 

  149. Ruff / Reeve  (Erimaki-shigi) ______ FW NS
    Philomachus pugnax 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  150. Eurasian Woodcock  (Yama-shigi) ______ FW  NS
    Scolopax rusticola 
    (monotypic)

  151. Amami Woodcock (t3) (JAe)  (Amami-yama-shigi) ______ FW NS(o)
    Scolopax mira 
    (monotypic)




    An Amami Woodcock, as seen during numerous FONT tours on the island of Amami.
    The species has also been seen, though less often, during FONT tours in Okinawa. 

     
  152. Latham's (or Japanese) Snipe (nt) (JAneb)  (Oji-shigi) ______ SP  HI
    Gallinago hardwickii 
    (monotypic)

  153. Common Snipe  (Ta-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS (has been considered conspecific with Wilson's Snipe of North America, Gallinago delicata)
    Gallinago g. gallinago

  154. Solitary Snipe  (Ao-shigi)  ______ FW
    Gallinago solitaria japonica

     
  155. Pin-tailed Snipe (JAr)  (Hario-shigi) ______ FW NS(o)
    Gallinago stenura 
    (monotypic)

  156. Swinhoe's Snipe (JAr)  (Chuji-shigi) ______ FW NS(o)
    Gallinago megola 
    (monotypic)

  157. Jack Snipe (JAr)  (Ko-shigi) ______ SP HI(o)
    Lymnocryptes minimus 
    (monotypic, with nipponensis merged) (the single member of its genus) 

  158. Spotted Redshank (JArw)  (Tsuru-shigi) ______ FW NS(o)
    Tringa erythropus 
    (monotypic)

  159. Common Redshank (JAr)  (Akaashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Tringa totanus eurhinus
     

  160. Common Greenshank  (Aoashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Tringa nebularia 
    (monotypic)

  161. Marsh Sandpiper  (Ko-aoasi-shigi) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Tringa stagnatilis
      (monotypic)

  162. Green Sandpiper  (Kusa-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Tringa ochropus 
    (monotypic)

  163. Wood Sandpiper  (Takabu-shigi) ______ SP,FW HI NS
    Tringa glareola 
    (monotypic)

  164. Terek Sandpiper  (Sorihashi-shigi) ______ SP  HI NS
    Xenus cinereus 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  165. Grey-tailed (or Polynesian) Tattler  (Kiashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Heteroscelus brevipes 
    (monotypic)

  166. Common Sandpiper  (Iso-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Actitis hypoleucos 
    (monotypic)

  167. Black-tailed Godwit  (Oguro-shigi) ______ SP  HI NS
    Limosa limosa melanuroides

  168. Bar-tailed Godwit  (O-sorihashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS  
    Limosa lapponica baueri  

  169. Eurasian Curlew  (Daishaku-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Numenius arquata orientalis

  170. Eastern Curlew (nt)  (Horoku-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS  (has been called Far Eastern Curlew)
    Numenius madagascariensis 
    (monotypic)

  171. "Eurasian" Whimbrel  (Chushaku-shigi) ______ SP,FW   HI NS  (in PG1)
    Numenius phaeopus variegatus

  172. Red-necked Phalarope  (Haiiro-hireashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW
    Phalaropus lobatus 
    (monotypic)

  173. Red (or Grey) Phalarope  (Haiiro-hireashi-shigi) ______ SP
    Phalaropus fulicarius 
    (monotypic)

  174. Parasitic Jaeger (or Arctic Skua)  (Kuro-tozokukamome) ______ SP
    Stercorarius parasiticus 
    (monotypic)

  175. Pomarine Skua (or Pomarine Jaeger)  (Tozokukamome) ______ FW
    Stercorarius pomarinus 
    (monotypic)

  176. South Polar Skua  (O-tozokukamo) ______ SP
    Catharacta
    (or Stercorarius) maccormicki  (monotypic)

  177. Great Black-headed (or Pallas') Gull  (O-zuguro-kamone) ______ FW
    Larus ichthyaetus 
    (monotypic)

  178. Saunder's Gull (t3)  (Zuguro-kamome) ______ FW  NS
    Larus saundersi 
    (monotypic)

  179. Common Black-headed Gull  (Yuri-kamome) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Larus ridibundus 
    (monotypic)






    Common Black-headed Gulls are seen during FONT Japan Tours
    in the winter
    (above), and in the spring (below).
    (photos by Armas Hill)

     
  180. Black-tailed (or Japanese) Gull (JAneb)  (Umineko) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  (in PG2)
    Larus crassirostris 
    (monotypic)

  181. "Kamchatka Gull"  (Kamome) ______ SP,FW  (part of the Mew Gull, of North America, that's been called the Common Gull Europe)
    Larus canus kamtschatschensis

  182. Vega Gull  (Seguro-kamome) _______ SP,FW  HI NS  (considered by some distinct from Herring Gull of Europe, Larus argentatus, and the American Herring Gull, Larus a. smithsonianus)
    Larus (argentatus) vegae






    Upper photo: a first-year Vega Gull
    Lower photo: an adult Vega Gull (left) & an adult Slaty-backed Gull (right)


  183. "Heuglin's" Lesser Black-backed Gull ______ FW  (in PG2) 
    Larus fuscus heuglini

  184. "Mongolian" Yellow-legged Gull ______ SP,FW  (part of the "Caspian (or Pontic) Gull" - of the Yellow-legged Gull; previously part of Herring Gull)
    Larus cachinnans mongolicus

  185. Thayer's Gull  (Kanada-kamome) ______ FW
    Larus thayeri 
    (monotypic)

  186. Slaty-backed Gull  (O-seguro-kamome) ______ SP,FW  HI 
    Larus schistisagus 
    (monotypic)




    A first-year Slaty-backed Gull

  187. Glaucous-winged Gull  (Washi-kamome) ______ SP,FW  HI
    Larus glaucescens 
    (monotypic)

  188. Glaucous Gull  (Shiro-kamome) ______ SP,FW  (in PG2)
    Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus

  189. Iceland Gull (JAr)  (Aisurando-kamome) ______ FW
    Larus glaucoides kumlieni

  190. Ross' Gull (JAr)  (Hime-kubiwa-kamone) ______ FW  (in PG2)
    Rhodostethia rosea 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  191. Black-legged Kittiwake  (Mitsuyubi-kamome) ______ SP,FW
    Rissa tridactyla 
    (now monotypic, with pollicaris merged)

  192. Gull-billed Tern  (Hashibuto-ajisashi) ______ FW NS(o)
    Sterna (formerly Gelocica) n. nilotica

  193. Roseate Tern (nt)   (Beni-ajisashi) ______ SP  NS(o)
    Sterna dougallii bangsi

  194. Black-naped Tern  (Eriguro-ajisashi) ______ SP  NS(o)
    Sterna s. sumatrana

  195. Common Tern  (Ajisashi) ______ SP
    Sterna hirundo longipennis

  196. Little Tern  (Ko-ajisashi) ______ SP  NS (closely related to Least Tern of North America)  
    Sterna albifrons sinensis

  197. Whiskered Tern  (Kurohara-ajisashi) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Chlidonias hybridus javanica

  198. Common Murre (or Guillemot (Umigarasu) ______ SP,FW
    Uria aalge inornata

  199. Thick-billed Murre (or Brunnich's Guillemot)  (Hashibuto-umigarasu) ______ FW
    Uria lomvia arra

  200. Spectacled Guillemot  (Keimafuri) ______ SP,FW
    Cepphus carbo 
    (monotypic)

  201. Pigeon Guillemot  (Umibato) ______ FW
    Cepphus columba snowi

  202. Long-billed Murrelet  (Madara-umisuzume) ______ FW
    Brachyramphus perdix 
    (monotypic)

  203. Ancient Murrelet   (Umisuzume) ______ SP,FW (the Japanese word "umisuzume" translates to "sea sparrow")
    Synthliboramphus a. antiquus  (the other subspecies, S. a, microrhynchos, at Commander Is. in northeast Asia) 

  204. Japanese Murrelet (t3) (JAe)  (Kanmuri-umisuzume) ______ SP,FW 
    Synthliboramphus wumizusume 
    (monotypic)




    Japanese Murrelet
    This threatened species has been seen during the ferry trips to & from Hegura Island,
    in the Sea of Japan off the west coast of Honshu, during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring   

  205. Crested Auklet  (Etorofu-umisuzume) ______ SP,FW
    Aethia cristatella 
    (monotypic)

  206. Least Auklet  (Ko-umisuzume) ______ FW
    Aethia pusilla 
    (monotypic)

  207. Rhinoceros Auklet  (Utou) ______ SP,FW
    Cerorhinca monocerata 
    (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 

  208. Horned Puffin  (Tsunomedori) ______ SP
    Fratercula corniculata 
    (monotypic)

  209. Tufted Puffin (JAr)  (Etopirika) ______ FW
    Fratercula
    (formerly Lunda) cirrhata  (monotypic)

  210. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i)  (Dobato) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Columba l. livia

  211. Japanese (or Black) Wood-Pigeon (nt) (JAneb)  (Karasu-bato) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Columba j. janthina

  212. Oriental Turtle Dove  (Kiji-bato) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
    Streotopelia orientalis
    Streotopelia o. orientalis
    (on Hokkaido, Honshu, & Kyushu)
    Streotopelia o. stimpsoni
    (on Amami & Okinawa)

  213. White-bellied Green-Pigeon (nt)  (Ao-bato) ______ SP,FW 
    Treron
    (formerly Sphenurus) s. sieboldii

  214. Whistling Green Pigeon (nt)  (Zuaka-ao-bato) ______ SP,FW  NS(o)  (has also rather inappropriately been called Red-capped Green Pigeon)
    Treron
    (formerly Sphenurus) formosae permagus  




    A Whistling Green Pigeon photographed during a FONT tour in Amami
     
  215. Rose-ringed (or Ring-necked) Parakeet (i)  (Wakake-honsei-inko) ______ SP
    Psittacula krameri

  216. Common Cuckoo  (Kakko) ______ SP HI
    Cuculus canorus telephonus

  217. Oriental Cuckoo  (Tsutsudori) ______ SP HI
    Cuculus optatus
      (monotypic)

  218. Lesser Cuckoo (an formerly alternate name of Little Cuckoo inappropriate as there is a bird with that name in South America)  (Hototo-gisu) ______ SP HI NS
    Cuculus poliocephalus 
    (monotypic)

  219. Northern (formerly Horsfield's or Hodgson's) Hawk-Cuckoo  (Juichi) ______ SP
    Cuculus (fugax) hyperythrus 
    (monotypic)

  220. Blakiston's Fish Owl (t2)  (Shima-fukuro) ______ FW  
    Bubo b. blakistoni 
    (genus Bubo rather than Ketupa)




    The big & rare Blakiston's Fish Owl has been seen 
    during every FONT Japan Tour in Hokkaido in the Late-Fall & Winter

     
  221. Japanese Scops-Owl (O-konoha-zuku) ______ FW  HI NS (formerly considered part of Collared Scops-Owl of mainland Asia, Otus lettia)
    Otus semitorques pryeri

  222. Oriental Scops-Owl  (Konoha-zuku) ______ SP NS(o) (was at one treated as a subspecies of the Common Scops-Owl, Otus scops)
    Otus sunia japonicus

  223. Elegant (or Ryukyu) Scops-Owl (nt) (neb)  (Ryukyu-konoha-zuku) ______ SP,FW NS(o) (recently considered part of Celebes (or Sulawesi) Scops-Owl of se Asian islands, Otus manadensis - prior to that, considered part of Oriental Scops-Owl, and at one time, treated as a subspecies of the Common Scops-Owl, Otus scops)
    Otus e. elegans (other subspecies are on islands off Taiwan and the Philippines)

  224. Brown (or Oriental) Hawk-Owl  (Aoba-zuku) ______ SP,FW HI NS
    Ninox scutulata japonica

  225. Ural Owl  (Fukuro) ______ FW
    Strix uralensis 
    Strix u. japonica (on Hokkaido) (on that island formerly S. u. hondoensis)
    Strix u. fuscescens
    (on Kyushu)

  226. Long-eared Owl  (Torafu-zuku) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Asio o. otus

  227. Short-eared Owl  (Komini-zuku) ______ FW
    Asio f. flammeus

  228. Grey Nightjar  (Yotaka) ______ SP  HI  (formerly called Jungle Nightjar
    Caprimulgus indicus jotaka

  229. White-throated (or Northern) Needletail  (Hario-amatsubame) ______ SP  NS(o)
    Hirundapus c. caudacutus

  230. House Swift  (Hime-amatsubame) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Apus nipalensis subfurcatus

  231. Fork-tailed Swift  (Amatsu-bame) ______ SP HI NS  (has also been called Pacific, or White-rumped, Swift
    Apus p. pacificus  

  232. Ruddy Kingfisher  (Aka-shobin) ______ SP  HI NS 
    Halcyon coromanda
    Halcyon c. major
    (on Kyushu)
    Halcyon c. bangsi
    (on Amami & Okinawa)




    Ruddy Kingfishers have been seen during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring
    in Kyushu, Amami, & Okinawa


  233. Black-capped Kingfisher (JAr)  (Yama-shobin) ______ SP  HI(o)
    Halcyon pileata 
    (monotypic)

  234. Common Kingfisher  (Kawasemi) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Alcedo atthis bengalensis

  235. Crested Kingfisher  (Yamasemi) ______ SP,FW  (was called Greater Pied Kingfisher)
    Ceryle lugubris
    Ceryle l. pallida
    (on Hokkaido)
    Ceryle l. lugubris
    (on Honshu & Kyushu)

  236. Oriental Dollarbird  (Bupposo) ______ SP HI(o)  (closely related to the Broad-billed Roller of Africa)
    Eurystomus orientalis calonyx

  237. Eurasian Hoopoe (JAr)  (Yatsugashira) ______ SP HI(o)
    Upupa e. epops 
    (as U. e. saturata now merged)

  238. Japanese Green Woodpecker (JAe)  (Ao-gera) ______ SP,FW 
    Picus awokera
    Picus a. awokera
    (on Honshu)
    Picus a. horii
    (on Kyushu)
    (birds are larger & lighter in the north, smaller & darker in the south) 




    Japanese Green Woodpecker,
    one of the country's endemic birds 


  239. Grey-headed Woodpecker  (Yama-gera) ______ SP,FW
    Picus canus jessoensis

  240. Black Woodpecker  (Kuma-gera) ______ SP,FW
    Dryocopus m. martius

  241. Okinawa (or Pryer's) Woodpecker (t1) (JAe)  (Noguchi-gera) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
    Sapheopipo noguchii

  242. Amami (or Owston's) Woodpecker  (JAe)  (O-aka-gera) ______