Japan Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours

1994 thru 2009

(during the months of 
January, February, 
April, May, June, July,
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 21 FONT Fall & Winter birding & nature tours in Japan: FW.
There have been 12 FONT Spring & Summer birding & nature tours in Japan: SP.

During our 33 FONT tours in Japan, 390 species of birds have cumulatively been found. 

In the following list, Japanese bird names follow English names.



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 & Summer 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   

Over 300 species of Birds during FONT Tours on Honshu (with photos) 

Birds of Hegura Island (with photos)

Birds during FONT tours on the Island of Amami

Birds during FONT tours on the island of Okinawa 

Rare Birds during our Japan Tours

A List of Japanese Mammals  (with photos)

A List of Japanese Butterflies  (with photos)

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)
    
    
    
    
    A Pair of Mandarin Ducks photographed during a FONT tour in Japan
    
    
14. Eurasian Wigeon (incl green-faced form)  (Hidori-gamo) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Anas penelope  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Eurasian Wigeon, photographed during FONT's 
    January/February 2009 Tour in Japan
    (photo by Karl Frafjord)
    
    
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
    
    
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
    
    
    
    
    Eastern Spot-billed Ducks photographed during the Jan/Feb 2009 FONT Japan Tour
    (photo by Karl Frafjord)
    
    
23. Northern Pintail  (Onaga-gamo) ______ SP,FW  NS
    Anas acuta  (monotypic)
    
    
    
    
    A Pair of Northern Pintails in flight
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
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
    
    
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)
    
    
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
    
    
    
    
    A Eurasian Spoonbill in flight
    
    
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
    
    
    
    
    Grey Heron
    (photo by Howard Eskin)
    
    
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.
    The upper photo here is an adult bird. The lower photo, of an immature,
    was taken during the FONT Japan tour in January/February 2009. 
    (photo below by Karl Frafjord)
    
    
     
    
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.
     The species is endemic to northern 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. Watercock  (Tsuru-kuina)  ______  SP  NS
     Gallicrex cinerea
     
     
114. Eurasian Coot  (O-ban) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Fulica a. atra|
     
     
115. Common Crane (JAr)  (Kuro-zuru) ______ FW
     Grus grus lilfordi
     
     
116. 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.
      
     
117. Sandhill Crane (JAr)  (Kanada-zuru) ______ FW  (in photo above) 
     Grus c. canadensis
     
     
118. White-naped Crane (t3)  (Mana-zuru) ______ FW  
     Grus vipio  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     White-naped Cranes photographed during a FONT tour in Kyushu 
     
     
119. 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
     
     
120. 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
       
     
121. 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)
     
     
122. Pheasant-tailed Jacana (JAr)  (Renkaku) ______ FW NS(o)
     Hydrophasianus chirurgus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
123. Greater Painted Snipe (Tama-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Rostratula b. benghalensis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
124. Eurasian Oystercatcher (JAr)  (Miyakodori) ______ SP,FW
     Haematopus ostralegus osculans
     
     
125. Black-winged Stilt  (Seitaka-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS 
     Himantopus h. himantopus 
     
     
126. Pied Avocet (JAr)  (Sorihashi-seitaka-shigi) ______ FW  NS
     Recurvirostra avosetta  (monotypic)
     
     
127. Oriental Pratincole  (Tsubame-chidori) ______ SP  NS(o)
     Glareola maldivarum  (monotypic)
     
     
128. Long-billed Plover (nt) (Ikaru-chidori) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Charadrius placidus japonicus
     
     
129. Little Ringed Plover (Ko-chidori) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Charadrius dubius curonicus
     
     
130. Common Ringed Plover (JArw)  (Hajiro-ko-chidori) ______ SP,FW HI NS
     Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
     
     
131. 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 
     
     
132. Lesser Sand Plover (has been called Mongolian Plover)  (Medai-chidori) ______ SP,FW  HI NS 
     Charadrius mongolus stegmanni  
     
     
133. Greater Sand Plover (JAr)  (O-medai-chidori) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Charadrius l. leschenaultii
     
     
134. Pacific Golden Plover  (Munaguro) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Pluvialis fulva  (monotypic)
     
     
135. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (Daizen) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Pluvialis s. squatarola
     
     
136. Grey-headed Lapwing (nt)  (Keri) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Vanellus cinereus  (monotypic)
     
     
137. Northern Lapwing  (Tageri) ______ FW  NS
     Vanellus vanellus  (monotypic)
     
     
138. Great Knot  (Oba-shigi) ______ SP
     Calidris tenuirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
139. Red Knot (JAr)  (Ko-oba-shigi) ______ SP
     Calidris canutus rogersi
     
     
140. Temminck's Stint  (Ojiro-tonen) ______ FW  NS
     Calidris temminckii  (monotypic)
     
     
141. Red-necked Stint  (JArw)  (Tonen) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  
     Calidris ruficollis  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Red-necked Stint in Japan
     in non-breeding plumage
     
     
142. Little Stint (JAr)  (Yoroppa-tonen) ______ SP  NS(o) 
     Calidris minuta  (monotypic)
     
     
143. Long-toed Stint  (Hibari-shigi) ______ FW  HI NS  
     Calidris subminuta  (monotypic)
     
     
144. Sanderling  (Miyubi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     
145. 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.
     
     
146. Curlew Sandpiper  (Saruhama-shigi) ______ SP  NS
     Calidris ferruginea  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Curlew Sandpiper
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
147. 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)  
     
     
148. Broad-billed Sandpiper  (Kirai)  ______ SP
     Limicola falcinellus sibirica  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
149. Ruddy Turnstone  (Kyojo-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Arenaria i. interpres 
     
     
150. Ruff / Reeve  (Erimaki-shigi) ______ FW NS
     Philomachus pugnax  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
151. Eurasian Woodcock  (Yama-shigi) ______ FW  NS
     Scolopax rusticola  (monotypic)
     
     
152. 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. 
      
     
153. Latham's (or Japanese) Snipe (nt) (JAneb)  (Oji-shigi) ______ SP  HI
     Gallinago hardwickii  (monotypic)
     
     
154. Common Snipe  (Ta-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS (has been considered conspecific with Wilson's Snipe of North America, Gallinago delicata)
     Gallinago g. gallinago
     
     
155. Solitary Snipe  (Ao-shigi)  ______ FW
     Gallinago solitaria japonica
     
      
156. Pin-tailed Snipe (JAr)  (Hario-shigi) ______ FW NS(o)
     Gallinago stenura  (monotypic)
     
     
157. Swinhoe's Snipe (JAr)  (Chuji-shigi) ______ FW NS(o)
     Gallinago megola  (monotypic)
     
     
158. Jack Snipe (JAr)  (Ko-shigi) ______ SP HI(o)
     Lymnocryptes minimus  (monotypic, with nipponensis merged) (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
159. Spotted Redshank (JArw)  (Tsuru-shigi) ______ FW NS(o)
     Tringa erythropus  (monotypic)
     
     
160. Common Redshank (JAr)  (Akaashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Tringa totanus eurhinus  
     
     
161. Common Greenshank  (Aoashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Tringa nebularia  (monotypic)
     
     
162. Marsh Sandpiper  (Ko-aoasi-shigi) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Tringa stagnatilis  (monotypic)
     
     
163. Green Sandpiper  (Kusa-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Tringa ochropus  (monotypic)
     
     
164. Wood Sandpiper  (Takabu-shigi) ______ SP,FW HI NS
     Tringa glareola  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Wood Sandpiper
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
165. Terek Sandpiper  (Sorihashi-shigi) ______ SP  HI NS
     Xenus cinereus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
166. Grey-tailed (or Polynesian) Tattler  (Kiashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Heteroscelus brevipes  (monotypic)
     
     
167. Common Sandpiper  (Iso-shigi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Actitis hypoleucos  (monotypic)
     
     
168. Black-tailed Godwit  (Oguro-shigi) ______ SP  HI NS
     Limosa limosa melanuroides
     
     
169. Bar-tailed Godwit  (O-sorihashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS  
     Limosa lapponica baueri  
     
     
170. Eurasian Curlew  (Daishaku-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Numenius arquata orientalis
     
     
171. Eastern Curlew (nt)  (Horoku-shigi) ______ SP,FW  NS  (has been called Far Eastern Curlew)
     Numenius madagascariensis  (monotypic)
     
     
172. "Eurasian" Whimbrel  (Chushaku-shigi) ______ SP,FW   HI NS  
     Numenius phaeopus variegatus
     
     
173. Red-necked Phalarope  (Haiiro-hireashi-shigi) ______ SP,FW
     Phalaropus lobatus  (monotypic)
     
     
174. Red (or Grey) Phalarope  (Haiiro-hireashi-shigi) ______ SP
     Phalaropus fulicarius  (monotypic)
     
     
175. Parasitic Jaeger (or Arctic Skua)  (Kuro-tozokukamome) ______ SP
     Stercorarius parasiticus  (monotypic)
     
     
176. Pomarine Skua (or Pomarine Jaeger)  (Tozokukamome) ______ FW
     Stercorarius pomarinus  (monotypic)
     
     
177. South Polar Skua  (O-tozokukamo) ______ SP
     Catharacta (or Stercorarius) maccormicki  (monotypic)
     
     
178. Great Black-headed (or Pallas') Gull  (O-zuguro-kamone) ______ FW
     Larus ichthyaetus  (monotypic)
     
     
179. Saunder's Gull (t3)  (Zuguro-kamome) ______ FW  NS
     Larus saundersi  (monotypic)
     
     
180. 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)
      
     
181. Black-tailed (or Japanese) Gull (JAneb)  (Umineko) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  
     Larus crassirostris  (monotypic)
     
     
182. "Kamchatka Gull"  (Kamome) ______ SP,FW  (part of the Mew Gull, of North America, that's been called the Common Gull Europe)
     Larus canus kamtschatschensis
     
     
183. 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)
     
     
184. "Heuglin's" Lesser Black-backed Gull ______ FW  (in PG2) 
     Larus fuscus heuglini
     
     
185. "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
     
     
186. Thayer's Gull  (Kanada-kamome) ______ FW
     Larus thayeri  (monotypic)
     
     
187. Slaty-backed Gull  (O-seguro-kamome) ______ SP,FW  HI 
     Larus schistisagus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A first-year Slaty-backed Gull
     
     
188. Glaucous-winged Gull  (Washi-kamome) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Larus glaucescens  (monotypic)
     
     
189. Glaucous Gull  (Shiro-kamome) ______ SP,FW 
     Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus
     
     
190. Iceland Gull (JAr)  (Aisurando-kamome) ______ FW
     Larus glaucoides kumlieni
     
     
191. Ross' Gull (JAr)  (Hime-kubiwa-kamone) ______ FW  
     Rhodostethia rosea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
192. Black-legged Kittiwake  (Mitsuyubi-kamome) ______ SP,FW
     Rissa tridactyla  (now monotypic, with pollicaris merged)
     
     
193. Gull-billed Tern  (Hashibuto-ajisashi) ______ FW NS(o)
     Sterna (formerly Gelocica) n. nilotica
     
     
194. Roseate Tern (nt)   (Beni-ajisashi) ______ SP  NS(o)
     Sterna dougallii bangsi
     
     
195. Black-naped Tern  (Eriguro-ajisashi) ______ SP  NS(o)
     Sterna s. sumatrana
     
     
196. Common Tern  (Ajisashi) ______ SP
     Sterna hirundo longipennis
     
     
197. Little Tern  (Ko-ajisashi) ______ SP  NS (closely related to Least Tern of North America)  
     Sternula (formerly Sterna) albifrons sinensis
     
     
198. Whiskered Tern  (Kurohara-ajisashi) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Chlidonias hybridus javanica
     
     
199. Common Murre (or Guillemot)  (Umigarasu) ______ SP,FW
     Uria aalge inornata
     
     
200. Thick-billed Murre (or Brunnich's Guillemot)  (Hashibuto-umigarasu) ______ FW
     Uria lomvia arra
     
     
201. Spectacled Guillemot  (Keimafuri) ______ SP,FW
     Cepphus carbo  (monotypic)
     
     
202. Pigeon Guillemot  (Umibato) ______ FW
     Cepphus columba snowi
     
     
203. Long-billed Murrelet  (Madara-umisuzume) ______ FW
     Brachyramphus perdix  (monotypic)
     
     
204. 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) 
     
     
205. 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   
     
     
206. Crested Auklet  (Etorofu-umisuzume) ______ SP,FW
     Aethia cristatella  (monotypic)
     
     
207. Least Auklet  (Ko-umisuzume) ______ FW
     Aethia pusilla  (monotypic)
     
     
208. Rhinoceros Auklet  (Utou) ______ SP,FW
     Cerorhinca monocerata  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
209. Horned Puffin  (Tsunomedori) ______ SP
     Fratercula corniculata  (monotypic)
     
     
210. Tufted Puffin (JAr)  (Etopirika) ______ FW
     Fratercula (formerly Lunda) cirrhata  (monotypic)
     
     
211. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i)  (Dobato) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Columba l. livia
     
     
212. Japanese (or Black) Wood-Pigeon (nt) (JAneb)  (Karasu-bato) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Columba j. janthina
     
     
213. Oriental Turtle Dove  (Kiji-bato) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Streotopelia orientalis
     Streotopelia o. orientalis (on Hokkaido, Honshu, & Kyushu)
     Streotopelia o. stimpsoni (on Amami & Okinawa)
     
     
214. White-bellied Green-Pigeon (nt)  (Ao-bato) ______ SP,FW 
     Treron (formerly Sphenurus) s. sieboldii
     
     
215. 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
      
     
216. Rose-ringed (or Ring-necked) Parakeet (i)  (Wakake-honsei-inko) ______ SP
     Psittacula krameri
     
     
217. Common Cuckoo  (Kakko) ______ SP HI
     Cuculus canorus telephonus
     
     
218. Oriental Cuckoo  (Tsutsudori) ______ SP HI
     Cuculus optatus  (monotypic)
     
     
219. 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)
     
     
220. Northern (formerly Horsfield's or Hodgson's) Hawk-Cuckoo  (Juichi) ______ SP
     Cuculus (fugax) hyperythrus  (monotypic)
     
     
221. 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
      
     
222. Japanese Scops-Owl (O-konoha-zuku) ______ FW  HI NS (formerly considered part of Collared Scops-Owl of mainland Asia, Otus lettia)
     Otus semitorques pryeri
     
     
223. 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
     
     
224. 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)
     
     
225. Brown (or Oriental) Hawk-Owl  (Aoba-zuku) ______ SP,FW HI NS
     Ninox scutulata japonica
     
     
226. Ural Owl  (Fukuro) ______ FW
     Strix uralensis 
     Strix u. japonica (on Hokkaido) (on that island formerly S. u. hondoensis)
     Strix u. fuscescens (on Kyushu)
     
     
227. Long-eared Owl  (Torafu-zuku) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Asio o. otus
     
     
228. Short-eared Owl  (Komini-zuku) ______ FW
     Asio f. flammeus
     
     
229. Grey Nightjar  (Yotaka) ______ SP  HI  (formerly called Jungle Nightjar) 
     Caprimulgus indicus jotaka
     
     
230. White-throated (or Northern) Needletail  (Hario-amatsubame) ______ SP  NS(o)
     Hirundapus c. caudacutus
     
     
231. House Swift  (Hime-amatsubame) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Apus nipalensis subfurcatus
     
     
232. Fork-tailed Swift  (Amatsu-bame) ______ SP HI NS  (has also been called Pacific, or White-rumped, Swift) 
     Apus p. pacificus  
     
     
233. 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
     
     
234. Black-capped Kingfisher (JAr)  (Yama-shobin) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Halcyon pileata  (monotypic)
     
     
235. Common Kingfisher  (Kawasemi) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Alcedo atthis bengalensis
     
     
236. Crested Kingfisher  (Yamasemi) ______ SP,FW  (was called Greater Pied Kingfisher)
     Ceryle lugubris
     Ceryle l. pallida (on Hokkaido)
     Ceryle l. lugubris (on Honshu & Kyushu)
     
     
237. Oriental Dollarbird  (Bupposo) ______ SP HI(o)  (closely related to the Broad-billed Roller of Africa)
     Eurystomus orientalis calonyx
     
     
238. Eurasian Hoopoe (JAr)  (Yatsugashira) ______ SP HI(o)
     Upupa e. epops  (as U. e. saturata now merged)
     
     
239. 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 
     
     
240. Grey-headed Woodpecker  (Yama-gera) ______ SP,FW
     Picus canus jessoensis
     
     
241. Black Woodpecker  (Kuma-gera) ______ SP,FW
     Dryocopus m. martius
     
     
242. Okinawa (or Pryer's) Woodpecker (t1) (JAe)  (Noguchi-gera) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Sapheopipo noguchii
     
     
     
     
     The Okinawa Woodpecker, one of the (if not the) rarest of woodpeckers.
     
     
243. Amami (or Owston's) Woodpecker  (JAe)  (O-aka-gera) ______ SP,FW NS(o) (has been considered a race of the White-backed Woodpecker)
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) (leucotos) owstoni
     
     
244. White-backed Woodpecker  (O-aka-gera) ______ SP,FW
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) leucotos subcirrus (this subspecies endemic to Hokkaido) 
     
     
245. Great Spotted Woodpecker  (Aka-gera) ______ SP,FW  
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) major japonicus
     
     
     
     
     The Japanese race of the Great Spotted Woodpecker,
     a widespread species across Eurasia
      
     
246. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  (Ko-aka-gera) ______ FW
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) minor amurensis
     
     
247. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  (Ko-gera) ______ SP,FW  NS  
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) kizuki
     Dendrocopos k. ijimae (on Hokkaido)
     Dendrocopos k. seebohmi (on Honshu)
     Dendrocopos k. amamii (on Amami)
     Dendrocopos k. kizuki (on Kyushu & Okinawa)
     
     
248. Fairy Pitta (t3)  (Yairocho) ______ SP (at one time, by some, considered conspecific with Blue-winged Pitta, Pitta brachyura)
     Pitta nympha  (monotypic)
     
     
249. Greater Short-toed Lark (JAr)  (Hime-kotenshi) ______ SP HI(o)
     Calandrella cinerea longipennis 
     
     
250. Eurasian Skylark  (Hibari) ______ SP,FW  HI 
     Alauda arvensis japonica  ("Japanese Skylark")  (a resident in much of Japan)
     Alauda arvensis pekinensis  (HI)
     (A. a. pekinensis & A. a. lonnbergi are subspecies from mainland Asia that have occurred in Japan)
     
     
251. Barn Swallow  (Tsubame) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Hirundo rustica
     (2 subspecies recorded in Japan: Hirundo r. gutturalis (mostly), and Hirundo r. saturata)
     
     
252. Pacific Swallow  (Ryukyu-tsubame) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Hirundo tahitica namiyae
     
     
253. Red-rumped Swallow (Koshiaka-tsubame) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Cecropis (formerly Hirundo) daurica japonica
     
     
254. Sand Martin (or Bank Swallow)  (Shodo-tsubame) ______ SP  HI
     Riparia riparia iijimae
     
     
255. Asian House Martin  (Iwa-tsubame) ______ SP,FW  NS (was considered conspecific with the Common House Martin of Europe, Delichon urbica)
     Delichon d. dasypus
     
     
256. Richard's Pipit (JAr)  (Mamijiro-tahibari) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Anthus novaeseelandiae
     
     
257. Olive-backed Pipit   (Binzui) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  (has been called Indian Tree Pipit)
     Anthus h. hodgsoni (Anthus h. yunnanensis also occurs)
     
     
     
     
     An Olive-backed PIpit, photographed during the 
     FONT January/February 2009 Tour in Japan
     (photo by Karl Frafjord)
     
     
258. Tree Pipit  (Yoroppa-binzui) ______  SP  HI
     Anthus trivialis haringtoni  (probably this subspecies)
     
     
259. Red-throated Pipit  (Muneaka-tahibari) ______ FW  NS
     Anthus c. cervinus 
     
     
260. "Siberian" Buff-bellied Pipit  (Tahibari) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  (was part of the Water Pipit of Eurasia, but now considered conspecific with the  Buff-bellied (or American) Pipit of North America, or possibly it is a distinct species)
     Anthus (rubescens) japonicus
     
     
261. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (JAr)  (Tsumenaga-sekirei) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Motacilla tschutschensis simillima
     
      
262. Grey Wagtail  (Ki-sekirei) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Motacilla cinerea robusta
     
     
263. White Wagtail  (Hojiro / Haku-sekirei) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Motacilla alba
     Motacilla a. lugens  (throughout Japan; has been called Black-backed Wagtail) 
     Motacilla a. leucopsis (on Kyushu & Okinawa)  NS
     Motacilla a. ocularis (on Hegura Is.) HI(o)
     
      
264. Japanese Wagtail (JAe)  (Seguro-sekirei) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Motacilla grandis
     
     
265. Brown-eared Bulbul  (JAneb)  (Hiyodori) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Microscelis (formerly Hypsipetes) amaurotis
     Microscelis a. amaurotis (on Hokkaido, Honshu, & Kyushu)
     Microscelis a. ogawae (on Amami)
     Microscelis a. pryeri (on Okinawa)
     (other subspecies occur on other, smaller, Japanese islands & in Taiwan)
     
     
     
     
     Brown-eared Bulbul, photographed during the FONT Jan/Feb 2009 tour in Japan
     (photo by Karl Frafjord)
     
     
266. Light-vented Bulbul  (Shirogashira) ______ FW NS(o)
     Pycnonotus sinensis orii
     
     
267. Ashy Minivet  (Sanshokui) ______ SP HI
     Pericrocotus divaricatus  (monotypic, with tegimae split)
     
     
268. Ryukyu Minivet (JAe)  (Ryukyu-sanshokui) ______ FW  NS  (was considered conspecific with the Ashy Minivet)
     Pericrocotus tegimae  
     
     
     
     
     Ryukyu Minivets have been seen during FONT Japan Tours 
     in Kyushu, Amami, & Okinawa
       
     
269. Japanese Waxwing (nt)  (Hi-renjaku) ______ SP,FW  NS (not a Japanese breeder)
     Bombycilla japonica  (monotypic)
     
     
270. Bohemian Waxwing (Ki-renjaku) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Bombycilla garrulus (centralasiae)
     
     
271. Brown (or Pallas') Dipper  (Kawagarasu) ______ SP,FW
     Cinclus p. pallasii
     
     
272. Northern (or Winter) Wren  (Misosazai) ______ SP,FW
     Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
     
     
273. Japanese Accentor (JAe)  (Kaya-kuguri) ______ SP,FW
     Prunella rubida fervida (on Hokkaido)
     
     
274. Japanese Robin (JAneb)  (Komadori) ______ SP  HI
     Erithacus a. akahige
     
     
275. Ryukyu Robin (nt) (Akahige) ______ FW NS(o)
     Erithacus komadori
     Erithacus k. komadori (on Amami)
     Erithacus k. namiyei (on Okinawa)
     (From the Japanese names for the Japanese & Ryukyu Robins, notice that the scientific names for the 2 species were erroneously applied.) 
     
     
     
     
     Ryukyu Robin, seen during FONT Japan Tours in Amami & Okinawa 
     
     
276. Rufous-tailed (or Swinhoe's) Robin  (Shima-goma) ______  SP HI(o)
     Luscinia sibilans  (monotypic)
     
     
277. Siberian Rubythroat  (No-goma) ______ SP,FW  HI NS 
     Luscinia calliope camtschhatkensis
     
     
278. Bluethroat  (JArw)  (Ogawa-komadori) ______ SP,FW  HI,NS 
     Luscinia s. svecicus
     
     
279. Siberian Blue Robin  (Ko-ruri) ______ SP  HI
     Luscinia cyane bachaiensis  
     
     
280. Daurian Redstart (Jo-bitaki) ______ FW SP  HI NS
     Phoenicurus a. auroreus
     
     
281. Black Redstart (JAr)  (Kuro-jo-bitaki) ______ SP HI(o)
     Phoenicurus ochruros phoenicuroides
     
     
282. Eurasian Stone Chat  (No-bitaki) ______ SP  HI 
     Saxicola torquatus stejnegeri  ("Siberian Stone Chat") 
     
     
283. Red-flanked Bluetail  (has also been called Siberian Bluechat, or Orange-flanked Bush-Robin)  (Ruri-bitaki) _____ SP,FW  HI NS 
     Tarsiger c. cyanurus
     
     
284. Desert Wheatear (JAr) (note following list) (Sabaku-hitaki) ______ FW 
     Oenanthe d. deserti
     
     
285. Pied Wheatear  (JAr)  ( )  ______  SP  HI(o)
     Oenanthe pleschanka
     
     
286. Isabelline Wheater  (JAr)  ( ) ______ SP  HI(o) 
     Oenanthe isabellina
     
     
287. Blue Rock Thrush  (Iso-hiyodori) ______ SP,FW  HI NS (a subspecies of the Blue Rock Thrush, with a reddish belly)
     Monticola solitarius philippensis
     
     
288. White-throated Rock Thrush (JAr)  (Hima-isohiyo) ______ SP  HI(o)  
     Monticola gularis  (monotypic)
     
     
289. White's (Ground) Thrush  (was considered conspecific with the Scaly (Ground) Thrush of southeast Asia)  (Tora-tsugumi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Zoothera aurera toratugumi 
     
     
290. Amami Thrush (t1) (JAe)  (O-tora-tsugumi) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Zoothera amami  (monotypic)
     
     
291. Siberian (Ground) Thrush  (Mamijiro) ______ SP  HI  (in PG2)
     Zoothera sibirica davisoni
     
     
292. Brown-headed Thrush (JAneb)  (has been called Brown Thrush)  (Akahara) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Turdus c. chrysolaus
     
     
293. Pale Thrush (Shirohara) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Turdus pallidus  (monotypic)
     
     
294. Eye-browed (or Grey-headed) Thrush  (Mamichajinai) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Turdus obscurus  (monotypic)
     
     
295. Dusky Thrush (JArs)  (Tsugumi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  
     Turdus eunomus  (monotypic)
     
     
296. Naumann's Thrush (JAr) ______ SP,FW  HI (was considered conspecific with the Dusky Thrush)
     Turdus naumanni  (monotypic)
     
     
297. Japanese (Grey) Thrush (This species has been called Grey Thrush, but there's another species with that name in Africa. This name notwithstanding, the species is not endemic to Japan, occurring also in China & Korea.)   (Kuro-tsugumi) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Turdus cardis  (monotypic)
     
     
298. Asian Stubtail  (Yabusame) ______ SP  HI  (was called Short-tailed Bush Warbler)
     Cettia s. squameiceps
     
     
299. Japanese Bush Warbler  (Uguisu) ______ SP,FW  HI NS 
     Cettia diphone
     Cettia d. sakhalinensis  (on Honshu & Kyushu, non-breeding, winter)
     Cettia d. cantans (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, breeding)
     Cettia d. riukiuensis  (on Amami & Okinawa)
     
     
     
     
     Japanese Bush Warbler seen and heard during FONT Japan Tours
     in the Spring & the Winter  
     
     
300. Zitting Cisticola  (Sekka) ______ SP,FW  NS  (was called Fan-tailed Warbler, but there's a species so-named in Mexico, totally unrelated; also, now the cisticolas are not in the same family as the Old World Warblers)    
     Cisticola juncidis brunniceps
     
     
301. Lanceolated (Grasshopper) Warbler  (Makino-sennyu) ______ SP
     Locustella lancolata hendersonii
     
     
302. Gray's Grasshopper Warbler  (Ezo-sennyu) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Locustella fasciolata amnicola
     
     
303. Marsh Grassbird  (t3)  (O-sekka) ______ SP  (has also been called Japanese Marsh Warbler)
     Megalurus p. pryeri 
     
     
304. Black-browed (or Schenk's) Reed Warbler  (Ko-yoshikiri) ______ SP  HI
     Acrocephalus bistrigiceps  (monotypic)
     
     
305. Oriental Reed Warbler  (O-yoshikiri) ______ SP  HI (was considered conspecific with the Great Reed Warbler of Europe, Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
     Acrocephalus orientalis
     
     
306. Eastern Crowned Warbler  (Sendai-mushikui) ______ SP  HI  
     Phylloscopus coronatus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     The Eastern Crowned Warbler, found during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring
     
     
307. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler  (Ezo-mushikui) ______ SP  HI  (was part of the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler)
     Phylloscopus borealoides  (monotypic)
     
     
308. Ijima's Leaf Warbler  (t3) (JAeb)  (Ijima-mushikui) ______ FW NS(o) (has historically been included in Eastern & Western Crowned Warblers and in Pale-legged Leaf Warbler)
     Phylloscopus ijimae  (monotypic)
     
     
309. Arctic Warbler  (Meboso-mushikui) ______ FW HI NS
     Phylloscopus b. borealis
     (another subspecies, Phylloscopus b. xanthodryas, also occurs in Japan) 
     
     
310. Yellow-browed Warbler (JAr)  (Kimayu-mushikui) ______ FW HI NS
     Phylloscopus inornatus  (monotypic)
     
     
311. Dusky Warbler (JAr)  (Muji-sekka) ______ SP HI(o)
     Phylloscopus f. fuscatus
     
     
312. Radde's Warbler (JAr) (Karafuto-muji-sekka)  ______  SP  HI(o)
     Phylloscopus schwarzi  (monotypic)
     
     
313. Goldcrest  (Kikuitadaki) ______ SP,FW
     Regulus regulus japonensis
     
     
314. Blue-and-white Flycatcher  (O-ruri) ______ SP  HI 
     Cyanoptila c. cyanomelana
     
     
     
     
     The Blue-and-white Flycatcher, seen & heard 
     during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring
     
     
315. Asian Brown Flycatcher  (Ko-same-bitaki) ______ SP  HI
     Muscicapa d. dauurica 
     
     
316. Dark-sided Flycatcher  (was called Siberian Flycatcher; another name that has been given to this bird, Sooty Flycatcher, inappropriate as there's a bird so-named in Africa)  (Same-bitaki) ______ SP  HI
     Muscicapa s. sibirica
     
     
317. Gray-streaked Flycatcher (Ezo-bitaki) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Muscicapa griseisticta  (monotypic)
     
     
318. Taiga Flycatcher  (JAr)  (Ojiro-bitaki) ______ SP  HI(o)  (was part of the Red-breasted Flycatcher, Muscicapa parva)
     Muscicapa albicilla  (monotypic)
     
     
319. Mugimaki Flycatcher  (JAr) (see note following list)  (Mugimaki) ______ SP,FW  HI 
     Ficedula mugimaki  (monotypic)
     
     
320. Narcissus Flycatcher  (JAneb)  (Ki-bitaki) ______ SP  HI 
     Ficedula narcissina  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Two photos above of Narcissus Flycatchers, one of the nicest birds
     to be seen during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring 
     
     
321. Ryukyu Flycatcher (t2) (JAe)  (Ryukyu Ki-bitaki) ______  SP,FW  NS(o)  (was considered as part of the Narcissus Flycatcher) 
     Ficedula owstoni  (monotypic)
     
     
322. Yellow-rumped (or Tricolored) Flycatcher (JAr)  (Mamijiro-ki-bitaki) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Ficedula zanthopygia  (monotypic)
     
     
323. Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher  (nt) (JAneb)  (Sankocho) ______ SP  NS HI  (has also been called Black Paradise Flycatcher)   
     Terpsiphone atrocaudata illex (on Kyushu & Nansei Shoto islands)
     Terpsiphone a. atrocaudata  (on Honshu, & Hegura Island) 
     
     
324. Long-tailed Bushtit  (Enaga) ______ SP,FW  (has been called Long-tailed Tit)
     Aegithalos caudatus 
     Aegithalos c. japonicus  (on Hokkaido)
     Aegithalos c. trivirgatus  (on Honshu)
     Aegithalos c. kiusiuensis  (on Kyushu)
     (A.c. japonicus in the Caudatus group, with head & throat white, A.c. trivirgatus & kiusiuensis in the Europaeus group, with head having dark lateral crown stripes)
     
     
325. Marsh Tit  (Hashibuto-gara) ______ SP,FW
     Poecile (formerly Parus) palustris hensoni 
     
     
326. Willow Tit  (Ko-gara) ______ SP,FW
     Poecile (formerly Parus) montanus restrictus 
     (Poecile m. sachalinensis, slightly paler, from Sakhalin Island, may occur on Hokkaido as a vagrant.)
     
     
327. Varied Tit  (JAneb)  (Yama-gara) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Poecile (formerly Parus) varius
     Poecile v. varius (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Poecile v. amami  (on Amami & Okinawa)
     (other subspecies occur on various Japanese islands, Poecile v. yakushimensis also on Amami Is. as a non-breeding visitant)
     
     
328. Coal Tit  (Hi-gara) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Periparus (formerly Parus) ater insularis 
     
     
329. Great Tit  (Shiju-kara) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Parus major
     Parus m. minor  (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Parus m. amamiensis  (on Amami)
     Parus m. okinawae  (on Okinawa)
     (these 3 subspecies in the Minor group) 
     
     
330. Eurasian Nuthatch  (Goju-kara) ______ SP,FW
     Sitta europaea
     Sitta e. asiatica  (on Hokkaido, a pale-breasted form)
     Sitta e. amurensis  (on Honshu)
     Sitta e. roseilia  (on Kyushu)
     (these subspecies in the Europaea group)
     
     
331. Eurasian Treecreeper  (Kivashiri) ______ FW
     Certhia familiaris
     Certhia f. daurica  (on Hokkaido)
     Certhia f. japonica  (on Honshu)
     (these 2 subspecies in the northern Familiaris group)
     
     
332. Chinese Penduline Tit  (Tsurisu-gara) ______ FW  (was considered conspecific with other Penduline Tits across Eurasia - now 4 species)  
     Remiz consobrinus
     
     
333. Japanese White-eye (Mejiro) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Zosterops japonica
     Zosterops j. japonica  (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Zosterops j. loochooensis  (on Amami & Okinawa)
     (other subspecies occur on various, smaller, Japanese islands)
     
     
334. Bull-headed Shrike (Mozu) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Lanius b. bucephalus
     
     
335. Brown Shrike (JArw)  (Aka-mozu) ______ FW HI NS
     Lanius cristatus 
     Lanius c. lucionensis (in Okinawa)
     Lanius c. superciliosus  (breeds on Hokkaido & Honshu)
     
     
336. Tiger (or Thick-billed) Shrike  (Chigo-mozu) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Lanius tigrinus  (monotypic)
     
     
337. Long-tailed (or Rufous-backed) Shrike (JAr)  (Takaago-mozu) ______ FW
     Lanius s. schach
     
     
338. Great Grey Shrike  (O-mozu) ______ FW (has been called Northern Shrike in North America)
     Lanius excubitor bianchii
     
     
339. Eurasian Jay  (Kakesu) ______ SP,FW
     Garrulus glandarius
     Garrulus g. brandtii  (on Hokkaido)
     Garrulus g. japonicus  (on Honshu & Kyushu)
     (2 other subspecies occur on other Japanese islands)
     
     
340. Lidth's Jay (t3) (JAe)  (Ruri-kakesu) ______ SP,FW NS(o)
     Garrulus lidthi  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Lidth's Jay photographed during a FONT Tour in Amami.
     The species is endemic to that Japanese island, 
     and one smaller island nearby.
        
     
341. Spotted Nutcracker  (Hoshi-garasu) ______ SP
     Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica
     (in the Northern group)
     
     
342. Azure-winged Magpie  (Onaga) ______ SP,FW
     Cyanopica cyana japonica
     
     
343. Eurasian Magpie (i)  (Kasasagi) ______ FW (was considered conspecific with Black-billed Magpie of North America, Pica hudsonia)
     Pica pica sericea
     
     
344. Daurian Jackdaw  (Kokumaru-garasu) ______ FW
     Corvus dauuricus  (monotypic)
     
     
345. Rook  (Miyama-garasu) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Corvus frugilegus pastinator
     
     
346. Carrion Crow  (Hashiboso-garasu) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Corvus corone orientalis
     
     
347. Large-billed Crow  (Hashibuto-garasu) ______ SP,FW  HI NS (was considered conspecific with the Jungle Crow of southern Asia, Corvus levaillantii)
     Corvus macrorhynchos
     Corvus m. japonensis  (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Corvus m. connectens  (on Amami & Okinawa)
     (1, maybe 2, other subspecies occur on various Japanese islands)  
     
     
348. Northern Raven (JAr)  (Watari-garasu) ______ FW
     Corvus corax kamtschaticus
     
     
349. Common Starling (JAr)  (Hoshi-mukudori) ______ FW  NS
     Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
     
     
     
     
     The Common Starling is 1 of 6 species of starlings we've seen during FONT tours in Japan.
     Occurring there in the winter, it is a rarity.      
     (photo by Doris Potter)
     
     
350. White-cheeked (or Grey) Starling  (Mukudori) ______ SP,FW  HI NS (has also been called Ashy Starling)
     Sturnus cineraceus  (monotypic)
     
     
351. White-shouldered Starling  (JAr)  (Kara-mukudori) ______ FW  NS  (has also been called Grey-backed Starling, or Myna) 
     Sturnus sinensis  (monotypic)
     
     
352. Red-billed Starling (JAr)  (Gin-mukudori) ______ FW  NS  (has also been called Silky Starling)
     Sturnus sericeus  (monotypic)
     
     
353. Chestnut-cheeked Starling  (nt) (JAeb)  (Ko-mukudori) ______ SP  (has also been called Violet-backed Starling, or Myna) 
     Sturnus philippensis  (monotypic)
     
     
354. Daurian (or Purple-backed) Starling  (JAr)  (Shiberia-mukudori )  ______  SP  HI(o)
     Sturnus sturninus  (monotypic)
     
     
355. Crested Myna (i)  (Hakkacho) ______ FW
     Acridotheres cristatellus
     
     
356. Black Drongo  (JAr)  (Ochu)  ______  SP  (HIo)
     Dicrurus macrocercus
     (The subspecies in China is D. m. cathoecus; the subspecies endemic to Taiwan is D. m. harterti.) 
     
      
357. Black-naped Oriole  (JAr)  (Korai-uguisu) ______  SP  HI(o)
     Oriolus chinensis diffusus
     
     
358. Russet (or Cinnamon) Sparrow  (Nyunai-suzume) ______ SP, FW  HI
     Passer r. rutilans
     
     
359. Eurasian Tree Sparrow  (Suzume) ______ SP,FW  NS
     Passer montanus saturatus
     
     
     
     
     The Eurasian Tree Sparrow is the common "city sparrow" in Tokyo.
     House Sparrows don't occur in Japan.
     (photo by Paul West)
       
     
360. Scaly-breasted (or Spotted) Munia (i)  (Amihara) ______ SP,FW NS(o)  (also called Nutmeg Mannikin)
     Lonchura punctulata
     
     
361. Brambling  (Atori) ______ SP,FW  HI  
     Fringilla montifringilla  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A male Brambling photographed during a FONT Japan Tour
     in the Spring
     (photo by Paul West)
       
     
362. Grey-capped Greenfinch  (Kawara-hiwa) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Carduelis sinica
     (Carduelis s. minor breeds, Carduelis s. kawarahiba a winter visitor)
     
     
363. Eurasian Siskin  (Ma-hiwa) ______ SP,FW  HI NS 
     Carduelis spinus  (monotypic)
     
     
364. Common Redpoll  (Beni-hiwa) ______ FW
     Carduelis f. flammea
     
     
365. Pine Grosbeak  (Ginzan-mashiko) ______ SP
     Pinicola enucleator sakhalinensis
     
     
366. Red Crossbill  (Isuka) ______ FW (called Red Crossbill in North America)
     Loxia curvirostra japonica
     
     
367. Asian Rosy Finch  (Hagi-mashiko) ______ SP,FW  HI 
     Leucosticte arctoa brunneonucha
     
     
     
     
     Asian Rosy Finches are seen during FONT Japan Tours
     in the Winter
     
     
368. Long-tailed Rosefinch  (Beni-mashiko) ______ SP,FW  HI 
     Uragus sibiricus sanguinolentus
     
     
     
     
     A Long-tailed Rosefinch in Japan in the Winter
     
     
369. Pallas's Rosefinch (JAr)  (O-mashiko) ______ SP,FW 
     Carpodacus roseus portenkoi
     
     
     
     
     The Pallas's Rosefinch has been seen during FONT Japan Tours
     in both the Winter & the Spring, but more so in the Winter
      
      
370. Eurasian Bullfinch  (Uso) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Pyrrhula pyrrhula
     Pyrrhula p. rosacea (on Hokkaido)
     Pyrrhula p. griseiventris  (on Hokkaido & Honshu, sometimes known as "Grey-bellied Bullfinch")
     
     
371. Japanese Grosbeak  (Ikaru) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Eophona p. personata
     
     
372. Yellow-billed (or Chinese) Grosbeak  (JAr)  (Ko-ikaru) ______  SP  HI(o)
     Eophona m. migratoria
     
     
373. Hawfinch  (Shime) ______ SP,FW   HI
     Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
     
     
374. Snow Bunting  (Yuki-hojiro) ______ FW
     Plectrophenax nivalis vlasowae
     
     
375. Grey Bunting (JAneb)  (Kuroji) ______ SP,FW  HI NS
     Emberiza v. variabilis
     
     
376. Black-faced Bunting  (Aoji) ______ SP,FW  HI NS 
     Emberiza spodocephala personata
     
     
     
     
     Black-faced Bunting
     
     
377. Japanese Yellow Bunting  (t3) (JAeb)  (Nojiko) ______ SP,FW  HI  (has also been called Siebold's Bunting)
     Emberiza sulphurata  (monotypic)
     
     
378. Meadow Bunting (Hijiro) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Emberiza cioides ciopsis
     
     
379. Yellow-breasted Bunting  (Shima-aoji) ______ SP  HI 
     Emberiza aureola ornata
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-breasted Buntings breed on Hokkaido, Japan
     in the Spring and Summer
      
     
380. Chestnut Bunting  (JAr)  (Shima-nojiko) ______ SP  HI(o)
     Emberiza rutila  (monotypic)
     
     
381. Chestnut-eared (or Grey-headed) Bunting  (Hoaka) ______ FW
     Emberiza f. fucata
     
     
382. Rustic Bunting  (Kashiradaka) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Emberiza rustica latifascia
     
     
383. Yellow-throated Bunting  (Miyama-hojiro) ______ SP,FW  HI NS  
     Emberiza e. elegans
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-throated Buntings breed on mainland Asia, but in the winter
     they occur in Japan.
     During that season, they've been seen during FONT tours on Honshu, Kyushu, & Amami.   
     The species has also been seen during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring.
       
     
384. Yellow-browed Bunting  (JAr)  (Kimayu-hojiro)  ______  SP  HI(o)
     Emberiza chrysophrys  (monotypic) 
     
     
385. Little Bunting  (JAr)  (Ko-hoaka)  ______  SP  HI(o)
     Emberiza pusilla  (monotypic)
     
     
386. Tristram's Bunting  (JAr)  (Shirohara-hojiro) ______ SP HI(o)
     Emberiza tristrami  (monotypic)
     
     
387. Common Reed Bunting  (O-jurin) ______ SP,FW  HI
     Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhulina
     
     
388. Pallas' Reed Bunting  (JAr)  (Shiberia-jurin) ______ FW
     Emberiza pallasi minor
     
     
389. Japanese Reed Bunting  (nt)  (Ko-jurin) ______ SP  (has also been called Ochre-rumped Bunting) 
     Emberiza y. yessoensis
     
     
     
     
     A singing Japanese Reed Bunting photographed 
     during a FONT Japan Tour in the Spring 
     (photo by Paul West)
     
     
390. Red-billed Leiothrix (i)  (Soushicho) ______ SP,FW
     Leiothrix lutea
     
     

Some Notes:

The Owston's (or Amami) Woodpecker, endemic to Amami Island, has traditionally been considered a subspecies of the White-backed Woodpecker - the largest and darkest race of that wide-ranging species across the Palearctic. So distinctive is the bird on Amami, however, that it may well be a full species. 

The "Japanese Skylark" (Alauda japonica) is considered by some a valid species, by others not. That species, or race (of the Common or Eurasian Skylark) occurs in Japan throughout the year. There are two undisputed races of Eurasian Skylark that have been recorded in Japan. 

The "Siberian" Buff-bellied Pipit  (Anthus rubescens japonicus) was historically considered as part of the Water Pipit (of Eurasia) (Anthus spinoletta). More recently the race in Japan has been included within the buff-bellied, or American Pipit (that is Anthus rubescens). However it may be a distinct species (Anthus japonicus). 

The Desert Wheatear, a rarity in Japan, was seen in Tokyo during the January 1998 FONT tour, present by a small river in the city. It attracted many Japanese birders (including numerous photographers). Food was put out for the rather tame bird. Thus, it came in closely to observers (including us). 

The Mugimaki Flycatcher, of the Asian mainland, is a rare bird in Japan, other than on Hegura and other offshore islands in the Sea of Japan, where it's a regular migrant, normally in May or October.
In January, the species is normally found in southern China, Indonesia, and rarely the Philippines. The breeding range is northern Asia: Manchuria, southern Siberia, and west to Inner Mongolia. Migration, in the Spring and the Fall, is normally through eastern and central China, Korea, and Indochina. The species has been seen in Japan in the Spring during our tour on Hegira Island in the Sea of Japan. 
But more surprisingly, during the FONT 1996 Japan Winter Birding Tour, on January 28, a pair of Mugimaki Flycatchers were seen well in southern Kyushu. The male and female, associating with each other, in a forested area, at a roadside stop, in the Ebino Plateau. The male was photographed.

The Eurasian Magpie has occurred in Japan for decades on the island of Kyushu in the area of Fukuoka. Recently, it has also occurred locally in southwestern Hokkaido.