Japan Birds
during FONT Birding 
& Nature Tours

in 2008


(during the month of January)

 

The following list compiled by Armas Hill, leader of the tours

 


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


The upper right photo is of a DUSKY THRUSH.    


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

JAN:  January 9-21, 2008: 
Honshu (hn), pelagic on Pacific ferry north to Hokkaido (hnp), Hokkaido (hk), Kyushu (ky)    
  

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.   
 

A LIST OF MAMMALS FOUND DURING FONT TOURS IN JAPAN IN 2008 FOLLOWS THE BIRD-LIST.

Links:

Upcoming Japan Tour Itineraries

Japan Past Tour Highlights

Cumulative List of Birds during FONT Japan Tours      

Bird-List from FONT Japan Tours in the Spring

Birds of Hegura Island

Birds of the Island of Amami

Rare Birds during FONT Japan Tours 

Japan Bird Photo Gallery - Part 1 (shearwaters thru shorebirds)

Japan Bird Photo Gallery - Part 2 (gulls thru buntings)

List of Japanese Mammals

List of Japanese Butterflies



List of Birds during FONT Japan Tours in 2008 (those with month & islands noted):

  1. Pacific Loon  (Shiroeri-ohamu) ______ *  (has also been called Pacific Diver)
    Gavia pacifica      (monotypic)
  2. Little Grebe (or "Dabchick")  (Kaitsuburi) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei
  3. Horned Grebe  (Mimi-kaitsuburi) ______ JAN hn  (has also been called Slavonian Grebe)
    Podiceps a. auritus

  4. Red-necked Grebe (Akaeri-kaitsuburi) ______ JAN hk
    Podiceps grisegena holboellii
  5. Great Crested Grebe  (Kanmuri-kaitsuburi) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Podiceps c. cristatus
  6. Laysan Albatross  (Ko-ahodori) ______ *
    Phoebastria     (formerly Diomedea) immutabilis
  7. Streaked Shearwater (neb)  (O-mizunagidori) ______ *
    Calonectris leucomelas          (monotypic)
  8. Short-tailed Shearwater  (Hashiboso-mizunagidori) ______ *
    Puffinus tenuirostris      (monotypic)
  9. Great Cormorant  (Kawa-u) ______ JAN hn
    Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae     (often considered synonymous with sinensis)
  10. Japanese (or Temminck's) Cormorant (JAneb)  (Umi-u) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Phalacrocorax capillatus      (monotypic) 
  11. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant)  (Hime-u) ______ JAN hn,hk
    Leucocarbo p. pelagicus
  12. Red-faced Shag (or Cormorant) (JAr)  (Chishima-ugarasu)  ______  JAN hk
    Leucocarbo urile
  13. Black-crowned Night-Heron  (Goi-sagi) ______ JAN ky
    Nycticorax n. nycticorax
  14. "Eastern" Cattle Egret  (Ama-sagi) ______ *
    Bublucus ibis coromandus          (the single member of its genus) 
  15. Little Egret  (Ko-sagi) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Egretta g. garzetta
  16. Chinese (or Swinhoe's) Egret  (t2) (JAr)  (Kara-shira-sagi) _______ *
    Egretta  eulophotes      (monotypic)

     
  17. Yellow-billed (or Intermediate) Egret  (Chu-sagi) ______ *
    Egretta i. intermedia
  18. Great Egret  (Dai-sagi) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Ardea a. alba
  19. Grey Heron  (Ao-sagi) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Ardea cinerea jouyi
  20. Purple Heron (JAr)  (Murasaki-sagi) ______ *
    Ardea purpurea manilensis
  21. Striated Heron  (Sasa-goi) ______ *
    Butorides striatus amurensis
  22. Pacific (or Eastern) Reef-Heron  (Kuro-sagi) ______ *
    Egretta s. sacra
  23. Chinese Pond Heron  (JAr)  (Akagashira-sagi) ______  *
    Ardeola bacchus      (monotypic)
  24. Cinnamon (or Chestnut) Bittern  (Ryukyu-yoshi-goi) ______ *
     Ixobrychus cinnamomeus      (monotypic)

     
  25. Eurasian Spoonbill (JAr) (Herasagi)  ______  JAN ky
    Platalea leucorodia
  26. Black-faced Spoonbill (t2) (JAr)  (Kurotsura-herasagi) ______ JAN ky
    Platalea minor      (monotypic)
  27. Mute Swan (i)  (Kobu-hakucho) ______ JAN hn
    Cygnus olor      (monotypic)
  28. Whooper Swan  (O-hakucho) ______ JAN hn,hk
    Cygnus cygnus      (monotypic)
  29. Common Shelduck (Tsukushi-gamo) ______ JAN ky
    Tadorna tadorna      (monotypic)
  30. Mandarin Duck (nt)  (Oshidori) ______ JAN ky
    Aix galericulata       (monotypic)
  31. Eurasian Wigeon  (Hidori-gamo) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Anas penelope      (monotypic)
  32. Falcated Duck  (Yoshi-gamo) ______ JAN hn
    Anas falcata      (monotypic)
  33. Eurasian Teal  (Ko-gamo) ______ JAN hn,ky  (was considered conspecific with Green-winged Teal of North America,
    Anas carolinensis    )
    Anas c. crecca 
  34. Gadwall  (Okayoshi-gamo) ______ JAN hn
    Anas s. strepera
  35. Mallard  (Ma-gamo) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
  36. Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Karu-gamo) ______ JAN hn,ky 
    Anas zonorhyncha
  37. Northern Pintail  (Onaga-gamo) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky
    Anas acuta      (monotypic)
  38. Northern Shoveler  (Hashibiro-gamo) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Anas clypeata      (monotypic)
  39. Common Pochard  (Hoshi-hajiro) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Aythya ferina      (monotypic)
  40. Tufted Duck  (Kinkuro-hajiro) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky
    Aythya fuligula      (monotypic)
  41. Greater Scaup (Suzu-gamo) ______ JAN hn,hk
    Aythya marila mariloides
  42. Harlequin Duck  (Shinori-gamo) ______ JAN hk
    Histrionicus histrionicus (pacificus)      (now  monotypic, with pacificus merged) (the single member of its genus)
  43. Long-tailed Duck  (Kori-gamo) ______ JAN hk   (has been called Oldsquaw in North America)
    Clangula hyemalis      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)

  44. American Scoter  (Kuro-gamo) ______ JAN hnp,hk   (was considered conspecific with the Black Scoter of Europe, Melanitta nigra)
    Melanitta americana

  45. "Stejneger's" White-winged Scoter  (Birodo-kinkuro) ______ JAN hk  (considered conspecific with the White-winged Scoter of North America, Melanitta deglandi, and formerly so with the Velvet Scoter of Europe, Melanitta fusca)
    Melanitta deglandi stejnegeri      
  46. Common Goldeneye  (Hojiro-gamo) ______ JAN hk
    Bucephala c. clangula
  47. Smew  (Miko-aisa) ______ JAN hk
    Mergellus     (formerly Mergus) albellus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
  48. Red-breasted Merganser  (Umi-aisa) ______ JAN hk
    Mergus serrator      (monotypic)
  49. Common Merganser (or Goosander)  (Kawa-aisa) ______ JAN hk
    Mergus m. merganser
  50. Osprey  (Misago) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Pandion h. haliaetus      (the single member of its genus) 
  51. Black (-eared) Kite  (Tobi) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky  (part of the widespread Black Kite, Milvus migrans, across Eurasia & Africa)
    Milvus migrans lineatus
  52. White-tailed (Sea-) Eagle (nt)  (Ojiro-washi) ______ JAN hk  (has also been called White-tailed (Fish-) Eagle)
    Haliaeetus a. albicilla
  53. Steller's Sea-Eagle (t3)  (O-washi) ______ JAN hk  (has also been called Steller's Fish-Eagle)   
    Haliaeetus p. pelagicus 
  54. Greater Spotted Eagle (t3) (JAr)  (Karafuto-washi)  ______ JAN ky
    Aquila clanga
  55. Northerm Harrier  (Haiiro-chuhi) ______ JAN hn (has been called Hen Harrier; considered conspecific with the Northern Harrier of North America, Circus cyaneus hudsonius)
    Circus c. cyaneus
  56. Eastern Marsh Harrier  (Chuhi) ______ JAN hn  (has been considered by some as conspecific with the Western Marsh Harrier of Europe, and then called Northern Marsh Harrier)
    Circus s. spilonotus
  57. Eurasian Sparrowhawk  (Hai-taka) ______ JAN hn,hk
    Accipiter nisus nisosimilis
  58. Common Buzzard  (Nosuri) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky
    Buteo buteo japonicus
  59. Roughleg  (Keashi-nosuri) ______  JAN hn
    Buteo lagopus menzbieri
  60. Grey-faced Buzzard  (Sashiba) ______ *
     Butastur indicus      (monotypic)
  61. Mountain Hawk-Eagle  (Kuma-taka) ______ *
    Spizaetus nipalensis orientalis      (this subspecies of Japan rather distinct from populations on mainland Asia)
  62. Common Kestrel  (Chogenbo) ______ JAN ky
    Falco tinnunculus interstinctus
  63. Eurasian Hobby  (Chigo-hayabusa) ______ *
    Falco s. subbuteo
  64. Peregrine Falcon  (Hayabusa) ______ JAN hn
    Falco peregrinus japonensis
  65. Gyrfalcon  (Shiro-hayabusa) ______ *
    Falco rusticolus      (monotypic, but with a variation in color)
  66. Copper Pheasant (nt) (e)  (Yamadori) ______ *
    Syrmaticus soemmerringii
    Syrmaticus s. subrufus      (on Honshu)
    Syrmaticus s. ijimae     (on Kyushu)
  67. (Japanese) Green Pheasant (e)  (Kiji) ______ *  (was considered as conspecific with the Common Pheasant native to Eurasia, Phasianus colchicus) 
    Phasianus versicolor
    Phasianus v. tohkaidi      (on Honshu)
    Phasianus v. tanensis      (on Kyushu)
  68. Okinawa Rail (t2) (JAe)  (Yambaru-kuina) ______ *
    Gallirallus okinawae      (monotypic)
  69. Ruddy-breasted Crake  (Hi-kuina) ______ *
    Porzana fusca erythrothorax
  70. Baillon's Crake  (Hime-kuina) ______ *
    Porzana p. pusilla
  71. White-breasted Waterhen  (Shirohara-kuina) ______ *
    Amaurornis p. phoenicurus
  72. Common Moorhen  (Ban) ______ JAN hn
    Gallinula chloropus indica
  73. Eurasian Coot  (O-ban) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Fulica a. atra|
  74. Common Crane (JAr)  (Kuro-zuru) ______ JAN ky
     Grus grus lilfordi
  75. Hooded Crane (t3) (Nabe-zuru) ______ JAN ky
     Grus monachus      (monotypic)
  76. Sandhill Crane (JAr)  (Kanada-zuru) ______ JAN ky
    Grus c. canadensis
  77. White-naped Crane (t3)  (Mana-zuru) ______ JAN ky
    Grus vipio      (monotypic)
  78. Red-crowned (or Japanese) Crane (t2)  (Tancho) ______ JAN hk
    Grus japonensis      (monotypic)
  79. Pied Avocet  (JAr)  (Sorihashi-seitaka-shigi) ______  JAN ky
    Recurvirostra avosetta
  80. Black-winged Stilt  (Seitaka-shigi) ______ JAN ky
    Himantopus h. himantopus 
  81. Long-billed Plover (nt)  (Ikaru-chidori) ______ *
    Charadrius placidus japonicus
  82. Little Ringed Plover (Ko-chidori) ______ *
    Charadrius dubius curonicus
  83. Common Ringed Plover  (Hajiro-ko-chidori) ______ * 
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
  84. Kentish Plover  (Shiro-chidori) ______ *  (Eurasian birds no longer considered conspecific with those in North America & South America called Snowy Plover)
    Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus 
  85. Lesser Sand Plover  (Medai-chidori) ______ *  (has been called Mongolian Plover)
    Charadrius mongolus stegmanni      
  86. Greater Sand Plover (JAr)  (O-medai-chidori) ______ *
    Charadrius l. leschenaultii
  87. Pacific Golden Plover  (Munaguro) ______ *
    Pluvialis fulva      (monotypic)
  88. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  (Daizen) ______ *
    Pluvialis s. squatarola
  89. Grey-headed Lapwing (nt)  (Keri) ______ *
    Vanellus cinereus          (monotypic)
  90. Northern Lapwing  (Tageri) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Vanellus vanellus      (monotypic)
  91. Temminck's Stint  (Ojiro-tonen) ______ *
    Calidris temminckii      (monotypic)
  92. Red-necked Stint  (JArw)  (Tonen) ______ *
    Calidris ruficollis      (monotypic)
  93. Long-toed Stint  (Hibari-shigi) ______ *
    Calidris subminuta      (monotypic)
  94. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  (Uzura-shigi) ______ *
    Calidris acuminata      (monotypic)
  95. Curlew Sandpiper  (Saruhama-shigi) ______ *
    Calidris ferruginea      (monotypic)
  96. Dunlin  (Hama-shigi) ______ JAN ky
    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)  

  97. Ruddy Turnstone  (Kyojo-shigi) ______ *
    Arenaria i. interpres 
  98. Amami Woodcock (t3) (JAe)  (Amami-yama-shigi) ______ *
    Scolopax mira      (monotypic)
  99. Latham's (or Japanese) Snipe (nt) (JAneb)  (Oji-shigi) ______ *
    Gallinago hardwickii      (monotypic)
  100. Common Snipe  (Ta-shigi) ______ JAN ky  (has been considered conspecific with Wilson's Snipe of North America, Gallinago delicata)
    Gallinago g. gallinago
  101. Solitary Snipe  (Ao-shigi)  ______ *
    Gallinago solitaria japonica
     
  102. Spotted Redshank (JArw)  (Tsuru-shigi) ______ *
    Tringa erythropus      (monotypic)
  103. Common Redshank (JAr)  (Akaashi-shigi) ______ *
    Tringa totanus eurhinus      
  104. Common Greenshank  (Aoashi-shigi) ______ JAN ky
    Tringa nebularia      (monotypic)
  105. Marsh Sandpiper  (Ko-aoasi-shigi) ______ *
    Tringa stagnatilis      (monotypic)
  106. Green Sandpiper  (Kusa-shigi) ______ JAN ky 
    Tringa ochropus      (monotypic)
  107. Wood Sandpiper  (Takabu-shigi) ______ *
    Tringa glareola      (monotypic)
  108. Terek Sandpiper  (Sorihashi-shigi) ______ *
    Xenus cinereus      (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
  109. Grey-tailed (or Polynesian) Tattler  (Kiashi-shigi) ______ *
    Heteroscelus brevipes      (monotypic)

  110. Common Sandpiper  (Iso-shigi) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Actitis hypoleucos      (monotypic)
  111. Bar-tailed Godwit  (O-sorihashi-shigi) ______ *
    Limosa lapponica baueri  
  112. "Eurasian" Whimbrel  (Chushaku-shigi) ______ *
    Numenius phaeopus variegatus
  113. Red-necked Phalarope  (Haiiro-hireashi-shigi) ______ *
    Phalaropus lobatus      (monotypic)
  114. Common Black-headed Gull  (Yuri-kamome) ______ JAN hn,ky 
    Larus ridibundus      (monotypic)
  115. Black-tailed (or Japanese Gull) (JAneb)  (Umineko) ______ JAN hn,ky 
    Larus crassirostris      (monotypic)
  116. "Kamchatka Gull"  (Kamome) ______ JAN hn,hk  (part of the Mew Gull, that has also been called Common Gull)
    Larus (canus) kamtschatschensis
  117. Vega Gull  (Seguro-kamome) _______ JAN hn,hkp,hk,ky  (considered by some distinct from Herring Gull of Europe, Larus argentatus, and the American Herring Gull, Larus a. smithsonianus)
    Larus (argentatus) vegae
  118. Slaty-backed Gull  (O-seguro-kamome) ______ JAN hn,hkp,hk,ky 
    Larus schistisagus      (monotypic)
  119. Glaucous-winged Gull  (Washi-kamome) ______ JAN hn 
    Larus glaucescens      (monotypic)
  120. Glaucous Gull  (Shiro-kamome) ______ JAN hkp,hk 
    Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus
  121. Iceland Gull (JAr)  (Aisurando-kamome) ______ *
    Larus glaucoides kumlieni
  122. Black-legged Kittiwake  (Mitsuyubi-kamome) ______ JAN hnp,hkp
    Rissa tridactyla      (now monotypic, with pollicaris merged)
  123. Common Tern  (Ajisashi) ______ *
    Sterna hirundo longipennis
  124. Little Tern  (Ko-ajisashi) ______ *  (closely related to Least Tern of North America)  
    Sterna albifrons sinensis
  125. Whiskered Tern  (JAr)  (Kurohara-ajisashi) ______ *
    Chlidonias hybridus javanica
  126. Common Murre   (Umigarasu) ______ *  (has also been called Guillemot)
    Uria aalge inornata
  127. Thick-billed Murre  (Hashibuto-umigarasu) ______ *  (has also been called Brunnich's Guillemot)
    Uria lomvia arra
  128. Spectacled Guillemot  (Keimafuri) ______ *
    Cepphus carbo      (monotypic)
  129. Pigeon Guillemot  (Umibato) ______ *
    Cepphus columba snowi
  130. Long-billed Murrelet  (Madara-umisuzume) ______ *
    Brachyramphus perdix      (monotypic)
  131. Ancient Murrelet  (Umisuzume) ______ *  (the Japanese word "umisuzume" translates to "sea sparrow")
    Synthliboramphus a. antiquus  (the other subspecies, S. a, microrhynchos, at Commander Is. in northeast Asia) 
  132. Japanese Murrelet (t3) (JAe)  (Kanmuri-umisuzume) ______ *
    Synthliboramphus wumizusume      (monotypic)
  133. Least Auklet  (Ko-umisuzume) ______ *
    Aethia pusilla      (monotypic)
  134. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i)  (Dobato) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky 
    Columba l. livia
  135. Japanese (or Black) Wood-Pigeon (nt) (JAneb)  (Karasu-bato) ______ *
    Columba j. janthina
  136. Oriental Turtle Dove  (Kiji-bato) ______ JAN hn,ky
    Streotopelia orientalis
    Streotopelia o. orientalis     (on Hokkaido, Honshu, & Kyushu)
    Streotopelia o. stimpsoni     (on Amami & Okinawa)
  137. White-bellied Green-Pigeon (nt)  (Ao-bato) ______ *
    Treron     (formerly Sphenurus) s. sieboldii
  138. Whistling (or Formosa) Green-Pigeon (nt)  (Zuaka-ao-bato) ______ *  (has also rather inappropriately been called Red-capped Green Pigeon)
    Treron     (formerly Sphenurus) formosae permagus  
  139. Common Cuckoo  (Kakko) ______ *
    Cuculus canorus telephonus
  140. Oriental Cuckoo  (Tsutsudori) ______ *
    Cuculus optatus      (monotypic)
  141. Blakiston's Fish-Owl (t2)  (Shima-fukuro) ______ JAN hk
    Bubo b. blakistoni      (genus Bubo rather than Ketupa)
  142. Japanese Scops-Owl (O-konoha-zuku) ______ *  (has been considered part of Collared Scops-Owl of mainland Asia, Otus lettia)
    Otus semitorques pryeri
  143. Oriental Scops-Owl  (Konoha-zuku) ______ *  (was at one time treated as a subspecies of the Common Scops-Owl, Otus scops)
    Otus sunia japonicus
  144. Elegant (or Ryukyu) Scops-Owl (nt) (neb)  (Ryukyu-konoha-zuku) ______ *  (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)
  145. Brown (or Oriental) Hawk-Owl  (Aoba-zuku) ______ *
    Ninox scutulata japonica
  146. Ural Owl  (Fukuro) ______ JAN hk
    Strix uralensis 
    Strix u. hondoensis  (on Hokkaido & Honshu) 
    Strix u. fuscescens      (on Kyushu)
  147. Grey Nightjar  (Yotaka) ______ *  (was called Jungle Nightjar) 
    Caprimulgus indicus jotaka
  148. House Swift  (Hime-amatsubame) ______ *
    Apus nipalensis subfurcatus
  149. Fork-tailed Swift  (Amatsu-bame) ______ *  (has also been called Pacific, or White-rumped, Swift) 
    Apus p. pacificus  
  150. Ruddy Kingfisher  (Aka-shobin) ______ *
    Halcyon coromanda
    Halcyon c. major      (on Hegura Is. &  Kyushu)
    Halcyon c. bangsi      (on Amami & Okinawa)
  151. Common Kingfisher  (Kawasemi) ______ JAN hn 
    Alcedo atthis bengalensis
  152. Crested Kingfisher  (Yamasemi) ______ *  (was called Greater Pied Kingfisher)
    Ceryle lugubris
     Ceryle l. pallida     (on Hokkaido)
    Ceryle l. lugubris     (on Honshu & Kyushu)
  153. Oriental Dollarbird  (Bupposo) ______ *  (closely related to the Broad-billed Roller of Africa)
    Eurystomus orientalis calonyx
  154. Grey-headed Woodpecker  (  ) ______  JAN hk
  155. Japanese Green Woodpecker (JAe)  (Ao-gera) ______ *
    Picus awokera
    Picus a. awokera          (on Honshu)
    Picus a. horii     (on Kyushu)
    (birds are larger & lighter in the north, smaller & darker in the south) 
  156. Okinawa (or Pryer's) Woodpecker (t1) (JAe)  (Noguchi-gera) ______ *
    Sapheopipo noguchii
  157. Amami (or Owston's) Woodpecker (t2) (JAe)  (O-aka-gera) ______ *  (has been considered a race of the White-backed Woodpecker)
    Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) (leucotos) owstoni
  158. White-backed Woodpecker  (O-aka-gera) ______ *
    Dendrocopos     (formerly Picoides) leucotos namiyei  (subspecies in western Honshu & Kyushu)   

  159. Great Spotted Woodpecker  (Aka-gera) ______ JAN hk 
    Dendrocopos     (formerly Picoides) major japonicus
  160. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  (Ko-gera) ______ JAN hk,ky  
    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)
  161. Black Woodpecker  (  )  ______ JAN hk
  162. Fairy Pitta (t3)  (Yairocho) ______ * (was at one time, by some, considered conspecific with Blue-winged Pitta, Pitta brachyura)
    Pitta nympha      (monotypic)
  163. Eurasian Skylark  (Hibari) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky  
    Alauda arvensis japonica  (a resident)
    (other subspecies that occur Japan, but as non-breeding visitors, include:
    Alauda arvensis pekinensis &     Alauda arvensis lonnbergi)
  164. Barn Swallow (Tsubame) ______ JAN hn,ky 
    Hirundo rustica
    (2 subspecies recorded in Japan: Hirundo r. gutturalis (mostly), and Hirundo r. saturata)
  165. Pacific Swallow  (Ryukyu-tsubame) ______ *
    Hirundo tahitica namiyae
  166. Asian House Martin (Iwa-tsubame) ______ JAN ky  (has been considered conspecific with the Common House Martin of Europe, Delichon urbica)
    Delichon d. dasypus
  167. Richard's Pipit (JAr)  (Mamijiro-tahibari) ______ *
    Anthus novaeseelandiae
  168. Olive-backed Pipit   (Binzui) ______ JAN ky,am, MAY hi, DEC ky  (was called Indian Tree Pipit)
    Anthus h. hodgsoni     (Anthus h. yunnanensis also occurs)
  169. Tree Pipit  (Yoroppa-binzui) ______  *
    Anthus trivialis haringtoni      (probably this subspecies)
  170. "Siberian" Buff-bellied Pipit  (Tahibari) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hi, DEC ky  (formerly part of Water Pipit, but now considered conspecific with the  Buff-bellied (or American) Pipit of North America, or possibly a distinct species)
    Anthus (rubescens) japonicus
  171. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (JAr)  (Tsumenaga-sekirei) ______ *
    Motacilla tschutschensis simillima

     
  172. Grey Wagtail  (Ki-sekirei) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hn,hi, DEC ky
    Motacilla cinerea robusta
  173. White Wagtail  (Hojiro / Haku-sekirei) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hn,hi, DEC hn,ky
    Motacilla alba
    Motacilla a. lugens      (throughout most of Japan; has been called Black-backed Wagtail) 
    Motacilla a. leucopsis     (on Kyushu)  MAY ky

     
  174. Japanese Wagtail (JAe)  (Seguro-sekirei) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn, DEC hk,ky
    Motacilla grandis
  175. Brown-eared Bulbul  (JAneb)  (Hiyodori) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky,am, MAY hn,hi,ky,am,ok, DEC hn,hk,ky
    Microscelis     (formerly Hypsipetes) amaurotis
    Microscelis a.     amaurotis  (on Hokkaido, Honshu, & Kyushu)
    Microscelis a. ogawae      (on Amami)
    Microscelis a. pryeri      (on Okinawa)

  176. Light-vented Bulbul  (Shirogashira) ______ *
    Pycnonotus sinensis orii
  177. Ashy Minivet  (Sanshokui) ______ *
    Pericrocotus divaricatus      (monotypic, with tegimae split)
  178. Ryukyu Minivet (JAe)  (Ryukyu-sanshokui) ______ *  (was considered conspecific with the Ashy Minivet)
    Pericrocotus tegimae      
  179. Brown (or Pallas') Dipper  (Kawagarasu) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky, MAY hn
    Cinclus p. pallasii
  180. Northern (or Winter) Wren  (Misosazai) ______ *
    Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
  181. Japanese Accentor (JAe)  (Kaya-kuguri) ______ *
    Prunella rubida fervida     (on Hokkaido)
  182. Ryukyu Robin (nt) (Akahige) ______ *
    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.) 
  183. Rufous-tailed (or Swinhoe's) Robin  (Shima-goma) ______  *
    Luscinia sibilans      (monotypic)
  184. Siberian Rubythroat  (No-goma) ______ *
    Luscinia calliope camtschhatkensis
  185. Bluethroat  (JArw)  (Ogawa-komadori) ______ *
    Luscinia s. svecicus
  186. Siberian Blue Robin  (Ko-ruri) ______ *
    Luscinia cyane bachaiensis  
  187. Daurian Redstart (Jo-bitaki) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky,am, MAY hn, DEC ky
    Phoenicurus a. auroreus
  188. Eurasian Stone Chat  (No-bitaki) ______ *  
    Saxicola torquatus stejnegeri  ("Siberian Stone Chat") 
  189. Red-flanked Bluetail  (Ruri-bitaki) _____ *  (has also been called Siberian Bluechat, or Orange-flanked Bush-Robin) 
    Tarsiger c. cyanurus
  190. Pied Wheatear  (JAr)  (Seguro-sabaku-hitaki)  ______  *
    Oenanthe pleschanka
  191. Isabelline Wheater  (JAr)  (Inaba-hitaki) ______ *
    Oenanthe isabellina 
  192. Blue Rock Thrush  (Iso-hiyodori) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hn,hi,am,ok  (a subspecies of the Blue Rock Thrush, with a reddish belly)
    Monticola solitarius philippensis
  193. White's (Ground) Thrush  (Tora-tsugumi) ______ * (has been considered conspecific with the Scaly (Ground) Thrush of southeast Asia) 
    Zoothera aurera toratugumi 
  194. Amami Thrush (t1) (JAe)  (O-tora-tsugumi) ______ *  (has been considered conspecific with the White's (Ground) Thrush)
     Zoothera amami      (monotypic)
  195. Siberian Thrush  (Mamijiro) ______ *
    Zoothera sibirica davisoni
  196. Brown-headed Thrush (JAneb)  (Akahara) ______ JAN hn, MAY hi  (has been called Brown Thrush)
    Turdus c. chrysolaus
  197. Pale Thrush  (Shirohara) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hi, DEC ky
    Turdus pallidus      (monotypic)
  198. Eye-browed (or Grey-headed) Thrush  (Mamichajinai) ______ *
    Turdus obscurus      (monotypic)
  199. Dusky Thrush  (Tsugumi) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky,am, MAY hn,hi, DEC hk,ky
    Turdus eunomus      (monotypic)
  200. Naumann's Thrush (JAr) ______ *  (was considered conspecific with Dusky Thrush)
    Turdus naumanni      (monotypic)

  201. Japanese (Grey) Thrush  (Kuro-tsugumi) ______ MAY hn  (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.)  
    Turdus cardis      (monotypic)

  202. Asian Stubtail  (Yabusame) ______ MAY ky  (was called Short-tailed Bush Warbler) 
    Cettia s. squameiceps
  203. Japanese Bush Warbler (Uguisu) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hn,hi,ky,ok, DEC ky
    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)
  204. Zitting Cisticola  (Sekka) ______ JAN ky,am, MAY hn,ky,am,ok  (was called Fan-tailed Warbler, but there's another species with that name in Mexico, totally unrelated; also now the cisticolas are not in the same family as the Old World Warblers) 
    Cisticola juncidis brunniceps
  205. Gray's Grasshopper Warbler  (Ezo-sennyu) ______ MAY hi
    Locustella fasciolata amnicola
  206. Marsh Grassbird  (t3)  (O-sekka) ______ MAY hn  (has also been called Japanese Marsh Warbler)
    Megalurus p. pryeri 
  207. Black-browed (or Schenk's) Reed Warbler  (Ko-yoshikiri) ______ MAY hi
    Acrocephalus bistrigiceps      (monotypic)
  208. Oriental Reed Warbler  (O-yoshikiri) ______ MAY hn  (was considered conspecific with the Great Reed Warbler of Europe, Acrocephalus arundinaceus)
    Acrocephalus orientalis
  209. Eastern Crowned Warbler  (Sendai-mushikui) ______ MAY hn,hi
    Phylloscopus coronatus      (monotypic)
  210. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (Ezo-mushikui) ______ MAY hi  (was part of Pale-legged Leaf Warbler) 
    Phylloscopus borealoides      (monotypic)
  211. Ijima's Leaf Warbler  (t3) (JAeb)  (Ijima-mushikui) ______ JAN am  (has historically been included in Eastern & Western Crowned Warblers and in Pale-legged Warbler)
    Phylloscopus ijimae  (monotypic)
  212. Arctic Warbler  (Meboso-mushikui) ______ JAN hn MAY hi
     Phylloscopus b. borealis
     (another subspecies, Phylloscopus b. xanthodryas, also occurs in Japan) 
  213. Yellow-browed Warbler (JAr)  (Kimayu-mushikui) ______ MAY hi
     Phylloscopus inornatus      (monotypic)
  214. Dusky Warbler (JAr)  (Muji-sekka) ______ MAY hi
     Phylloscopus f. fuscatus
  215. Radde's Warbler (JAr) (Karafuto-muji-sekka)  ______  MAY hi
    Phylloscopus schwarzi      (monotypic)
  216. Goldcrest  (Kikuitadaki) ______ JAN hk
    Regulus regulus japonensis
  217. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (O-ruri) ______ MAY hn,hi,ky
    Cyanoptila c. cyanomelana
  218. Asian Brown Flycatcher (Ko-same-bitaki) ______ MAY hn,hi
    Muscicapa d. dauurica 
  219. Dark-sided Flycatcher  (Same-bitaki) ______ MAY hi  (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) 
    Muscicapa s. sibirica
  220. Gray-streaked Flycatcher (Ezo-bitaki) ______ MAY hi
    Muscicapa griseisticta      (monotypic)

  221. Mugimaki Flycatcher  (JAr)  (Mugimaki) ______ MAY hi
    Ficedula mugimaki      (monotypic)
  222. Narcissus Flycatcher  (JAneb)  (Ki-bitaki) ______ MAY hn,hi,ky
    Ficedula n. narcissina
  223. Ryukyu Flycatcher  (formerly part of Narcissus Flycatcher) (t2) (JAe)  (Ryukyu Ki-bitaki) ______  MAY am
    Ficedula (narcissina) owstoni
  224. Yellow-rumped  (or Tricolored) Flycatcher (JAr)  (Mamijiro-ki-bitaki) ______ MAY hi
    Ficedula zanthopygia      (monotypic)

  225. Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (nt) (JAneb)  (Sankocho) ______ MAY ok  (was called Black Paradise Flycatcher) 
    Terpsiphone atrocaudata illex     (on Kyushu & Nansei Shoto islands)
    Terpsiphone a. atrocaudata  (on Honshu, & Hegura Island) 
  226. Long-tailed Bushtit  (Enaga) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky, MAY ky, DEC ky
    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)
  227. Marsh Tit  (Hashibuto-gara) ______ JAN hk, DEC hk
     Parus palustris hensoni     (in Brevirostris group)
  228. Willow Tit  (Ko-gara) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn
     Parus montanus restrictus (in the Kamtschatkenis group)
    (Parus m. sachalinensis, slightly paler, from Sakhalin Island, may occur on Hokkaido as a vagrant.)
  229. Varied Tit  (JAneb)  (Yama-gara) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky,am, MAY hn,hi,ky,am, DEC hk,ky
    Parus varius
    Parus v. varius     (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
    Parus v. amami     (on Amami & Okinawa)
    (other subspecies occur on various Japanese islands, Parus v. yakushimensis also on Amami Is. as a non-breeding visitant)
  230. Coal Tit  (Hi-gara) ______ JAN hn, MAY hn, DEC ky
    Parus ater insularis     (in the Ater group)
  231. Great Tit  (Shiju-kara) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky,am, MAY hn,ky,am,ok, DEC hk,ky
    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)
  232. Eurasian Nuthatch  (Goju-kara) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky, MAY hn, DEC hk
    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)
  233. Eurasian Treecreeper  (Kivashiri) ______ JAN hk
    Certhia familiaris
    Certhia f. daurica      (on Hokkaido)
    Certhia f. japonica      (on Honshu)
    (these 2 subspecies in the northern Familiaris group)
  234. Chinese Penduline-Tit  (was considered conspecific with other Penduline-Tits across Eurasia - now 4 species) (Tsurisu-gara) ______ JAN ky
    Remiz consobrinus
  235. Japanese White-eye  (Mejiro) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hn,hi,hip,ky,am,ok, DEC ky
    Zosterops japonica
    Zosterops j. japonica      (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
    Zosterops j. loochooensis      (on Amami & Okinawa)
    (other subspecies occur on various, smaller, Japanese islands)
  236. Bull-headed Shrike  (Mozu) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn,hi, DEC ky
    Lanius b. bucephalus
  237. Brown Shrike  (Aka-mozu) ______ MAY hi
     Lanius cristatus 
    Lanius c. lucionensis      (in Okinawa)
    Lanius c. superciliosus  (breeds on Hokkaido & Honshu)
  238. Eurasian Jay  (Kakesu) ______ JAN hn,hk, MAY hn,ky, DEC hk,ky
     Garrulus glandarius
    Garrulus g. brandtii     (on Hokkaido)
    Garrulus g. japonicus     (on Honshu & Kyushu)
    (2 other subspecies occur on other Japanese islands)
  239. Lidth's Jay (t3) (JAe)  (Ruri-kakesu) ______ JAN am, MAY am
     Garrulus lidthi      (monotypic)
  240. Azure-winged Magpie  (Onaga) ______ JAN hn
    Cyanopica cyana japonica
  241. Daurian Jackdaw  (Kokumaru-garasu) ______ JAN ky
    Corvus dauuricus      (monotypic)
  242. Rook  (Miyama-garasu) ______ JAN ky, DEC ky
    Corvus frugilegus pastinator
  243. Carrion Crow  (Hashiboso-garasu) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky, MAY hn,hi,ky, DEC hk,ky
    Corvus corone orientalis
  244. Large-billed Crow  (Hashibuto-garasu) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky,am, MAY hn,hi,ky,am,ok, DEC hn,hk,ky  (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)  
  245. White-cheeked (or Grey) Starling  (Mukudori) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn,hi,ky, DEC hn,ky  (has also been called Ashy Starling)
    Sturnus cineraceus      (monotypic)
  246. Chestnut-cheeked Starling  (nt) (JAeb)  (Ko-mukudori) ______ MAY hn,hi  (has also been called Violet-backed Starling, or Myna)
    Sturnus philippensis      (monotypic)
  247. Daurian (or Purple-backed) Starling  (JAr)  (Shiberia-mukudori)  ______  MAY hi
    Sturnus sturninus      (monotypic)
  248. Black Drongo  (JAr)  (Ochu)  ______  MAY hi
    Dicrurus macrocercus
     (The subspecies in China is D. m. cathoecus; the subspecies endemic to Taiwan is D. m. harterti.) 

     
  249. Black-naped Oriole  (JAr)  (Korai-uguisu) ______  MAY hi
    Oriolus chinensis diffusus
  250. Eurasian Tree Sparrow  (Suzume) ______ JAN hn,hk,ky,am, MAY hn,ky,am,ok, DEC hn,hk,ky
    Passer montanus saturatus
  251. Scaly-breasted (or Spotted) Munia (i)  (Amihara) ______ MAY ok  (also called Nutmeg Mannikin)
     Lonchura punctulata
  252. Brambling  (Atori) ______ JAN hk,ky, MAY hi 
    Fringilla montifringilla      (monotypic)
  253. Grey-capped Greenfinch  (Kawara-hiwa) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn,hi,ky, DEC ky
    Carduelis sinica
     (Carduelis s. minor breeds, Carduelis s. kawarahiba a winter visitor)
  254. Eurasian Siskin  (Ma-hiwa) ______ MAY hi
    Carduelis spinus      (monotypic)
  255. Eurasian Bullfinch  (Uso) ______ JAN hk
    Pyrrhula pyrrhula rosaacea
  256. Japanese Grosbeak  (Ikaru) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn,hi
    Eophona p. personata
  257. Yellow-billed (or Chinese) Grosbeak  (JAr)  (Ko-ikaru)  ______  MAY hi
    Eophona m. migratoria
  258. Hawfinch  (Shime) ______ JAN hn,hk, MAY hn,hi, DEC hk
    Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
  259. Grey Bunting (JAneb)  (Kuroji) ______ MAY hi
    Emberiza v. variabilis
  260. Black-faced Bunting  (Aoji) ______ JAN hn,ky,am, MAY hn,hi, DEC ky
    Emberiza spodocephala personata
  261. Japanese Yellow Bunting  (t3) (JAeb)  (Nojiko) ______ MAY hi  (has also been called Siebold's Bunting)
    Emberiza sulphurata      (monotypic)
  262. Meadow Bunting (Hijiro) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn,hi,ky, DEC ky
    Emberiza cioides ciopsis
  263. Chestnut-eared (or Grey-headed) Bunting  (Hoaka) ______ MAY hi
    Emberiza f. fucata
  264. Rustic Bunting  (Kashiradaka) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hn,hi
    Emberiza rustica latifascia
  265. Yellow-throated Bunting  (Miyama-hojiro) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hi, DEC ky
    Emberiza e. elegans
  266. Yellow-browed Bunting  (JAr)  (Kimayu-hojiro)  ______  MAY hi
    Emberiza chrysophrys      (monotypic)
  267. Little Bunting  (JAr)  (Ko-hoaka)  ______  MAY hi
    Emberiza pusilla      (monotypic)
  268. Tristram's Bunting  (JAr)  (Shirohara-hojiro) ______ MAY hi
    Emberiza tristrami      (monotypic)
  269. Common Reed Bunting  (O-jurin) ______ JAN hn,ky, MAY hi, DEC ky
    Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhulina
  270. Pallas' Reed Bunting  (JAr)  (Shiberia-jurin) ______ JAN ky
    Emberiza pallasi minor
  271. Japanese Reed Bunting  (nt)  (Ko-jurin) ______ JAN hn, MAY hn  (has also been called Ochre-rumped Bunting)
    Emberiza y. yessoensis
  272. Red-billed Leiothrix (i)  (Soushicho) ______ JAN ky
    Leiothrix lutea


Japan Mammals
during FONT Birding & Nature Tous
in 2007

 

JAN:  January 15-30, 2007: 
Honshu (hn), pelagic on Pacific ferry north to Hokkaido (hnp), Hokkaido (hk), Kyushu (ky), Amami (am)   
 
 MAY: May 6-20, 2007: 
Honshu (hn), Hegura Island in Sea of Japan off Honshu (hi), pelagics on ferry to/from Hegura (hip), Okinawa (ok), Amami (am), Kyushu (ky)

JAe:  Japanese endemic



  1. Amami Rabbit  (JAe)   ______  MAY am
      Pentalagus furnessi
  2. Japanese Hare  (JAe)  ______  JAN hn, DEC ky
      Lepus brachyurus


  3. Japanese Squirrel  (JAe)  ______  JAN hn, MAY hn
      Sciurus lis


  4. Red Fox  ______  JAN hk, MAY ky, DEC hk
      Vulpes vulpes schrencki  (hk)
      Vulpes vulpes japonica  (ky)


  5. Raccoon Dog  ______  MAY ky
      Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus


  6. Eurasian Badger  ______  MAY hn
      Meles meles anakuma


  7. Japanese Marten  ______  MAY hn, DEC ky
      Martes memlampus memlampus


  8. True's Shrew-Mole  (JAe)  ______  MAY ky
      Dymecodon pilirostris


  9. Large Japanese Fieldmouse  (JAe)  ______  MAY ky
      Apodemus speciosus


10. Ryukyu Spiny Rat  (JAe)  ______  JAN am  (has also been called Amami Spinous Mouse)
     Tokudaia osimensis


11. Ryukyu (Tree) Rat  (JAe)  ______  JAN am
     Diplothrix legatus  


12. Ryukyu Flying Fox  ______  MAY ok
     Pteropus dasymallus 


13. Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat  (JAe)  ______  MAY hn
     Rhinolophus cornutus


14. Japanese Macaque  (JAe)  ______  JAN hn,ky  (popularly called "Snow Monkey")
     Macaca fuscata fuscata


15. Sika Deer  ______  JAN hk,ky, MAY ky, DEC hk,ky
     Cervus nippon yesoensis  (hk)
     Cervus nippon nippon  (ky)


16. Eurasian Wild Boar  ______  MAY ky, DEC ky
     Sus scrofa leucomystax


17. Northern Fur Seal  ______  JAN hnp, DEC hnp
     Callorhinus ursinus