Birds found during FONT Spring Birding Tours

in Japan

during April, May, June


List compiled by Armas Hill

Japanese bird names follow those in English.

List of mammals follows the birds.

Codes:

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical
(t2): endangered
(t3): vulnerable
(nt): considered a near-threatened species globally

(JPvr): very rare in Japan
(JPr):  rare in Japan
(JPrs): rare in Japan in the summer 
(JPe):  Japanese endemic
(JPeb): Japanese endemic breeder
(JPneb): Japanese near-endemic breeder
(JPi):  introduced in Japan

HK: on the northern island of Hokkaido  (p: offshore Pacific pelagic)
HN: on the main island of Honshu  (p: offshore Pacific pelagic)  
(HI): on Hegura Island (Hegura-jima) in the Sea of Japan offshore from Honshu
(HIo): on Hegura Island only, not elsewhere on Honshu, during FONT spring tours 
KY: on the southern island of Kyushu
AM: on Amami Island (in Nansei Shoto)
OK: on Okinawa (in Nansei Shoto)
NS: elsewhere in Nansei Shoto  (p: pelagic trip between Okinawa & Amami)   
 

Available from Focus in Nature Tours is a booklet listing all the 376 species of birds that have cumulatively been found during FONT tours in Japan, noting the islands where and the months when. E-mail us if you wish a copy. There is no charge.    

Upcoming FONT Japan Birding Tour Itineraries

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Bird-List:

1. Pacific Loon (or Diver)   (Shiroeri-ohamu) ______ HNp
   Gavia pacifica
   
   
2. Arctic Loon (or Black-throated Diver)   (Ohamu) ______ HNp
   Gavia arctica viridigularis 
   
   
3. Little Grebe (or "Dabchick")   (Kaitsuburi) ______ HK, HN(HI)
   Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei
   
   
4. Red-necked Grebe   (Akaeri-kaitsuburi) ______ HN
   Podiceps grisegena holboellii
   
   
5. Great Crested Grebe   (Kanmuri-kaitsuburi) ____ HN(HI)
   Podiceps c. cristatus
   
   
6. Black-footed Albatross (t3)   (Kuroashi-ahodori) ______ HNp
   Phoebastria (formerly Diomedea) nigripes
   
   
7. Laysan Albatross   (Ko-ahodori) ______  HNp
   Phoebastria (formerly Diomedea) immutabilis
   
   
8. Short-tailed (or Steller's) Albatross (t2)   (Ahodori) ______ HNp
   Phoebastria (formerly Diomedea) albatrus 
   
   
9. Northern Fulmar   (Furuma-kamome) ______ HNp
   Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii
   
   
10. Bulwer's Petrel   (Anadori) ______ NSp
    Bulweria bulwerii
    
    
11. Streaked Shearwater (neb)   (O-mizunagidori) ______ HN(HI), KY, NSp
    Calonectris leucomelas 
    
    
12. Buller's (or New Zealand) Shearwater (t3)   (Minami-onaga-mizunagidori) ______ HNp
    Puffinus bulleri
    
    
13. Flesh- (or Pale-) footed Shearwater   (Akaashi-mizunagidori) ______  HNp, NSp
    Puffinus carneipes
    
    
14. Sooty Shearwater   (Haiiro-mizunagidori) ______ HNp, NSp
    Puffinus griseus
    
    
15. Short-tailed Shearwater   (Hashiboso-mizunagidori) ______ HNp
    Puffinus tenuirostris
    
    
16. Sooty (or Tristram's) Storm-Petrel (nt)   (O-suton-umitsubame) ______ HNp
    Oceandroma tristrami
    
    
17. Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel (nt)   (Hime-kuro-umitsubame) ______ NSp
    Oceanodroma monorhis 
    
    
18. Brown Booby   (Katsuodori) ______ NSp
    Sula leucogaster plotus
    
    
19. Great Cormorant   (Kawa-u) ______  HN
    Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae 
    
    
20. Japanese (or Temminck's) Cormorant (neb)   (Umi-u) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
    Phalacrocorax capillatus
    
    
21. Pelagic Cormorant   (Hime-u) ______ HK, HN(HI)
    Phalacrocorax p. pelagicus
    
    
22. Black-crowned Night-Heron   (Goi-sagi) ______ HN(HI), KY, NS
    Nycticorax n. nycticorax
    
    
23. Cattle Egret   (Ama-sagi) ______ HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
    Bublucus ibis coromandus
    
    
24. Little Egret   (Ko-sagi) ______ HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
    Egretta g. garzetta
    
    
25. Chinese (or Swinhoe's) Egret  (t3)  (Kara-shira-sagi) ______  HN(HI)
    Egretta eulophotes
    
    
26. Yellow-billed (or Intermediate) Egret   (Chu-sagi) ______ HN(HI), KY, AM, OK, NS
    Egretta i. intermedia
    
    
27. Great Egret   (Dai-sagi) ______ HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
    Ardea a. alba
    
    
28. Grey Heron   (Ao-sagi) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, AM, OK, NS
    Ardea cinerea jouyi
    
    
29. Purple Heron  (Murasaki-sagi)  ______  HN(HIo)
    Ardea purpurea manilensis
     
    
30. Striated Heron (when formerly conspecific with Green Heron of North America, called Green-backed Heron)   (Sasa-goi) ______ HN(HI)
    Butorides striatus amurensis
    
    
31. Pacific (or Eastern) Reef-Heron   (Kuro-sagi) ______  HN(HI), AM, OK, NS
    Egretta s. sacra
    
    
32. Chinese Pond Heron  (Akagashira-sagi) ______  HN(HIo)
    Ardeola bacchus
    
      
33. Cinnamon Bittern   (Ryukyu-yoshi-goi) ______ OK
    Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
    
    
34. Mute Swan (JPi)   (Kobu-hakucho) ______ HK, HN
    Cygnus olor
    
    
35. Greylag Goose (JPr)   (Haiiro-gan) ______ HK
    Anser anser rubrirostris
    
    
36. Mandarin Duck (nt)   (Oshidori) ______ HK, HN
    Aix galericulata 
    
    
37. Eurasian Wigeon (incl green-faced form)   (Hidori-gamo) ______ HK, HN(HI)
    Anas penelope 
    
    
38. Falcated Duck  ______  HN
    Anas falcata
    
    
39. Eurasian Teal (has been conspecific with Green-winged Teal of North America)   (Ko-gamo) ______ HN
    Anas c. crecca
    
    
40. Garganey   (Shimaaji) ______ HN
    Anas querquedula 
    
    
41. Gadwall   (Okayoshi-gamo) ______ HN
    Anas s. strepera 
    
    
42. Mallard   (Ma-gamo) ______ HN(HI), KY
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    
43. Eastern Spot-billed Duck   (Karu-gamo) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, OK
    Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha
    
    
44. Northern (or Common) Pintail   (Onaga-gamo) ______ HK, HN, OK
    Anas a. acuta
    
    
45. Northern Shoveler   (Hashibiro-gamo) ______ HN
    Anas clypeata
    
    
46. Common Pochard   (Hoshi-hajiro) ______ HN
    Anas ferina
    
    
47. Tufted Duck   (Kinkuro-hajiro) ______ HK, HN
    Aythya fuligula
    
    
48. Greater Scaup   (Suzu-gamo) ______ HK, HN
    Aythya marila mariloides
    
    
49. Harlequin Duck   (Shinori-gamo) ______ HK, HN
    Histrionicus histrionicus pacificus
    
    
50. American Scoter (has been considered conspecific with Black Scoter of Europe)   (Kuro-gamo) ______ HK, HN
    Melanitta americana
    
    
51. Smew   (Miko-aisa) ______ HN
    Mergus albellus
    
    
52. Red-breasted Merganser   (Umi-aisa) ______ HN(HI)
    Mergus serrator 
    
    
53. Common Merganser (or Goosander)   (Kawa-aisa) ______ HK, HN
    Mergus m. merganser
    
    
54. Oriental (or Crested) Honey-Buzzard   (Hachikuma) ______ HN(HI)
    Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis (was considered conspecific with the European Honey-Buzzard, Pernis apivorus)
    
    
55. Black (-eared) Kite  (Tobi) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
    Milvus (migrans) lineatus
    
    
56. White-tailed (Fish-) Eagle (nt) (has also been called White-tailed (Sea-) Eagle   (Ojiro-washi) ______ HK
    Haliaeetus a. albicilla
    
    
57. Eastern Marsh Harrier (was considered conspecific with what's now the Western Marsh Harrier of Europe, and was then called Northern Marsh Harrier)   (Chuhi) ______ HN(HI)
    Circus (aeruginosus) spilonotus
    
    
58. Hen Harrier (has been considered conspecific with Northern Harrier of North America)   (Haiiro-chuhi) ______ HN(HIo)
    Circus cyaneus
    
    
59. Northern Goshawk   (O-taka) ______ HN
    Accipiter gentilis fujiyamae
    
    
60. Eurasian Sparrowhawk   (Hai-taka) ______ HN(HI)
    Accipiter nisus nisosimilis
    
    
61. Japanese Sparrowhawk   (Tsumi) ______ HN(HIo), KY, AM
    Accipiter gularis
    
    
62. Common Buzzard   (Nosuri) ______ HK, HN
    Buteo buteo japonicus
    
    
63. Grey-faced Buzzard  (Sashiba) ______ HN(HI)
    Butastur indicus
    
    
64. Osprey   (Misago) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
    Pandion h. haliaetus
    
    
65. Common Kestrel   (Chogenbo) ______  HN
    Falco tinnunculus interstinctus
    
    
66. Eurasian Hobby   (Chigo-hayabusa) ______ HN(HIo)
    Falco s. subbuteo
    
    
67. Peregrine Falcon   (Hayabusa) ______ HN(HI)
    Falco peregrinus japonensis
    
    
68. Chinese Bamboo-Partridge (JPi)   (Kojukei) ______ KY
    Bambusicola thoracica
    
    
69. Copper Pheasant  (nt) (JPe)   (Yamadori) ______ HN, KY
    Syrmaticus soemmeringii subrufus
    
    
70. Green Pheasant  (JPe) (was formerly considered conspecific with the Common Pheasant, native to mainland Eurasia)   (Kiji) ______ HN
    Phasianus versicolor tohkaidi
    
    
71. Okinawa Rail (t2) (JPe)   (Yambaru-kuina) ______  OK
    Gallirallus okinawae
    
    
72. Ruddy (-breasted) Crake   (Hi-kuina) ______ OK
    Porzana fusca
    
    
73. White-breasted Waterhen   (Shirohara-kuina) ______ OK
    Amaurornis phoenicurus
    
    
74. Common Moorhen  (Ban) ______  HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
    Gallinula c. chloropus 
    
    
75. Eurasian Coot   (O-ban) ______ HN(HI)
    Fulica a. atra
    
    
76. Greater Painted-Snipe   (Tama-shigi) ______ OK
    Rostratula b. benghalensis
    
    
77. Eurasian Oystercatcher (JPr)   (Miyakodori) ______ HN
    Haematopus ostralegus osculans 
    
    
78. Black-winged Stilt   (Seitaka-shigi) ______ HN, OK
    Himantopus h. himantopus
    
    
79. Oriental Pratincole   (Tsubame-chidori)  ______ AM
    Glareola maldivarum
    
    
80. Long-billed Plover   (Ikaru-chidori) ______ HN
    Charadrius placidus
    
    
81. Little Ringed Plover   (Ko-chidori) ______ HK, HN(HI), AM, OK
    Charadrius d. dubius 
    
    
82. Common Ringed Plover   (Hajiro-ko-chidori) ______ HK, HN(HI)
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
    
    
83. Kentish Plover (was considered conspecific with the Snowy Plover of North America and South America)   (Shiro-chidori) ______ HN, AM
    Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus
    
    
84. Lesser Sandplover  (or Mongolian Plover)   (Medai-chidori) ______ HN(HI), AM
    Charadrius mongolus stegmanni   
    
    
85. Greater Sandplover (JPr)   (O-medai-chidori) ______ AM
    Charadrius l. leschenaultii
    
    
86. Pacific Golden Plover   (Munaguro) ______ HK, HN(HI), OK
    Pluvialis fulva
    
    
87. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover   (Daizen) ______ HN, AM
    Pluvialis s. squatarola
    
    
88. Grey-headed Lapwing (nt)   (Keri) ______  HN
    Vanellus cinereus
    
    
89. Great Knot   (Oba-shigi) ______ HN
    Calidris tenuirostris
    
    
90. Red Knot   (Ko-oba-shigi) ______  HN, AM
    Calidris canutus rogersi
    
    
91. Red-necked Stint   (Tonen) _______ HN(HI), AM
    Calidris ruficollis 
    
    
92. Little Stint (JPr)   (Yoroppa-tonen) ______ AM
    Calidris minuta
    
    
93. Long-toed Stint  ______  HN(HI)
    Calidris subminuta
    
    
94. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper   (Uzura-shigi) ______ HN, AM
    Calidris acuminata 
    
    
95. Curlew Sandpiper   (Saruhama-shigi) ______ HN, AM
    Calidris ferruginea
    
    
96. Dunlin   (Hama-shigi) ______ HN
    Calidris alpina sakhalina
    
    
97. Broad-billed Sandpiper   (Kiriai) ______  HN
    Limicola falcinellus sibirica
    
    
98. Sanderling   (Miyubi-shigi) ______ HN, AM
    Calidris a. alba
    
    
99. Ruddy Turnstone   (Kyojo-shigi) ______ HN(HI), AM, OK, NS
    Arenaria i. interpres  
    
    
100. Latham's (or Japanese) Snipe (nt)   (Oji-shigi) ______ HN(HIo), HK
     Gallinago hardwickii
     
     
101. Common Snipe (was considered conspecific with what's now Wilson's Snipe of North America)   (Ta-shigi) ______ HN(HI), AM
     Gallinago gallinago 
     
     
102. Jacksnipe (JPr)   (Ko-shigi) ______ HN(HI)
     Lymnocryptes minimus
     
     
103. Spotted Redsank  ______  HN
     Tringa erythropus
     
     
104. Common Redshank   (Akaashi-shigi) ______  HN, AM, OK
     Tringa totanus eurhinus
     
     
105. Common Greenshank   (Aoashi-shigi) ______  HN(HI), AM, OK
     Tringa nebularia
     
     
106. Marsh Sandpiper   (Ko-aoashi-shigi) ______  AM, OK
     Tringa stagnatilis
     
     
107. Green Sandpiper   (Kusa-shigi) ______  HN(HI), OK
     Tringa ochropus
     
     
108. Wood Sandpiper   (Takabu-shigi) ______  HN(HI), KY, OK
     Tringa glareola
     
     
109. Grey-tailed (or Polynesian) Tattler   (Kiashi-shigi) ______  HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
     Heteroscelus brevipes
     
     
110. Terek Sandpiper   (Sorihashi-shigi) ______ HK, HN(HI), AM, OK
     Xenus cinereus
     
     
111. Common Sandpiper   (Iso-shigi) ______ HK, HN(HI), AM, OK
     Actitis hypoleucos
     
     
112. Bar-tailed Godwit   (O-sorihashi-shigi) ______  HN, AM, OK
     Limosa lapponica baueri   
     
     
113. Black-tailed Godwit   (Oguro-shigi) ______ HN(HIo), OK
     Limosa limosa melanuroides
     
     
114. Eurasian Curlew   (Daishaku-shigi) ______ HN
     Numenius arquata orientalis
     
     
115. Eastern Curlew (nt)   (Horoku-shigi) ______ HN
     Numenius madagascariensis  
     
     
116. "Eurasian" Whimbrel   (Chushaku-shigi) ______ HN(HI), OK
     Numenius phaeopus variegatus
     
     
117. Red-necked Phalarope   (Akaeri-hireashi-shigi) ______ HNp
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     
118. Red (or Grey) Phalarope   (Haiiro-hireashi-shigi) ______  HNp
     Phalaropus fulicarius
     
     
119. Pomarine Jaeger (or Pomarine Skua)   (Tozokukamome) ______ HNp
     Stercorarius pomarinus
     
     
120. Parasitic Jaeger  (or Arctic Skua)   (Kuro-tozokukamome) ______ HNp
     Stercoraius parasiticus
     
     
121. South Polar Skua   (O-tozokukamome) ______ HNp
     Catharacta (or Stercoraius) maccormicki
     
     
122. Black-headed Gull   (Yuri-kamome) ______ HN(HI)
     Larus ridibundus 
     
     
123. Black-tailed (or Japanese) Gull (neb)   (Umineko) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Larus crassirostris 
     
     
124. Kamchatka Gull (has generally been considered part of Common (or Mew) Gull)   (Kamome) ______ HN
     Larus (canus) kamtschatschensis
     
     
125. "Vega" Herring Gull (considered by some distinct from Herring Gull of Europe, Larus argentatus, and American Herring Gull, Larus smithsonianus)   (Seguro-kamome) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Larus (argentatus) vegae
     
     
126. "Mongolian Gull" (part of Caspian, or Pontic Gull - has been part of Yellow-legged Gull, prior to that was part of Herring Gull)  ______  HN
     Larus (cachinnans) mongolicus
     
     
127. Slaty-backed Gull   (O-seguro-kamome) ______ HKp, HNp(HI)
     Larus schistisagus
     
     
128. Glaucous Gull   (Shiro-kamome) ______  HK, HNp
     Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus
     
     
129. Glaucous-winged Gull   (Washi-kamome) ______ HN(HI)
     Larus glaucescens 
     
     
130. Black-legged Kittiwake   (Mitsuyubi-kamome) ______ HK, HNp
     Rissa tridactyla pollicaris
     
     
131. Whiskered Tern   (Kurohara-ajisashi) ______  KY, AMp
     Chlidonias hybridus javanica
     
     
132. Common Tern   (Ajisashi) ______ HK, HNp, KY
     Sterna hirundo longipennis
     
     
133. Roseate Tern   (Beni-ajisashi)  ______  AM, OK
     Sterna dougallii bangsi
     
     
134. Black-naped Tern   (Eriguro-ajisashi) ______ OK
     Sterna sumatrana
     
     
135. Little Tern   (Ko-ajisashi) ______  HN, AM, OK, NS
     Sterna albifrons sinensis  
     
     
136. Common Murre (or Guillemot)   (Umigarasu) ______  HKp, HNp
     Uria aalge inornata
     
     
137. Spectacled (or Sooty) Guillemot   (Keimafuri) ______ HK
     Cepphus carbo
     
     
138. Ancient Murrelet (or Ancient Auk)   (Unisuzume: this translates to "sea sparrow")  ______ HNp
     Synthliboramphus a. antiquus
     
     
139. Japanese Murrelet (t3) (JPe)   (Kanmuri-umisuzume) ______ HNp
     Synthliboramphus wumizusume
     
     
140. Crested Auklet   (Etorofu-umisuzume) ______ HNp
     Aethia cristatella
     
     
141. Rhinoceros Auklet   (Utou) ______ HK, HNp
     Cerorhinca monocerata
     
     
142. Horned Puffin (JPr)   (Tsunomedori) ______ HNp
     Fratercula corniculata
     
     
143. Feral Pigeon (or Rock Pigeon) (JPi)   (Dobato) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, AM, OK, NS
     Columba livia
     
     
144. Oriental (or Rufous) Turtle Dove   (Kiji-bato) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
     Streotopelia orientalis
     
     
145. White-bellied Green Pigeon (nt)   (Ao-bato) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Treron (formerly Sphenurus) s. sieboldii
     
     
146. Whistling Green Pigeon (nt) (has also rather inappropriately been called Red-capped Green Pigeon)   (Zuaka-ao-bato) ______  AM, OK
     Sphenurus formosae permagus 
     
     
147. Japanese (or Black) Wood-Pigeon (nt)   (Karasu-bato) ______ HN(HIo), AM, OK
     Columba janthina
     
     
148. Rose-ringed (or Ring-necked) Parakeet (JPi)   (Wakake-honsei-inko) ______ HN
     Psittacula krameri
     
     
149. Common Cuckoo   (Kakko) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Cuculus canorus telephonus
     
     
150. Oriental (or Himalayan) Cuckoo   (Tsutsudori) ______  HK, HN(HI), KY
     Cuculus saturatus horsfieldi
     
     
151. Lesser Cuckoo   (Hototo-gisu) ______ HN(HI), KY, OK
     Cuculus p. poliocephalus
     
     
152. Northern (formerly part of Horsfield's (or Hodgson's)) Hawk-Cuckoo   (Juichi) ______ HN, KY
     Cuculus (fugax) hyperythrus
     
     
153. Japanese (formerly part of Collared) Scops-Owl   (O-konoha-zuku) ______ HN(HIo), KY
     Otus semitorques pryeri 
     
     
154. Oriental Scops-Owl (was at one time treated as a subspecies of the Common Scops-Owl)   (Konoha-zuku) ______ AM, OK
     Otus sunia japonicus
     
     
155. Ryukyu (or Elegant) Scops-Owl (nt) (recently considered part of Celebes/Sulawesi Scops-Owl of southeast Asian islands - prior to that considered part of Oriental Scops-Owl, and at one time, prior to that, treated as a subspecies of the Common Scops-Owl of Eurasia)   (Ryukyu-konoha-zuku) ______ AM, OK
     Otus e. elegans (other subspecies are on islands off Taiwan and the Philippines)
     
     
156. Brown (or Oriental) Hawk-Owl   (Aoba-zuku) ______ HN(HI), AM, OK
     Ninox scutulata japonica
     
     
157. Ural Owl  ______  KY
     Strix uralensis hondoensis
     
     
158. Long-eared Owl   (Torafu-zuku) ______ AM
     Asio o. otus
     
     
159. Grey Nightjar   (Yotaka) ______ HN(HI), KY
     Caprimulgus indicus jotaka
     
     
160. White-throated (or Northern) Needletail   (Hario-amatsubame) ______ OK
     Hirundapus c. caudacutus
     
     
161. Fork-tailed (or Pacific) Swift   (Amatsu-bame) ______ HK, HN(HI), OK
     Apus pacificus  
     
     
162. House Swift  ______  AM
     Apus affinus
     
     
163. Ruddy Kingfisher   (Aka-shobin) ______ HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
     Halcyon coromanda
     Halcyon c. major (on Kyushu)
     Halcyon c. bangsi (on Amami & Okinawa)
     
     
164. Black-capped Kingfisher (JPr)   (Yama-shobin) ______ HN(HI)
     Halcyon pileata
     
     
165. Common Kingfisher  (Kawasemi) ______ HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
     Alcedo atthis bengalensis
     
     
166. Crested Kingfisher   (Yamasemi) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Ceryle lugubris
     Ceryle l. pallida (on Hokkaido)
     Ceryle l. lugubris (on Honshu & Kyushu)
     
     
167. Oriental Dollarbird   (Bupposo) ______ HN(HI), KY (closely related to Broad-billed Roller of Africa)
     Eurystomus orientalis calonyx 
     
     
168. Eurasian Hoopoe (JPr)   (Yatsugashira) ______ HN(HIo)
     Upupa epops saturata
     
     
169. Japanese Green Woodpecker   (Ao-gera) ______ HN, KY
     Picus a. awokera
     
     
170. Grey-faced (or Grey-headed) Woodpecker   (Yama-gera) ______ HK
     Picus canus jessoensis 
     
     
171. Black Woodpecker   (Kuma-gera) ______ HK
     Dryocopus m. martius
     
     
172. Okinawa (or Pryer's) Woodpecker (t1) (JPe)   (Noguchi-gera) ______ OK
     Sapheopipo noguchii
     
     
173. Amami (or Owston's) Woodpecker  (JPe) (has been considered a race of the White-backed Woodpecker)   (Amami-O-aka-gera)  ______ AM
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) (leucotos) owstoni 
     
     
174. White-backed Woodpecker   (O-aka-gera) ______ HK, KY
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) leucotos subcirrus
     
     
175. Great Spotted Woodpecker   (Aka-gera) ______  HK, HN, KY
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) major japonicus
     
     
176. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker   (Ko-gera) ______ HK, HN, KY, AM, OK
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) kizuki
     Dendrocopos k. ijimae (on Hokkaido)
     Dendrocopos k. seebohmi (on Honshu)
     Dendrocopos k. kizuki (on Kyushu & Okinawa)
     
     
177. Fairy Pitta (t3) (at one time considered by some conspecific with Blue-winged Pitta of southeast Asia)   (Yairocho)  ______ KY
     Pitta nympha
     
     
178. Greater Short-toed Lark (JPr)   (Hime-kotenshi) ______ HN(HIo)
     Caladrella cinerea longipennis 
     
     
179. "Japanese" Skylark  (a resident subspecies of the Eurasian Skylark)  (Hibari) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY 
     Alauda arvensis japonica (2 other subspecies of the Common Skylark are in Japan in the winter, occurring into spring; 1 of these during a FONT tour on Hegura Island in April)
     
     
180. Barn Swallow   (Tsubame) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, OK
     Hirundo rustica (2 subspecies recorded in Japan, mostly Hirundo r. gutturalis, also Hirundo r. saturata)
     
     
181. Pacific Swallow   (Ryukyu-tsubame) ______ AM, OK
     Hirundo tahitica namiyae
     
     
182. Red-rumped Swallow   (Koshiaka-tsubame) ______ HN(HIo), AM
     Cecropis (formerly Hirundo) daurica japonica
     
     
183. Bank Swallow (or Sand Martin)   (Shodo-tsubame) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Riparia riparia iijimae 
     
     
184. Asian House Martin (was considered conspecific with the Common House Martin of Europe)   (Iwa-tsubame) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Delichon dasypus
     
     
185. Richard's Pipit (JPr)   (Mamijiro-tahibari) ______ HN(HIo)
     Anthus novaeseelandiae
     
     
186. Olive-backed (or Indian Tree) Pipit   (Binzui) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Anthus h. hodgsoni (another subspecies, Anthus h. yunnanensis, also occurs in Japan)
     
     
187. Tree Pipit  (JPr)  ______  HN(HI)
     Anthus trivialis
     
     
188. "Siberian" Buff-bellied (formerly part of  Water) Pipit (now considered conspecific with American Pipit of North America, but possibly a distinct species)   (Tahibari) ______ HN(HI)
     Anthus (rubescens) japonicus 
     
     
189. Eastern Yellow Wagtail (JPr)   (Tsumenaga-sekirei) ______ HN(HIo)
     Motacilla flava simillima 
     
     
190. Grey Wagtail   (Ki-sekirei) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Motacilla cinerea robusta
     
     
191. White Wagtail  (Hojiro/Haku-sekirei) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Motacilla alba lugens  - HK, HN(HI) 
     Motacilla alba ocularis  -  HN(HIo)
     Motacilla alba leucopsis  -  KY 
     
     
192. Japanese Wagtail   (Seguro-sekirei) ______ HN
     Motacilla grandis
     
     
193. Brown-eared Bulbul   (Hiyodori) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
     Microscelis (formerly Hypsitpetes) amaurotis
     Microscelis a. hensoni (on Hokkaido, mostly in summer)
     Microscelis a. amaurotis (on Honshu & Kyushu)
     Microscelis a. ogawae (on Amami)
     Microscelis a. pryeri (on Okinawa)
     
     
194. Light-vented (or Chinese) Bulbul   (Shirogashira) ______ OK
     Pycnonotus sinensis orii  
     
     
195. Ashy Minivet   (Sanshokui) ______ HN(HI)
     Pericrocotus divaricatus
     
     
196. Ryukyu Minivet (JPe) (resident, was considered conspecific with the migratory Ashy Minivet)   (Ryukyu-sanshokui) ______ KY, AM, OK
     Pericrocotus (divaricatus) tegimae
     
     
197. Bohemian Waxwing   (Ki-renjaku) ______ HN
     Bombycilla garrulus centralasiae
     
     
198. Japanese Waxwing   (Hi-renjaku) _______  HN
     Bombycilla japonica 
     
     
199. Brown (or Pallas's) Dipper   (Kawagarasu) ______ HN, KY
     Cinclus pallasii pallasii
     
     
200. Northern (or Winter) Wren   (Misosazai) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
     
     
201. Japanese Accentor   (Kayakuguri) ______ HK
     Prunella rubida fervida
     
     
202. Japanese Robin   (Komadori) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Erithacus a. akahige
     
     
203. Ryukyu Robin (nt)   (Akahige) ______ AM, OK
     Erithacus komadori
     Erithacus k. komadori (on Amami)
     Erithacus k. namiyei (on Okinawa)
     
     
204. Swinhoe's (or Rufous-tailed) Robin (JPr)   (Shima-goma) ______ HN(HIo)
     Luscinia sibilans 
     
     
205. Siberian Blue Robin   (Ko-ruri) ______ HN(HI)
     Luscinia cyane bochaiensis
     
     
206. Siberian Rubythroat   (No-goma) ______  HK, HN(HIo)
     Luscinia calliope camtschatkensis
     
     
207. Bluethroat  ______  HN(HI)
     Luscinia svecica
     
     
208. Daurian Redstart   (Jo-bitaki) ______ HN(HI)
     Phoenicurus a. auroreus
     
     
209. Black Redstart (JPr)   (Kuro-jo-bitaki) ______ HN(HIo)
     Phoenicurus ochruros phoenicuroides
     
     
210. "Siberian" Stonechat (considered conspecific with the Eurasian Stonechat)   (No-bitaki) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Saxicola rubicolla stejnegeri  
     
     
211. Red-flanked Bluetail (or Orange-flanked Bush-Robin)   (Ruri-bitaki) ______ HN(HI)
     Tarsiger c. cyanurus 
     (This is the bird in the photograph at the top of this list.) 
     
     
212. Isabelline Wheatear  (JPr)  ______  HN(HI)
     Oenanthe isabellina
     
     
213. Pied Wheatear   (JPr)  ______  HN(HI)
     Oenanthe pleschanka
     
     
214. Blue Rock Thrush (red-bellied form)   (Iso-hiyodori) ______ HN(HI), AM, OK
     Monticola solitarius philippensis  
     
     
215. White-throated Rock Thrush  (JPvr)   (Hime-isohiyo) ______ HN(HIo)
     Monticola gularis
     
     
216. White's (Ground) Thrush  (has been considered conspecific with the Scaly (Ground) Thrush, Zoothera dauma, of southeast Asia)   (Tora-tsugumi) ______ HN(HIo)
     Zoothera aurea toratugumi
     
     
217. Amami (Ground) Thrush (t1) (JPe)   (O-tora-tsugumi) ______ AM
     Zoothera major  
     
     
218. Siberian (Ground) Thrush   (Mamijiro) ______ HN(HI)
     Zoothera sibirica davisoni
     
     
219. Brown (-headed) Thrush (JPneb)   (Akahara) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Turdus c. chrysolaus (another more-northerly subspecies, T.c. orii, winters) 
     
     
220. Pale Thrush   (Shirohara) ______ HN(HI)
     Turdus pallidus
     
     
221. Eye-browed (or Grey-headed) Thrush   (Mamichajinal) ______ HK, HN(HIo)
     Turdus obscurus
     
     
222. Dusky Thrush (JPrs)   (Tsugumi) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Turdus eunomus 
     
     
223. Naumann's Thrush (JPr)  (was considered conspecific with the Dusky Thrush)   (Tsugumi) ______ HN(HI)
     Turdus (eunomus) naumanni
     
     
224. Japanese (Grey) Thrush (This species has been called Grey Thrush, but there's another species with that name in Africa. However this species not endemic to Japan; as it also occurs in China and Korea.)   (Kuro-tsugumi) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Turdus cardis
     
     
225. Goldcrest   (Kikuitadaki) ______ HK, HN
     Regulus regulus japonensis 
     
     
226. Asian Stubtail (or Short-tailed Bush-Warbler)   (Yabusame) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Cettia s. squameiceps 
     
     
227. Japanese Bush-Warbler   (Uguisu) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, OK
     Cettia diphone
     Cettia d. cantans (breeds on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Cettia d. riukiuensis (on Okinawa)
     
     
228. Zitting Cisticola (was Fan-tailed Warbler, but there is a non-related species with that name in Mexico)   (Sekka) ______ HN, KY, AM, OK
     Cisticola juncidis brunniceps
     
     
229. Marsh Grassbird (has also been called  Japanese Marsh Warbler)  (t3)   (O-sekka) ______ HN
     Megalurus p. pryeri  
     
     
230. Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler   (Ezo-sennyu) ______ HN(HIo)
     Locustella fasciolata
     
     
231. Lanceolated (Grasshopper-) Warbler   (Makino-sennyu) ______ HK
     Locustella lancolata hendersonii
     
     
232. Black-browed (or Schenk's) Reed Warbler   (Ko-yoshikiri) ______ HK, HN(HIo)
     Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
     
     
233. Oriental Reed Warbler (was considered conspecific with the Great Reed Warbler of Europe, Africa, and western Asia)   (O-yoshikiri) ______ HN(HI)
     Acrocephalus (arundinaceus) orientalis  
     
     
234. Eastern Crowned Warbler   (Sendai-mushikui) ______  HN(HI)
     Phylloscopus coronatus 
     
     
235. Sikhalin Leaf- Warbler  (was part of Plae-legged leaf-Warbler)  (Ezo-mushikui) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Phylloscopus borealoides
     
     
236. Yellow-browed Warbler   (Kimayu-mushikui) ______ HN(HIo)
     Phylloscopus inornatus 
     
     
237. Arctic Warbler   (Meboso-mushikui) ______ HN(HIo)
     Phylloscopus b. borealis  (note: another subspecies, P. b. xanthodryas also occurs in Japan)  
     
     
238. Dusky Warbler (JPr)   (Muji-sekka) ______ HN(HIo)
     Phylloscopus fuscatus 
     
     
239. Radde's Warbler  (JPr)  ______  HN(HIo)
     Phylloscopus schwarzi
     
     
240. Blue-and-white Flycatcher   (O-ruri) ______  HK, HN(HI), KY
     Cyanoptila c. cyanomelana
     
     
241. Asian Brown Flycatcher   (Ko-same-bitaki) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Muscicapa d. dauurica 
     
     
242. Dark-sided (or 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) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Muscicapa s. sibirica  
     
     
243. Grey-streaked (or Grey-spotted) Flycatcher   (Ezo-bitaki) ______ HN(HIo)
     Muscicapa griseisticta
     
     
244. Taiga Flycatcher  (was part of Red-breasted Flycatcher)  (Ojiro-bitaki)  (JPr) ______ HN(HIo)
     Muscicapa (parva) albicilla 
     
     
245. Mugimaki Flycatcher   (Mugimaki)  (JPr) ______ HN(HIo) 
     Ficedula mugimaki
     
     
246. Narcissus Flycatcher (JPneb)   (Ki-bitaki) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Ficedula n. narcissina
     
     
247. Ryukyu Flycatcher  (formerly part of Narcissus Flycatcher) (t2) (JPe)  (Ryukyu-Ki-bitaki) ______ AM
     Ficedula owstoni
     
     
248. Yellow-rumped (or Tricolored) Flycatcher (JPr)   (Mamijiro-ki-bitaki) ______ HN(HIo)
     Ficedula zanthopygia
     
     
249. Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher (nt)   (Sankocho) (has also been called Black Paradise-Flycatcher) ______ HN(HIo), KY, AM, OK
     Terpsiphone atrocaudata
     Terpsiphone a. illex (in Kyushu, Amami & Okinawa)
     (Another subspecies, Terpsiphone a. atrocaudata, occurs further north in Japan.)
     
     
250. Long-tailed Bushtit  (has been called Long-tailed Tit)  (Enaga) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Aegithalos caudatus
     Aegithalos c. japonicus (on Hokkaido)
     Aegithalos c. trivirgatus (on Honshu)
     Aegithalos c. kiusiuensis (on Kyushu)
     (A.c. japonicus is in the Caudatus group with head & throat white, A.c.trivirgatus & kiusiuensis in the Europaeus group, with the head with dark lateral crown stripes)
     
     
251. Marsh Tit   (Hashibuto-gara) ______ HK
     Parus palustris hensoni (in the Brevirostris group)
     
     
252. Willow Tit   (Ko-gara) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Parus montanus restrictus (in the Kamtschatkenis group)
     
     
253. Varied Tit  (JPneb)   (Yama-gara) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
     Parus varius
     Parus v. varius (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Parus v. amami (on Amami & Okinawa)
     
     
254. Coal Tit   (Hi-gara) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Parus ater insularis (in the Ater group)
     
     
255. Great Tit   (Shiju-kara) ______ HK, HN, KY, AM, OK
     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, also called "Grey Tit".) 
     
     
256. Eurasian Nuthatch   (Goju-kara) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Sitta europaea
     Sitta e. asiatica (on Hokkaido, a pale-breasted form)
     Sitta e. amurensis (on Honshu)
     Sitta e. roseilia (on Kyushu)
     
     
257. Japanese White-eye   (Mejiro) ______ HK, HN(HI), AM, OK
     Zosterops japonica
     Zosterops j. japonica (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Zosterops j. loochooensis (on Amami & Okinawa) 
     
     
258. Bull-headed Shrike   (Mozu) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Lanius b. bucephalus
     
     
259. Brown Shrike   (Aka-mozu) ______ HN(HIo)
     Lanius cristatus superciliosus
     
     
260. Tiger (or Thick-billed) Shrike   (Chigo-mozu) ______ HN(HIo)
     Lanius tigrinus
     
     
261. Eurasian Jay   (Kakesu) ______ HK, HN, KY
     Garrulus glandarius
     Garrulus g. brandtii (on Hokkaido)
     Garrulus g. japonicus (on Honshu & Kyushu)
     
     
262. Lidth's Jay (t3) (JPe)   (Ruri-kakesu) ______ AM
     Garrulus lidthi
     
     
263. Azure-winged Magpie   (Onaga) ______ HN
     Cyanopica cyana japonica
     
     
264. Eurasian Nutcracker   (Hoshi-garasu) ______ HN
     Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica (in the Northern group) 
     
     
265. Rook   (Miyama-garasu) ______ HN(HIo)
     Corvus frugilegus pastinator
     
     
266. Carrion Crow   (Hashiboso-garasu) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Corvus corone orientalis 
     
     
267. Large-billed Crow (was considered conspecific with the Jungle Crow of southern Asia)   (Hashibuto-garasu) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY, AM, OK
     Corvus macrorhynchos
     Corvus m.japonensis (on Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu)
     Corvus m. connectens (on Amami & Okinawa) 
     
     
268. White-cheeked (or Grey) Starling (has also been called Ashy Starling)   (Mukudori) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Sturnus cineraceus
     
     
269. Chestnut-cheeked Starling (has also been called Red-cheeked, or Violet-backed Starling, or Myna) (nt) (JPeb)   (Ko-mukudori) ______ HN(HI)
     Sturnus philippensis
     
     
270. Daurian (or Purple-backed) Starling  (JPr)  ______  HN(HIo)
     Sturnus sturninus
     
     
271. Black-naped Oriole (JPr)   (Korai-uguisu) ______ HN(HIo)
     Oriolus chinensis diffusus
     
     
272. Black Drongo  (JPr)  ______  HN(HIo)
     Dicrurus macrocercus
     
     
273. Russet (or Cinnamon) Sparrow   (Nyunai-suzume) ______ HK, HN(HIo)
     Passer r. rutilans 
     
     
274. Eurasian Tree Sparrow   (Suzume) ______  HK, HN, KY, AM, OK
     Passer montanus saturatus
     
     
275. Scaly-breasted (or Spotted) Munia (JPi)   (Amihara) ______ OK
     Lonchura punctulata
     
     
276. Brambling   (Atori) ______ HN(HI)
     Fringilla montifringilla
     
     
277. Grey-capped Greenfinch   (Kawara-hiwa) ______ HK, HN(HI) KY
     Carduelis sinica minor (subspecies that breeds in Japan, another also occurs in the winter) 
     
     
278. Eurasian Siskin   (Ma-hiwa) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Carduelis spinus
     
     
279. Pine Grosbeak   (Ginzan-mashiko) ______ HK
     Pinicola enucleator sakhalinensis
     
     
280. Asian Rosy Finch   (Hagi-mashiko) ______ HN(HI)
     Leucosticte arctoa brunneonucha
     
     
281. Long-tailed Rosefinch   (Beni-mashiko) ______ HK, HN(HIo)
     Uragus sibiricus sanguinolentus 
     
     
282. Pallas's (or Siberian) Rosefinch (JPr)   (O-mashiko) ______  HN
     Carpodacus roseus  
     
     
283. Eurasian (or Common) Bullfinch   (Uso) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Pyrrhula pyrrhula griseiventris (has been called "Grey-bellied Bullfinch")
     
     
284. Japanese Grosbeak   (Ikaru) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Eophona p. personata
     
     
285. Yellow-billed (or Chinese) Grosbeak   (JPr)  ______  HN(HIo)
     Eophona migratoria
     
     
286. Hawfinch   (Shime) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
     
     
287. Grey Bunting (JPneb)   (Kuroji) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Emberiza v. variabilis
     
     
288. Black-faced Bunting   (Aoji) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Emberiza spodocephala personata 
     
     
289. Japanese Yellow Bunting (t3) (JPeb)   (Nojiko)______ HN(HI)
     Emberiza sulphurata
     
     
290. Siberian Meadow Bunting   (Hijiro) ______ HK, HN(HI), KY
     Emberiza cioides ciopsis (subspecies endemic to Japan)
     
     
291. Yellow-breasted Bunting   (Shima-aoji) ______ HK, HN(HIo)
     Emberiza aureola ornata
     
     
292. Chestnut Bunting (JPr)   (Shima-nojiko) ______ HN(HIo)
     Emberiza rutila
     
     
293. Rustic Bunting   (Kashiradaka) ______ HN(HI)
     Emberiza rustica latifascia
     
     
294. Yellow-throated Bunting   (Miyama-hojiro) ______ HN(HI)
     Emberiza e. elegans 
     
     
295. Yellow-browed Bunting  (JPr)  ______  HN(HIo)
     Emberiza chrysophrys
     
     
296. Little Bunting  (JPr)  ______  HN(HIo)
     Emberiza pusilla
     
       
297. Tristram's Bunting (JPr)   (Shirohara-hojiro) ______ HN(HIo)
     Emberiza tristrami
     
     
298. Chestnut-eared (or Grey-headed) Bunting  ______  HN(HIo)
     Emberiza fucata
     
      
299. Common Reed Bunting   (O-jurin) ______ HK, HN(HI)
     Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhulina
     
     
300. Japanese Reed Bunting (also called Ochre-rumped Bunting, although other buntings also have ochre rumps)   (Ko-jurin) ______ HN
     Emberiza y. yessoensis
     
     
301. Red-billed Leiothrix (JPi)   (Soushicho) ______ KY 
     Leiothrix lutea
     

Birds during Pelagic Trip onboard the  Honshu / Hokkaido round-trip ferry immediately following the tour (April 20-21, 2001):
(followed by numbers - some estimated - of individuals seen)

Pacific Diver/Loon  25
Black-footed Albatross  1 (an adult)
Streaked Shearwater  930
Sooty Shearwater  170
Short-tailed Shearwater  50,000
Temminck's Cormorant  13
Pelagic Cormorant  3
Greater Scaup  30
Black Scoter  60
Sanderling  7
Grey/Red Phalarope  320 (many in breeding plumage)
Pomarine Skua/Jaeger  1
Black-headed Gull  6
Black-tailed Gull  450
Common/Kamchatka Gull  6
Herring/Vega Gull  15
Slaty-backed Gull  325
Glaucous Gull  1
Black-legged Kittiwake  14
Little Tern  5
Common Murre/Guillemot  320
Ancient Murrelet  20
Crested Auklet  1
Rhinoceros Auklet  10 
Horned Puffin  4 (between N Honshu & Hokkaido)

Sea-mammals during the pelagic trip:

Northern Fur Seal  65
Harbor/Common Porpoise  6
Pacific White-sided Dolphin  2 

Land Mammals:


During FONT tour in Japan, in April 2001

Japanese Serow  (Kamoshika) ______ HN
Capricornis crispus


Giant Flying Squirrel  (Musasabi) ______ HN
Petaurista leucogenys


Japanese Squirrel  (Nihon-risu) ______ HN
Sciurus lis


Japanese Macaque (Monkey) (Nihonzaru) ______ HN
Macaca fuscata


During FONT tour in Japan, in May 2004

Brown Rat (i) ______ HN(HI)
Rattus norvegicus


Japanese Squirrel  (Nihon-risu) ______ HN
Sciurus lis


Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat  (JPe) ______ HN
Rhinolophus cornutus


During FONT tour in Japan, in May 2005

Brown Rat (i) ______ HN(HI)
Rattus norvegicus


Japanese Shrew-Mole ______ KY
Urotrichus talpoides


Sika Deer (Shika) ______ KY
Cervus n. nippon


Short-beaked Common Dolphin ______ NSp
Delphinus delphis


Long-beaked Common Dolphin ______ KYp
Delphinus capensis


Common Bottle-nosed Dolphin ______ NSp
Tursiops truncatus


Rough-toothed Dolphin ______ NSp
Steno bredanensis


During FONT tour in Japan, May 2006

Red Fox  ______  HN
Vulpes vulpes japonica


Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat  (JPe)  ______  HN
Rhinolophus cornutus



During FONT tour in Japan, May 2007

Amami Rabbit  (JPe)  ______  AM
Pentalagus furnessi


Japanese Squirrel  (Nihon-risu)  (JPe)  ______ HN
Sciurus lis


Red Fox  ______  KY
Vulpes vulpes japonica


Raccoon Dog  ______  KY
Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus


Eurasian Badger  ______  HN
Meles meles anakuma


Japanese Marten  ______  HN
Martes memlampus memlampus


True's Shrew-Mole  (JPe)  ______  KY
Dymecodon pilirostris


Large Japanese Fieldmouse  (JPe)  ______  KY
Apodemus speciosus


Ryukyu Flying Fox ______ OK
Pteropus dasymallus


Little Japanese Horseshoe Bat  (JPe)  ______  HN
Rhinolophus cornutus


Sika Deer (Shika)  ______ KY
Cervus nippon nippon


Eurasian Wild Boar  ______ KY
Sus scrofa leucomystax