List of species:
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Birds:
Short-tailed Shearwater
Black-faced Spoonbill
Whooper Swan
Mandarin Duck
Falcated Teal
Baikal Teal
White-tailed Eagle (adult in flight)
White-tailed Eagle w/Japanese Cranes
Steller's & White-tailed Eagles (adults)
Steller's Sea-Eagles (adults)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (immature)
Copper Pheasant
Red-crowned (or Japanese) Crane (6 photos)
Siberian Crane
White-naped Crane
Hooded Crane
Hooded & White-naped Cranes
Sandhill Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Black-winged Stilts (2 photos)
Mongolian Plover
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwits & Whimbrels
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Kamchatka Gull (adult)
Black-tailed Gull (adult)
Heuglin's Gull w/Vega & Black-tailed Gulls
Vega Gull (1st year)
Vega (Herring) & Slaty-backed Gulls (adults)
Slaty-backed Gull (1st year)
Glaucous Gull (juvenile)
Ross' Gull (1st winter)
Japanese Murrelet
Blakiston's Fish-Owl
Japanese Green Woodpecker
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Ryukyu Minivet
Siberian Rubythroat
Bluethroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
Desert Wheatear
Siberian Ground Thrush
Dusky Thrush (2photos)
Japanese Bush Warbler
Eastern Crowned Warbler
Narcissus Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Brambling (male & female)
Rosy Finch
Pallas' Rosefinch
Long-tailed Rosefinch
Black-faced Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Japanese Reed Bunting
Eurasian Siskin (male & female)Mammals:
Japanese Serow
Japanese Squirrel
Short-tailed
Shearwater

(as seen during FONT Japan and Pacific Coast USA tours)
(photo by Marie Z. Gardner)
Black-faced Spoonbills

(as seen during FONT Japan Winter
Birding Tours)
Whooper Swans
(Photo during FONT Japan Tour, January 1998, by Alan Brady)
Mandarin Ducks

(Photo during FONT Japan Tour, January 1998, by William Leaning)
Falcated Teal
(as seen during FONT Winter Birding
Tours in Japan)
(photo by Koji Tagi)
Baikal Teal

(seen during FONT Winter Birding
Tours in Japan)
(photo by Koji Tagi)
White-tailed
Eagle (adult in flight)

(photo by Allan Beach, during FONT
birding tour, January 2001)
White-tailed
Eagle w/Japanese Cranes

(photo by André Brosset, during
FONT birding tour in Hokkaido, Japan, January 1999)
Steller's
& White-tailed Eagles (adults)

(photo by Helma Unverhau, during
FONT birding tour in Hokkaido, Japan, January 1999)
Steller's
Sea-Eagles (adults)

(photos by Allan Beach, during FONT
birding tour, January 2001)
Steller's
Sea-Eagle (immature)

(As seen during FONT Winter Birding Tours. Next to it a Large-billed Crow.)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Copper Pheasant

(as found dring FONT Japan birding
tours)
Red-crowned (or Japanese) Cranes
(Photos during FONT Japan tour, January 2000, by Joe Fuhrman)
(Photos during FONT Japan tour, January 2001, by Allan Beach)
White-naped Crane
(as during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo courtesy of Trevor Ford)
(Photos during FONT Japan tour, January 2001, by Allan Beach)Siberian Crane
(as during some FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo in 2000 courtesy of Trevor Ford)
Siberian & White-naped Cranes
(during FONT Japan
Winter Birding Tours)
(photo courtesy of Trevor Ford)
White-naped, Hooded, and a Sandhill
Crane
(during a FONT Japan
Winter Birding Tour)
(photo courtesy of Trevor Ford)
Hooded
& White-naped Cranes

(during FONT Japan
Winter Birding Tour, January 2001)
(photo courtesy of Allan Beach)
Demoiselle Crane

(during a FONT
Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(photo courtesy of Trevor Ford)
Black-winged Stilts

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)
Mongolian
Plover

(left: breeding
plumage; as seen during
FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring, and in the Ryukyu Islands in the Winter)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
(right: non-breeding plumage; as seen during FONT Japan birding tours in the
Ryukyu Islands in the Winter) (photo by BJ Rose)
Bar-tailed
Godwits

(as seen during
FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring, and in the Ryukyu Islands in the Winter)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Bar-tailed
Godwit & Whimbrels

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)
Sharp-tailed
Sandpiper

(to be seen during FONT birding tours
in Japan in the Spring) (photo by Kogi Tagi)
Long-toed
Stint

(to be seen during FONT birding
tours in Japan in the Spring) (photo by Kogi Tagi)
Red-necked
Stint

(as seen during FONT winter and
spring birding tours in Japan) (photo by Kogi Tagi)
Kamchatka
Gull (adult)

(photographed Hokkaido, Japan
© Jon R. King)
Black-tailed
Gull (adult)

(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)
Heuglin's Gull w/Vega &
Black-tailed Gulls

(photographed in Japan
© Jon R. King)
Vega
Gull (1st year)

(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)
Vega
(Herring)
Gull & Slaty-backed Gull

(as seen during FONT Japan birding
tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Slaty-backed
Gull (1st year)

(photographed Honshu, Japan
© Jon R. King)
Glaucous
Gull (juvenile)

(photographed in Hokkaido, Japan
© Jon R. King)
Ross' Gull
(1st
winter)

(Photo during FONT Japan Tour, December
1999, by Joe Fuhrman)
Japanese
Murrelet

(seen during FONT's Japan Birding
Tour, February 2001) (Photo by Koji Tagi)
Japanese Green Woodpecker
(as seen during FONT Japan birding
tours)
Japanese
Pygmy Woodpecker

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)
Great Spotted Woodpecker

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)
Ryukyu Minivet

(as seen during FONT Japan birding
tours in the Ryukyu Islands) (photo by Kogi Tagi)
Siberian
Rubythroat

(as
seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi
Tagi.)
Bluethroat

(as seen during a FONT Japan Winter
Birding Tour)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Red-flanked
Bluetail

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (photo by Paul West)
Desert Wheatear

(as seen during
a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(a rare species
in Japan)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)
Siberian
Ground Thrush

(as
seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi
Tagi.)
Dusky
Thrush

(as seen during
FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (photo by Paul West)
Japanese
Bush Warbler

(as seen during
FONT Japan birding tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)
Eastern
Crowned Warbler

(as seen during
FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Narcissus
Flycatcher

(as seen during
FONT Japan birding tours in the Spring, and in the Ryukyu Islands in the Winter)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Mugimaki
Flycatcher

(as seen during
a FONT Japan Winter Birding Tour)
(a
rare species
in Japan)
(photo by Kogi Tagi.)
Blue-and-white
Flycatcher
(as seen during
FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Brambling
(male & female)

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photos by Paul West)
Rosy
Finches

(as seen during
FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Pallas'
Rosefinch

(a species that
occurs in Japan in winter)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Long-tailed
Rosefinch

(as
seen during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi
Tagi.)
Black-faced
Bunting

(as seen during
FONT Japan birding tours)
(photo by Kogi Tagi)
Yellow-throated Bunting

(as
seen during FONT Japan Winter Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi
Tagi.)
Yellow-breasted
Bunting

(as
seen during FONT Japan Late-Spring Birding Tours)
(photo by Kogi
Tagi.)
Japanese
Reed Bunting

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)
Eurasian Siskin
(male & female)
(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)
Japanese Serow

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)
Japanese
Squirrel

(during FONT Japan Spring birding
tour, April 2001) (Photo by Paul West)