Birds found during the 
FONT Spring Birding & Nature Tour

in Japan

during April 2001

Dates: April 11-21 

Japanese bird names follow English names.

List of mammals follows the birds.

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
(r/JA): rare in Japan
(e): Japanese endemic
(eb): endemic breeder
(neb): near-endemic breeder

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 (Hegurajima) in the Sea of Japan offshore from Honshu    
 

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Birds:

1. Pacific Loon/Diver _____  HNp
   
   
2. Arctic Loon/Black-throated Diver _____ HNp
   
    
3. Little Grebe _____ HN
   
   
4. Red-necked Grebe _____ HN
   
   
5. Great Crested Grebe _____ HI
   
   
6. Black-footed Albatross (t3) _____ HNp
   
   
7. Streaked Shearwater (neb) _____ HNp 
   
   
8. Sooty Shearwater  _____  HNp
   
   
9. Short-tailed Shearwater  _____ HNp
   
   
10. Great Cormorant HN 
    
    
11. Japanese (or Temminck's) Cormorant (neb) _____  HNp,HI
    
    
12. Pelagic Cormorant _____ HNp,HI
    
    
13. Black-crowned Night-Heron _____ HI
    
    
14. Little Egret HI
    
    
15. Intermediate Egret  HN
    
    
16. Great Egret HI
    
    
17. Grey Heron HI
    
    
18. Mandarin Duck (nt)  HN 
    
    
19. Common Teal  HN
    
    
20. Garganey HN 
    
    
21. Gadwall HN 
    
    
22. Mallard HN
    
    
23. Eastern Spot-billed Duck _____ HN,HI
    
    
24. Northern Pintail  HN
    
    
25. Northern Shoveler HN
    
    
26. Northern Pochard  HN
    
    
27. Tufted Duck  HN
    
    
28. Greater Scaup HN,HNp
    
    
29. Black Scoter HNp
    
    
30. Smew  _____  HN
    
    
31. Red-breasted Merganser HN 
    
    
32. Black (-eared) Kite HN,HI
    
    
33. Eastern Marsh Harrier  HN
    
    
34. Northern Goshawk  HN
    
    
35. Northern Sparrowhawk  HN
    
    
36. Common Buzzard HN
    
    
37. Osprey HN
    
    
38. Copper Pheasant (nt)  HN
    
    
39. (Japanese) Green Pheasant HN
    
    
40. Common Moorhen  HN
    
     
41. Eurasian Coot  HN
    
    
42. Eurasian Oystercatcher (r/JA) HN
    
     
43. Black-winged Stilt  HN
    
    
44. Little Ringed Plover  HI 
    
    
45. Kentish Plover  _____ HN
    
    
46. Lesser Sandplover  HN
    
      
47. Pacific Golden Plover  HN
    
    
48. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover  HN
    
    
49. Great Knot   HN
    
    
50. Red-necked Stint  HN
    
    
51. Dunlin  HN
    
    
52. Sanderling  HN
    
    
53. Ruddy Turnstone   HN  
    
    
54. Common Snipe _____ HI
    
     
55. Jacksnipe (r/JA) HI
    
    
56. Common Greenshank   HN
    
    
57. Green Sandpiper   HI
    
    
58. Common Sandpiper HI
    
    
59. Bar-tailed Godwit   HN   
    
    
60. Eastern Curlew (nt)   HN
    
      
61. Whimbrel  HN
    
    
62. Red Phalarope  HNp
    
    
63. Pomarine Skua  HNp
    
    
64. Parasitic Jaeger (or Arctic Skua)   HNp
    
    
65. Black-headed Gull  HNp 
    
    
66. Black-tailed Gull (neb)  HN,HNp,HI
    
    
67. "Kamchatka Gull" (part of Common or Mew Gull)  _____ HN,HNp
    
    
68. Vega (Herring) Gull  HNp,HI
    
    
69. "Mongolian" Yellow-legged Gull  _____  HN
     (Larus cacinnans mongolicus)  
    
    
70. Little Tern _____  HN,HNp
    
    
71. Japanese Murrelet (t3) _____ HNp
    
    
72. Rhinoceros Auklet _____  HNp
    
    
73. Feral Pigeon (i) _____ HN,HI
    
    
74. Oriental Turtle Dove _____ HN,HI
    
    
75. Fork-tailed Swift _____  HN
    
    
76. Common Kingfisher _____  HN
    
    
77. Crested Kingfisher _____  HN
    
     
78. (Eurasian) Hoopoe (r/JA) (Yatsugashira) HI
    
    
79. Japanese Green Woodpecker (Ao-gera)
    
    
80. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Aka-gera)
    
    
81. (Japanese) Pygmy Woodpecker (Ko-gera) 
    
    
82. (Greater) Short-toed Lark (r/JA) (Hime-kotenshi) HI 
    
    
83. Japanese (formerly part of Eurasian) Skylark (note) (Hibari) HI 
    
    
84. Barn Swallow (Tsubame) HI
    
    
85. Bank Swallow/Sand Martin (Shodo-tsubame) HI 
    
    
86. Asian House Martin (Iwa-tsubame)
    
    
87. Olive-backed/Indian Tree Pipit (Binzui) HI
    
    
88. Buff-bellied (formerly Water) Pipit (Tahibari) HI 
    
    
89. Grey Wagtail (Ki-sekirei) HI
    
    
90. Black-backed Wagtail (Hojiro/Haku-sekirei) HI 
    
    
91. Japanese Wagtail (Seguro-sekirei)
    
    
92. Brown-eared Bulbul (Hiyodori)
    
    
93. Japanese Waxwing (Hi-renjaku) 
    
    
94. Brown/Pallas' Dipper (Kawagarasu) 
    
    
95. Northern/Winter Wren (Misosazai) 
    
    
96. Japanese Robin (Komadori) HI
    
    
97. Siberian Rubythroat (No-goma) HI
    
     
98. Daurian Redstart (Jo-bitaki) HI
    
    
99. Black Redstart (r/JA) (Kuro-jo-bitaki) HI
    
    
100. Siberian Stonechat (No-bitaki) HI 
     
     
101. Siberian Bluechat/Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (Ruri-bitaki) HI
     
     
102. Red-bellied Rock Thrush (conspecific w/ Blue Rock Thrush) (Iso-hiyodori) HI 
     
     
103. Scaly/White's (Ground) Thrush (Tora-tsugumi) HI 
     
     
104. Brown/Red-bellied Thrush (neb) (Akahara) HI
     
     
105. Pale Thrush (Shirohara) HI
     
     
106. Dusky Thrush (r/JAs) (Tsugumi) HI 
     
     
107. "Naumann's Thrush" (r/JA)  HI
     
     
108. (Japanese) Grey Thrush (Kuro-tsugumi) HI
     
     
109. Asian Stubtail/Short-tailed Bush-Warbler (Yabusame) HI 
     
     
110. Japanese Bush-Warbler (Uguisu) HI
     
     
111. Zitting Cisticola/Fan-tailed Warbler (Sekka)
     
     
112. Japanese Marsh Warbler/Marsh Grassbird (t3) (O-sekka)  
     
     
113. Oriental/Eastern Great Reed Warbler (O-yoshikiri) HI  
     
     
114. Eastern Crowned (Willow/Leaf-) Warbler (Sendai-mushikui) HI 
     
     
115. Sikhalin (formerly Pale-legged) (Willow/Leaf-) Warbler (Ezo-mushikui) HI
     
     
116. Blue-and-white Flycatcher (O-ruri) HI
     
     
117. Asian Brown Flycatcher (Ko-same-bitaki) HI 
     
     
118. Narcissus Flycatcher (neb) (Ki-bitaki) HI
     
     
119. Long-tailed Tit (Enaga)
     
     
120. Willow Tit (Ko-gara)
     
     
121. Varied Tit (neb) (Yama-gara)
     
     
122. Coal Tit (Hi-gara) HI
     
     
123. Great Tit (Shiju-kara) 
     
     
124. Eurasian Nuthatch (Goju-kara)
     
     
125. Japanese White-eye (Mejiro) HI 
     
     
126. Bull-headed Shrike (Mozu) HI
     
     
127. Eurasian Jay (Kakesu)
     
     
128. Azure-winged Magpie (Onaga) 
     
     
129. Rook (Miyama-garasu) HI
     
     
130. Carrion Crow (Hashiboso-garasu) HI 
     
     
131. Large-billed Crow (Hashibuto-garasu) HI 
     
     
132. White-cheeked/Grey Starling (Mukudori) HI
     
     
133. Russet/Cinnamon Sparrow (Nyunai-suzume) HI 
     
     
134. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Suzume)
     
     
135. Brambling (Atori) HI
     
     
136. Grey-capped Greenfinch (Kawara-hiwa) HI 
     
     
137. Eurasian Siskin (Ma-hiwa) HI
     
     
138. Asian Rosy Finch (Hagi-mashiko) HI
     
     
139. Long-tailed Rosefinch (Beni-mashiko) HI 
     
     
140. Pallas'/Siberian Rosefinch (r/JA) (O-mashiko)  
     
     
141. Eurasian/Common Bullfinch (Uso) HI
     
     
142. Japanese Grosbeak (Ikaru)
     
      
143. Hawfinch (Shime) HI
     
     
144. Black-faced Bunting (Aoji) HI 
     
     
145. Meadow Bunting (Hijiro) 
     
     
146. Rustic Bunting (Kashiradaka) HI
     
     
147. Yellow-throated Bunting (Miyama-hojiro) HI 
     
     
148. Reed Bunting (O-jurin) HI
     
     
149. Japanese Reed Bunting (Ko-jurin) 
     
     

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 April 2001

Japanese Serow (Kamoshika) SP
Giant Flying Squirrel (Musasabi) SP
Japanese Squirrel (Nihon-risu) SP,FW
Japanese Macaque (Monkey) (Nihonzaru) SP,FW