Birds on the 
Japanese island of 
Hokkaido 

1994 thru 2014

during the months of January, February, April,  
 May, June, October, November, & December

Noting those during Focus On Nature Tours with an (*)

A List of Birds on Hokkaido, Japan
compiled by Armas Hill

There have been 24 FONT Fall & Winter birding tours in Japan:  FW.
There have been 13 FONT Spring & Summer birding tours in Japan:  SS.
During FONT tours in Hokkaido, cumulatively, to date,
167 species of birds have been found. 

UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: A RED-CROWNED, or JAPANESE CRANE
photographed during a FONT tour in Hokkaido    


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

(p):  seen pelagically 
(p1):  offshore on the Pacific, off northern Honshu, from the large ferry to or from Hokkaido
(p2):  offshore on the Sea of Japan, from the small ferry to or from Hegura Island  
(po):  pelagic only  

FW: Seen during FONT Fall & Winter Japanese birding tours.
SS: Seen during FONT Spring & Summer Japanese birding tours.
Months of the FONT tours when found are noted for each species.   


Links:

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Japan  

A List & Photo Gallery of Japan Birds, in 2 parts:
Part #1: Pheasants to Pitta     Part #2: Minivets to Buntings

Birds during FONT Japan Tours in the Spring & Summer

Rare Birds during our Japan Tours  (with some photos)

List of Japanese Mammals (with some photos)

List of Japanese Butterflies (with some photos)   

Directory of Photos in this FONT Website

List of Birds of Hokkaido, Japan, noting those during FONT tours:

1. Hazel Grouse  ______  year-round resident
   Tetrastes bonasia
   
   

2. Japanese Quail  ______  summer resident
   Coturnix japonica
   
   

3. Common Pheasant  (i)  ______
   Phasianus colchicus
   
   

4. Whooper Swan  (*) ______  FW jan,feb,nov,dec  
   Cygnus cygnus
   
   

5. "Bewick's" Tundra Swan  (*)  ______  FW  nov
   Cygnus columbianus bewickii
   
   

6. Mute Swan  (i) )(*)  ______  SS,FW  jun,dec
   Cygnus olor
   
   

7. Greylag Goose  (*)  ______  SS,FW  may,dec  
   Anser anser
   
   

8. Greater White-fronted Goose  (*)  ______  FW dec
   Anser albifrons
   
   

9. Lesser White-fronted Goose  (JAr)  ______  fall
   Anser erythropus
   
   

10. Bean Goose  (*)   ______  FW  nov
    Anser fabalis serrirostris Tundra Bean Goose
    Anser fabalis middendorffii  Taiga Bean Goose 
    
    

11. "Black" Brant Goose  (*)   ______  FW  jan,nov
    Branta bernicla orientalis
    
    

12. Mandarin Duck (nt) (*)  ______  SS  jun 
    Aix galericulata
    
    

13. Eurasian Wigeon  (*)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec     
    Anas penelope
    
    

14. American Wigeon  (JAr) (*)  ______  FW dec
    Anas americana
    
    

15. Falcated Duck  (*)   ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Anas falcata
    
    

16. Eurasian Teal  (*)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,nov,dec 
    Anas c. crecca
    
    

17. Gadwall  (*)  ______  FW  jan,dec
    Anas s. strepera
    
    

18. Mallard  (*)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    

19. Eastern Spot-billed Duck  (*)   ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun 
    Anas zonorhyncha
    
    

20. Northern Pintail  (*)  _____  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,nov,dec
    Anas acuta
    
    

21. Northern Shoveler  (*) ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Anas clypeata
    
    

22. Common Pochard  (*)   ______  FW  jan,feb
    Aythya ferina
    
    

23. Baer's Pochard  (t1) (JAr)  ______  fall
    Aythya baeri
    
    

24. Tufted Duck  (*)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov,dec  
    Aythya fuligula
    
    

25. Greater Scaup  (*)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov,dec
    Aythya marila mariloides
    
    

26. Steller's Eider  ______  winter visitor
    Polysticta stelleri
    
    

27. Harlequin Duck  (*)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov,dec
    Histrionicus histrionicus
    
    

28. Long-tailed Duck  (*)  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    

29. Black Scoter  (nt) (*)  ______  SP,FW  jan,feb,apr,jun,nov,dec 
    Melanitta americana   
    
    The Black Scoter in Japan is the North American species, Melanitta americana. 
    
    

30. Asian White-winged Scoter  ______   FW  jan,feb,nov,dec 
    Melanitta stejnegeri 
    
    The Asian White-winged Scoter was a subspecies of the American White-winged Scoter, Melanitta deglandi.
    
    

31. Bufflehead  (JAr)  ______  FW  jan 
    Bucephala albeola
    
    

32. Common Goldeneye ______  FW jan,feb,nov,dec
    Bucephala c. clangula
    
    

33. Smew  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Mergellus albellus
    
    

34. Red-breasted Merganser  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Mergus serrator
    
    

35. Common Merganser  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec 
    Mergus m. merganser
    
    The Common Merganser is also called the Goosander.  
    
    

36. Yellow-billed Loon  ______  FW jan 
    Gavia adamsii
    
    The Yellow-billed Loon is also called the White-billed Diver.
    
    

37. Red-throated Loon  ______  FW  jan,nov
    Gavia stellata
    
    The Red-throated Loon is also called the Red-throated Diver. 
    
    

38. Pacific Loon  ______ SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov,dec
    Gavia pacifica
    
    The Pacific Loon is also called the Pacific Diver. 
    
    

39. Arctic Loon  ______  FW  jan,nov
    Gavia arctica
    
    The Arctic Loon is also called the Black-throated Dover.
    
    

40. Black-footed Albatross (t3) ______ FW  pelagic     
    Phoebastria nigripes
         
    

41. Laysan Albatross ______  SS,FW  pelagic      
    Phoebastria immutabilis              
    
    

42. Northern Fulmar ______  SS,FW  pelagic                                       
    Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii
    
    

43. Streaked Shearwater  (JAneb) ______  SP,FW  pelagic 
    Calonectris leucomeias
    
    

44. Sooty Shearwater ______  SS pelagic                                       
    Puffinus griseus
    
    

45. Short-tailed Shearwater ______  SS,FW  pelagic   
    Puffinus tenuirostris
    
    

46. Tristram’s Storm Petrel  (nt) (JArw) ______  SS,FW  pelagic   
    Oceandroma tristrami
    
    The Tristram's Storm Petrel is also called the Sooty Storm Petrel.
    
    

47. Fork-tailed (or Grey) Storm Petrel ______ SS,FW  pelagic      pelagic     
    Oceanodroma furcata
    
    The Fork-tailed Petrel is also called the Grey Storm Petrel.
    
    

48. Little Grebe ______ SS,FW  jan,may,nov
    Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei
                                            
    

49. Eared Grebe ______  fall
    Podiceps nigricollis
    
    The Eared Grebe is also called the Black-necked Grebe. 
    
    

50. Horned Grebe ______ FW  jan,feb,nov,dec  
    Podiceps a, auritus   
    
    The Horned Grebe is also called the Slavonian Grebe.                          
    
    

51. Red-necked Grebe ______ FW  jan,nov     
    Podiceps grisegena holboellii 
    
                                           

52. Great Crested Grebe  ______  FW  nov 
    Podiceps c. cristatus
    
    

53. Temminck's  (or Japanese) Cormorant  (JAneb) ______  SP,FW jan,feb,jun,nov,dec
    Phalacrocorax capillatus
    
    

54. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant)  ______  SP,FW jan,feb,jun.nov,dec
    Phalacrocorax pelagicus
    
    

55. Red-faced Shag (or Cormorant)  (JAr)  ______  FW  jan|
    Phalacrocorax urile
    
    

56. Eurasian Bittern  ______ 
    Botaurus stellaris
    
    

57. Yellow Bittern  ______
    Ixobrychus sinensis
    
    

58. Schrenck's Bittern  ______
    Ixobrychus eurhythmus
    
    

59. Little Egret  ______   
    Egretta g. garzetta
    
    

60. Great Egret  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Ardea a. alba
    
    

61. Grey Heron  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,nov,jun  
    Ardea cinerea jouyi
    
    

62. Eurasian (or White) Spoonbill  ______ 
    Platalea l. leucorodia
    
    

63. Osprey  ______  fall
    Pandion h. haliaetus
    
    

64. Oriental Honey Buzzard  ______  fall 
    Pernis orientalis
    
    The Oriental Honey Buzzard, Pernis orientalis, has been split from the Crested Honey Buzzard, Pernis ptilohynchus, that occurs elsewhere in Asia.  
    
    

65. Black-eared Kite ______  SP,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec 
    Milvus (migrans) lineatus
    
    

66. White-tailed (Sea) Eagle (nt)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov,dec
    Haliaetus a. albicilla
    
    

67. Steller’s Sea Eagle (t3)  ______  FW jan,feb,nov,dec
    Haliaetus p. pelagicus
    
    

68. Hen Harrier  ______  FW  jan,nov
    Circus cyaneus
    
    The Hen Harrier, Circus cyaneus, is now considered distinct from the Northern Harrier, Circus hudsonius, of North America.
    
    

69. Eastern Marsh Harrier  ______  fall  
    Circus spilonotus
    
    The Eastern Marsh Harrier, Circus spilonotus, was conspecific with what is now the Western Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus. 
    
    

70. Northern Goshawk  ______  FW jan,dec
    Accipiter gentilis schvedowi
    
    

71. Eurasian Sparrowhawk  ______  SS,FW  jan,jun,nov 
    Accipiter nisus nisosimilis
    
    

72. Japanese Sparrowhawk  ______  fall    
    Accipiter gularis iwasakii
    
    

73. Eastern Buzzard ______  SS,FW   jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
    Buteo japonicus
    
    The Eastern Buzzard, Buteo japonicus, was part of the Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo.
    
    

74. Rough-legged Hawk  (or Rough-legged Buzzard) ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Buteo lagopus menzibieri
    
    

75. Mountain Hawk-Eagle ______  FW dec
    Spizaetus nipalensis orientalis
    
    The Mountain Hawk-Eagle has been called the Hodgson's Hawk-Eagle. The subspecies in Japan is rather distinct from populations on mainland Asia, and may be described as a separate species.   
    
    

76. Eurasian Kestrel   ______  FW jan
    Falco tinnunculus interstinctus
    
    

77. Merlin  ______  FW jan
    Falco columbarius
    
    

78. Northern Hobby  ______  fall   
    Falco s. subbuteo
    
    

79. Peregrine Falcon   ______  FW  feb
    Falco peregrinus japonensis
    
    

80. Gyrfalcon ______  FW  jan,feb
    Falco rusticolus 
    
    

81. Eastern Water Rail  ______
    Rallus indicus
    
    The Eastern Water Rail, Rallus indicus, was part of the more-westerly Water Rail, Rallus aquaticus.   
    
    

82. Baillon's Crake  ______
    Porzana p. pusilla
    
    

83. Ruddy-breasted Crake  ______
    Porzana fusca erythrothorax
    
    

84. Swinhoe's Yellow Rail  ______
    Coturnicops exquisitus
    
    

85. Common Moorhen  ______ 
    Gallinula chloropus indica
    
    The Common Moorhen is now considered distinct from the Common Gallinule of the Americas, now Gallinula galeata.    
    
    

86. Eurasian Coot  ______  FW  jan
    Fulica a. atra
    
    

87. Red-crowned Crane  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov,dec
    Grus japonensis
    
    

88. Sandhill Crane  (JAr)  ______
    Grus c, canadensis
    
    

89. Little Ringed Plover ______  SS  may
    Charadrius dubius curonicus
    
    

90. Common Ringed Plover  ______  fall
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
    
    

91. Long-billed Plover  ______  fall
    Charadrius palcidus japonicus
    
    

92. Kentish Plover ______  fall     
    Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus
    
    The Kentish Plover is now distinct from the Snowy Plover of the Americas, Charadrius nivosus. 
    
    

93. Lesser Sand Plover  ______  fall 
    Charadrius mongolus stegmanni
    
    The Lesser Sand Plover has been called the Mongolian Plover.
    
    

94. Greater Sand Plover  (JAr)  ______  fall
    Charadrius l. leschenaultii
    
    

95. Pacific Golden Plover ______  SS  jun  
    Pluvialis fulva
    
    

96. Black-bellied Plover  ______  fall  
    Pluvialis s. squatarola
    
    The Black-bellied Plover is also called the Grey Plover.
    
    

97. Great Knot  ______   fall
    Calidris tenuirostris
    
    

98. Red-necked Stint  ______  fall
    Calidris ruficollis
    
    

99. Temminck's Stint  ______  fall  
    Calidris temminckii
    
    

100. Long-toed Stint  ______  fall     
     Calidris subminuta
     
     

101. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  ______  fall
     Calidris acuminata
     
     

102. Curlew Sandpiper ______  fall
     Calidris ferruginea
     
     

103. Dunlin   ______  FW  jan,feb  
     Calidris alpina
     
     

104. Sanderling  ______  fall
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     

105. Rock Sandpiper  (JAr)  ______  fall
     Calidris ptilocnemis 
     
     Birds appearing to be of two subspecies have been seen in Japan:
     C. p. tschuktschorum, from the Chukotskiy Peninsula in Siberia, 
     and C. p. couesi, from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska, USA.   
     
     

106. Ruddy Turnstone _______  fall   
     Arenaria i. interpres
     
     

107. Spoon-billed Sandpiper  (t1) (JAr)  ______  fall
     Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
     
     The Spoon-billed Sandpiper is one of the most critically endangered birds in the world.
     in Japan, it was formerly a more common migrant that it is now.   
     
     

108. Broad-billed Sandpiper  ______  
     Limicola falcinellus
     
     Both the Broad-billed Sandpiper and the Ruff (below) are now said to be in the genus Calidris.   
     
     

109. Ruff / Reeve  ______  fall
     Philomachus pugnax 
     
     

110. Latham’s (or Japanese) Snipe  ______  SS  jun  
     Gallinago hardwickii
     
     

111. Solitary Snipe  ______  fall
     Gallinago solitaria japonica
     
     

112. Eurasian Woodcock  ______  fall
     Scolopax rusticola
     
     

113. Spotted Redshank  ______  fall
     Tringa erythropus
     
     

114. Common Redshank  ______  fall   
     Tringa totanus eurhinus 
     
     

115. Common Greenshank  ______  fall
     Tringa nebularia
     
     

116. Nordmann's Greenshank  (JAr)  ______  fall  
     Tringa guttifer
     
     Another common name for Tringa guttifer has been the Spotted Greenshank.  
     
     

117. Green Sandpiper ______  fall
     Tringa ochropus
     
     

118. Wood Sandpiper ______  fall 
     Tringa glareola
     
     

119. Grey-tailed (or Polynesian) Tattler  ______  SS  jun
     Heteroscelus brevipes
     
     

120. Terek Sandpiper  ______  SS  jun
     Xenus cinereus
     
     

121. Common Sandpiper  ______  fall   
     Actitis hypoleucos
     
     

122. Bar-tailed Godwit  ______  fall
     Limosa lapponica baueri
     
     

123. Eastern Black-tailed Godwit  ______  fall  
     Limosa melanuroides
     
     The Eastern Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa melanuroides, was part of the Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa. 
     
     

124. Eurasian Curlew   ______  fall
     Numenius arquata
     
     

125. Eastern Curlew (nt)  ______  fall 
     Numenius madagascariensis
     
     Numenius madagascariensis has also been called the Far Eastern Curlew.
     Its scientific name notwithstanding, the bird does not occur in Madagascar.
          
     

126. Little Curlew  (JAr)  ______  fall
     Numenius minutus
     
     

127. “Eurasian” Whimbrel  ______  fall  
     Numenius phaeopus variegatus
     
     

128. Red-necked Phalarope  ______  pelagic 
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     

129. Red Phalarope  ______  pelagic   
     Phalaropus fulicarius
     
     The Red Phalarope is also called the Grey Phalarope. 
     
     

130. Pomarine Jaeger  ______  pelagic
     Stercorarius pomarinus
     
     The Pomarine Jaeger is also called the Pomarine Skua.
     
     

131. Parasitic Jaeger  ______  pelagic
     Stercorarius parasiticus 
     
     The Parasitic Jaeger is also called the Arctic Skua.
     
     

132. Long-tailed Jaeger  ______  pelagic
     Stercorarius longicaudus
     
     The Long-tailed Jaeger is also called the Long-tailed Skua.
     
     

133. South Polar Skua  ______  pelagic  
     Stercorarius maccormicki
     
     

134. Black-headed Gull  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
     Chroicocephalus ridibundus
     
     

135. Black-tailed Gull (JAneb)  ______  SP,FW  jun,nov 
     Larus crassirostris
     
     

136. Kamchatka Gull  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
     Larus kamtschatschensis
     
     The Kamchatka Gull is by some considered a distinct species, but generally it has been a subspecies of the Common Gull, Larus canus, of Eurasia, known as the Mew Gull in North America, Larus canus brachyrhynchus.
     There are two races of the "Kamchatka Gull":  
     Larus (canus) kamtschatschenis, common in northeast Asia
     Larus (canus) heinei, the subspecies that occurs in Japan, including Hokkaido, in the winter 
     
     

137. Vega Gull  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
     Larus vagae
     
     The Vega Gull has been considered part of the Herring Gull, Larus argentatus. 
     
     

138. Slaty-backed Gull  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov,dec
     Larus schistisagus
     
     

139. Glaucous-winged Gull  _____  FW  jan,feb,nov
     Larus glaucescens 
     
     

140. Glaucous Gull  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,nov,dec
     Larus hyperboreus pallidissimys 
     
     

141. Iceland Gull  (JAr)  ______  FW  jan
     Larus glaucoides
     
     

142. Ross’ Gull  (JAr)  ______ FW jan
     Rhodostethia rosea
       
     

143. Black-legged Kittiwake  ______  SS,FW  jan,jun,nov       
     Rissa tridactyla
     
     

144. Common Tern  ______  SS  jun
     Sterna hirundo longipennis
     
     

145. Common Murre (or Guillemot)   _____  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may
     Uria aalge inornata
     
     

146. Thick-billed Murre (or Brunnich’s Guillemot)  ______  FW  jan,feb
     Uria lomvia arra
     
     

147. Spectacled Guillemot  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov
     Cepphus carbo
     
     

148. Pigeon Guillemot  ______  FW  jan
     Cepphus columba snowi
     
     

149. Long-billed Murrelet  ______  FW  feb
     Brachyramphus perdix
     
     

150. Ancient Murrelet  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,nov
     Synthliboramphus a. antiquus
     
     

151. Crested Auklet  ______  SS,FW  jan,apr
     Aethia cristatella
     
     

152. Least Auklet  ______  FW  jan,feb
     Aethia pusilla
     
     

153. Rhinoceros Auklet  ______  SS  apr,jun,nov
     Cerohinca monocerata
     
     

154. Tufted Puffin  (JAr) ______  SS  jun
     Fratercula cirrhata
     
     

155. Horned Puffin  (JAr)  ______  SS  apr
     Fratercula corniculata
     
     

156. Common (or Feral) Pigeon  (JPi) ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec  
     Columba livia
     
     

157. Oriental Turtle Dove  ______  SS,FW  feb,may,jun,nov
     Streotopelia orientalis
     
     

158. White-bellied Green Pigeon (nt)  ______  SS  jun
     Treron s. sieboldii
     
     

159. Common Cuckoo  ______  SS  jun
     Cuculus canorus telephonus
     
     

160. Oriental Cuckoo ______  SS  jun
     Cuculus optatus
     
     

161. Northern Hawk-Cuckoo  ______ 
     Cuculus hyperythrus 
     
     The Northern Hawk-Cuckoo was part of  the Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo, Cuculus fugax.
     
     

162. Blakiston's Fish Owl  ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
     Bubo b. blakistoni
     
     

163. Japanese Scops Owl   ______ FW  jan
     Otus semitorques pryeri
     
     The Japanese Scops Owl was part of the Collared Scops Owl. 
     
     

164. Brown (or Oriental) Hawk-Owl  ______  summer resident      
     Ninox scutulata japonica
     
     

165. Ural Owl  ______  FW  jan,feb
     Strix u. japonica  (subspecies only on Hokkaido & the nearby Kurile Islands) 
     
     

166. Long-eared Owl  ______
     Asio otus
     
     Asio otus is by some called the Northern Long-eared Owl, as there is another more-southerly "Long-eared Owl" in Africa. 
     
     

167. Short-eared Owl  ______  FW  jan  
     Asio flammeus 
     
     

168. Snowy Owl  (JAr)  ______
     Bubo scandiacus
     
     

169. Tengmalm's Owl  ______
     Aegolius funereus sibiricus
     
     The Tengmalm's Owl is also called the Boreal Owl.
     
     

170. Eurasian Eagle Owl  (JAr)  ______  
     Bubo bubo borrisowi
     
     The subspecies B. b. horrisowi occurs on the Sakhalin and South Kurile Islands, northeast of Japan. 
     In Japan, it is an extremely rare resident in northern Hokkaido.   
     
     

171. Grey Nightjar  ______  summer resident    
     Caprimulgus indicus jotaka  
     
     

172. White-throated Needletail  ______
     Hirundapus caudacutus
     
     

173. Pacific Swift  ______   SS  apr,may,jun     
     Apus p. pacificus
     
     Other names for the Pacific Swift are Asian White-rumped Swift and Fork-tailed Swift. 
     
     

174. Ruddy Kingfisher  ______  summer resident  
     Halcyon coromanda
     
     

175. Common Kingfisher  ______    
     Alcedo atthis bengalensis
     
      

176. Crested Kingfisher  ______  SS  may      
     Ceryle lugubris pallida  (a year-round resident subspecies nearly endemic to Hokkaido; some have strayed to Kunashir in Russia)
                      
      

177. Eurasian Wryneck  ______
     Jynx torquilla
     
     The Eurasian Wryneck is in Hokkaido generally from May to September.
     
     

178. Gray-headed Woodpecker  ______  SS,FW  jan,may,jun,nov
     Picus canus jessoensis
     
     

179. Black Woodpecker  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun  
     Dryocopus martius martius
     
     

180. Great Spotted Woodpecker  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Dendrocopos major japonicus
     
     

181. White-backed Woodpecker  ______  SS,FW  jan,may,jun
     Dendrocopos leucotos namiyei
     
     

182. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker  ______  FW  jan,nov
     Dryobates (formerly Dendrocopos) minoramurensis 
     
     

183. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Yungipicus (formerly Dendrocopos) kizuki seebohmi
     
     

184. Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker  (JAr)  ______ 
     Picoides tridactylus inouyei  (this subspecies in Hokkaido is very rare) 
     
     The Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker was conspecific with the American Three-toed Woodpecker, Picoides dorsalis. 
     
     

185. Eurasian Skylark  ______  SS,FW  jan,jun     
     Alauda arvensis
     
     The breeding Eurasian Skylark on Hokkaido is the subspecies japonica. The bird we saw in January was most likely a subspecies from further north in mainland Asia.      
     
     

186. Barn Swallow  ______  SS  may  
     Hirundo rustica
     
     

187. Sand Martin (or Bank Swallow)  ______  SS  jun    
     Riparia riparia ijimae
     
     

188. Asian House Martin  ______  SS  may,jun
     Delichon d. dasypus
     
     

189. Olive-backed Pipit  ______  SS  may,jun
     Anthus h. hodgsoni
     
     

190. “Siberian” Buff-bellied Pipit  ______   
     Anthus rubescens japonicus
     
     The Buff-bellied Pipit, Anthus rubescens japonicus, was part of the Water Pipit. Now it is considered conspecific with the American Pipit. 
     
     

191. Eastern Yellow Wagtail  (JAr)   ______   
     Motacilla tschutschensis simillima  
     
     

192. Grey Wagtail  ______  SS  may,jun  
     Motacilla cinerea robusta 
     
     

193. White Wagtail  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec      
     Motacilla alba lugens
     
     The White Wagtail subspecies lugens has been called the Black-backed Wagtail. 
     
     

194. Japanese Wagtail  (JAe)  ______  FW  jan,dec
     Motacilla grandis
     
     

195. Brown-eared Bulbul  (JAneb)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,dec  
     Microscelis a. amaurotis
     
     

196. Japanese Waxwing  (nt)   ______  SS,FW  jan,may
     Bombycilla japonica
     
     

197. Bohemian Waxwing  ______  FW  jan
     Bombycilla garrulus centralasiae
     
     

198. Brown (or Pallas’) Dipper ______  FW  jan,feb,nov,dec
     Cinclus p. pallasii
     
     

199. Eurasian Wren  ______  SS,FW  jan,jun,dec
     Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
     
     

200. Japanese Accentor  (JAe)  ______  SS FW  jan,may
     Prunella rubida 
     
     

201. Japanese Robin  (JAneb)  ______  SS  may 
     Luscinia akahige
     
     

202. Siberian Rubythroat   ______  SS  jun    
     Luscinia calliope camtschhatkensis 
     
     

203. Siberian Blue Robin  ______
     Luscinia cyane bachaiensis
     
     

204. Red-flanked Bluetail  ______  FW  nov
     Luscinia (formerly Tarsiger) c. cyanurus
     
     Other names of the Red-flanked Bluetail are Siberian Bluechat and Orange-flanked Bush-Robin. 
     
     

205. Daurian Redstart  ______  FW  jan,dec
     Phoenicurus a. auroreus
     
     

206. Siberian Stonechat  ______  SS  may,jun    
     Saxicola stejnegeri
     
     

207. Blue Rock Thrush  ______  
     Monticola solitarius philippensis  (subspecies with a reddish belly)
     
     

208. White’s (Ground) Thrush  ______   
     Zoothera aurera toratugumi
     
     

209. Siberian (Ground) Thrush  ______   
     Zoothera sibirica davisoni
     
     

210. Brown-headed Thrush  (JAneb)   ______  SS  may,jun
     Turdus c. chrysolaus
     
     The Brown-headed Thrush has been called the Brown Thrush. 
     
     

211. Pale Thrush   ______ 
     Turdus pallidus
     
     

212. Eye-browed Thrush  ______   SS  may
     Turdus obscurus
     
     The Eye-browed Thrush is also called the Grey-headed Thrush.
     
     

213. Dusky Thrush  ______  FW  jan,feb,dec   
     Turdus eunomus 
     
     

214. Japanese (Grey) Thrush  ______  SS  may   
     Turdus cardis
     
     The Japanese Thrush has been called the Grey Thrush.
     
     

215. Asian Stubtail  ______  SS  may,jun   
     Cettia s. squameiceps
     
     The Asian Stubtail was called the Short-tailed Bush Warbler.
     
     

216. Japanese Bush Warbler   ______ 
     Cettia diphone
     
     

217. Zitting Cisticola  ______  
     Cisticola juncidis brunniceps
     
     The Zitting Cisticola has been called the Fan-tailed Warbler. 
     
     

218. Lanceolated (Grasshopper) Warbler  ______  SS  jun
     Locustella lanceolata
     
     

219. Middendorff's (Grasshopper) Warbler  ______
     Locustella ochotensis
     
     

220. Gray’s (Grasshopper) Warbler  ______  
     Locustella fasciolata amnicola
     
     

221. Marsh Grassbird  (t3) ______  
     Megalurus p. pryeri
     
     The Marsh Grassbird has been called the Japanese Marsh Warbler. 
     
     

222. Black-browed (or Schenk’s) Reed Warbler  ______  SS  jun   
     Acrocephalus bistrigiceps 
     
     

223. Oriental Reed Warbler   ______  
     Acrocephalus orientalis 
     
     

224. Eastern Crowned Warbler  ______  SS  may,jun 
     Phylloscopus coronatus
     
     

225. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler  ______  SS  may,jun
     Phylloscopus borealoides
     
     The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler was part of the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler.  
     
     

226. Japanese Leaf Warbler  ______  
     Phylloscopus xanthodryas
     
     The Japanese Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus xanthodryas, that nests in Hokkaido, was part of the Arctic Warbler, Phylloscopus borealis. The Arctic Warbler occurs as a migrant in Japan.      
     
     

227. Arctic Warbler  ______      
     Phylloscopus borealis
     
     

228. Kamchatka Leaf Warbler  ______
     Phylloscopus examinandus
     
     The Kamchatka Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus examinandus, is a second split from the Arctic Warbler. It migrants through Japan.
     
     

229. Goldcrest   ______  SS,FW  jan,jun,nov,dec
     Regulus regulus japonensis
     
     

230. Blue-and-white Flycatcher  ______  SS  may,jun  
     Cyanoptila c. cyanomelana
     
     

231. Asian Brown Flycatcher  ______  SS  jun    
     Muscicapa d. dauurica
     
     

232. Dark-sided (or Siberian) Flycatcher  ______  SS  jun  
     Muscicapa s. sibirica
     
     

233. Narcissus Flycatcher  (JAneb)  ______  SS  jun  
     Ficedula narcissina
     
     

234. Long-tailed Bushtit  ______  SS,FW  jan,may,dec
     Aegithalos caudatus caudatus  
     
     The Long-tailed Bushtit has been called the Long-tailed Tit.
     
     

235. Marsh Tit  ______   SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Parus palustris hensoni
     
     

236. Willow Tit   ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun  
     Parus montanus restrictus
     
     

237. Varied Tit  (JAneb)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,dec   
     Parus varius varius
     
     

238. Coal Tit  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,dec     
     Parus ater insularis
     
     

239. Eastern Great Tit   ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Parus minor minor
     
     The Eastern Great Tit, Parus minor, was conspecific with the Northern Great Tit of Europe, Parus major.
     
     

240. Siberian Nuthatch  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Sitta asiatica
     
     The Siberian Nuthatch, Sitta asiatica, was part of the Eurasian Nuthatch, Sitta europaea. 
     
     

241. Eurasian Treecreeper  ______  FW jan,feb,nov
     Certhia familiaris daurica   
     
     

242. Japanese White-eye  ______  summer resident   
     Zosterops japonica yesoensis  (subspecies only on Hokkaido & nearby south Sakhalin Island)
     
     

243. Bull-headed Shrike  ______  SS  jun   
     Lanius b. bucephalus
     
     

244. Brown Shrike  ______  summer resident
     Lanius cristatus
     
     

245. Great Grey Shrike  ______  FW  jan
     Lanius excubitor
     
     The Great Grey Shrike is also known as the Northern Shrike.  
     
     

246. Eurasian Jay  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Garrulus (glandarius) brandtii
     
     The jay on Hokkaido, known as the Brandt's Jay, Garrulus brandtii, is said also to be a subspecies of the Eurasian Jay, Garrulus glandarius. 
     Some say that the jay elsewhere in Japan is the Japanese Jay, Garrulus japonicus, including the subspecies  tokugawae, hiugaensis, and orii.           
     
     

247. Oriental Magpie  ______  FW  feb
     Pica pericea
     
     The Oriental Magpie, Pica pericea, was part of the Eurasian Magpie, Pica pica, and was considered conspecific with the Black-billed Magpie of North America, Pica hudsonia.   
     
     

248. Spotted Nutcracker  ______  year-round resident
     Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica
     
     

249. Rook  ______  FW  jan  
     Corvus frugilegus
     
     

250. Carrion Crow   ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec  
     Corvus corona orientalis
     
     

251. Large-billed Crow  ______  SS, FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec  
     Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis
     
     The Large-billed Crow was conspecific with the Jungle Crow of southern Asia, Corvus levaillantii.
     
     

252. Northern Raven  ______  FW  jan,feb,dec
     Corvus corax
     
     Corvus corax kamtschaticus is a rare winter visitor to Hokkaido, but it may now be more common than previously.
     
     

253. Chestnut-cheeked Starling  (nt) (JAeb)    ______   summer resident   
     Sturnus phillippensis 
     
     The Chestnut-cheeked Starling is also called the Violet-backed Starling, or Myna.
     
     

254. White-cheeked (or Grey) Starling   ______  FW  feb   
     Sturnus cineraceus
     
     

255. Eurasian Tree Sparrow  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Passer montanus saturatus
     
     

256. Russet (or Cinnamon) Sparrow  ______  SS  may,jun  
     Passer rutilans
     
     

257. Brambling  ______  FW  jan  
     Fringilla montifringilla
     
     

258. Oriental (or Grey-capped) Greenfinch  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec  
     Carduelis sinica
     
     

259. Eurasian Siskin  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,jun,nov  
     Carduelis spinus
     
     

260. Common Redpoll  ______  FW  jan,nov
     Carduelis flammea flammea
     
     

261. Hoary (or Arctic) Redpoll  (JAr)  ______ 
     Carduelis hornemanni
     
     

262. Red (or Common) Crossbill  ______  FW
     Loxia cirvirostra japonica
     
     Both Loxia cirvirostra and Loxia leucoptera (below) can be irruptive in northern Japan.
     
     

263. White-winged (or Two-barred) Crossbill  (JAr)  ______   
     Loxia leucoptera
     
     

264. Asian Rosy Finch   ______  FW  jan,feb,nov  
     Leucosticte arctoa brunneonucha 
     
     

265. Pallas'  Rosefinch  ______  fall/winter (Oct-Apr)
     Carpodacus vinaceus
     
     

266. Long-tailed Rosefinch  ______  SS,FW  may,nov,dec   
     Uragus sibiricus
     
     

267. Eurasian Bullfinch ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,nov  
     Pyrrhula pyrrhula
     
     

268. Pine Grosbeak  ______   SS  jun
     Pinicola enucleator sakhalinensis
     
     

269. Japanese Grosbeak  ______  SS,FW  jan,may,jun,nov  
     Eophona p. personata
     
     

270. Hawfinch  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun,dec  
     Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
     
     

271. Snow Bunting  ______  FW  jan
     Calcarius (was Plectrophenax) nivalis  
     
     

272. Lapland Bunting (or Longspur)  ______ FW  jan
     Calcarius lapponicus lapponicus
     
     

273. Grey Bunting  (JAneb)  ______  SS  may   
     Emberiza v. variabilis
     
     

274. Black-faced Bunting  ______  SS  may,jun  
     Emberiza spodocephala 
     
     

275. Meadow Bunting  ______  SS  jun   
     Emberiza cioides ciopsis
     
     

276. Yellow-breasted Bunting  ______  SS  jun 
     Emberiza aureola 
     
     

277. Chestnut-eared (or Grey-headed) Bunting  ______    
     Emberiza f. furcata 
     
     

278. Rustic Bunting  ______  FW  jan,dec  
     Emberiza rustica latifascia 
     
     

279. Elegant (or Yellow-throated) Bunting   ______    
     Emberiza e. elegans
     
     

280. Common Reed Bunting   ______  FW  dec   
     Emberiza schoeniclus pyrrhulina