Birds found during 
Focus On Nature Tours
on the main Japanese island 
of Honshu 

including the small offshore island
of Hegura 
 

1994 thru 2014

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

A List of Birds on Honshu in Japan
compiled by Armas Hill

There have been 23 FONT Fall & Winter birding tours in Japan:  FW.
There have been 13 FONT Spring & Summer birding tours in Japan:  SS.
During all of these 36 tours, there has been birding on Honshu, 
where cumulatively, 308 species of birds have been found! 

UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: A male BAIKAL TEAL,
as seen during FONT tours in Honshu during the Winter.    


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. 

HI: seen on Hegura Island (Hegura-jima) in the Sea of Japan off Honshu, (o): on Hegura Island only. (Hegura Island visited during Spring tours) 
  


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 of Hegura Island  (with some photos)

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 during FONT Tours in Honshu, Japan:

1. Copper Pheasant  (nt) (JAe) ______  SS,FW jan,apr,may
   Syrmaticus soemmerringii
   
   

2. Japanese Green Pheasant  (JAe) ______  SS,FW jan,apr,may,jun,oct
   Phasianus versicolor
   
   

3. Mute Swan  (JAi) ______  SS,FW jan,feb,may,jun,dec
   Cygnus olor
   
   

4. Whooper Swan ______  FW jan,feb,nov
   Cygnus cygnus
   
   

5. "Bewick's" Tundra Swan  ______  FW jan
   Cygnus columbianus bewickii
   
   

6. Greater White-fronted Goose  ______  FW jan,nov
   Anser albifrons frontalis (or albicans)
    
   

7. “Tundra” Bean Goose   ______  FW jan,feb,nov
   Anser fabalis serrirostris
   
   

8. Snow Goose  (JAr)  ______  FW
   Anser (formerly Chen) caerulescens 
   
   

9. Mandarin Duck  (nt)   ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec
   Aix galericulata
   
   

10. Eurasian Wigeon  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec   
    Anas penelope
    
    

11. American Wigeon  (JAr)  ______  FW jan,feb
    Anas americana
    
    

12. Falcated Duck   ______  SS,FW jan,feb,may,nov
    Anas falcata
    
    

13. Baikal Teal  (t3) ______  FW jan,feb,nov
    Anas formosa
    
    

14. Eurasian Teal  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec
    Anas c. crecca
    
    

15. Garganey  ______  SP apr,may
    Anas querquedula
    
    

16. Gadwall  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,dec
    Anas s. strepera
    
    

17. Mallard  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec
    Anas p. platyrhynchos
    
    

18. Eastern Spot-billed Duck   ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
    Anas zonorhyncha
    
    

19. Northern Pintail  _____  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec
    Anas acuta
    
    

20. Northern Shoveler ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,dec
    Anas clypeata
    
    

21. Common Pochard   ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,nov,dec
    Aythya ferina
    
    

22. Red-crested Pochard  (JAr)  ______  FW feb
    Netta rufina
    
    

23. Baer’s Pochard  (JAr) ______  FW jan
    Aythya baeri
    
    

24. Ring-necked Duck  (JAr)  ______  FW jan
    Aythya collaris
    
    

25. Tufted Duck  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec
    Aythya fuligula
    
    

26. Greater Scaup ______  SS,FW  (p) p1 jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov
    Aythya marila mariloides
    
    

27. Harlequin Duck ______  SS,FW  jan,may,dec
    Histrionicus histrionicus
    
    

28. Long-tailed Duck  ______  FW (po)  p1
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    

29. Black Scoter ______  SS,FW    p1  jan,feb,apr,may
    Melanitta americana
    
    The Black Scoter was conspecific was the Common Scoter of Europe, Melanitta nigra. 
    
    

30. Common Goldeneye ______  FW jan,feb
    Bucephala c. clangula
    
    

31. Smew  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,dec
    Mergellus albellus
    
    

32. Red-breasted Merganser  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may
    Mergus serrator
    
    

33. Scaly-sided Merganser  (t3) (JAr)  ______  FW jan
    Mergus squamatus
    
    The Scaly-sided Merganser is also called the Chinese Merganser. 
    
    

34. Common Merganser  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,may
    Mergus m. merganser 
    
    The Common Merganser is also called the Goosander.
    
    

35. Yellow-billed Loon  ______  FW (po) p1  jan
    Gavia adamsii
    
    The Yellow-billed Loon is also called the White-billed Diver.
    
    

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

37. Pacific Loon  ______ SS,FW  p1  HI jan,feb,apr,may,nov,dec
    Gavia pacifica
    
    The Pacific Loon is also called the Pacific Diver.
    
    

38. Arctic Loon  ______  SS,FW  (p) p1 jan,apr
    Gavia arctica
    
    The Arctic Loon is also called the Black-throated Diver.
    
    

39. Black-footed Albatross (t3) ______ SS,FW  (po) p1  jan,apr,may,jun,nov
    Phoebastria nigripes
         
    

40. Laysan Albatross ______  SS,FW  (po) p1  jan,feb,may,jun,nov.dec
    Phoebastria immutabilis
    
    

41. Short-tailed Albatross (t2) ______  SS,FW  (po) p1  jan,apr,may
    Phoebastria albatrus
    
    The Short-tailed Albatross is also called the Steller's Albatross. 
    
    

42. Northern Fulmar ______  SS,FW (po) p1  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec    
    Fulmaris glacialis rodgersii                              
    
    

43. Bonin Petrel  (JAr)  ______  FW (po) p1  jan
    Pterodroma h. hypoleuca
    
    

44. Streaked Shearwater  (JAneb) ______  SS,FW  (p) p1,2  HI  jan,apr,may,jun,nov,dec
    Calonectris leucomelas
    
    

45. Buller’s Shearwater ______  SS (po) p1  may,jun
    Puffinus bulleri
    
    

46. Flesh-footed Shearwater ______  SS,FW  (po) p1   may,jun,nov
    Puffinus carneipes
                       
    

47. Sooty Shearwater ______  SS (po) p1  apr,may,jun  
    Puffinus griseus                                
    
    

48. Short-tailed Shearwater ______  SS,FW  (po) p1,2  HI  jan,apr,may,jun,nov,dec 
    Puffinus tenuirostris
    
    

49. Tristram’s Storm Petrel  (nt) (JArw) ______  SS,FW  (po) p1  jan,may,dec
    Oceanodroma tristrami
    
    The Tristram's Storm Petrel is also called the Sooty Storm Petrel.
    
    

50. Fork-tailed Storm Petrel ______ SS,FW  p1  jan,feb,nov,dec
    Oceanodroma furcata
    
    The Fork-tailed Storm Petrel is also called the Grey Storm Petrel.
    
    

51. Little Grebe ______ SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec
    Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei
                                            
    

52. Eared Grebe ______ FW  jan,feb
    Podiceps nigricollis
    
    The Eared Grebe is also called the Black-necked Grebe. 
    
    

53. Horned Grebe ______ FW   jan,feb,oct
    Podiceps a. auritus
    
    The Horned Grebe is also called the Slavonian Grebe.                               
    
    

54. Red-necked Grebe ______ SS,FW  jan,apr,oct,nov
    Podiceps grisegena holboellii
    
                                           

55. Great Crested Grebe ______   SS,FW (p) p1  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov
    Podiceps c. cristatus
    
    

56. Black-faced Spoonbill (t2) ______  FW  jan
    Platalea minor
    
    

57. Great Cormorant ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
    Phalacrocorax carbo hanedae                                
    
    

58. Temminck's  (or Japanese) Cormorant  (JAneb) ______  SS,FW (p) p1,2  HI jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov
    Phalacrocorax capillatus
    
    

59. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant)  ______  SS,FW (p) p1,2  HI jan,feb,apr,may,nov,dec
    Phalacrocorax p. pelagicus
    
    

60. Eurasian Bittern  ______  FW  jan
    Botaurus s. stellaris
    
    

61. Black-crowned Night-Heron  ______  SS,FW  HI   jan,apr,may,jun,jul,dec 
    Nycticorax n. nycticorax
    
    

62. Chinese Pond Heron  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
    Ardeola bacchus
    
    

63. Eastern Cattle Egret  ______  SS,FW  HI   jan,may
    Bublucus coromandus
    
    The Eastern Cattle Egret is in eastern Asia. The Western Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis, is in Africa, parts of Europe, and the Americas.       
    
    

64. Chinese Egret (t3) (JAr)  ______  SS HI  may
    Egretta eulophotes
    
    The Chinese Egret is also called the Swinhoe's Egret.   
    
    

65. Little Egret  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
    Egretta g. garzetta
    
    

66. Intermediate Egret  ______  SS,FW  HI apr,may,nov
    Egretta i. intermedia
    
    

67. Great Egret  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
    Ardea a. alba
    
    

68. Grey Heron  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
    Ardea cinerea jouyi
    
    

69. Purple Heron  (JAr)  ______  SS HIo  may
    Ardea purpurea manilensis
    
    

70. Striated Heron  ______  SS  HI may,jun
    Butorides striatus amurensis
    
    

71. Pacific Reef Heron ______  SS,FW  HI may
    Egretta s. sacra
    
    The Pacific Reef Heron is also called the Eastern Reef Heron. 
    
    

72. Oriental Honey Buzzard  ______  SS  HIo  may
    Pernis orientalis
    
    The Oriental Honey Buzzard has been split from the Crested Honey Buzzard, Pernis ptilohynchus, that occurs elsewhere in Asia.
    
    

73. Black-eared Kite ______  SS,FW   HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
    Migrans (migrans) lineatus
    
    

74. White-tailed (Sea) Eagle (nt)  ______  FW jan
    Haliaeetus a. albicilla
    
    

75. Steller’s Sea Eagle (t3)  ______  FW  jan
    Haliaeetus p. pelagicus
    
    

76. Hen Harrier  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,oct
    Circus cyaneus
    
    The Hen Harrier is now considered distinct from the Northern Harrier, Circus hudsonius, of North America.  
    
    

77. Eastern Marsh Harrier  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr,may
    Circus spilonotus
    
    The Eastern Marsh Harrier was conspecific with what is now the Western Marsh Harrier, Circus aeruginosus.
    
    

78. Northern Goshawk  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr
    Accipiter gentilis
    
    

79. Eurasian Sparrowhawk  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,may,nov,dec
    Accipiter nisus nisosimilis
    
    

80. Japanese Sparrowhawk  ______  SS HIo  may
    Accipiter gularis iwasakii
    
    

81. Grey-faced Buzzard  ______  SS,FW  HI  may,nov
    Butastur indicus
    
    

82. Eastern Buzzard ______  SS,FW   HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
    Buteo japonicus
    
    The Eastern Buzzard was part of the Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo.
    
    

83. Rough-legged Buzzard (or Rough-legged Hawk) ______  FW  jan
    Buteo lagopus menzibieri
    
    

84. Mountain Hawk-Eagle ______  FW jan
    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.     
    
    

85. Osprey  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr,may,oct
    Pandion h. haliaetus
    
    

86. Eurasian Kestrel   ______  SS,FW HI  jan,feb,may,oct,dec
    Falco tinnunculus interstinctus
    
    

87. Merlin  ______  FW feb
    Falco columbarius 
    
    

88. Northern Hobby  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,may,nov
    Falco s. subbuteo
    
    

89. Amur Falcon  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
    Falco amurensis
    
    Another name for the Amur Falcon has been the Eastern Red-footed Falcon.
    
    

90. Peregrine Falcon   ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,may,oct,dec
    Falco peregrinus japonensis
    
    

91. Gyrfalcon ______  FW (po) jan
    Falco rusticolus
    
    

92. Ruddy-breasted Crake  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,may
    Porzana fusca
    
     

93. Common Moorhen  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,dec
    Gallinula chloropus indica
    
    The Common Moorhen is now considered distinct from the Common Gallinule of the Americas, Gallinula galeata. 
    
    

94. Eurasian Coot  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
    Fulica a. atra
    
    

95. Eurasian Oystercatcher  (JAr)  ______ SS  apr
    Haematopus ostralegus
    
    

96. Black-winged Stilt ______ SS,FW  jan,apr,may,oct,dec
    Himantopus h. himantopus
    
    

97. Long-billed Plover (nt) ______ SS,FW  jan,feb,may,jun
    Charadrius placidus japonicus 
    
    

98. Little Ringed Plover ______ SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct
    Charadrius dubius curonicus
    
    

99. Common Ringed Plover  (JArw) ______ SS.FW  HI  jan,may,dec
    Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
    
    

100. Kentish Plover ______ SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,dec
     Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus
     
     The Kentish Plover is now distinct from the Snowy Plover of the Americas, Charadrius nivosus. 
     
     

101. Lesser Sand Plover  ______  SS  HI  apr,may
     Charadrius mongolus stegmanni
     
     The Lesser Sand Plover has been called the Mongolian Plover.
     
     

102. Pacific Golden Plover ______  SS,FW HI  jan,apr,may
     Pluvialis fulva
     
     

103. Grey Plover  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,dec
     Pluvialis s, squatarola
     
     The Black-bellied Plover is also called the Grey Plover.  
     
     

104. Gray-headed Lapwing (nt)  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,may,jun,nov
     Vanellus cinereus
     
     

105. Northern Lapwing  ______  FW jan,feb
     Vanellus vanellus
     
     

106. Great Knot  ______  SS apr,may
     Calidris tenuirostris
     
     

107. Red Knot _______  SS  HI may
     Calidris canutus
     
     

108. Red-necked Stint  (JArw)  ______  SS,FW   HI apr,may,dec
     Calidris ruficollis 
     
     

109. Long-toed Stint  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Calidris subminuta
     
     

110. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper  ______  SS may
     Calidris acuminata
     
     

111. Curlew Sandpiper ______  SS may
     Calidris ferruginea
     
     

112. Dunlin   ______  SS,FW  jan,apr,may,dec
     Calidris alpina
     
     

113. Broad-billed Sandpiper  ______  SS may
     Limicola falcinellus
     
     

114. Sanderling  ______  SS,FW   (p) p2  HI jan,apr,may,dec
     Calidris alba rubida
     
     

115. Ruddy Turnstone _______  SS HI  apr,may
     Arenari i. interpres
     
     

116. Eurasian Woodcock  ______  FW  jan
     Scolopax rusticola
     
     

117. Common Snipe  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr,may
     Gallinago galliango
     
     The Common Snipe, Gallinago gallinago, was conspecific with the Wilson's Snipe of North America, Gallinago delicata.
     
     

118. Latham’s (or Japanese) Snipe  ______  SS  HIo   may
     Gallinago hardwickii
     
     

119. Solitary Snipe ______  FW jan,oct
     Gallinago solitaria japonica
     
     

120. Jack Snipe  (JAr) ______ SS  HIo  apr
     Lymnocryptes minimus
     
     

121. Common Redshank  (JAr)  ______  SS may 
     Tringa totanus eurhinus
     
     

122. Spotted Redshank  ______  SS may
     Tringa erythropus
     
     

123. Common Greenshank  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr,may 
     Tringa nebularia
     
     

124. Green Sandpiper ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Tringa ochropus
     
     

125. Wood Sandpiper ______  SS  HIo  may
     Tringa glareola
     
     

126. Grey-tailed (or Polynesian) Tattler  ______  SS  HI may
     Heteroscelus brevipes
     
     

127. Terek Sandpiper  ______  SS  HI may
     Xenus cinereus
     
     

128. Common Sandpiper  ______  SS,FW   HI jan,feb,apr,may,dec
     Actitis hypoleucos
     
     

129. Bar-tailed Godwit  ______  SS apr,may
     Limosa lapponica baueri 
     
     

130. Eastern Black-tailed Godwit  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Limosa melanuroides
     
     The Eastern Black-tailed Godwit was part of the Black-tailed Godwit, Limosa limosa.    
     
     

131. Eurasian Curlew   ______  SS,FW  may,dec
     Numenius arquata
     
     

132. Eastern Curlew (nt)  ______  SS apr,may
     Numenius madagascariensis
     
     Numenius madagscariensis has also been called the Far Eastern Curlew.
     Its scientific name notwithstanding, the bird does not occur in Madagascar.    
     
     

133. “Eurasian” Whimbrel  ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Numenius phaeopus variegatus
     
     

134. Red-necked Phalarope  ______  SS,FW (po)  p1,2  HI jan,may,jun,nov
     Phalaropus lobatus
     
     

135. Red Phalarope  ______  SS (po)  p1  apr,may,jun
     Phalaropus fulicarius
     
     The Red Phalarope is also called the Grey Phalarope. 
     
     

136. Pomarine Jaeger  ______  SS,FW  (po)  p1  jan,apr,nov,dec
     Stercorarius pomarinus
     
     The Pomarine Jaeger is also called the Pomarine Skua.
     
     

137. Parasitic Jaeger  ______  SS  (po)  p 2 apr
     Stercorarius parasiticus
     
     The Parasitic Jaeger is also called the Arctic Skua.
     
     

138. South Polar Skua  ______  SS  (po)  p1  jun
     Stercorarius maccormicki
     
     

139. Black-headed Gull  ______  SS,FW (p) p1  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov,dec
     Chroicocephalus ridibundus
     
     

140. Black-tailed Gull  (JAneb)  ______  SS,FW   (p)  p1,2 HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
     Larus crassirostris
     
     

141. Kamchatka Gull  ______  SS,FW  (p)  p1 jan,feb,apr,dec
     Larus (canus) 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.  
     
     

142. Vega Gull  ______  SS,FW  (p)  p1  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
     Larus vegae
     
     The Vega Gull has been considered part of the Herring Gull, Larus argentatus. 
     
     

143. Mongolian Gull  (JAr)  ______  SS apr
     Larus mongolicus
     
     The Mongolian Gull was considered conspecific with the Caspian Gull, Larus cachinnans, which itself has been considered conspecific with the Yellow-legged Gull of southern Europe.   
     
     

144. Thayer’s Gull  (JAr)  ______ FW feb
     Larus thayeri
     
     

145. Slaty-backed Gull  ______  SS,FW (p)  p1  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
     Larus schistisagus
     
     

146. Glaucous-winged Gull  _____  SS,FW  (p)  p1  HI  jan,feb,may,nov,dec  
     Larus glaucescens
     
     

147. Glaucous Gull  ______  SE,FW  (p)   p1 jan,feb,apr,may,jun,dec
     Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus
     
     

148. Ross’ Gull  (JAr)  ______ FW dec
     Rhodostethia rosea
       
     

149. Black-legged Kittiwake  ______  SS,FW  (p)   p1  jan,feb,apr,nov,dec    
     Rissa tridactyla   
     
     

150. Common Tern  ______  SS (p)   p2  may
     Sterna hirundo longipennis
     
     

151. Little Tern  ______  SS (p)  p1 apr,may,jun
     Sternula albifrons sinensis
     
     

152. Common Murre (or Guillemot)   _____  SS,FW  (po) p1 jan,feb,apr,may,dec
     Uria aalge inornata
     
     

153. Thick-billed Murre (or Brunnich’s Guillemot)  ______  FW  (po)  p1 jan
     Uria lomvia arra
     
     

154. Spectacled Guillemot  ______  FW (po)  p1 jan
     Cepphus carbo
     
     

155. Pigeon Guillemot  ______  FW  (po)  p1  jan,dec
     Cepphus columba snowi
     
     

156. Long-billed Murrelet  ______  FW (po)  p1  jan
     Brachyramphus perdix
     
     

157. Ancient Murrelet  ______  SS,FW  (p)  p1   HI jan,feb,apr,may,dec
     Synthliboramphus a. antiquus
     
     

158. Japanese Murrelet  (t3) (JAe)  ______  SS (p) p2  apr,may,dec
     Synthliboramphus wumizusume
     
     

159. Crested Auklet  ______  SS,FW  (po)  p1 jan,apr
     Aethia cristatella
     
     

160. Least Auklet  ______  FW  (po)  p1 jan,feb
     Aethia pusilla
     
     

161. Rhinoceros Auklet  ______  SS,FW  (po)  p1,2  jan,apr,may,jun,nov
     Cerorhinca monocerata
     
     

162. Tufted Puffin (JPr) ______  FW (po)  p1 jan
     Fratercula cirrhata
     
     

163. Horned Puffin (JPr)  ______  SS (po)  p1 apr
     Fratercula corniculata
     
     

164. Common (or Feral) Pigeon  (JAi) ______  SS,FW  HI   jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
     Columba livia
     
     

165. Oriental Turtle Dove  ______  SS,FW (p)  p1 HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
     Sterotopelia o. orientalis
     
     

166. White-bellied Green Pigeon  (nt)  ______  SS,FW may,nov
     Treron s. sieboldii
     
     

167. Black Wood Pigeon  (nt) (JAneb)  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Columba j, janthina
     
     

168. Rose-ringed Parakeet  (JAi)  ______  SS jun
     Psittacula krameri
     
     

169. Common Cuckoo  ______  SS  HI may,jun
     Cuculus canorus telephonus
     
     

170. Oriental Cuckoo ______  SS  HI may
     Cuculus optatus
     
     The Oriental Cuckoo was conspecific with the Himalayan Cuckoo, Ciculus saturatus.
     Another name for the Oriental Cuckoo has been the Horsfield's Cuckoo.  
     
     

171. Lesser Cuckoo  ______  SS  HI may,jun
     Cuculus poliocephalus
     
     

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

173. Japanese Scops Owl  ______ SS,FW  HIo  may,nov
     Otus semitorques pryeri
     
     The Japanese Scops Owl was part of the Collared Scops Owl, Otus lettia. 
     
     

174. Brown (or Oriental) Hawk-Owl  ______  SS  HI may,jun
     Ninox scutulata japonica
     
     

175. Ural Owl  ______  FW jan
     Strix uralensis
     
     

176. Short-eared Owl  ______  FW (p) p1 jan,nov
     Asio flammeus
     
     

177. Grey Nightjar  ______  SS  HI may 
     Caprimulgus indicus jotaka
     
     

178. Pacific Swift  ______  SS  (p) p2  HI   apr,may,jun
     Apus p. pacificus
     
     Other names for the Pacific Swift are Asian White-rumped Swift and Fork-tailed Swift.  
     
     

179. Oriental Dollarbird  ______  SS  HIo may
     Eurystomus orientalis calonyx
     
     

180. Ruddy Kingfisher  ______  SS  HIo may
     Halcyon coromanda
     
     

181. Black-capped Kingfisher  (JAr)   ______  SS  HIo may
     Halcyon pileata
     
     

182. Common Kingfisher  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,nov,dec
     Alcedo atthis bengalensis
     
      

183. Crested Kingfisher  ______  SS,FW     jan,feb,apr,may
     Ceryle lugubris lugubris
                      
      

184. Eurasian Hoopoe  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo apr,may
     Upupa epops saturata
     
     

185. Japanese Green Woodpecker  (JAe)  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun
     Picus a. awokera
     
     

186. Great Spotted Woodpecker  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct
     Dendrocopos major japonicus
     
     

187. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
     Yungipicus (formerly Dendrocopos) kiuki seebohmi
     
     

188. Greater Short-toed Lark  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo apr,may
     Calandrella brachydactyla
     
     

189. Eurasian Skylark  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
     Alauda arvensis japonica
     
     The breeding Eurasian Skylark on Honshu is the subspecies japonica. The subspecies pekinensis (JAr) has been seen during a FONT tour on Hegura Island in the spring.      
     
     

190. Barn Swallow  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct
     Hirundo rustica
     
     

191. Sand Martin (or Bank Swallow)  ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Riparia riparia ijimae
     
     

192. Red-rumped Swallow  ______  SS  HI  may
     Cecropis daurica
     
     

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

194. Richard’s Pipit  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Anthus novaeseelandiae
     
     

195. Olive-backed Pipit  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct
     Anthus h. hodgsoni
     
     

196. Tree Pipit  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may  
     Anthus trivialis haringtoni
     
     

197. “Siberian” Buff-bellied Pipit  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may
     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.
     
     

198. Eastern Yellow Wagtail  (JPr)   ______  SS  HIo  may
     Motacilla tschutschensis simillma
     
     

199. Grey Wagtail  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,nov
     Motacilla cinerea robusta
     
     

200. White Wagtail  ______  SS,FW  HI   jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
     Motacilla alba
     
     The subspecies of the White Wagtail, Motacilla alba lugens, that occurs commonly on Honshu has been called the Black-backed Wagtail
     The subspecies Motacilla alba ocularis  (JAr) has been seen during FONT tours on Hegura Island in the spring.    
     
     

201. Japanese Wagtail  (JAe)  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
     Motacilla grandis
     
     

202. Brown-eared Bulbul  (JAneb)  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
     Microscelis amaurotis
     
     

203. Ashy Minivet  ______  SS,FW  HI may,oct
     Pericrocotus divaricatus
     
     

204. Japanese Waxwing  (nt)   ______  SS,FW HI  jan,apr,may
     Bombycilla japonica
     
     

205. Bohemian Waxwing  ______  SS may
     Bombycilla garrulus
     
     

206. Brown (or Pallas’) Dipper ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct
     Cinclus p. pallasii
     
     

207. Eurasian Wren  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun
     Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
     
     

208. Japanese Accentor  (JAe)  ______  FW jan,feb,oct
     Prunella rubida fervida
     
     

209. Japanese Robin  (JAneb)  ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Luscinia akahige
     
     

210. Swinhoe's  (or Rufous-tailed) Robin  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Luscinia sibilans
     
     

211. Siberian Blue Robin  ______  SS  HI may,jun
     Luscinia cyane bachaiensis
     
     

212. Siberian Rubythroat   ______  SS  HIo apr,may
     Luscinia calliope camtschhaatkensis
     
     

213. Bluethroat  (JPr)   ______  SS  HIo  may
     Luscinia s. svecicus
     
     

214. Daurian Redstart   ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,oct,nov
     Phoenicurus a. auroreus
     
     

215. Black Redstart  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  apr
     Phoenicurus ochruros
     
     

216. Red-flanked Bluetail  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,dec
     Luscinia (formerly Tarsiger) c. cyanurus
     
     Other names of the Red-flanked Bluetail are Siberian Bluechat and Orange-flanked Bush-Robin.  
     
     

217. Desert Wheatear  (JAr)  ______  FW jan
     Oenanthe deserti
      
     

218. Pied Wheatear  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Oenanthe pleschanka
     
     

219. Isabelline Wheatear  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Oenanthe isabellina
     
     

220. Siberian Stonechat  ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Saxicola stejnegeri
     
     

221. Blue Rock Thrush  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,oct
     Monticola solitarius philippensis  (subspecies with a reddish belly) 
     
     

222. White-throated Rock Thrush  (JAr)   ______  SS  HIo  may
     Monticola gularis
     
     

223. White’s (Ground) Thrush  ______  SS,FW  HI feb,apr,may 
     Zoothera aurera toratugumi
     
     

224. Siberian (Ground) Thrush  ______  SS  HI  may,jun
     Zoothera sibirica davisoni
     
     

225. Brown-headed Thrush  (JAneb)   ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,nov,dec
     Turdus c. chrysolaus
     
     The Brown-headed Thrush has been called the Brown Thrush.
     
     

226. Pale Thrush   ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,nov,dec
     Turdus pallidus
     
     

227. Eye-browed Thrush  ______  SS,FW  HIo may,oct
     Turdus obscurus
     
     The Eye-browed Thrush is also called the Grey-headed Thrush.
     
     

228. Dusky Thrush  (JArs)  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,nov,dec
     Turdus eunomus
     
     

229. Naumann’s Thrush  ______ SS,FW  HI  jan
     Turdus naumanni
     
     The Naumann's Thrush was conspecific with the Dusky Thrush. 
     
     

230. Japanese (Grey) Thrush  ______  SS  HI  apr,may
     Turdus cardis
     
     The Japanese Thrush has been called the Grey Thrush.
     
     

231. Asian Stubtail  ______  SS  HI  apr,jun
     Cettia s. squameiceps 
     
     The Asian Stubtail was called the Short-tailed Bush Warbler.
     
     

232. Japanese Bush Warbler   ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov
     Cettia diphone
     
     

233. Zitting Cisticola  ______ SS  HI  apr,may,jun
     Cisticola juncidis brunniceps
     
     The Zitting Cisticola has been called the Fan-tailed Warbler.
     
     

234. Gray’s (Grasshopper) Warbler  ______  SS  HIo may
     Locustella fasciolata amnicola
     
     

235. Marsh Grassbird  (t3) ______  SS  apr,may
     Megalurus p. pryeri
     
     The Marsh Grassbird has been called the Japanese Marsh Warbler.
     
     

236. Black-browed (or Schenk’s) Reed Warbler  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
     
     

237. Oriental Reed Warbler   ______  SS  HI  apr,may,jun
     Acrocephalus orientalis
     
     

238. Eastern Crowned Warbler  ______  SS  HI  apr,may,jun
     Phylloscopus coronatus
     
     

239. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler  ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Phylloscopus borealoides
     
     The Sakhalin Leaf Warbler was part of the Pale-legged Leaf Warbler.
     
     

240. Dusky Warbler  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Phylloscopus f. fuscatus
     
     

241. Radde’s Warbler (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Phylloscopus schwarzi
     
     

242. Arctic Warbler  ______  SS HIo  may
     Phylloscopus borealis
     
     

243. Kamchatka Leaf Warbler  ______  SS  HIo  may  
     Phylloscopus examinandus
     
     

244. Japanese Leaf Warbler  ______  FW  jan
     Phylloscopus xanthodryas
     
     

245. Yellow-browed Warbler  (JAr) ______  SS  HIo may
     Phylloscopus inornatus
     
     

246. Siberian Chiffchaff  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Phylloscopus tristis
     
     

247. Goldcrest   ______  SS,FW  jan,may
     Regulus regulus japonensis
     
     

248. Blue-and-white Flycatcher  ______  SS  HI apr,may,jun
     Cyanoptila c. cyanomelana
     
     

249. Moustached Laughing Thrush  ______  FW  oct
     Garrulux cineraceus
     
     

250. Asian Brown Flycatcher  ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Muscicapa d, dauurica
     
     

251. Dark-sided (or Siberian) Flycatcher  ______  SS,FW  HI may,oct
     Muscicapa . sibirica
     
     

252. Grey-streaked Flycatcher  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Muscicapa griseisticta
     
     

253. Mugimaki Flycatcher  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Ficedula mugimaki
     
     

254. Taiga Flycatcher (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Ficedula albicilla
     
     The Taiga Flycatcher was part of the Red-breasted Flycatcher.
     
     

255. Narcissus Flycatcher  (JAneb)  ______  SS  HI apr,may
     Ficedula narcissina
     
     

256. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Ficedula zanthopygia
     
     The Yellow-rumped Flycatcher is also called the Tricolored Flycatcher.
     
     

257. Japanese Paradise Flycatcher  ______  SS  HIo may
     Terpsiphone a. atrocaudata
     
     

258. Long-tailed Bushtit  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
     Aegithalos caudatus trivirgatus
     
     

259. Willow Tit   ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct
     Parus montanus restrictus 
     
     

260. Varied Tit  (JAneb)  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,nov,dec
     Parus v. varius
     
     

261. Coal Tit  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun
     Parus ater insularis
     
     

262. Eastern Great Tit   ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
     Parus minor minor
     
     The Eastern Great Tit, Parus minor, was conspecific with what is now the Northern Great Tit of Europe, Parus major.  
     
     

263. Eurasian Nuthatch  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct
     Sitta europaea amurensis
     
     

264. Eurasian Treecreeper  ______  FW jan
     Certhia familiaris
     
     

265. Japanese White-eye  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan.feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
     Zosterops j. japonica
     
     

266. Bull-headed Shrike  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
     Lanius b. bucephalus
     
     

267. Brown Shrike   ______  SS,FW  HI may,nov
     Lanius cristatus superciliosus
     
     

268. Tiger Shrike  ______  SS  HIo may
     Lanius tigrinus
     
     The Tiger Shrike is also called the Thick-billed Shrike.
     
     

269. Eurasian Jay  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct
     Garrulus (glandarius) japonicus
     
     Some say that the jay on Honshu, and some other Japanese islands, is the Japanese Jay, Garrulus japonicus, including the subspecies tokugawae, hiugaensis, and orii, 
     
     

270. Azure-winged Magpie  ______  SS,FW jan,feb,apr,may,jun,nov,dec
     Cyanopica cyana japonica
     
     

271. Spotted Nutcracker  ______  SS,FW may,jun,oct
     Nucifraga caryocatactes
     
     

272. Daurian Jackdaw  ______  FW jan
     Corvus dauuricus
     
     

273. Rook  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr,may
     Corvus frugilegus pastinator
     
     

274. Carrion Crow   ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
     Corvus corone orientalis
     
     

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

276. Chestnut-cheeked Starling  (nt) (JAeb)    ______  SS,FW  HI  may,jun,oct
     Sturnus philippensis
     
     The Chestnut-cheeked Starling is also called the Violet-backed Starling, or Myna. 
     
     

277. White-cheeked (or Grey) Starling   ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov,dec
     Sturnus cineraceus
     
     

278. Daurian (or Purple-backed) Starling  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Sturnus sturninus
     
     

279. Crested Myna  (JAi)  ______  FW jan
     Acridotheres cristatellus
     
     

280. Black Drongo  (JAr)   ______  SS  HIo may
     Dicrurus macrocercus
     
     

281. Black-naped Oriole  (JAr) ______  SS HIo  may
     Oriolus chinensis
     
     

282. Eurasian Tree Sparrow  ______  SS,FW HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,oct,nov,dec
     Passer montanus saturatus
     
     

283. Russet (or Cinnamon) Sparrow  ______  SS  HIo apr
     Passer rutilans
     
     

284. Brambling  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr,may,oct
     Fringilla montifringilla
      
     

285. Oriental (or Grey-capped) Greenfinch  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
     Carduelis sinica
     
     

286. Eurasian Siskin  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr,may
     Carduelis spinus
     
     

287. Red (or Common) Crossbill  ______  FW
     Loxia curvirostra japonica 
     
     

288. Asian Rosy Finch   ______  SS,FW  HI jan,apr
     Leucosticte arctoa
     
     

289. Long-tailed Rosefinch  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr
     Uragus sibricus
     
     

290. Pallas’ Rosefinch  (JAr)  ______  SS,FW  jan,feb,apr
     Carpodacus roseus
     
     

291. Eurasian Bullfinch ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may
     Pyrrhula pyrrhula
     
     

292. Japanese Grosbeak  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,jun
     Eophona p. personata
     
     

293. Chinese Grosbeak  (JAr) ______  SS  HIo may
     Eophona m. migratoria
     
     

294. Hawfinch  ______  SS,FW  HI jan,feb,apr,may,nov
     Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
     
     

295. Grey Bunting  (JAneb)  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,may,jun,nov,dec
     Emberiza v, variabilis
     
     

296. Black-faced Bunting  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
     Emberiza spodocephala personata
     
     

297. Japanese Yellow Bunting  (t3) (JAeb)  ______  SS  HI  may
     Emberiza sulphurata
     
     

298. Meadow Bunting  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,jun,oct,nov
     Emberiza cioides ciopsis
     
     

299. Yellow-breasted Bunting  ______  SS  HIo may
     Emberiza aureola
     
     

300. Chestnut Bunting  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo may
     Emberiza rutila
     
     

301. Chestnut-eared (or Grey-headed) Bunting  ______  SS HIo  may
     Emberiza f. furcata
     
     

302. Rustic Bunting  ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,oct
     Emberiza rustica latifascia
     
     

303. Elegant (or Yellow-throated) Bunting   ______  SS,FW  HIo jan,apr,may
     Emberiza e. elegans
     
     

304. Yellow-browed Bunting  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Emberiza chrysophrys
     
     

305. Little Bunting  (JAr)   ______  SS  HIo  may
     Emberiza pusila
     
     

306. Tristram’s Bunting  (JAr)  ______  SS  HIo  may
     Emberiza tristrami
       
     

307. Common Reed Bunting   ______  SS,FW  HI  jan,feb,apr,may,oct
     Emberiza schoenictus pyrrhulina
     
     

308. Japanese Reed Bunting  (nt)  ______  SS,FW jan,apr,may
     Emberiza y. yessoensis