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Birds and Other Wildlife
during the Focus On Nature  
Winter 2014 

Birding & Nature Tour 
in
Japan 



List compiled by Armas Hill,
leader of the tour



Dates:

January 24 - February 7, 2014


Codes:

   
     on Honshu:      hn
     on Hokkaido:   hk   
     on Kyushu:      ky 
    
on Amami       am              

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

(i/JA):    introduced species in Japan
(e/JA):   endemic to Japan    
(r/JA):    rare in Japan


Upper right photo:  RED-CROWNED, or JAPANESE CRANES   

Links:

A List & Photo Gallery of Japanese Birds, in 2 Parts:

Part #1: Pheasant to Pittas
     Part #2: Minivets to Buntings

In the above cumulative list, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

List of Japanese Mammals  (with some photos)

A list of Mammals during our 2014 Japan Winter Birding & Nature Tour follows the bird-list below.

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Japan


Bird-List:

  1. Japanese Green Pheasant ______  ky (heard)
    Phasianus versicolor 

  2. Mute Swan  (i/JA)  ______  hn
    Cygnus olor

  3. Black Swan  (i/JA)  ______  hn
    Cygnus atratus

  4. Whooper Swan ______  hn,hk
    Cygnus cygnus

  5. Common Shelduck  ______  ky
    Tadorna tadorna

  6. Eurasian Wigeon ______  hn,hk,ky,am
    Anas penelope

  7. Falcated Duck  (nt) ______  hk
    Anas falcata

  8. Eurasian Teal ______   hn,hk,ky,am
    Anas crecca

  9. Mallard ______  hn,hk,ky
    Anas platyrhynchos

  10. Eastern Spot-billed Duck ______  hn,hk,ky,am
    Anas zonorhyncha

  11. Gadwall  ______  ky
    Anas s. strepera 

  12. Northern Pintail ______  hn,hk,ky,am
    Anas acuta

  13. Northern Shoveler ______  hk 
    Anas clypeata

  14. Common Pochard ______  hn
    Aythya ferina

  15. Greater Scaup ______  hk
    Aythya marila

  16. Harlequin Duck ______  hk
    Histrionicus histrionicus

  17. Long-tailed Duck  (nt)  ______  hk
    Clangula hyemalis

  18. Black Scoter ______  hk
    Melanitta americana

  19. Common Goldeneye ______  hk
    Bucephala clangula

  20. Red-breasted Merganser ______  hk
    Mergus serrator

  21. Common Merganser ______  hk
    Mergus merganser

  22. Laysan Albatross  (t3)  ______  hn (pelagic)
    Phoebastria immutabilis

  23. Little Grebe _____  hn,ky
    Tachybaptus ruficollis

  24. Great Crested Grebe _____  hn
    Podiceps c. cristatus

  25. Eurasian Spoonbill  ______  ky
    Platalea l. leucorodia

  26. Black-faced Spoonbill  (t2)  ______  ky 
    Platalea minor

  27. Little Egret ______  hn,ky,am
    Egretta garzeta

  28. Intermediate Egret  ______  am
    Mesophoyx
    (formerly Egretta) i. intermedia

  29. Great Egret ______  hn,ky,am
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) albus 

  30. Grey Heron ______  hn,ky,am
    Ardea cinerea

  31. Pacific (or Eastern) Reef Heron  ______  am
    Egretta s. sacra

  32. Brown Booby  ______  am
    Sula leucogaster plotus


  33. Temminck's (or Japanese) Cormorant  ______  hn,ky,am
    Phalacrocorax capillatus

  34. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant)  ______  hk
    Leucocarbo pelagicus

  35. Eurasian Kestrel  ______   hn
    Falco tinnunculus

  36. Osprey ______  hn,ky,am
    Pandion haliaetus

  37. Black-eared Kite ______  hn,hk,ky
    Milvus migrans lineatus

  38. White-tailed Eagle ______  hk
    Haliaeetus albicilla

  39. Steller's Sea Eagle (t3) ______  hk
    Haliaeetus pelagicus

  40. Hen Harrier ______  hn,ky
    Circus cyaneus

  41. Eastern Buzzard ______  hn,hk  (has been part of the widespread Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo)
    Buteo japonicus  

  42. Grey-faced Buzzard  ______  am
    Butastur indicus

  43. Common Moorhen  ______  ky,am
    Gallinula chloropus indica


  44. Eurasian Coot - hn,ky,am
    Fulica atra

  45. Red-crowned Crane (also called Japanese Crane) (t2) ______  hk 
    Grus japonensis

  46. White-naped Crane  ______  ky
    Grus vipio

  47. Hooded Crane  ______  ky
    Grus monachus

  48. Common Crane  ______  ky
    Grus grus lifordi

  49. Sandhill Crane  ______  ky 
    Grus c. canadensis


  50. Kentish Plover ______  ky,am
    Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus

  51. Long-billed Plover  (nt)  ______ am 
    Charadrius placidus japonicus

  52. Little Ringed Plover  ______  am
    Charadrius dubius curonicus

  53. Lesser Sand Plover  ______  am 
    Charadrius mongolus stegmanni

  54. Northern Lapwing  ______  hn,ky 
    Vanellus vanellus   

  55. Red-necked Stint  ______  am
    Calidris ruficollis

  56. Ruddy Turnstone  ______  am
    Arenaria i. interpres

  57. Common Greenshank  ______  ky,am
    Tringa nebularia

  58. Marsh Sandpiper  ______  am
    Tringa stagnatilis

  59. Green Sandpiper  ______  hn,ky
    Tringa ochropus

  60. Common Sandpiper  ______  hn,ky,am
    Actitis hypoleucos

  61. Common Snipe  ______  hn
    Gallinago gallinago

  62. Solitary Snipe ______  am
    Gallinago solitaria japonica

  63. Saunder's Gull _____  ky
    Saundersilarus
    (formerly Larus) saundersi 

  64. Black-headed Gull ______  ky
    Chroicocephalus
    (formerly Larus) rudibundus

  65. Black-tailed Gull ______  hn,ky
    Larus crassirostris

  66. Vega Gull ______  hn,hk,ky   
    Larus vegae

    The Vega Gull has been considered a race of the Herring Gull. 

  67. "Mongolian Gull"  ______  ky
    Larus mongolicus

    The "Mongolian Gull" has been part of the "Caspian" or "Pontic Gull" of the Yellow-legged Gull, Larus cachinnans

  68. Slaty-backed Gull ______  hn,hk
    Larus schistisagus

  69. Glaucous-winged Gull ______  hn (pelagic)  hk
    Larus glaucescens

  70. Glaucous Gull ______  hk
    Larus hyperboreus

  71. Black-legged Kittiwake ______  hn (pelagic)
    Rissa tridactyla

  72. Common Murre  ______  hn (pelagic)
    Uria aalge inornata

  73. Thick-billed Murre  ______  hn (pelagic)
    Uria lomvia arra

  74. Spectacled Guillemot ______  hk
    Cepphus carbo 

  75. Long-billed Murrelet  ______  hn (pelagic)
    Brachyramphus perdix

  76. Ancient Murrelet ______  hn  (pelagic)
    Synthliboramphus antiquus

  77. Horned Puffin _____  hn (pelagic)
    Fratercula coniculata

  78. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i/JA) ______  hn
    Columba livia

  79. Black Wood Pigeon  ______  am
    Columba j. janthina

  80. White-bellied Green Pigeon  (nt)  ______  ky
    Treron
    (formerly Sphenurus) s. sieboldii 

  81. Oriental Turtle Dove ______  hn,ky,am
    Streotopelia orientalis

  82. Blakiston's Fish Owl  (t2) _____  hk
    Bubo blakistoni

  83. Elegant (or Ryukyu) Scops Owl _____  am 
    Otus e. elegans

  84. Japanese Hawk-Owl  ______  am
    Ninox japonica

    The "Japanese Hawk Owl" has been part of Brown, or Oriental Hawk-Owl.  

  85. Ural Owl  ______  hk
    Strix uralensis

  86. Long-eared Owl  ______  am
    Asio o. otus

  87. House Swift  ______  ky
    Apus nipalensis subfurcatus

  88. Common Kingfisher ______  hn,am
    Alcedo atthis

  89. Amami (or Owston's) Woodpecker  ______  am
    Dendrocopos
    (formerly Picoides) (leucotos) owstoni

  90. Great Spotted Woodpecker ______  hk
    Dendrocopos
    (formerly Picoides) major japonicus

  91. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker ______  ky,am
    Dendrocopos
    (formerly Picoides) kizuki

  92. Ryukyu Minivet ______  ky,am
    Pericrocotus tegimae

  93. Bull-headed Shrike ______  hn,ky
    Lanius bucephalus

  94. Eurasian Jay ______  hk
    Garrulus glandarius japonicus

  95. Amami (or Lidth's) Jay  ______  am
    Garrulus lidthi


  96. Daurian Jackdaw _____  ky
    Coloeus
    (formerly Corvus) dauuricus

  97. Rook  ______  ky
    Corvus frugilegus pastinator-*


  98. Carrion Crow ______  hn,hk,ky
    Corvus corone orientalis

  99. Large-billed Crow ______  hn,hk,ky,am
    Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis

  100. Willow Tit ______  ky
    Poecile
    (formerly Parus) montanus

  101. Marsh Tit ______  hk
    Poecile
    (formerly Parus) palustris

  102. Varied Tit ______  ky,am
    Poecile
    (formerly Parus) varius
     
  103. Coal Tit ______  ky
    Periparus
    (formerly Parus) ater

  104. Eastern Great Tit ______  hk,ky,am
    Parus minor

  105. Chinese Penduline Tit ______  ky 
    Remiz consobrinus

  106. Japanese Waxwing  (nt)  ______  hk
    Bombycilla japonica

  107. Pacific Swallow  ______  am
    Hirundo tahitica namiyae

  108. Asian House Martin  ______  ky
    Delichon d, dasypus


  109. Long-tailed Bushtit _____  hk
    Aegithalos caudatus japonicus

  110. Eurasian Skylark _____  hn,ky
    Alauda arvensis    

  111. Brown-eared Bulbul ______  hn,hk,ky,am
    Microscelis
    (formerly Hysipetes) a. amaurotis

  112. Zitting Cisticola  ______  am
    Cisticola juncidis brunniceps


  113. Japanese Bush Warbler _____  ky,am
    Cettia diphone

  114. Arctic Warbler  _____  am
    Phylloscopus borealis


  115. Japanese White-eye _____  ky,am
    Zosterops japonica

  116. Eurasian Wren  ______  hk
    Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus


  117. Eurasian Nuthatch _____  ky
    Sitta europaea

  118. Siberian Nuthatch ______  hk 
    Sitta asiatica

  119. White-cheeked Starling _____  hn,ky 
    Sturnus cineraceus

  120. Common Starling  ______  ky
    Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi

  121. Ryukyu Robin  (nt)  ______  am
    Erithacus komadori


  122. Daurian Redstart ______  ky,am
    Phoenicurus auroreus

  123. Blue Rock Thrush _____  ky,am
    Monticola solitarius philippensis

  124. White's Ground Thrush  ______  am
    Zootherea aurera toratugumi

  125. Amami (Ground) Thrush  (t1)  ______  am
    Zoothera amami 


  126. Pale Thrush _____  ky,am
    Turdus pallidus

  127. Dusky Thrush  ______  hn,ky
    Turdus eunomus


  128. Brown Dipper _____  hk
    Cinclus pallasii

  129. Eurasian Tree Sparrow _____  hn,hk,ky
    Passer montanus

  130. Olive-backed Pipit _____  ky
    Anthus hodgsoni

  131. Red-throated Pipit  ______  ky
    Anthus c. cervinus

  132. "Siberian"  Buff-bellied Pipit  ______  hn,ky,am
     Anthus rubescens japonicus

  133. Forest Wagtail  (r/JA)  ______  ky
    Dendronanthus indicus

  134. Grey Wagtail ______  am 
    Motacilla cinerea robusta

  135. White Wagtail _____  hn,ky,am
    Motacilla alba lugens

  136. Japanese Wagtail (e/JA) _____  hn
    Motacilla grandis

  137. Brambling _____  ky 
    Fringilla montifringilla

  138. Oriental (or Grey-capped) Greenfinch _____ hn,hk,ky
    Carduelis sinica

  139. Common Redpoll _____  hk
    Acanthis
    (or Carduelis) f. flammea

  140. Black-faced Bunting ______  ky,am
    Emberiza spodocephala

  141. Meadow Bunting _____  hn,ky
    Emberiza cioides

  142. Chestnut-eared Bunting  ______  ky
    Emberiza f. fucata  


  143. Rustic Bunting _____  ky
    Emberiza rustica

  144. Common Reed Bunting _____  hn,ky
    Emberiza schoeniclus

  145. Pallas' Reed Bunting  ______  ky
    Emberiza pallasi minor


Mammals during the FONT Japan Tour
in January/February 2014 
 

hk:  on Hokkaido 



 1.  Red Fox ______  hk
      Vulpes vulpes 

 2.  Sika Deer ______  hk
      Cervus nippon yesoensis

 3.  Japanese Martin ______  hk
      Martes melampus