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:
- Japanese Green Pheasant ______
ky (heard)
Phasianus versicolor
- Mute Swan (i/JA) ______
hn
Cygnus olor
- Black Swan (i/JA) ______ hn
Cygnus atratus
- Whooper Swan ______ hn,hk
Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck ______
ky
Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Wigeon ______ hn,hk,ky,am
Anas penelope
- Falcated Duck (nt) ______ hk
Anas falcata
- Eurasian Teal ______ hn,hk,ky,am
Anas crecca
- Mallard ______ hn,hk,ky
Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck ______
hn,hk,ky,am
Anas zonorhyncha
- Gadwall ______ ky
Anas s. strepera
- Northern Pintail ______ hn,hk,ky,am
Anas acuta
- Northern Shoveler ______ hk
Anas clypeata
- Common Pochard ______ hn
Aythya ferina
- Greater Scaup ______ hk
Aythya marila
- Harlequin Duck ______
hk
Histrionicus histrionicus
- Long-tailed Duck (nt)
______ hk
Clangula hyemalis
- Black Scoter ______ hk
Melanitta americana
- Common Goldeneye ______ hk
Bucephala clangula
- Red-breasted Merganser ______ hk
Mergus serrator
- Common Merganser ______ hk
Mergus merganser
- Laysan Albatross (t3) ______
hn (pelagic)
Phoebastria immutabilis
- Little Grebe _____
hn,ky
Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe _____
hn
Podiceps c. cristatus
- Eurasian Spoonbill ______ ky
Platalea l. leucorodia
- Black-faced Spoonbill (t2)
______ ky
Platalea minor
- Little Egret ______ hn,ky,am
Egretta garzeta
- Intermediate Egret ______ am
Mesophoyx (formerly Egretta) i.
intermedia
- Great Egret ______ hn,ky,am
Casmerodius
(has been Ardea) albus
- Grey Heron ______ hn,ky,am
Ardea cinerea
- Pacific (or Eastern)
Reef Heron ______ am
Egretta s. sacra
- Brown Booby
______ am
Sula leucogaster plotus
- Temminck's (or Japanese)
Cormorant ______ hn,ky,am
Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Pelagic Shag (or
Cormorant) ______ hk
Leucocarbo pelagicus
- Eurasian Kestrel ______ hn
Falco tinnunculus
- Osprey ______ hn,ky,am
Pandion haliaetus
- Black-eared Kite ______ hn,hk,ky
Milvus migrans lineatus
- White-tailed Eagle ______ hk
Haliaeetus albicilla
- Steller's Sea Eagle (t3) ______ hk
Haliaeetus pelagicus
- Hen Harrier ______ hn,ky
Circus cyaneus
- Eastern Buzzard ______
hn,hk (has
been part of the widespread Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo)
Buteo japonicus
- Grey-faced Buzzard ______
am
Butastur indicus
- Common Moorhen
______ ky,am
Gallinula chloropus indica
- Eurasian Coot - hn,ky,am
Fulica atra
- Red-crowned Crane (also called Japanese
Crane) (t2) ______ hk
Grus japonensis
- White-naped Crane
______ ky
Grus vipio
- Hooded Crane
______ ky
Grus monachus
- Common Crane
______ ky
Grus grus lifordi
- Sandhill Crane
______ ky
Grus c. canadensis
- Kentish Plover ______
ky,am
Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus
- Long-billed Plover (nt) ______ am
Charadrius placidus japonicus
- Little Ringed Plover ______ am
Charadrius dubius curonicus
- Lesser Sand Plover ______ am
Charadrius mongolus stegmanni
- Northern Lapwing ______
hn,ky
Vanellus vanellus
- Red-necked Stint ______ am
Calidris ruficollis
- Ruddy Turnstone ______ am
Arenaria i. interpres
- Common Greenshank ______
ky,am
Tringa nebularia
- Marsh Sandpiper ______ am
Tringa stagnatilis
- Green Sandpiper ______ hn,ky
Tringa ochropus
- Common Sandpiper ______ hn,ky,am
Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Snipe ______ hn
Gallinago gallinago
- Solitary Snipe ______ am
Gallinago solitaria japonica
- Saunder's Gull _____ ky
Saundersilarus
(formerly Larus) saundersi
- Black-headed Gull ______ ky
Chroicocephalus
(formerly Larus) rudibundus
- Black-tailed Gull ______
hn,ky
Larus crassirostris
- Vega Gull ______ hn,hk,ky
Larus vegae
The Vega Gull has been considered a race of the Herring
Gull.
- "Mongolian Gull"
______ ky
Larus mongolicus
The "Mongolian Gull" has been part of the "Caspian" or
"Pontic Gull" of
the Yellow-legged Gull, Larus cachinnans.
- Slaty-backed Gull ______ hn,hk
Larus schistisagus
- Glaucous-winged Gull ______ hn
(pelagic) hk
Larus glaucescens
- Glaucous Gull ______ hk
Larus hyperboreus
- Black-legged Kittiwake ______ hn
(pelagic)
Rissa tridactyla
- Common Murre ______
hn
(pelagic)
Uria aalge inornata
- Thick-billed Murre ______ hn
(pelagic)
Uria lomvia arra
- Spectacled Guillemot
______ hk
Cepphus carbo
- Long-billed Murrelet ______ hn
(pelagic)
Brachyramphus perdix
- Ancient Murrelet ______ hn
(pelagic)
Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Horned Puffin _____
hn
(pelagic)
Fratercula coniculata
- Common
(or Feral) Pigeon (i/JA)
______ hn
Columba livia
- Black Wood Pigeon
______ am
Columba j. janthina
- White-bellied Green
Pigeon (nt) ______ ky
Treron (formerly Sphenurus) s. sieboldii
- Oriental Turtle Dove ______ hn,ky,am
Streotopelia orientalis
- Blakiston's Fish Owl (t2) _____ hk
Bubo blakistoni
- Elegant (or Ryukyu) Scops Owl _____ am
Otus e. elegans
- Japanese Hawk-Owl ______ am
Ninox japonica
The "Japanese Hawk Owl" has been part of Brown, or Oriental
Hawk-Owl.
- Ural Owl ______ hk
Strix uralensis
- Long-eared Owl ______ am
Asio o. otus
- House Swift ______ ky
Apus nipalensis subfurcatus
- Common Kingfisher ______ hn,am
Alcedo atthis
- Amami (or Owston's)
Woodpecker ______ am
Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) (leucotos) owstoni
- Great Spotted Woodpecker ______
hk
Dendrocopos
(formerly Picoides) major japonicus
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker ______ ky,am
Dendrocopos
(formerly Picoides) kizuki
- Ryukyu Minivet ______ ky,am
Pericrocotus tegimae
- Bull-headed Shrike ______ hn,ky
Lanius bucephalus
- Eurasian Jay ______ hk
Garrulus glandarius japonicus
- Amami (or Lidth's)
Jay ______ am
Garrulus lidthi
- Daurian Jackdaw _____ ky
Coloeus
(formerly Corvus) dauuricus
- Rook ______ ky
Corvus frugilegus pastinator-*
- Carrion Crow ______
hn,hk,ky
Corvus corone orientalis
- Large-billed Crow ______
hn,hk,ky,am
Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis
- Willow Tit ______
ky
Poecile
(formerly Parus) montanus
- Marsh Tit ______ hk
Poecile
(formerly Parus) palustris
- Varied Tit ______ ky,am
Poecile
(formerly Parus) varius
- Coal Tit ______
ky
Periparus
(formerly Parus) ater
- Eastern Great Tit ______ hk,ky,am
Parus minor
- Chinese Penduline Tit ______ ky
Remiz consobrinus
- Japanese Waxwing (nt)
______ hk
Bombycilla japonica
- Pacific Swallow
______ am
Hirundo tahitica namiyae
- Asian House Martin
______ ky
Delichon d, dasypus
- Long-tailed Bushtit _____ hk
Aegithalos caudatus japonicus
- Eurasian Skylark _____ hn,ky
Alauda arvensis
- Brown-eared Bulbul ______ hn,hk,ky,am
Microscelis
(formerly Hysipetes) a. amaurotis
- Zitting Cisticola
______ am
Cisticola juncidis brunniceps
- Japanese Bush Warbler _____ ky,am
Cettia diphone
- Arctic Warbler
_____ am
Phylloscopus borealis
- Japanese White-eye _____ ky,am
Zosterops japonica
- Eurasian Wren
______ hk
Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
- Eurasian Nuthatch _____ ky
Sitta europaea
- Siberian Nuthatch ______
hk
Sitta asiatica
- White-cheeked Starling _____ hn,ky
Sturnus cineraceus
- Common Starling ______
ky
Sturnus vulgaris poltaratskyi
- Ryukyu Robin (nt)
______ am
Erithacus komadori
- Daurian Redstart ______
ky,am
Phoenicurus auroreus
- Blue Rock Thrush _____
ky,am
Monticola solitarius philippensis
- White's Ground
Thrush ______ am
Zootherea aurera toratugumi
- Amami (Ground)
Thrush (t1) ______ am
Zoothera amami
- Pale Thrush _____ ky,am
Turdus pallidus
- Dusky Thrush
______ hn,ky
Turdus eunomus
- Brown Dipper _____ hk
Cinclus pallasii
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow _____ hn,hk,ky
Passer montanus
- Olive-backed Pipit _____ ky
Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-throated Pipit
______ ky
Anthus c. cervinus
- "Siberian"
Buff-bellied Pipit ______ hn,ky,am
Anthus rubescens japonicus
-
Forest Wagtail (r/JA) ______ ky
Dendronanthus indicus
- Grey Wagtail ______ am
Motacilla cinerea robusta
- White Wagtail _____
hn,ky,am
Motacilla alba lugens
- Japanese Wagtail (e/JA) _____
hn
Motacilla grandis
- Brambling _____ ky
Fringilla montifringilla
- Oriental (or
Grey-capped) Greenfinch _____
hn,hk,ky
Carduelis sinica
- Common Redpoll _____ hk
Acanthis
(or Carduelis) f. flammea
- Black-faced Bunting ______
ky,am
Emberiza spodocephala
- Meadow Bunting _____
hn,ky
Emberiza cioides
- Chestnut-eared
Bunting ______ ky
Emberiza f. fucata
- Rustic Bunting _____ ky
Emberiza rustica
- Common Reed Bunting _____ hn,ky
Emberiza schoeniclus
- 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