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Birds and Other Wildlife
during the Focus On Nature  
Autumn 2013 
 Birding & Nature Tour 
in Japan 

List compiled by Armas Hill,
leader of the tour



Dates:

October 26 - November 9, 2013


 Codes:
   
     on Honshu:      hn
     on Hokkaido:   hk             

 
(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:  the rare and big BLAKISTON'S FISH OWL,
said to be the rarest and biggest owl in the world.
3 were seen, nicely, during our Oct/Nov 2013 Japan Tour.   

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 2013 Japan Fall Birding & Nature Tour follows the bird-list below.

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Japan


 Bird-List:

  1. Japanese Green Pheasant ______  hn(heard)
    Phasianus versicolor 
  2. Whooper Swan ______  hk,hn
    Cygnus cygnus

  3. "Bewick's"  Tundra Swan  ______  hk
    Cygnus columbianus bewickii

  4. Greater White-fronted Goose  ______  hk
    Anser albifrons rubrirostris

  5. Bean Goose  ______  hk
    Anser fabalis middendorffii  Taiga Bean Goose
    Anser fabalis serrirostris  Tundra Bean Goose

  6. "Black" Brant  ______  hk
    Branta bernicla orientalis
  7. Mandarin Duck ______  hn
    Aix galericulata
  8. Eurasian Wigeon ______  hn,hk
    Anas penelope
  9. Falcated Duck  (nt) ______  hn,hk
    Anas falcata
  10. Eurasian Teal ______   hn,hk
    Anas crecca
  11. Mallard ______  hn,hk
    Anas platyrhynchos
  12. Eastern Spot-billed Duck ______  hn
    Anas zonorhyncha
  13. Northern Pintail ______  hn,hk
    Anas acuta

  14. Northern Shoveler ______  hn,hk 
    Anas clypeata
  15. Common Pochard ______  hn
    Aythya ferina
  16. Tufted Duck ______  hn,hk
    Aythya fuligula
  17. Greater Scaup ______  hn,hk
    Aythya marila
  18. Harlequin Duck ______  hk
    Histrionicus histrionicus
  19. Black Scoter ______  hk
    Melanitta americana
  20. Common Goldeneye ______  hk
    Bucephala clangula
  21. Smew ______  hk
    Mergellus albellus
  22. Red-breasted Merganser ______  hk
    Mergus serrator
  23. Common Merganser ______  hk
    Mergus merganser
  24. Black-footed Albatross _____  hn (pelagic)
    Phoebastria nigripes
  25. Laysan Albatross  (t3)  ______  hn (pelagic)
    Phoebastria immutabilis
  26. Bonin Petrel  _____  hn (pelagic) 
    Pterodroma hypoleuca
  27. Streaked Shearwater _____  hn (pelagic)
    Calonectris leucomeias
  28. Short-tailed Shearwater _____  hn (pelagic)
    Oceanodroma furcata
  29. Little Grebe _____  hn,hk
    Tachybaptus ruficollis

  30. Black-necked (or Eared) Grebe _____  hn 
    Podiceps n. nigricollis
  31. Horned Grebe _____ hn,hk
    Podiceps auritus 
  32. Red-necked Grebe _____  hk
    Podiceps grisegena

  33. Great Crested Grebe _____  hn,hk
    Podiceps c. cristatus
  34. Great Cormorant _____  hn
    Phalacrocorax carbo
  35. Temminck's (or Japanese) Cormorant ______  hn,hk
    Phalacrocorax capillatus
  36. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant) ______  hk
    Leucocarbo pelagicus
  37. Little Egret ______  hn
    Egretta garzeta

  38. Intermediate Egret  ______  hn
    Mesophoyx     (formerly Egretta) i. intermedia
  39. Great Egret ______  hn,hk
     Casmerodius (has been Ardea) albus 
  40. Grey Heron ______  hn,hk
    Ardea cinerea
  41. Eurasian Kestrel  ______   hn
    Falco tinnunculus
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  42. Northern Hobby ______  hn (pelagic)
    Falco s. subbuteo

  43. Peregrine Falcon ______  hn
    Falco peregrinus japonensis

  44. Osprey ______  hn
    Pandion haliaetus
  45. Black-eared Kite ______  hn,hk
    Milvus migrans lineatus
  46. White-tailed Eagle ______  hk
    Haliaeetus albicilla
  47. Steller's Sea Eagle (t3) ______  hk
    Haliaeetus pelagicus
  48. Hen Harrier ______  hn
    Circus cyaneus
  49. Eastern Buzzard ______  hn  (has been part of the widespread Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo)
    Buteo japonicus  

  50. Grey-faced Buzzard  ______  hn
    Butastur indicus
  51. Eurasian Coot - hn
    Fulica atra
  52. Red-crowned Crane (also called Japanese Crane) (t2) ______  hk 
    Grus japonensis

  53. Black-winged Stilt ______  hn
    Himantopus h. himantopus

  54. Long-billed Plover  (nt)  ______ hn 
    Charadrius placidus japonicus
  55. Grey-headed Lapwing  (nt) ______  hn 
    Vanellus cinereus  

  56. Solitary Snipe ______  hn
    Gallinago solitaria japonica
  57. Common Sandpiper _____  hn
    Actitis hypoleucos
  58. Pomarine Jaeger (or Skua) _____  hn
    Stercorarius pomarinus 
  59. Black-headed Gull ______  hn,hk
    Chroicocephalus     (formerly Larus) rudibundus

  60. Black-tailed Gull ______  hn,hk
    Larus crassirostris
  61. "Kamchatka Gull"  ______  hk  (a race of the Mew, or Common, Gull) 
    Larus canus kamtschatschensis
  62. Vega Gull ______  hn,hk  (has been considered a race of the Herring Gull) 
    Larus vegae
  63. Slaty-backed Gull ______  hn,hk
    Larus schistisagus
  64. Glaucous-winged Gull ______  hn (pelagic)  hk
    Larus glaucescens
  65. Glaucous Gull ______  hk
    Larus hyperboreus
  66. Black-legged Kittiwake ______  hn,hk
    Rissa tridactyla
  67. Spectacled Guillemot ______  hk
    Cepphus carbo 
  68. Ancient Murrelet ______  hk
    Synthliboramphus antiquus
  69. Rhinoceros Auklet _____  hk
    Cerorhinca monocerata
  70. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i/JA) ______  hn,hk
    Columba livia
  71. Oriental Turtle Dove ______  hn,hk
    Streotopelia orientalis

  72. White-bellied Green Pigeon ______  hn (pelagic) 
    Treson     (formerly Sphenurus) s. sieboldii
  73. Blakiston's Fish Owl  (t2) _____  hk
    Bubo blakistoni
  74. Japanese Scops Owl _____  hn 
    Otus s. semitorques
  75. Common Kingfisher ______  hn
    Alcedo atthis
  76. Great Spotted Woodpecker ______  hn,hk
    Dendrocopos     (formerly Picoides) major japonicus
  77. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker ______  hn
    Dendrocopos     (formerly Picoides) kizuki

  78. Ashy Minivet ______  hn
    Pericrocotus divaricatus
  79. Bull-headed Shrike ______  hn
    Lanius bucephalus

  80. Brown Shrike ______  hn 
    Lanius cristatus superciliosus  "Japanese Shrike"

  81. Eurasian Jay ______  hn
    Garrulus glandarius japonicus
  82. Spotted Nutcracker _____  hn
    Nucifraga caryocatactes japonica
  83. Carrion Crow ______  hn,hk
    Corvus corone orientalis
  84. Large-billed Crow ______  hn,hk
    Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis
  85. Willow Tit ______  hn
    Poecile     (formerly Parus) montanus
  86. Marsh Tit ______  hk
    Poecile     (formerly Parus) palustris
  87. Varied Tit ______  hn
    Poecile     (formerly Parus) varius
      
  88. Coal Tit ______  hn
    Periparus     (formerly Parus) ater
  89. Eastern Great Tit ______  hn.hk
    Parus minor

  90. Barn Swallow ______  hn 
    Hirundo rustica
  91. Long-tailed Bushtit _____  hn,hk
    Aegithalos caudatus trivigatus      (subspecies on Honshu) 
    Aegithalos caudatus japonicus      (subspecies on Hokkaido)
  92. Eurasian Skylark _____  hn
    Alauda arvensis    
  93. Brown-eared Bulbul ______  hn,hk
    Microscelis     (formerly Hysipetes) a. amaurotis
  94. Japanese Bush Warbler _____  hn
    Cettia diphone

  95. Chinese Hwamei  (i/JA)  ______  hn
    Garrulux canorus
  96. Japanese White-eye _____  hn
    Zosterops japonica
  97. Eurasian Nuthatch _____  hn
    Sitta europaea

  98. Siberian Nuthatch ______  hk 
    Sitta asiatica
  99. White-cheeked Starling _____  hn 
    Sturnus cineraceus

  100. Chestnut-cheeked Starling  (nt) ______  hn
    Sturnus philippensis

  101. Dark-sided Flycatcher ______  hn 
    Muscicapa s. sibirica
  102. Daurian Redstart ______  hn
    Phoenicurus auroreus
  103. Red-flanked Bluetail ______  hk
    Luscinia     (formerly Tarsiger) cyanura
  104. Blue Rock Thrush _____  hn
    Monticola solitarius philippensis
  105. Eye-browed Thrush _____  hn
    Turdus obscurus
  106. Brown Dipper _____  hn,hk
    Cinclus pallasii
  107. Eurasian Tree Sparrow _____  hn,hk
    Passer montanus
  108. Japanese Accentor  _____  hn 
    Prunella rubida
  109. Olive-backed Pipit _____  hn
    Anthus hodgsoni

  110. Grey Wagtail ______  hn 
    Motacilla cinerea robusta
  111. White Wagtail _____  hn
    Motacilla alba lugens
  112. Japanese Wagtail (e/JA) _____  hn
    Motacilla grandis

  113. Brambling _____  hn 
    Fringilla montifringilla
  114. Oriental (or Grey-capped) Greenfinch _____ hn,hk
    Carduelis sinica
  115. Eurasian Siskin _____  hk
    Carduelis spinus
  116. Long-tailed Rosefinch ______  hk 
    Uragus sibiricus sanguinolentus

  117. Eurasian Bullfinch _____  hk
    Pyrrhula pyrrhula
  118. Japanese Grosbeak ______  hk
    Eophona personata
     
  119. Black-faced Bunting ______  hn
    Emberiza spodocephala
  120. Meadow Bunting _____  hn
    Emberiza cioides
  121. Rustic Bunting _____  hn
    Emberiza rustica
  122. Common Reed Bunting _____  hn
    Emberiza schoeniclus


Mammals & Some Other Wildlife
 during the FONT tour in Japan
in October/November 2013 
 

hn: on Honshu
hk: on Hokkaido 



 1.  Raccoon Dog ______  hn
      Nyctereutes procyonoides

 2.  Red Fox ______  hk
      Vulpes vulpes 

 2.  Sika Deer ______  hk
      Cervus nippon yesoensis

 4.  Japanese Macaque  ("Snow Monkey") ______  hn
      Macaca fuscata fuscata

 4.  Eurasian Red Squirrel ______ hk 
      Sciurus vulgaris orientis

 6.  "Kurile" Harbor Seal ______  hk
      Phoca vitulina kurilensis

 7.  Pacific White-sided Dolphin ______  hn (pelagic)
      Lagenorhynchus obliquidens


 8.  Schlegel's Green Tree Frog  ______  hn  (endemic to Japan)
      Rhacophorus schlegelii

 9.  Masu Salmon  ______  hk
      Oncorhynchus masou

10. Pacific Bluefin Tuna  ______  hn (pelagic)
      Thunnus orientalis