Dates:

May 6-21, 2007


Codes:
   
     on Honshu:   hn
     on Hegura island, offshore from Honshu in the Sea of Japan:  hi
     during the pelagic trips onboard the ferry to/from Hegura: hip
     on Okinawa:  ok 
     on Amami Island:  am
     on Kyushu:  ky   
       

 
(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
(t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(JPi):    introduced species in Japan
(JAe):   endemic to Japan    
(JAr):    rare in Japan
(h): heard only


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Links:

Cumulative Lists of Birds during our Japan Tours

In the cumulative lists of birds, scientific names are given & subspecies are noted.

List of Birds during FONT Japan Tours in 2007

List of Japanese Mammals

A list of Mammals during our '07 Japan Spring Birding Tour follows the bird-list below.

List of Japanese Butterflies

Upcoming Tours in Japan

1. Little Grebe - hn,hi  
   Tachybaptus ruficollis
   
   
2. Great Crested Grebe - hn
   Podiceps cristatus
   
   
3. Streaked Shearwater - hip,hi 
   Colonectris leucomelas  
   
   
4. Great Cormorant - hn
   Phalacrocorax carbo
   
   
5. Japanese (or Temminck's) Cormorant - hn,hi,ky
   Phalacrocorax capillatus
   
   
6. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant) - hip
   Phalacrocorax pelagicus
   
   
7. Black-crowned Night-Heron - hn,hi,ky,ok
   Nycticorax nycticorax
   
   
8. Cinnamon Bittern - ok
   Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
   
   
9. Chinese Pond Heron  (JPr)  - hi
   Ardeola bacchus
   
   
10. "Eastern" Cattle Egret - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Bublucus ibis coromandus
    
    
11. Striated Heron - hi
    Butorides striatus
    
    
12. Pacific (or Eastern) Reef Heron - am
    Egretta sacra
    
    
13. Little Egret - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Egretta garzetta
    
    
14. Chinese Egret  (JPr)  - hn
    Egretta eulophotes
    
    
15. Yellow-billed (or Intermediate) Egret - hn,hi,ky,ok
    Egretta intermedia
    
    
16. Great Egret - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Ardea alba
    
    
17. Grey Heron - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Ardea cinerea
    
    
18. Purple Heron - hi
    Ardea purpurea
    
    
19. Mute Swan - hn
    Cygnus olor
    
    
20. Eurasian Wigeon - hn
    Anas penelope
    
    
21. Falcated Duck - hn
    Anas falcata
    
    
22. Eurasian Teal - hn
    Anas crecca
    
    
23. Mallard - hn,hi
    Anas olatyrhynchos
    
    
24. Eastern Spot-billed Duck - hn,hi,ky,ok
    Anas zonorhyncha
    
    
25. Northern Pintail - hn
    Anas acuta
    
    
26. Common Pochard - hn
    Aythya ferina
    
    
27. Tufted Duck - hn
    Aythya fuligula
    
    
28. Red-breasted Merganser - hn
    Mergus serrator
    
    
29. Osprey - hn,ky,ok
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
30. Black (-eared) Kite - hn,hi,ky
    Milvus migrans lineatus
    
    
31. Japanese Sparrowhawk - hi,am
    Accipiter gularis
    
    
32. Eurasian Sparrowhawk - hn,hi
    Accipiter nisus
    
    
33. Common Buzzard - hn
    Buteo buteo japonicus  (resident subspecies)
    
    
34. Common Kestrel - hn
    Falco tinnunculus
    
    
35. Eurasian Hobby - hi
    Falco subbuteo
    
    
36. Peregrine Falcon - hn,hi
    Falco peregrinus japonensis
    
    
37. Copper Pheasant (nt) (JPe) - ky
    Syrmaticus soemmerringii
    
    
38. Green Pheasant  (JPe)  - hn
    Phasianus versicolor
    
    
39. Okinawa Rail  (JPe)  - ok
    Rallus okinawae
    
    
40. Ruddy-breasted Crake - ok
    Porzana fusca
    
    
41. White-breasted Waterhen - ok
    Amaurornis phoenicurus
    
    
42. Common Moorhen - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Gallinula chloropus
    
    
43. Eurasian Coot - hn
    Fulica atra
    
    
44. Black-winged Stilt - hn,ok
    Himantopus himantopus
    
    
45. Long-billed Plover - hn
    Charadrius placidus japonicus
    
    
46. Little Ringed Plover - hn,am,ok
    Charadrius dubius
    
    
47. Common Ringed Plover - hi
    Charadrius hiaticula
    
    
48. Kentish Plover - am
    Charadrius alexandrinus
    
    
49. Lesser Sandplover  (has also been called Mongolian Plover) - am
    Charadrius mongolus
    
    
50. Greater Sandplover  (JPr) - am
    Charadrius leschenaultii
    
    
51. Pacific Golden Plover - hn,ok
    Pluvialis fulva
    
    
52. Grey (or Black-belled) Plover - am
    Pluvialis s. squatarola
    
    
53. Grey-headed Lapwing - hn
    Vanellus cinereus
    
    
54. Ruddy Turnstone - am
    Arenaria i. interpres
    
    
55. Red-necked Stint - hn,am
    Calidris ruficollis
    
    
56. Long-toed Stint - hi
    Calidris subminuta
    
    
57. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper - am
    Calidris acuminata
    
    
58. Curlew Sandpiper - am
    Calidris ferruginea
    
    
59. Dunlin - hn
    Calidris alpina
    
    
60. Spotted Redshank - hn
    Tringa erythropus
    
    
61. Common Redshank - am
    Tringa totanus
    
    
62. Common Greenshank - hi,ok
    Tringa nebularia
    
    
63. Marsh Sandpiper - am
    Tringa stagnatilis
    
    
64. Green Sandpiper - hi,ok
    Tringa ochropus
    
    
65. Wood Sandpiper - hi,ky,ok
    Tringa glareola
    
    
66. Grey-tailed Tattler - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Heteroscelus brevipes
    
    
67. Terek Sandpiper - hi
    Xenus cinereus
    
    
68. Common Sandpiper - hn,hi,am,ok
    Actitis hypoleucos
    
    
69. Bar-tailed Godwit - ok
    Limosa lapponica
    
    
70. "Eurasian" Whimbrel - hn,hi,ok
    Numenius phaeopus variegatus
    
    
71. Common Snipe - hn,hi
    Gallinago gallinago
    
    
72. Latham's Snipe - hi
    Gallinago hardwickii
    
    
73. Red-necked Phalarope - hip
    Phalaropus lobatus
    
    
74. Common Black-headed Gull - hn
    Larus ridibundus
    
    
75. Black-tailed Gull - hn,hi,hip
    Larus crassirostris
    
    
76. Vega Gull - hn,hi  (has been considered a race of the Herring Gull)
    Larus vegae
    
    
77. Slaty-backed Gull - hn,hi
    Larus schistisagus
    
    
78. Glaucous-winged Gull - hn,hi
    Larus glaucescens
    
    
79. Whiskered Tern  (JPr)  - ky
    Chlidonias hybridus
    
    
80. Common Tern  - hn,ky
    Sterna hirundo
    
    
81. Little Tern  - hn,am,ok
    Sterna albifrons
    
    
82. Japanese Murrelet  (t3) (JPe)  - hip
    Synthliboramphus antiquus
    
    
83. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (JPi) - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Columba livia
    
    
84. Oriental Turtle-Dove - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
    Streotopelia orientalis
    
    
85. White-bellied Green-Pigeon  - ky
    Treron (formerly Sphenurus) sieboldii
    
    
86. Whistling Green-Pigeon (nt) - am
    Treron (formerly Sphenurus) formosae permagus
    
    
87. Common Cuckoo  - hn,ky
    Cuculus canorus
    
    
88. Oriental Cuckoo  - hi,ky
    Cuculus saturatus
    
    
89. Japanese Scops-Owl  - ky
    Otus semitorques
    
    
90. Oriental Scops-Owl  - ok(h)
    Otus sunia
    
    
91. Ryukyu Scops-Owl  - am,ok  (also called Elegant Scops-Owl)
    Otus elegans
    
    
92. Brown (or Oriental) Hawk-Owl - am(h)
    Minox scutulata japonica
    
    
93. Ural Owl - ky(h)
    Strix uralensis hondoensis
    
    
94. Grey Nightjar  - ky(h) 
    Caprimulgus indicus
    
    
95. Fork-tailed Swift  - hn,hip
    Apus pacificus
    
    
96. House Swift  - am
    Apus affinus
    
    
97. Oriental Dollarbird  - ky
    Eurystomus orientalis
    
    
98. Common Kingfisher - hi,ok
    Alcedo atthis
    
    
99. Crested Kingfisher - ky
    Ceryle lugubris
    
    
100. Ruddy Kingfisher  - hi,ky,am,ok
     Halcyon coromanda
     
     
101. Japanese Green Woodpecker (JPe) - hn,ky 
     Picus awokera
     
     
102. Okinawa Woodpecker (t1) (JPe) - ok
     Sapheopipo noguchii
     
     
103. Great Spotted Woodpecker - hn
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) major japonicus
     
     
104. White-backed Woodpecker  - ky
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) leucotos namiyei
     
     
105. "Owston's Woodpecker"  (JPe) (has been part of White-backed Woodpecker) - am
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) leucotos owstoni
     
     
106. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker - hn,ky,am,ok
     Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) kizuki
     
     
107. Fairy Pitta  - ky
     Pitta nympha
     
     
108. Japanese Skylark - hn,ky
     Alauda arvensis japonica
     
     
109. Barn Swallow - hn,hi,ky,ok
     Hirundo rustica
     
     
110. Pacific Swallow - am,ok
     Hirundo tahitica
     
     
111. Asian House Martin  - hn,ky
     Delichon dasypus
     
     
112. Richard's Pipit  (JPr)  - hi
     Anthus novaeseelandiae
     
     
113. Olive-backed Pipit - hi
     Anthus hodgsoni
     
     
114. Tree Pipit  (JPr)  - hi
     Anthus trivialis
     
     
115. "Siberian" Buff-bellied Pipit - hn,ky,am  (called American Pipit in North America, formerly called Water Pipit)  - hi
     Anthus rubescens japonicus
     
     
116. Eastern Yellow Wagtail  (JPr)  - hi
     Motacilla flava simillima
     
     
117. Grey Wagtail - hn,hi
     Motacilla cinerea
     
     
118. White Wagtail - hn,hi,ky
     Motacilla alba lugens  - hn,hi
     Motacilla alba leucopsis  - ky
     
     
119. Japanese Wagtail (JPe) - hn
     Motacilla grandis
     
     
120. Ashy Minivet  - hn,hi
     Pericrocotus divaricatus
     
     
121. Ryukyu Minivet (JPe) - ky,am
     Pericrocotus tegimae
     
     
122. Brown-eared Bulbul - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
     Microscelis (formerly Hysipetes) amaurotis
     
     
123. Light-vented Bulbul  - ok
     Pycnonotus sinensis
     
     
124. Brown (or Pallas's) Dipper - hn
     Cinclus pallasii
     
     
125. Northern (or Winter) Wren - hn,ky
     Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
     
     
126. Ryukyu Robin (nt) (JPe) - am,ok
     Erithacus komadori
     
     
127. Swinhoe's Robin  (JPr)  - hi
     Luscinia sibilans
     
     
128. Siberian Blue Robin  - hi
     Luscinia cyane
     
     
129. Siberian Rubythroat - hi 
     Luscinia calliope
     
     
130. Bluethroat  (JPr)  - hi
     Luscinia svecica
     
     
131. Red-flanked Bluetail (also called Orange-flanked Bush-Robin) - hi
     Tarsiger cyanurus
     
     
132. Daurian Redstart - hn
     Phoenicurus auroreus
     
     
133. Isabelline Wheatear  (JPr)  - hi
     Oenanthe isabellina
     
     
134. Pied Wheatear  (JPr)  - hi
     Oenanthe pleschanka
     
     
135. "Siberian" Stonechat  - hi
     Saxicola torquata stejnegeri
     
      
136. Blue Rock Thrush (red-bellied form) - hn,hi,am,ok
     Monticola solitarius philippensis
     
     
137. White's Ground Thrush - hi
     Zoothera aurera
     
     
138. Amami Thrush (t1) (JPe) (JPr) - am
     Zoothera amami
     
     
139. Siberian Thrush  - hi
     Zoothera sibirica
     
     
140. Brown-headed Thrush - hi
     Turdus chrysolaus
     
     
141. Pale Thrush - hi
     Turdus pallidus
     
     
142. Eye-browed Thrush  - hi
     Turdus obscurus
     
     
143. Dusky Thrush - hn,hi
     Turdus eunomus
     
     
144. Naumann's Thrush  - hi
     Turdus naumanni
     
     
145. Japanese (Grey) Thrush  - hn
     Turdus cardis
     
     
146. Asian Stubtail  - ky
     Urosphena squameiceps
     
     
147. Japanese Bush-Warbler - hn,hi,ky,ok
     Cettia diphone
     
     
148. Zitting Cisticola  (has been called Fan-tailed Warbler) - hn,ky,am,ok
     Cisticola juncidis
     
     
149. Marsh Grassbird  (was called Japanese Marsh Warbler)  - hn
     Megalurus pryeri
     
     
150. Gray's Grasshopper Warbler  - hi
     Locustella fasciolata
     
     
151. Black-browed Reed Warbler  - hi
     Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
     
     
152. Oriental Reed Warbler  - hn
     Acrocephalus orientalis
     
     
153. Eastern Crowned Warbler  - hn,hi
     Phylloscopus coronatus
     
     
154. Sikhalin Leaf-Warbler  - hi  (was part of Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler)
     Phylloscopus borealoides
     
     
155. Dusky Warbler  (JPr)  - hi
     Phylloscopus fuscatus
     
     
156. Radde's Warbler  (JPr)  - hi
     Phylloscopus schwarzi
     
     
157. Arctic Warbler - hi
     Phylloscopus b. borealis
     
     
158. Yellow-browed Warbler  - hi
     Phylloscopus inornatus
     
     
159. Blue-and-white Flycatcher  - hn,hi,ky
     Cyanoptila cyanomelena
     
     
160. Asian Brown Flycatcher  - hn,hi
     Muscicapa dauurica
     
        
161. Dark-sided Flycatcher  - hi
     Muscicapa sibirica
     
     
162. Grey-streaked Flycatcher  - hi
     Muscicapa griseisticta
     
     
163. Mugimaki Flycatcher  (JPr)  - hi
     Ficedula mugimaki
     
     
164. Narcissus Flycatcher  - hn,hi,ky
     Ficedula narcissina
     
     
165. Ryukyu Flycatcher  (t2) (JPe) - am  (was part of Narcissus Flycatcher)
     Ficedula owstoni
     
     
166. Yellow-rumped (formerly Tricolored) Flycatcher  (r/JA)  - hi
     Ficedula zanthopygia
     
      
167. Japanese Paradise Flycatcher  - ok
     Terpsiphone atrocaudata
     
     
168. Long-tailed Bushtit  (has been called Long-tailed Tit) - ky
     Aegithalos caudatus
     
     
169. Willow Tit - hn
     Parus montanus
     
     
170. Varied Tit - hn,hi,ky,am
     Parus varius
     
     
171. Coal Tit - hn
     Parus ater
     
     
172. Great Tit - hn,ky,am,ok
     Parus major
     
     
173. Eurasian Nuthatch - hn
     Sitta europaea  
     
     
174. Japanese White-eye - hn,hi,hip,ky,am,ok
     Zosterops japonica
     
     
175. Bull-headed Shrike - hn,hi
     Lanius bucephalus
     
     
176. Brown Shrike  - hi
     Lanius cristatus
     
     
177. Eurasian Jay - hn,ky
     Garrulus glandarius
     
     
178. Lidth's Jay (t3) (JPe) - am
     Garrulus lidthi
     
     
179. Carrion Crow - hn,hi,ky
     Corvus corone orientalis
     
     
180. Large-billed Crow - hn,hi,ky,am,ok
     Corvus macrorhynchos 
     
     
181. White-cheeked (or Grey) Starling - hn,hi,ky
     Sturnus cineraceus
     
     
182. Chestnut-cheeked Starling  - hn,hi
     Sturnus philippensis
     
     
183. Daurian (or Purple-backed) Starling  (JPr)  - hi
     Sturnus sturninus
     
     
184. Black-naped Oriole  (JPr)  - hi
     Oriolus chinensis
     
     
185. Black Drongo  (JPr)  - hi
     Dicrurus macrocercus
     
     
186. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - hn,ky,am,ok
     Passer montanus
     
     
187. Scaly-breasted Munia  (JPi)  - ok  (has also been called Spotted Munia)
     Lonchura punctulata
     
     
188. Brambling - hi
     Frigilla montifringilla
     
     
189. Grey-capped Greenfinch - hn,hi,ky
     Carduelis sinica
     
     
190. Eurasian Siskin  - hi
     Carduelis spinus
     
     
191. Japanese Grosbeak - hn,hi 
     Eophona personata
     
     
192. Yellow-billed (or Chinese) Grosbeak  (JPr) - hi
     Eophona migratoria
     
     
193. Hawfinch - hn,hi
     Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
     
     
194. Grey Bunting  - hi
     Emberiza variabilis
     
     
195. Black-faced Bunting - hn,hi
     Emberiza spodocephala
     
     
196. Japanese Yellow Bunting  - hi
     Emberiza sulphurata
     
     
197. Meadow Bunting - hn,hi,ky
     Emberiza ciodes
     
     
198. Chestnut-eared (or Grey-headed) Bunting  - hi
     Emberiza fucata
     
     
199. Yellow-throated Bunting - hi
     Emberiza elegans
     
     
200. Yellow-browed Bunting  (JPr)  - hi
     Emberiza chrysophrys
     
     
201. Little Bunting  (JPr)  - hi
     Emberiza pusilla
     
     
202. Tristram's Bunting  (JPr)  - hi
     Emberiza tristrami
     
     
203. Rustic Bunting - hn,hi
     Emberiza rustica
     
     
204. Common Reed Bunting - hi
     Emberiza schoenicius
     
     
205. Japanese Reed Bunting (nt) - hn
     Emberiza yessoensis