Dates:

January 19-31, 2010


Codes:
   
     on Hokkaido:   hk
     on Honshu:      hn        

 
(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 in Hokkaido, Japan 

Links:

Cumulative List of Birds during FONT Japan Tours  (with some photos)

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

List of Japanese Mammals  (with some photos)

A list of Mammals during our 2010 Japan Winter Birding Tour follows the bird-list below.

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Japan

1. Japanese Green Pheasant ______  hn
   Phasianus versicolor 
   
   
2. Whooper Swan ______  hn,hk
   Cygnus cygnus
   
   
3. "Bewick's" Tundra Swan ______  hn
   Cygnus columbianus
    
   
4. "Tundra" Bean Goose ______  hn
   Anser fabalis
   
   
5. Greater White-fronted Goose ______  hn
   Anser albifrons
   
   
6. Mandarin Duck ______  hn
   Aix galericulata
   
   
7. Eurasian Wigeon ______  hn,hk
   Anas penelope
   
   
8. Falcated Duck (nt) ______  hn
   Anas falcata
   
   
9. Eurasian Teal ______   hn,hk
   Anas crecca
   
   
10. Gadwall ______  hn
    Anas stepera
    
    
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
    Anas clypeata
    
    
15. Common Pochard ______  hn
    Aythya ferina
    
    
16. Tufted Duck ______  hn
    Aythya fuligula
    
    
17. Greater Scaup ______  hn,hk
    Aythya marila
    
    
18. Harlequin Duck ______  hk
    Histrionicus histrionicus
    
    
19. Long-tailed Duck _____  hk
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    
20. Black Scoter ______  hn,hk
    Melanitta americana
    
    
21. "Stejneger's" White-winged Scoter ______  hk
    Melanitta deglandi stejnegeri
    
      
22. Common Goldeneye ______  hk
    Bucephala clangula
    
    
23. Smew ______  hn
    Mergellus albellus
    
    
24. Red-breasted Merganser ______  hk
    Mergus serrator
    
    
25. Common Merganser ______  hn,hk
    Mergus merganser
    
    
26. Red-throated Loon ______  hk
    Gavia stellata
    
    
27. Pacific Loon _____  hk
    Gavia pacifica
    
    
28. Laysan Albatross  (t3)  ______  hn
    Phoebastria immutabilis
    
    
29. Northern Fulmar  (dark morph) _____  hn
    Fulmarus glacialis
    
    
30. Little Grebe _____  hn
    Tachybaptus ruficollis
    
    
31. Red-necked Grebe _____  hk
    Podiceps grisegena
    
    
32. Great Crested Grebe _____  hn
    Podiceps cristatus 
    
    
33. Great Cormorant _____  hn
    Phalacrocorax carbo
    
    
34. Temminck's (or Japanese) Cormorant ______  hn,hk
    Phalacrocorax capillatus
    
    
35. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant) ______  hk
    Leucocarbo pelagicus
    
    
36. Black-crowned Night Heron ______  hn
    Nycticorax nycticorax
    
    
37. Little Egret ______  hn
    Egretta garzeta
    
    
38. Great Egret ______  hn
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) albus 
    
    
39. Grey Heron ______  hn
    Ardea cinerea
    
    
40. Eurasian Kestrel  ______   hn
    Falco tinnunculus
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41. Osprey ______  hn 
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
42. Black-eared Kite ______  hn,hk
    Milvus migrans lineatus
    
    
43. White-tailed Eagle (nt) ______  hk
    Haliaeetus albicilla
    
    
44. Steller's Sea Eagle (t3) ______  hk
    Haliaeetus pelagicus
    
    
45. Hen Harrier ______  hn
    Circus cyaneus
    
    
46. Eastern Marsh Harrier ______  hn
    Circus spilonotus
    
    
47. Northern Goshawk ______  hn
    Accipiter gentilis
    
    
48. Eurasian Sparrowhawk ______  hn
    Accipiter nisus
    
    
49. Eastern Buzzard ______  hn,hk  (has been part of the widespread Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo)
    Buteo japonicus  
    
    
50. Rough-legged Buzzard (or Hawk) ______  hn
    Buteo lagopus
    
    
51. Common Moorhen - hn
    Gallinula chloropus
    
    
52. Eurasian Coot - hn 
    Fulica atra
    
    
53. Red-crowned Crane (also called Japanese Crane) (t2) ______  hk 
    Grus japonensis
    
    
54. Kentish Plover ______  hn
    Charadrius alexandrinus
    
    
55. Pacific Golden Plover ______  hn
    Pluvialis fulva
    
    
56. Grey (or Black-bellied) Plover ______  hn
    Pluvialis squatarola
    
    
57. Northern Lapwing ______  hn 
    Vanellus  vanellus
    
    
58. Common Sandpiper - hn
    Actitis hypoleucos
    
    
59. Dunlin ______  hn,hk
    Calidris alpina
    
    
60. Eurasian Woodcock ______ hn
    Scolopax rusticola
    
    
61. Common Snipe ______  hn
    Gallinago gallinago
    
    
62. Black-headed Gull ______  hn,hk
    Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) rudibundus
    
    
63. Black-tailed Gull ______  hn
    Larus crassirostris
    
    
64. "Kamchatka Gull"  ______  hn,hk  (a race of the Mew, or Common, Gull) 
    Larus canus kamtschatschensis
    
    
65. Vega Gull ______  hn,hk  (has been considered a race of the Herring Gull) 
    Larus vegae
    
    
66. Slaty-backed Gull ______  hn,hk
    Larus schistisagus
    
    
67. Glaucous-winged Gull ______  hn,hk
    Larus glaucescens
    
    
68. Glaucous Gull ______  hk
    Larus hyperboreus
    
    
69. Black-legged Kittiwake ______  hn,hk
    Rissa tridactyla
    
    
70. Common Murre (or Common Guillemot) ______  hn
    Uria aalge
    
    
71. Thick-billed Murre  (or Brunich's Gullemot) ______  hk
    Uria lomvia
    
    
72. Spectacled Guillemot ______  hk
    Cepphus carbo
    
    
73. Pigeon Guillemot ______  hk
    Cepphus columba
    
    
74. Ancient Murrelet ______  hn,hk
    Synthliboramphus antiquus
    
    
75. Least Auklet ______  hk
    Aethia pusilla
    
    
76. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i/JA) ______  hn,hk
    Columba livia
    
    
77. Oriental Turtle Dove ______  hn
    Streotopelia orientalis
    
    
78. Common Kingfisher ______  hn
    Alcedo atthis
    
    
79. Japanese Green Woodpecker ______  hn
    Picus awokera
    
    
80. Great Spotted Woodpecker ______  hk
    Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) major japonicus
    
    
81. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker ______  hn,hk
    Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) kizuki
    
    
82. Olive-backed Pipit ______  hn
    Anthus hodgsoni
    
    
83. "Siberian" Buff-bellied Pipit ______  hn
    Anthus rubescens japonicus
    
    
84. White Wagtail ______  hn,hk
    Motacilla alba lugens
    
    
85. Japanese Wagtail (e/JA) ______  hn
    Motacilla grandis
    
    
86. Brown-eared Bulbul ______  hn,hk
    Microscelis (formerly Hysipetes) amaurotis
    
    
87. Brown Dipper ______  hn,hk
    Cinclus pallasii
    
    
88. Daurian Redstart ______  hn
    Phoenicurus auroreus
    
    
89. Red-flanked Bluetail ______  hn
    Luscinia (formerly Tarsiger) cyanura
    
    
90. Blue Rock Thrush ______  hn
    Monticola solitarius philippensis
    
    
91. Brown-headed Thrush ______  hn 
    Turdus chrysolaus
    
    
92. Pale Thrush ______  hn
    Turdus pallidus
    
    
93. Dusky Thrush ______  hn,hk
    Turdus eunomus
    
    
94. Japanese Bush Warbler ______  hn
    Cettia diphone
    
    
95. Goldcrest ______  hn
    Regulus regulus
    
    
96. Long-tailed Bushtit ______  hn  (has been called Long-tailed Tit) 
    Aegithalos caudatus
    
    
97. Willow Tit ______  hn
    Poecile (formerly Parus) montanus
    
    
98. Marsh Tit ______  hn,hk
    Poecile (formerly Parus) palustris
    
    
99. Varied Tit ______  hn
    Poecile (formerly Parus) varius
     
    
100. Coal Tit ______  hn
     Periparus (formerly Parus) ater
     
     
101. Eastern Great Tit ______  hn.hk
     Parus minor
     
     
102. Eurasian Nuthatch ______  hn,hk
     Sitta europaea  
     
     
103. Japanese White-eye ______  hn
     Zosterops japonica
     
     
104. Bull-headed Shrike ______  hn
     Lanius bucephalus
     
     
105. Eurasian Jay ______  hn,hk  ("Brandt's" on hk)
     Garrulus glandarius
     
     
106. Rook ______  hn   
     Corvus frugilegus
     
     
107. Carrion Crow ______  hn,hk
     Corvus corone orientalis
     
     
108. Large-billed Crow ______  hn,hk
     Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis
     
     
109. White-cheeked (or Grey) Starling ______  hn
     Sturnus cineraceus
     
     
110. Eurasian Tree Sparrow ______  hn,hk
     Passer montanus
     
     
111. Russet (or Cinnamon) Sparrow ______  hn
     Passer rutilans
     
     
112. Brambling ______  hn 
     Fringilla montifringilla
     
     
113. Oriental (or Grey-capped) Greenfinch ______ hn
     Carduelis sinica
     
     
114. Long-tailed Rosefinch ______  hn
     Uragus sibiricus
     
     
115. Pallas's Rosefinch ______  hn 
     Carpodacus roseus
     
     
116. Asian Rosy Finch ______  hk
     Leucosticte arctoa
     
     
117. Japanese Grosbeak ______  hn
     Eophona personata
     
      
118. Hawfinch ______  hn
     Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
     
     
119. Grey Bunting ______  hn
     Emberiza variabilis
     
     
120. Black-faced Bunting ______  hn
     Emberiza spodocephala
     
     
121. Meadow Bunting ______  hn
     Emberiza cioides
     
     
122. Rustic Bunting ______  hn
     Emberiza rustica
     
     
123. Common Reed Bunting ______  hn
     Emberiza schoeniclus
     
     

Mammals during the FONT tour in Japan
in January 2010 
 

hk: on Hokkaido
hn: on Honshu



 1.  Red Fox ______  hk
      Vulpes vulpes 

 2.  Sika Deer ______  hk
      Cervus nippon

 3.  Japanese Squirrel ______  hn
      Sciurus lis

 4.  Japanese Marten ______  hn
      Martes melampus tsuensis

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

 6.  Eurasian Wild Boar ______  hn
      Sus scrofa leucomystax

 7.  Sea Otter ______  hk
      Enhydra lutris

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

 9.  Northern Fur Seal ______  hn
      callorhinus ursinus