Dates:

January 13-22, 2011


Codes:
   
     on Honshu:      hn
     on Hokkaido:   hk
     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

(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:

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 2011 Japan Winter Birding Tour follows the bird-list below.

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Japan

1. Japanese Green Pheasant ______  hn(heard)
   Phasianus versicolor 
   
   
2. Whooper Swan ______  hk
   Cygnus cygnus
   
   
3. Common Shelduck  ______  ky
   Tadorna tadorna
    
   
4. Mandarin Duck ______  hn
   Aix galericulata
   
   
5. Eurasian Wigeon ______  hn,hk,ky
   Anas penelope
   
   
6. American Wigeon ______  hk
   Anas americana
   
   
7. Falcated Duck (nt) ______  hk
   Anas falcata
   
   
8. Eurasian Teal ______   hn,hk,ky
   Anas crecca
   
   
9. Gadwall ______  hn
   Anas stepera
   
   
10. Mallard ______  hn,hk,ky
    Anas platyrhynchos
    
    
11. Eastern Spot-billed Duck ______  hn,ky
    Anas zonorhyncha
    
    
12. Northern Pintail ______  hn,ky
    Anas acuta
    
    
13. Common Pochard ______  hn
    Aythya ferina
    
    
14. Tufted Duck ______  hn,hk
    Aythya fuligula
    
    
15. Greater Scaup ______  hn,hk
    Aythya marila
    
    
16. Harlequin Duck ______  hk
    Histrionicus histrionicus
    
    
17. Long-tailed Duck _____  hk
    Clangula hyemalis
    
    
18. Black Scoter ______  hk
    Melanitta americana
    
    
19. Common Goldeneye ______  hk
    Bucephala clangula
    
    
20. Smew ______  hn,hk
    Mergellus albellus
    
    
21. Red-breasted Merganser ______  hn,hk
    Mergus serrator
    
    
22. Common Merganser ______  hn,hk
    Mergus merganser
    
    
23. Pacific Loon _____  hk
    Gavia pacifica
    
    
24. Laysan Albatross  (t3)  ______  hn
    Phoebastria immutabilis
    
    
25. Northern Fulmar  _____  hn
    Fulmarus glacialis
    
    
26. Streaked Shearwater _____  hn
    Calonectris leucomeias
    
    
27. Fork-tailed (or Grey) Storm Petrel _____  hn
    Oceanodroma furcata
    
    
28. Little Grebe _____  hn,ky
    Tachybaptus ruficollis
    
    
29. Horned Grebe _____ hk
    Podiceps auritus 
    
    
30. Red-necked Grebe _____  hk
    Podiceps grisegena
    
    
31. Great Cormorant _____  hn
    Phalacrocorax carbo
    
    
32. Temminck's (or Japanese) Cormorant ______  hn,ky
    Phalacrocorax capillatus
    
    
33. Pelagic Shag (or Cormorant) ______  hn,hk
    Leucocarbo pelagicus
    
    
34. Black-crowned Night Heron ______  hn
    Nycticorax nycticorax
    
    
35. Little Egret ______  hn
    Egretta garzeta
    
    
36. Great Egret ______  ky
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) albus 
    
    
37. Grey Heron ______  hn,hk,ky
    Ardea cinerea
    
    
38. Eurasian Kestrel  ______   ky
    Falco tinnunculus
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39. Osprey ______  ky
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
40. Black-eared Kite ______  hn,hk,ky
    Milvus migrans lineatus
    
    
41. White-tailed Eagle (nt) ______  hk
    Haliaeetus albicilla
    
    
42. Steller's Sea Eagle (t3) ______  hk
    Haliaeetus pelagicus
    
    
43. Eastern Marsh Harrier ______  ky
    Circus spilonotus
    
    
44. Eurasian Sparrowhawk ______  hn,ky
    Accipiter nisus
    
    
45. Eastern Buzzard ______  hk  (has been part of the widespread Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo)
    Buteo japonicus  
    
    
46. Eurasian Coot - ky 
    Fulica atra
    
    
47. Common Crane  (r/JA) _____  ky
    Grus grus lilfordi
    
    
48. Hooded Crane _____  ky
    Grus monachus
    
    
49. Sandhill Crane  (r/JA) _____  ky
    Grus c. canadensis
    
    
50. White-naped Crane _____  ky 
    Grus vipio
    
    
51. Red-crowned Crane (also called Japanese Crane) (t2) ______  hk 
    Grus japonensis
    
    
52. Northern Lapwing ______  hn 
    Vanellus  vanellus
    
    
53. Common Greenshank _____  ky
    Tringa nebularia
    
    
54. Green Sandpiper _____ ky
    Tringa ochropus
    
    
55. Common Sandpiper _____  hn,ky
    Actitis hypoleucos
    
    
56. Red Phalarope _____  hn
    Phalaropus fulicarius
    
    
57. Pomarine Jaeger (or Skua) _____  hn
    Stercorarius pomarinus 
    
    
58. Black-headed Gull ______  hn,ky
    Chroicocephalus (formerly Larus) rudibundus
    
    
59. Black-tailed Gull ______  hn,ky
    Larus crassirostris
    
    
60. "Kamchatka Gull"  ______  hk  (a race of the Mew, or Common, Gull) 
    Larus canus kamtschatschensis
    
    
61. Vega Gull ______  hn,hk,ky  (has been considered a race of the Herring Gull) 
    Larus vegae
    
    
62. Mongolian Gull _____  ky
    Larus mongolicus
    
    
63. Slaty-backed Gull ______  hn,hk
    Larus schistisagus
    
    
64. Glaucous-winged Gull ______  hn,hk
    Larus glaucescens
    
    
65. Glaucous Gull ______  hk
    Larus hyperboreus
    
    
66. Black-legged Kittiwake ______  hn
    Rissa tridactyla
    
    
67. Common Murre (or Common Guillemot) ______  hn
    Uria aalge
    
    
68. Thick-billed Murre  (or Brunich's Gullemot) ______  hn
    Uria lomvia
    
    
69. Ancient Murrelet ______  hn,hk
    Synthliboramphus antiquus
    
    
70. Japanese Murrelet _____ hn
    Synthliboramphus wumizusume
    
    
71. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (i/JA) ______  hn,hk,ky
    Columba livia
    
    
72. Oriental Turtle Dove ______  hn,ky
    Streotopelia orientalis
    
    
73. Blakiston's Fish Owl _____  hk
    Bubo blakistoni
    
    
74. Short-eared Owl _____  hk 
    Asio flammeus
    
    
75. Common Kingfisher ______  hn
    Alcedo atthis
    
    
76. Japanese Green Woodpecker ______  hn
    Picus awokera
    
    
77. Great Spotted Woodpecker ______  hn,hk,ky
    Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) major japonicus
    
    
78. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker ______  hn,hk,ky
    Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) kizuki
    
    
79. Bull-headed Shrike ______  hn
    Lanius bucephalus
    
    
80. Eurasian Jay ______  hn,ky
    Garrulus glandarius
    
    
81. Azure-winged Magpie _____  hn
    Cyanopica cyana
    
    
82. Rook ______  ky   
    Corvus frugilegus
    
    
83. Carrion Crow ______  hn,hk,ky
    Corvus corone orientalis
    
    
84. Large-billed Crow ______  hn,hk,ky
    Corvus macrorhynchos japonensis
    
    
85. Willow Tit ______  hn
    Poecile (formerly Parus) montanus
    
    
86. Marsh Tit ______  hk
    Poecile (formerly Parus) palustris
    
    
87. Varied Tit ______  hn,ky
    Poecile (formerly Parus) varius
     
    
88. Coal Tit ______  hn,ky
    Periparus (formerly Parus) ater
    
    
89. Eastern Great Tit ______  hn.hk,ky
    Parus minor
    
    
90. Japanese Waxwing (nt) _____  hk
    Bombycilla japonica
    
    
91. Bohemian Waxwing _____  hk
    Bombycilla garrulus
    
    
92. Long-tailed Bushtit _____  hn,ky
    Aegithalos caudatus
    
    
93. Eurasian Skylark _____  ky
    Alauda arvensis    
    
    
94. Brown-eared Bulbul ______  hn,hk,ky
    Microscelis (formerly Hysipetes) amaurotis
    
    
95. Japanese Bush Warbler _____  hn
    Cettia diphone
    
    
96. Japanese White-eye _____  hn,ky
    Zosterops japonica
    
    
97. Eurasian Nuthatch _____  hn,ky
    Sitta europaea
    
    
98. White-cheeked Starling _____  hn,ky 
    Sturnus cineraceus
    
    
99. Daurian Redstart ______  hn,ky
    Phoenicurus auroreus
    
    
100. Red-flanked Bluetail ______  hn,ky
     Luscinia (formerly Tarsiger) cyanura
     
     
101. Blue Rock Thrush _____  hn
     Monticola solitarius philippensis
     
     
102. Pale Thrush _____  ky
     Turdus pallidus
     
     
103. Dusky Thrush _____  hn,hk,ky
     Turdus eunomus
     
     
104. White's Ground Thrush _____  ky
     Zoothera aurera 
     
     
105. Brown Dipper _____  hn,hk
     Cinclus pallasii
     
     
106. Eurasian Tree Sparrow _____  hn,hk,ky
     Passer montanus
     
     
107. Russet (or Cinnamon) Sparrow _____  ky
     Passer rutilans
     
     
108. Japanese Accentor  _____  hk 
     Prunella rubida
     
     
109. Olive-backed Pipit _____  ky
     Anthus hodgsoni
     
     
110. "Siberian" Buff-bellied Pipit _____  ky
     Anthus rubescens japonicus
     
     
111. White Wagtail _____  hn,ky
     Motacilla alba lugens
     
     
112. Japanese Wagtail (e/JA) _____  hn
     Motacilla grandis
     
     
113. Brambling _____  ky 
     Fringilla montifringilla
     
     
114. Oriental (or Grey-capped) Greenfinch _____ hn,ky
     Carduelis sinica
     
     
115. Asian Rosy Finch _____  hk
     Leucosticte arctoa
     
     
116. Eurasian Bullfinch _____  hn,hk
     Pyrrhula pyrrhula
     
     
117. Japanese Grosbeak ______  hn,ky
     Eophona personata
     
      
118. Hawfinch _____  hn
     Caccothraustes caccothraustes japonicus
     
     
119. Lapland Bunting (or Longspur) _____  hk
     calcarius lapponicus kamtschaticus
     
     
120. Black-faced Bunting ______  ky
     Emberiza spodocephala
     
     
121. Meadow Bunting _____  hn,ky
     Emberiza cioides
     
     
122. Rustic Bunting _____  hn,ky
     Emberiza rustica
     
     
123. Common Reed Bunting _____  ky
     Emberiza schoeniclus
     
     
124. Pallas's Reed Bunting _____  ky
     Emberiza pallasi minor
     
     

Mammals during the FONT tour in Japan
in January 2011 
 

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



 1.  Red Fox ______  hk
      Vulpes vulpes 

 2.  Sika Deer ______  hk,ky
      Cervus nippon

 3.  Giant Flying Squirrel _____ hn
      Petaurista leucogenys

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

 5.  Sea Otter ______  hk
      Enhydra lutris

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

 7.  Northern Fur Seal ______  hn
      callorhinus ursinus