Dates:

July 12-26, 2009


Codes:
   
     on Honshu:   hn
     on Okinawa:  ok 
     on Amami Island:  am
     on Kyushu:  ky  (kyp: pelagically offshore from Kyushu) 
       

 
(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


UPPER RIGHT PHOTO: COMMON KINGFISHER 
One of the colorful birds of the tour, seen on Okinawa.  

Links:

A Narrative of the July 2009 FONT Tour in Japan

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

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

Birds during FONT Tours on the Japanese Island of Amami

Birds during FONT Tours on the Japanese Island of Okinawa

List of Japanese Mammals  (with some photos)

Lists of Mammals, Amphibians & Reptiles, and Butterflies during our July '09 Japan Tour follows the bird-list below.

List of Japanese Butterflies  (with some photos)

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Japan

During this tour, a total solar eclipse during the late-morning on July 22, 2009 


Bird-List:

1. Mallard _____  ky
   Anas platyrhynchos
   
   
2. Eastern Spot-billed Duck _____  am,ky
   Anas zonorhyncha
   
   
3. Streaked Shearwater _____  kyp 
   Colonectris leucomelas  
   
   
4. Black-crowned Night-Heron _____  ky
   Nycticorax nycticorax
   
   
5. Cinnamon Bittern _____  am
   Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
   
   
6. Yellow Bittern _____  am
   Ixobrychus sinensis
   
   
7. Eastern Cattle Egret _____  ok
   Bublucus coromandus
   
   
8. Pacific (or Eastern) Reef Heron _____  ok,am
   Egretta sacra
   
   
9. Little Egret _____  ok,am,ky
   Egretta garzetta
   
   
10. Intermediate Egret _____  ok,am,ky
    Egretta intermedia
    
    
11. Great Egret _____  ok,am,ky
    Casmerodius (has been Ardea) alba
    
    
12. Grey Heron _____  ok,am,ky
    Ardea cinerea
    
    
13. Osprey _____ ok
    Pandion haliaetus
    
    
14. Black-eared Kite _____  ky
    Milvus migrans lineatus
    
    
15. Okinawa Rail  (t2) (JPe)  _____ ok
    Rallus okinawae
    
    
16. Ruddy-breasted Crake _____  am
    Porzana fusca
    
    
17. Watercock _____  am
    Gallicrex cinerea
    
    
18. White-breasted Waterhen _____  ok
    Amaurornis phoenicurus
    
    
19. Common Moorhen _____  ok,am
    Gallinula chloropus
    
    
20. Black-winged Stilt _____  am
    Himantopus himantopus
    
    
21. Little Ringed Plover _____  am
    Charadrius dubius
    
    
22. Amami Woodcock  (t3) (JPe) _____  am
    Scolopax mira
    
    
23. Common Redshank _____  ok
    Tringa totanus
    
    
24. Common Greenshank _____  ok
    Tringa nebularia
    
    
25. Wood Sandpiper _____  ok,am
    Tringa glareola
    
    
26. Grey-tailed Tattler _____  ok
    Heteroscelus brevipes
    
    
27. Terek Sandpiper _____  ok
    Xenus cinereus
    
    
28. "Eurasian" Whimbrel _____ ok
    Numenius phaeopus variegatus
    
    
29. Black-tailed Gull _____  hn
    Larus crassirostris
    
    
30. Little Tern _____  ok
    Sternula (formerly Sterna) albifrons
    
    
31. Black-naped Tern _____  ok
    Sterna sumatrana
    
    
32. Roseate Tern _____  am
    Sterna dougallii
    
    
33. Common (or Feral) Pigeon (JPi) _____  hn,ok,am,ky
    Columba livia
    
    
34. Oriental Turtle-Dove _____  ok,am,ky
    Streotopelia orientalis
    
    
35. Black Wood Pigeon (nt) _____ am
    Columba janthina
    
    
36. Whistling Green Pigeon (nt) _____  ok,am
    Treron (formerly Sphenurus) formosae permagus
    
    
37. Ryukyu Scops-Owl (nt)  _____ am  (also called Elegant Scops-Owl)
    Otus elegans
    
    
38. Brown Hawk-Owl _____ am
    Minox scutulata japonica
    
    
39. Pacific Swift  _____  ok  (another name is Asian White-rumped Swift) 
    Apus pacificus
    
    
40. House Swift  _____  ky
    Apus affinus
    
    
41. Oriental Dollarbird  _____  ky
    Eurystomus orientalis
    
    
42. Common Kingfisher _____  ok
    Alcedo atthis
    
    
43. Ruddy Kingfisher _____  ok,am,ky
    Halcyon coromanda
    
    
44. Japanese Green Woodpecker (JPe) _____  ky 
    Picus awokera
    
    
45. Pryer's Woodpecker (t1) (JPe) _____  ok  (another name is Okinawa Woodpecker)
    Sapheopipo noguchii
    
    
46. "Owston's Woodpecker"  (JPe)  (has been part of the White-backed Woodpecker) _____  am
    Dendrocopos (formerly Picoides) leucotos owstoni
    
    
47. Fairy Pitta  (t3) _____ ky
    Pitta nympha
    
    
48. Barn Swallow _____  hn,ky
    Hirundo rustica
    
    
49. Pacific Swallow _____ ok,am
    Hirundo tahitica
    
    
50. White Wagtail _____  hn,ky
    Motacilla alba lugens  _____  hn
    Motacilla alba leucopsis  _____  ky
    
    
51. Ryukyu Minivet (JPe) _____  am
    Pericrocotus tegimae
    
    
52. Brown-eared Bulbul _____  hn,ok,am,ky
    Microscelis (formerly Hysipetes) amaurotis
    
    
53. Light-vented Bulbul  _____  ok
    Pycnonotus sinensis
    
    
54. Northern (or Winter) Wren _____  ky
    Troglodytes troglodytes fumigatus
    
    
55. Ryukyu Robin (nt) (JPe) _____ ok
    Erithacus komadori
    
    
56. Blue Rock Thrush (red-bellied form)  _____  ok,am
    Monticola solitarius philippensis
    
    
57. Amami Thrush (t1) (JPe) (JPr) _____ am
    Zoothera amami
    
    
58. Japanese Bush-Warbler _____  hn,ok,ky
    Cettia diphone
    
    
59. Zitting Cisticola  (has been called Fan-tailed Warbler) _____  ok,am,ky
    Cisticola juncidis
    
    
60. Varied Tit _____  ok
    Parus varius amamii
    
    
61. Eastern Great Tit _____  am,ky
    Parus minor dageletensis _____ ky
    Parus minor amamiensis _____ am
    
    
62. Japanese White-eye _____  hn,ok,am,ky
    Zosterops japonica
    
    
63. Lidth's Jay (t3) (JPe) _____ am
    Garrulus lidthi
    
    
64. Carrion Crow _____  hn,ky
    Corvus corone orientalis
    
    
65. Large-billed Crow _____  hn,ok,am,ky
    Corvus macrorhynchos 
    
    
66. Eurasian Tree Sparrow _____  hn,ok,am.ky
    Passer montanus
    
    
67. Russet Sparrow _____  ky
    Passer rutlians
    
    
68. Meadow Bunting _____  ky
    Emberiza ciodes
    
    

1.  Amami Rabbit  (JPe) _____  am  (seen quickly one night)
     Pentalagus furnessi

2.  Ryukyu Spiny Rat  (JPe) _____  am
     Tokudala osimensis 

3.  Sika Deer _____  ky
     Cervus nippon nippon 

4.  Eurasian Wild Boar _____  am
     Sus scrofa riukiuanus  



Amphibians & Reptiles during the FONT tour in Japan
in July 2009


am:  on Amami
hn:   on Honshu
ky:   on Kyushu
ok:   on Okinawa

(JPe): endemic to Japan 


 1.  Sword-tailed Newt _____ ok
      Cynops onsicauda

 2.  Amami Green Tree Frog _____ am
      Rhacophorus viridis amamiensis

      Okinawa Green Tree Frog _____ ok
      Rhacophorus viridis viridis

 3.  Ryukyu Brown Frog _____ ok
      Rana Okinavana

 4.  Green (Sea) Turtle _____ ok (seen from ferry at northern Okinawa port)
      Chelonia mydas mydas  

 5.  Red-eared Slider (Turtle) _____ hn
      Trachemys scripta elegans

 6.  Chinese Softshell Turtle _____ hn  (with its odd-shaped head)
      Pelodiscus sinensis

 7.  Okinawan Tree Lizard _____ am (ours was seen on Amami)
      Japolura polygonata polygonata

 8.  Barbour's Blue-tailed Skink _____ am
      Eumeces barbouri

 9.  Burrowing Ratsnake _____ ky
      Elaphe conspicillata

10.  Ryukyu Green Snake _____ am
      Cyclophiops semicarinatus

11.  Habu _____ am
      Trimeresurus flavoviridis 



Butterflies during the FONT tour in Japan
in July 2009


am:  on Amami
hn:   on Honshu
ky:   on Kyushu
ok:   on Okinawa

Names in English given for those that have them.


 1.  Atrophaneura alcinous _____  ok,am,ky

 2.  Papilio machaon hippocrates
      Old World Swallowtail _____  ky

 3.  Papilio macilentus _____  ok,am,ky

 4.  Papilo polytes polytes 
      Common Morman _____  ok,am

 5.  Papilo protenor
      Spangle _____ am

 6.  Papilo memnon thunbergii
      Great Mormon _____ am

 7.  Papilo helenus nicconicolens
      Red Helen _____ ok

 8.  Papilo dehaanii (formerly bianor) _____  ky

 9.  Graphium sarpedon nipponum
      Blue Triangle (or Common Bluebottle) _____  ok,am

10.  Eurema hecabe hecabe
      Common Grass Yellow _____  hn,am,ky

11. Eurema laeta betheseba
      Spotless (or Angulated) Grass Yellow _____  ok,am,ky

12. Colias erate poliographys
      Eastern Pale Clouded Yellow _____  ok,ky

13. Catopsilia pomona pomona
      Lemon Migrant _____ am

14. Hebomoia glaucippe liukiuensis
      Great Orange Tip _____ am

15. Artogeia (has been Pieris) canidia
      Indian Cabbage White _____  ky

16. Euchrysops enejus
      Gram Blue _____  am

17. Zizeria (formerly Pseudozizeeria) maha okinawana
      Pale Grass Blue _____  ok

18. Zizina otis
      Common Grass Blue (or Clover Blue) _____ ok,am  (many at the site where we were for the solar eclipse)

19. Libythea celtis amamiana
      Nettle-tree Butterfly (or Eurasian Beak) _____ ok

20. Idea leuconoe clara
      Large Tree Nymph _____ ok

21. Ideopsis (or Radina) similis similis _____ am

22. Anosia (or Danaus) chrysippus chrysippus
      Common Tiger _____ ok,am

23. Parantica sita niphonica _____ am

24. Nephargynnis anadyomene midas (formerly ella) _____  ky

25. Argyreus hyperbius hyperbius
      Indian Fritillary _____  am

26. Neptis hylas luculenta
      Common Sailor _____  am

27. Cynthia cardui
      Painted Lady _____  ok

28. Hypolimnas misippus
      Dandaid Eggfly (or Diadem Butterfly) _____  am

29. Hestina assimilis shirakii _____  am 




Other Nature during the FONT tour in Japan
in July 2009


am:  on Amami
ok:   on Okinawa


total solar eclipse _____  am

dragonflies _____  am,hn,ok  (an assortment)

flying fish _____  from the ferry between am & ok  (many, hundreds)