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Japan: 2/16/2024 - 3/2/2024 (
Center on Map
)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (
Haliaeetus pelagicus
)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (
Haliaeetus pelagicus
)
Rausu
White-tailed Eagle (
Haliaeetus albicilla
)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (
Halyomorpha halys
)
Red-crowned Crane (
Grus japonensis
)
Japanese Raccoon Dog (
Nyctereutes viverrinus
)
Asian Spinybacked Orbweaver (
Thelacantha brevispina
)
Siberian Crane (
Grus leucogeranus
)
Sand Bubbler Crab (
Ilyoplax pusilla
)
White-cheeked Starling (
Spodiopsar cineraceus
)
Hooded Crane (
Grus monacha
)
Japanese Macaque (
Macaca fuscata
)
Pacific Reef-Heron (
Egretta sacra
) - White Morph
Varied Tit (
Sittiparus varius
)
Azure-winged Magpie (
Cyanopica cyanus
)
Japanese Wagtail (
Motacilla grandis
)
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (
Yungipicus kizuki
)
Blakiston's Fish-Owl (
Ketupa blakistoni
)
Warbling White-eye (
Zosterops japonicus
)
Brown-eared Bulbul (
Hypsipetes amaurotis
)
Okinawa Rail (
Gallirallus okinawae
)
Red-crowned Crane (
Grus japonensis
)
Warbling White-eye (
Zosterops japonicus
)
Dusky Thrush (
Turdus eunomus
)
Daurian Redstart (
Phoenicurus auroreus
) - Female
Ruddy-breasted Crake (
Zapornia fusca
)
Got a very cheap ticket to Japan, so we went from one end to the other
Sites Visited - Click on a link to read the blog!
Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden, Japan (2/16/2024)
Tokyo Imperial Palace, Japan (2/16/2024)
Ueno Park, Japan (2/16/2024)
Nezu Shrine, Japan (2/17/2024)
Tokyo Imperial Palace, Japan (2/17/2024)
Akan-Mashu National Park, Japan (2/18/2024)
Kushiro Marsh, Japan (2/18/2024)
Akan-Mashu National Park, Japan (2/19/2024)
Notsuke Peninsula, Japan (2/19/2024)
Rausu, Japan (2/19/2024)
Akan-Mashu National Park, Japan (2/20/2024)
Hamanaka, Japan (2/20/2024)
Kushiro Marsh, Japan (2/20/2024)
Nemuro Point, Japan (2/20/2024)
Manko Wetland, Japan (2/21/2024)
Naha Triangular Pond, Japan (2/21/2024)
Tokyo Wild Bird Park, Japan (2/21/2024)
Naha Triangular Pond, Japan (2/22/2024)
Yanbaru Natonal Park, Japan (2/22/2024)
Yanbaru Natonal Park, Japan (2/23/2024)
Nago, Okinawa to Naze, Amami Ferry, Japan (2/24/2024)
Amami-Oshima , Japan (2/25/2024)
Amami-Oshima , Japan (2/26/2024)
Izumi - Crane Center, Japan (2/27/2024)
Izumi - Kogawa Dam, Japan (2/27/2024)
Izumi - Crane Center, Japan (2/28/2024)
Kyoto - Kamo River, Japan (2/28/2024)
Kyoto - Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Japan (2/29/2024)
Kyoto - Botanical Gardens, Japan (2/29/2024)
Kyoto - Imperial Palace, Japan (2/29/2024)
Kyoto - Osawa Pond, Japan (2/29/2024)
Kasai Rinkai Park, Japan (3/1/2024)
Kyoto - Mount Inari Shopping Mall Temple, Japan (3/1/2024)
Tama River, Japan (3/2/2024)
Species Recorded (178)
Birds ( 150 )
Old World Flycatchers and Chats ( Muscicapidae )
Ryukyu Robin -
Larvivora komadori
Okinawa Robin -
Larvivora namiyei
Loons ( Gaviidae )
Arctic Loon -
Gavia arctica
Grebes ( Podicipedidae )
Great Crested Grebe -
Podiceps cristatus
Red-necked Grebe -
Podiceps grisegena
Eared Grebe -
Podiceps nigricollis
Little Grebe -
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Albatrosses ( Diomedeidae )
Streaked Shearwater -
Calonectris leucomelas
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites ( Accipitridae )
Eurasian Sparrowhawk -
Accipiter nisus
Hen Harrier -
Circus cyaneus
Japanese Sparrowhawk -
Tachyspiza gularis
Cormorants ( Phalacrocoracidae )
Japanese Cormorant -
Phalacrocorax capillatus
Great Cormorant -
Phalacrocorax carbo
Pelagic Cormorant -
Urile pelagicus
Herons ( Ardeidae )
Great Egret -
Ardea alba
Gray Heron -
Ardea cinerea
Little Egret -
Egretta garzetta
Pacific Reef-Heron -
Egretta sacra
Black-crowned Night-Heron -
Nycticorax nycticorax
Ibises and Spoonbills ( Threskiornithidae )
Eurasian Spoonbill -
Platalea leucorodia
Black-faced Spoonbill -
Platalea minor
Swans, Geese, and Ducks ( Anatidae )
Mandarin Duck -
Aix galericulata
Northern Pintail -
Anas acuta
Green-winged Teal -
Anas crecca
Mallard -
Anas platyrhynchos
Eastern Spot-billed Duck -
Anas zonorhyncha
Common Pochard -
Aythya ferina
Tufted Duck -
Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup -
Aythya marila
Common Goldeneye -
Bucephala clangula
Long-tailed Duck -
Clangula hyemalis
Whooper Swan -
Cygnus cygnus
Mute Swan -
Cygnus olor
Harlequin Duck -
Histrionicus histrionicus
Falcated Duck -
Mareca falcata
Eurasian Wigeon -
Mareca penelope
Gadwall -
Mareca strepera
Black Scoter -
Melanitta americana
Stejneger's Scoter -
Melanitta stejnegeri
Smew -
Mergellus albellus
Common Merganser -
Mergus merganser
Red-breasted Merganser -
Mergus serrator
Baikal Teal -
Sibirionetta formosa
Northern Shoveler -
Spatula clypeata
Kites, Hawks, Eagles, and Allies ( Acciptridae )
Gray-faced Buzzard -
Butastur indicus
Eastern Buzzard -
Buteo japonicus
White-tailed Eagle -
Haliaeetus albicilla
Steller's Sea-Eagle -
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Black Kite -
Milvus migrans
Osprey -
Pandion haliaetus
Falcons and Allies ( Falconidae )
Merlin -
Falco columbarius
Peregrine Falcon -
Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Kestrel -
Falco tinnunculus
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies ( Rallidae )
Eurasian Coot -
Fulica atra
Eurasian Moorhen -
Gallinula chloropus
Okinawa Rail -
Gallirallus okinawae
Ruddy-breasted Crake -
Zapornia fusca
Cranes ( Gruidae )
White-naped Crane -
Antigone vipio
Red-crowned Crane -
Grus japonensis
Hooded Crane -
Grus monacha
Siberian Crane -
Leucogeranus leucogeranus
Plovers ( Charadriidae )
Pacific Golden-Plover -
Pluvialis fulva
Black-bellied Plover -
Pluvialis squatarola
Little Ringed Plover -
Thinornis dubius
Stilts and Avocets ( Recurvirostridae )
Black-winged Stilt -
Himantopus himantopus
Sandpipers and Allies ( Scolopacidae )
Common Sandpiper -
Actitis hypoleucos
Long-toed Stint -
Calidris subminuta
Temminck's Stint -
Calidris temminckii
Common Snipe -
Gallinago gallinago
Far Eastern Curlew -
Numenius madagascariensis
Amami Woodcock -
Scolopax mira
Eurasian Woodcock -
Scolopax rusticola
Wood Sandpiper -
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank -
Tringa nebularia
Common Redshank -
Tringa totanus
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers ( Laridae )
Black-headed Gull -
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Caspian Tern -
Hydroprogne caspia
Common Gull -
Larus canus
Black-tailed Gull -
Larus crassirostris
Glaucous-winged Gull -
Larus glaucescens
Glaucous Gull -
Larus hyperboreus
Slaty-backed Gull -
Larus schistisagus
Vega Gull -
Larus vegae
Auks and Puffins ( Alcidae )
Spectacled Guillemot -
Cepphus carbo
Common Murre -
Uria aalge
Pigeons and Doves ( Columbidae )
Black Wood-Pigeon -
Columba janthina
Rock Pigeon -
Columba livia
Oriental Turtle-Dove -
Streptopelia orientalis
Whistling Green-Pigeon -
Treron formosae
New World Parrots ( Psittacidae )
Rose-ringed Parakeet -
Psittacula krameri
Typical Owls ( Strigidae )
Short-eared Owl -
Asio flammeus
Blakiston's Fish-Owl -
Ketupa blakistoni
Northern Boobook -
Ninox japonica
Ryukyu Scops-Owl -
Otus elegans
Japanese Scops-Owl -
Otus semitorques
Ural Owl -
Strix uralensis
Kingfishers ( Alcedinidae )
Common Kingfisher -
Alcedo atthis
Piculets and Woodpeckers ( Picidae )
White-backed Woodpecker -
Dendrocopos leucotos
Great Spotted Woodpecker -
Dendrocopos major
Okinawa Woodpecker -
Dendrocopos noguchii
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker -
Yungipicus kizuki
Cuckoo-shrike ( Campephagidae )
Ryukyu Minivet -
Pericrocotus tegimae
Larks ( Alaudidae )
Eurasian Skylark -
Alauda arvensis
Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Pacific Swallow -
Hirundo javanica
Barn Swallow -
Hirundo rustica
Bulbuls ( Pycnonotidae )
Brown-eared Bulbul -
Hypsipetes amaurotis
Light-vented Bulbul -
Pycnonotus sinensis
White-eyes ( Zosteropidae )
Warbling White-eye -
Zosterops japonicus
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Daurian Jackdaw -
Coloeus dauuricus
Carrion Crow -
Corvus corone
Rook -
Corvus frugilegus
Large-billed Crow -
Corvus macrorhynchos
Azure-winged Magpie -
Cyanopica cyanus
Eurasian Jay -
Garrulus glandarius
Lidth's Jay -
Garrulus lidthi
Chickadees and Titmice ( Paridae )
Asian Tit -
Parus cinereus
Coal Tit -
Periparus ater
Willow Tit -
Poecile montanus
Marsh Tit -
Poecile palustris
Varied Tit -
Sittiparus varius
Bushtits ( Aegithalidae )
Long-tailed Tit -
Aegithalos caudatus
Nuthatches ( Sittidae )
Eurasian Nuthatch -
Sitta europaea
Dippers ( Cinclidae )
Brown Dipper -
Cinclus pallasii
Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers ( Sylviidae )
Japanese Bush-Warbler -
Horornis diphone
Red-billed Leiothrix -
Leiothrix lutea
Laughingthrushes ( Timaliidae )
Chinese Hwamei -
Garrulax canorus
Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
Blue Rock-Thrush -
Monticola solitarius
Daurian Redstart -
Phoenicurus auroreus
Red-flanked Bluetail -
Tarsiger cyanurus
Brown-headed Thrush -
Turdus chrysolaus
Dusky Thrush -
Turdus eunomus
Pale Thrush -
Turdus pallidus
Amami Thrush -
Zoothera major
Wagtails and Pipits ( Motacillidae )
Olive-backed Pipit -
Anthus hodgsoni
Siberian Pipit -
Anthus japonicus
White Wagtail -
Motacilla alba
Gray Wagtail -
Motacilla cinerea
Japanese Wagtail -
Motacilla grandis
Shrikes ( Laniidae )
Bull-headed Shrike -
Lanius bucephalus
Starlings and Mynas ( Sturnidae )
White-cheeked Starling -
Spodiopsar cineraceus
Brushfinches, Seedeaters, Sparrows, and Allies ( Emberizinae )
Meadow Bunting -
Emberiza cioides
Masked Bunting -
Emberiza personata
Reed Bunting -
Emberiza schoeniclus
Cardueline Finches and Allies ( Fringillidae )
Oriental Greenfinch -
Chloris sinica
Hawfinch -
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Japanese Grosbeak -
Eophona personata
Brambling -
Fringilla montifringilla
Asian Rosy-Finch -
Leucosticte arctoa
Old World Sparrows ( Passeridae )
Russet Sparrow -
Passer cinnamomeus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow -
Passer montanus
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