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Japan: 2/16/2024 - 3/2/2024 (Center on Map)

Japan

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) Blakistons 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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