Trip Report: Japan (2024-02-16 - 2024-03-02)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Rausu
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
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)
Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra) - White Morph
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)
Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Blakiston's Fish-Owl (Ketupa blakistoni)
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)
Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
Lichen Moth (Miltochrista classeigera)
Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Sword-tailed Newt (Cynops ensicauda)
Ryukyu Robin (Larvivora komadori)
White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
White-naped Crane (Antigone vipio)
Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) - Female
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) - Male
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Lidth's Jay (Garrulus lidthi)
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Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Rausu
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
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)
Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra) - White Morph
Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)
Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Blakiston's Fish-Owl (Ketupa blakistoni)
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)
Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
Lichen Moth (Miltochrista classeigera)
Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
Sword-tailed Newt (Cynops ensicauda)
Ryukyu Robin (Larvivora komadori)
White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
White-naped Crane (Antigone vipio)
Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus) - Female
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula) - Male
Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
Lidth's Jay (Garrulus lidthi)
Got a very cheap ticket to Japan, so we went from one end to the other
Sites Visited
Country: Japan
(26 sites)
- Akan-Mashu National Park
- Amami-Oshima
- Hamanaka
- Izumi - Crane Center
- Izumi - Kogawa Dam
- Kasai Rinkai Park
- Kushiro Marsh
- Kyoto - Arashiyama Bamboo Forest
- Kyoto - Botanical Gardens
- Kyoto - Imperial Palace
- Kyoto - Kamo River
- Kyoto - Mount Inari Shopping Mall Temple
- Kyoto - Osawa Pond
- Manko Wetland
- Nago, Okinawa to Naze, Amami Ferry
- Naha Triangular Pond
- Nemuro Point
- Nezu Shrine
- Notsuke Peninsula
- Rausu
- Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden
- Tama River
- Tokyo Imperial Palace
- Tokyo Wild Bird Park
- Ueno Park
- Yanbaru Natonal Park
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (180 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(15 records)
Class: Arachnids
(3 records)
- Order: Spiders (3 records)
Class: Insects
(11 records)
- Order: Beetles
(2 records)
- Family: Soldier Beetles
- Soldier Beetle (Cantharidae sp)
- Family: Stag Beetles
- Stag Beetle (Serrognathus titanus)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(6 records)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Neomusotima fuscolinealis)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Gem Moth (Orthonama obstipata)
- Family: Gossamer-winged Butterflies
- Pale Grass Blue (Pseudozizeeria maha)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Lichen Moth (Miltochrista classeigera)
- Tiger Moth (Cyana martinii)
- Order: Flies
(1 record)
- Family: Non-biting Midges
- Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
- Order: True Bugs (2 records)
Class: Malacostracans
(1 record)
- Order: Crabs
(1 record)
- Family: Sand Bubbler Crabs and Allies
- Sand Bubbler Crab (Ilyoplax pusilla)
Phylum: Chordates
(164 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Salamanders
(1 record)
- Family: Newts
- Sword-tailed Newt (Cynops ensicauda)
Class: Birds
(150 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(23 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
- Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Smew (Mergellus albellus)
- Stejneger's Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (8 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Eurasian Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Okinawa Rail (Gallirallus okinawae)
- Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(9 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Gray-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
- Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Japanese Sparrowhawk (Tachyspiza gularis)
- Steller's Sea-Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars (6 records)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- Order: Pelicans (29 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Grebes
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
- Family: Herons
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Pacific Reef-Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Family: Loons
- Arctic Loon (Gavia arctica)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
- Temminck's Stint (Calidris temminckii)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Order: Perching Birds (51 records)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Asian Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
- Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
- Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Asian Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
- Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
- Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Ryukyu Minivet (Pericrocotus tegimae)
- Family: Dippers
- Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Daurian Jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
- Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Lidth's Jay (Garrulus lidthi)
- Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
- Family: Larks
- Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Masked Bunting (Emberiza personata)
- Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
- Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Okinawa Robin (Larvivora namiyei)
- Ryukyu Robin (Larvivora komadori)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Russet Sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
- Family: Shrikes
- Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo javanica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Amami Thrush (Zoothera major)
- Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Brown-headed Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus)
- Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
- Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
- Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- Siberian Pipit (Anthus japonicus)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Family: White-eyes
- Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(13 records)
- Family: Auks, Murres, Guillemots, and Puffins
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Spectacled Guillemot (Cepphus carbo)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Common Gull (Larus canus)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
- Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
- Family: Plovers
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Little Ringed Plover (Thinornis dubius)
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Order: Tubenoses
(1 record)
- Family: Albatrosses
- Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (4 records)
Class: Mammals
(11 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Fruit Bats
- Ryukyu Flying Fox (Pteropus dasymallus)
- Order: Carnivorans (3 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(2 records)
- Family: Bovids
- Domestic Goat (Capra hircus)
- Family: Cervidae
- Sika Deer (Cervus nippon)
- Order: Lagomorpha
(1 record)
- Family: Leporidae
- Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Japanese Macaque (Macaca fuscata)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Squirrels
- Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
- Family: True Mice and Rats, Gerbils, and Allies
- Amami Spiny Rat (Tokudaia osimensis)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Vipers and Pit Vipers
- Okinawa Pit Viper (Ovophis okinavensis)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Phylum: Mullusks
(1 record)
Class: Gastropod
(1 record)
- Order: Common Land Snails and Slugs
(1 record)
- Family: Mantleslugs
- Amami Slug (Meghimatium sp)