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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

Japan in Winter

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Cumulative Checklist

with James Lidster as leader

NC A B
Northern Fulmar 1 2 Fulmarus glacialis
Little Grebe 8 4 Tachybaptus ruficollis
Black-necked Grebe 1 5 Podiceps nigricollis
Slavonian Grebe 1 2 Podiceps auritus
Red-necked Grebe 1 2 Podiceps grisegena holboelli
Great Crested Grebe 1 5 Podiceps cristatus
Great Cormorant 9 70 Phalacrocorax carbo
Japanese Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax capillatus
Pelagic Cormorant 4 300 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Grey Heron 6 20 Ardea cinerea
Great Egret 6 10 Ardea alba
Little Egret 5 32 Egretta garzetta
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 1 Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-faced Spoonbill 1 14 Platalea minor
Whooper Swan 6 100 Cygnus cygnus
Bewick's Swan 2 100 Cygnus bewicki jankowski
Greater White-fronted Goose 1 2 Anser albifrons
Black Brant 1 10 Branta bernicla nigricans
Common Shelduck 1 2 Tadorna tadorna
Mandarin Duck 3 15 Aix galericulata
Eurasian Wigeon 7 3000 Anas penelope
Falcated Duck 4 2 Anas falcata
Gadwall 3 4 Anas strepera
Baikal Teal 1 37 Anas formosa
Eurasian Teal 5 40 Anas crecca
Mallard 10 5000 Anas platyrhynchos
Asian Spot-billed Duck 6 50 Anas poecilorhyncha
Northern Pintail 7 25000 Anas acuta
Northern Shoveler 2 5 Anas clypeata
Common Pochard 3 10 Aythya ferina
Tufted Duck 5 35 Aythya fuligula
Greater Scaup 7 300 Aythya marila
Harlequin Duck 4 200 Histrionicus histrionicus
Long-tailed Duck 2 500 Clangula hyemalis
Black Scoter 4 150 Melanitta americana
Asian White-winged Scoter 2 250 Melanitta stejnegeri
Common Goldeneye 5 100 Bucephala clangula
Smew 2 10 Mergellus albellus
Red-breasted Merganser 5 30 Mergus serrator
Goosander 8 500 Mergus merganser
Osprey 3 10 Pandion haliaetus
Black-eared Kite 13 100 Milvus lineatus
White-tailed Eagle 4 43 Haliaeetus albicilla
Steller's Sea-Eagle 5 330 Haliaeetus pelagicus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 2 Accipiter nisus
Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
Eastern Buzzard 9 10 Buteo japonicus
Rough-legged Buzzard 2 1 Buteo lagopus
Common Kestrel 7 2 Falco tinnunculus
Peregrine Falcon 2 3 Falco peregrinus
Chinese Bamboo Partridge 1 1 Bambusicola thoracica
Copper Pheasant 1 2 Syrmaticus soemmerringii scintillans
Green Pheasant 2 1 Phasianus versicolor
White-naped Crane 2 600 Grus vipio
Common Crane 2 1 Grus grus lilfordi
Hooded Crane 2 4000 Grus monacha
Red-crowned Crane 4 500 Grus japonensis
Ruddy-breasted Crake 1 1 Porzana fusca
Common Moorhen 2 4 Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian Coot 4 60 Fulica atra
Northern Lapwing 3 30 Vanellus vanellus
Grey Plover 1 50 Pluvialis squatarola
Long-billed Plover 2 2 Charadrius placidus
Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover 2 15 Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus
Common Snipe 2 14 Gallinago gallinago
Eurasian Curlew 1 1 Numenius arquata
Common Greenshank 2 10 Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 2 1 Tringa ochropus
Common Sandpiper 4 6 Actitis hypoleucos
Dunlin 2 1000 Calidris alpina
Red-necked Stint 1 2 Calidris ruficollis
Black-tailed Gull 3 2 Larus crassirostris
Common Gull 5 20 Larus canus kamschatschensis
Glaucous-winged Gull 4 20 Larus glaucescens
Glaucous Gull 4 100 Larus hyperboreus pallidissimus
Siberian Gull 1 1 Larus heuglini
Vega Gull 7 100 Larus vegae
Slaty-backed Gull 5 300 Larus schistisagus
Pallas's Gull 1 1 Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Black-headed Gull 3 50 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Saunder's gull 1 52 Saundersilarus saundersi
Common Guillemot 3 15 Uria aalge
BrĂ¼nnich's Guillemot 4 6 Uria lomvia
Spectacled Guillemot 3 14 Cepphus carbo
Pigeon Guillemot 1 3 Cepphus columba
Ancient Murrelet 1 20 Synthliboramphus antiquus
Crested Auklet 1 6 Aethia cristatella
Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon 13 100 Columba livia domestica
Japanese Green Pigeon 1 4 Treron sieboldii
Oriental Turtle-dove 7 15 Streptopelia orientalis
Blakiston's Fish Owl 3 3 Ketupa blakistoni
Common Kingfisher 3 5 Alcedo atthis
Crested Kingfisher 1 1 Megaceryle lugubris
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 4 7 Dendrocopos kizuki
Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 4 Dendrocopos major
Japanese Woodpecker 4 2 Picus awokera
Asian House Martin 3 10 Delichon dasypus
Barn Swallow 3 6 Hirundo rustica
Richard's Pipit 1 1 Anthus richardi
Eurasian Skylark 2 30 Alauda arvensis japonica
Horned Lark 1 1 Eremophila alpestris
White Wagtail 7 60 Motacilla alba lugens
Japanese Wagtail 6 9 Motacilla grandis
Grey Wagtail 7 10 Motacilla cinerea
Olive-backed Pipit 1 4 Anthus hodgsoni
Red-throated Pipit 1 8 Anthus cervinus
Buff-bellied Pipit 4 40 Anthus rubescens japonicus
Ryukyu Minivet 2 5 Pericrocotus tegimae
Brown-eared Bulbul 11 25 Hypsipetes amaurotis
Goldcrest 4 5 Regulus regulus
Bohemian Waxwing 2 20 Bombycilla garrulus
Brown Dipper 7 2 Cinclus pallasii
Winter Wren 4 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
Blue Rock-thrush 3 3 Monticola solitarius
White's Thrush 3 1 Zoothera aurea
Pale Thrush 6 40 Turdus pallidus
Brown-headed Thrush 1 1 Turdus chrysolaus
Dusky Thrush 13 30 Turdus naumanni
Zitting Cisticola 2 1 Cisticola juncidis
Japanese Bush-Warbler 4 5 Cettia diphone
Orange-flanked Bush-Robin 3 9 Luscinia cyanurus
Daurian Redstart 7 8 Phoenicurus auroreus
Marsh Tit 4 4 Poecile palustris
Willow Tit 4 10 Poecile montana
Coal Tit 5 35 Periparus ater
Lesser Grey Tit 10 25 Parus minor
Varied Tit 5 10 Sittiparus varius
Long-tailed Tit 7 20 Aegithalos caudatus trivergatus/tephronotus
Eurasian Nuthatch 8 7 Sitta europaea
Eurasian Treecreeper 2 2 Certhia familiaris japonicus
White-crowned Penduline-Tit 1 7 Remiz consobrinus
Japanese White-eye 5 50 Zosterops japonicus
Bull-headed Shrike 4 6 Lanius bucephalus
Northern Grey Shrike 1 1 Lanius excubitor
Eurasian Jay 5 20 Garrulus glandarius brandti
Daurian Jackdaw 1 1 Corvus dauuricus
Rook 4 1150 Corvus frugilegus pastinator
Carrion Crow 13 350 Corvus corone
Large-billed Crow 13 100 Corvus macrorhynchos
Common Raven 1 2 Corvus corax
Black-billed Magpie 1 1 Pica pica
White-cheeked Starling 9 30 Sturnus cineraceus
Common Starling 2 17 Sturnus vulgaris
Meadow Bunting 6 12 Emberiza cioides
Chestnut-eared Bunting 1 3 Emberiza fucata
Rustic Bunting 4 8 Emberiza rustica
Elegant Bunting 1 4 Emberiza elegans
Black-faced Bunting 5 20 Emberiza spodocephala personata
Grey Bunting 2 3 Emberiza variabilis
Common Reed Bunting 4 10 Emberiza schoeniclus
Brambling 5 40 Fringilla montifringilla
Common Crossbill 1 1 Loxia curvirostra
Eurasian Siskin 3 12 Carduelis spinus
Mealy Redpoll 5 42 Carduelis flammea
Arctic Redpoll 1 1 Carduelis (hornemanni) exilipes
Asian Rosy-Finch 5 150 Leucosticte arctoa
Grey-capped Greenfinch 9 100 Carduelis sinica
Bullfinch 4 20 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hawfinch 7 150 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Japanese Grosbeak 5 80 Eophona personata
Russet Sparrow 1 30 Passer rutilans
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13 300 Passer montanus