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Japan in Winter

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with Fergus Crystal as leader

  • Column A = Number of tours out of two which this species has been recorded.
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour.
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 tour.
  • H = Heard only, B = Breeding noted

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C
1 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis rodgersii
2 Little Grebe 5 6 Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 Black-necked Grebe 1 8 Podiceps nigricollis
1 Slavonian Grebe Podiceps auritus
2 Red-necked Grebe 1 5 Podiceps grisegena holboelli
2 Great Crested Grebe 1 2 Podiceps cristatus
2 Great Cormorant 5 203 Phalacrocorax carbo
1 Temminck's Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
1 Red-faced Cormorant 1 1 Phalacrocorax urile
2 Pelagic Cormorant 3 50 Phalacrocorax pelagicus
2 Grey Heron 6 30 Ardea cinerea
2 Great White Egret 4 15 Casmerodius albus
2 Little Egret 2 5 Egretta garzetta
2 Cattle Egret 2 15 Bubulcus coromandus
1 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Black-faced Spoonbill 1 2 Platalea minor
2 Mute Swan 1 1 Cygnus olor
2 Whooper Swan 5 200 Cygnus cygnus
2 Tundra Swan 2 60 Cygnus columbianus bewicki
1 Bean Goose 1 7 Anser fabalis serrirostris
1 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
1 Black Brant Branta bernicla nigricans
1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
2 Mandarin Duck 1 31 Aix galericulata
2 Eurasian Wigeon 7 350 Anas penelope
2 Falcated Duck 1 3 Anas falcata
2 Gadwall 2 20 Anas strepera
1 Baikal Teal Anas formosa
2 Eurasian Teal 7 300 Anas crecca
2 Mallard 9 120 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Asian Spot-billed Duck 6 350 Anas poecilorhyncha
2 Northern Pintail 5 350 Anas acuta
2 Northern Shoveler 2 10 Anas clypeata
2 Common Pochard 2 15 Aythya ferina
2 Tufted Duck 3 16 Aythya fuligula
2 Greater Scaup 2 12 Aythya marila
2 Harlequin Duck 3 250 Histrionicus histrionicus
2 Long-tailed Duck 2 40 Clangula hyemalis
2 Black Scoter 3 400 Melanitta americana
2 White-winged Scoter 3 40 Melanitta deglandi
2 Common Goldeneye 5 150 Bucephala clangula
2 Smew 1 4 Mergellus albellus
2 Red-breasted Merganser 4 100 Mergus serrator
2 Goosander 5 20 Mergus merganser
2 Osprey 2 16 Pandion haliaetus
2 Black-eared Kite 12 200 B Milvus lineatus
2 White-tailed Eagle 5 20 Haliaeetus albicilla
2 Steller's Sea-Eagle 5 60 Haliaeetus pelagicus
1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
1 Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis
2 Eastern Buzzard 6 2 Buteo japonicus
1 Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
1 Mountain Hawk Eagle 2 2 B Nisaetus nipalensis
2 Common Kestrel 2 3 Falco tinnunculus
1 Merlin 1 1 Falco columbarius inisgnis
2 Peregrine Falcon 1 1 Falco peregrinus
1 Chinese Bamboo Partridge H Bambusicola thoracica
2 Copper Pheasant 1 1 Syrmaticus soemmerringii scintillans
2 Green Pheasant 1 1 Phasianus versicolor
1 Japanese Quail 1 1 Coturnix japonica
1 Sandhill Crane 2 6 Grus canadensis
2 White-naped Crane 3 500 Grus vipio
2 Common Crane 1 1 Grus grus lilfordi
2 Hooded Crane 3 5000 Grus monacha
2 Red-crowned Crane 1 332 Grus japonensis
1 Eastern Water Rail 1 1 Rallus indicus
2 Ruddy-breasted Crake 1 1 Porzana fusca
2 Common Moorhen 4 5 Gallinula chloropus
2 Eurasian Coot 5 32 Fulica atra
2 Northern Lapwing 3 36 Vanellus vanellus
2 Grey Plover 1 100 Pluvialis squatarola
2 Long-billed Plover 2 1 Charadrius placidus
1 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
2 Kentish Plover 2 20 Charadrius alexandrinus dealbatus
1 Lesser Sand Plover 1 5 Charadrius mongolus
2 Common Snipe 1 11 Gallinago gallinago
2 Eurasian Curlew 1 4 Numenius arquata
2 Common Greenshank 2 3 Tringa nebularia
2 Green Sandpiper 2 2 Tringa ochropus
2 Common Sandpiper 4 6 Actitis hypoleucos
2 Dunlin 3 250 Calidris alpina
1 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
2 Black-tailed Gull 3 30 Larus crassirostris
2 Common Gull 2 32 Larus canus kamschatschensis
2 Glaucous-winged Gull 2 30 Larus glaucescens
2 Glaucous Gull 3 50 Larus hyperboreus
1 Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini
2 Vega Gull 2 300 Larus vegae
2 Slaty-backed Gull 4 500 Larus schistisagus
2 Pallas's Gull 1 1 Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
2 Black-headed Gull 3 30 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
2 Saunder's gull 1 76 Saundersilarus saundersi
1 Black-legged Kittiwake 1 1 Rissa tridactyla
2 Common Guillemot 3 1 Uria aalge
2 Brünnich's Guillemot 3 10 Uria lomvia
2 Spectacled Guillemot 2 70 Cepphus carbo
2 Pigeon Guillemot 1 3 Cepphus columba
1 Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
1 Least Auklet 1 3 Aethia pusilla
1 Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
2 Rock Dove/Feral Pigeon 9 59 Columba livia domestica
2 Japanese Green Pigeon 1 25 Treron sieboldii
2 Oriental Turtle-dove 7 40 Streptopelia orientalis
2 Blakiston's Fish Owl 1 1 Ketupa blakistoni
1 Ural Owl 2 1 Strix uralensis
2 Common Kingfisher 4 3 Alcedo atthis
2 Crested Kingfisher 2 4 Megaceryle lugubris
2 Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 6 8 Yungipicus kizuki
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 6 Dendrocopos major
1 Black Woodpecker 1 1 Dryocopus martius
1 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 1 Picus canus
2 Japanese Woodpecker 3 4 Picus awokera
2 Asian House Martin 1 350 Delichon dasypus
2 Barn Swallow 1 6 Hirundo rustica
2 Eurasian Skylark 4 1000 Alauda arvensis japonica
1 Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
2 White Wagtail 8 1000 Motacilla alba lugens
2 Japanese Wagtail 4 11 Motacilla grandis
2 Grey Wagtail 4 4 Motacilla cinerea
2 Richard's Pipit 1 4 Anthus richardi
2 Olive-backed Pipit 1 6 Anthus hodgsoni
2 Red-throated Pipit 1 2 Anthus cervinus
2 Buff-bellied Pipit 3 300 Anthus rubescens japonicus
2 Ryukyu Minivet 2 3 Pericrocotus tegimae
2 Brown-eared Bulbul 9 15 Microscelis amaurotis
2 Goldcrest 1 1 Regulus regulus
1 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
2 Brown Dipper 2 4 Cinclus pallasii
2 Winter Wren 1 1 Troglodytes troglodytes
1 Alpine Accentor 1 3 Prunella collaris
2 Blue Rock Thrush 2 2 Monticola solitarius
1 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
2 Pale Thrush 5 10 Turdus pallidus
1 Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
2 Dusky Thrush 11 50 Turdus eunomus
2 Zitting Cisticola 1 2 Cisticola juncidis
1 Asian Stubtail H Urosphena squameiceps
2 Japanese Bush-Warbler 2 6 Cettia diphone
2 Red-flanked Bluetail 3 4 Luscinia cyanura
2 Daurian Redstart 8 7 Phoenicurus auroreus
2 Varied Tit 4 7 Poecile varius
2 Marsh Tit 3 5 Poecile palustris
2 Willow Tit 3 20 Poecile montana
2 Coal Tit 5 15 Periparus ater
2 Eastern Great Tit 7 8 Parus minor
2 Long-tailed Tit 5 16 Aegithalos caudatus trivergatus/tephronotus
2 Eurasian Nuthatch 6 4 Sitta europaea
2 Eurasian Treecreeper 2 2 Certhia familiaris japonicus
2 Chinese Penduline-Tit 1 3 Remiz consobrinus
2 Japanese White-eye 4 10 Zosterops japonicus
2 Bull-headed Shrike 6 4 Lanius bucephalus
1 Northern Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
2 Eurasian Jay 6 36 Garrulus glandarius
2 Azure-winged Magpie 1 20 Cyanopica cyanus
2 Daurian Jackdaw 1 1 Corvus dauuricus
2 Rook 3 600 Corvus frugilegus pastinator
2 Carrion Crow 13 100 Corvus corone
2 Large-billed Crow 13 300 Corvus macrorhynchos
1 Common Raven 1 1 H Corvus corax
1 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
2 White-cheeked Starling 7 20 Sturnus cineraceus
1 Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
2 Meadow Bunting 6 20 Emberiza cioides
1 Pine Bunting 1 1 Emberiza leucophalos
2 Chestnut-eared Bunting 1 7 Emberiza fucata
2 Rustic Bunting 1 2 Emberiza rustica
2 Elegant Bunting 1 10 Emberiza elegans
2 Black-faced Bunting 4 10 Emberiza spodocephala personata
1 Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis
2 Common Reed Bunting 3 50 Emberiza schoeniclus
2 Brambling 4 100 Fringilla montifringilla
1 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
1 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
1 Mealy Redpoll Carduelis flammea
1 Arctic Redpoll Carduelis hornemanni
2 Asian Rosy-Finch 4 100 Leucosticte arctoa
2 Grey-capped Greenfinch 7 200 Carduelis sinica
2 Eurasian Bullfinch 2 4 Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1 Pine Grosbeak 1 1 Pinicola enucleator
2 Hawfinch 8 22 Coccothraustes coccothraustes
2 Japanese Grosbeak 5 60 Eophona personata
1 Long-tailed Rosefinch 1 10 Uragus sibiricus
2 Russet Sparrow 1 94 Passer rutilans
2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 11 150 Passer montanus

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