This checklist includes all bird species found in Japan , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2. If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | Rare/Accidental |
Brant Goose | Branta bernicla | |
Red-breasted Goose | Branta ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
Emperor Goose | Anser canagicus | Rare/Accidental |
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
Swan Goose | Anser cygnoides | Rare/Accidental |
Taiga Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Tundra Bean Goose | Anser serrirostris | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
Trumpeter Swan | Cygnus buccinator | Rare/Accidental |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Shelduck | Tadorna cristata | Rare/Accidental |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | |
Cotton Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | Rare/Accidental |
Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Blue-winged Teal | Spatula discors | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
American Black Duck | Anas rubripes | Introduced species |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | |
Green-winged Teal | Anas carolinensis | Rare/Accidental |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
Canvasback | Aythya valisineria | Rare/Accidental |
Redhead | Aythya americana | Rare/Accidental |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri | |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | Rare/Accidental |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | Rare/Accidental |
Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | |
King Eider | Somateria spectabilis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Eider | Somateria mollissima | Rare/Accidental |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata | Rare/Accidental |
White-winged Scoter | Melanitta deglandi | Rare/Accidental |
Stejneger's Scoter | Melanitta stejnegeri | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola | Rare/Accidental |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Scaly-sided Merganser | Mergus squamatus | Rare/Accidental |
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Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus muta | |
Copper Pheasant | Syrmaticus soemmerringii | Endemic |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | Endemic |
Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
Chinese Bamboo Partridge | Bambusicola thoracicus | Introduced species |
Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica | |
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Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
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Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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Great Bustard | Otis tarda | Rare/Accidental |
Little Bustard | Tetrax tetrax | Rare/Accidental |
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Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo | Urodynamis taitensis | Rare/Accidental |
Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | Rare/Accidental |
Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Pallas's Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | Rare/Accidental |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Stock Dove | Columba oenas | Rare/Accidental |
Black Wood Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
Bonin Wood Pigeon | Columba versicolor | Endemic |
Ryukyu Wood Pigeon | Columba jouyi | Endemic |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
Ryukyu Green Pigeon | Treron permagnus | |
Black-chinned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | Rare/Accidental |
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Brown-cheeked Rail | Rallus indicus | |
Corn Crake | Crex crex | Rare/Accidental |
Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | Rare/Accidental |
Okinawa Rail | Hypotaenidia okinawae | Endemic |
Spotted Crake | Porzana porzana | Rare/Accidental |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
Swinhoe's Rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | Rare/Accidental |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Band-bellied Crake | Zapornia paykullii | Rare/Accidental |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | Extirpated |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
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Siberian Crane | Leucogeranus leucogeranus | Rare/Accidental |
Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
White-naped Crane | Antigone vipio | |
Demoiselle Crane | Grus virgo | Rare/Accidental |
Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis | |
Common Crane | Grus grus | |
Hooded Crane | Grus monacha | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Introduced species |
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Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
Pied Stilt | Himantopus leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
European Golden Plover | Pluvialis apricaria | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Siberian Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Tibetan Sand Plover | Charadrius atrifrons | |
Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Rare/Accidental |
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Bristle-thighed Curlew | Numenius tahitiensis | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Slender-billed Curlew | Numenius tenuirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | Rare/Accidental |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Rock Sandpiper | Calidris ptilocnemis | |
Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | Rare/Accidental |
Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | Rare/Accidental |
White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Amami Woodcock | Scolopax mira | Endemic |
Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | |
Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | Rare/Accidental |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Rare/Accidental |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | Rare/Accidental |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
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Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Black Noddy | Anous minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Noddy | Anous ceruleus | Rare/Accidental |
White Tern | Gygis alba | Rare/Accidental |
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Red-legged Kittiwake | Rissa brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Ivory Gull | Pagophila eburnea | Rare/Accidental |
Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | Rare/Accidental |
Slender-billed Gull | Chroicocephalus genei | Rare/Accidental |
Bonaparte's Gull | Chroicocephalus philadelphia | Rare/Accidental |
Silver Gull | Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae | Rare/Accidental |
Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Saunders's Gull | Chroicocephalus saundersi | |
Little Gull | Hydrocoloeus minutus | Rare/Accidental |
Ross's Gull | Rhodostethia rosea | Rare/Accidental |
Laughing Gull | Leucophaeus atricilla | Rare/Accidental |
Franklin's Gull | Leucophaeus pipixcan | Rare/Accidental |
Relict Gull | Ichthyaetus relictus | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
Common Gull | Larus canus | |
Short-billed Gull | Larus brachyrhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | Rare/Accidental |
Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Rare/Accidental |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
Vega Gull | Larus vegae | |
Caspian Gull | Larus cachinnans | Rare/Accidental |
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | Rare/Accidental |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Crested Tern | Thalasseus bernsteini | Rare/Accidental |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | Rare/Accidental |
Aleutian Tern | Onychoprion aleuticus | Rare/Accidental |
Spectacled Tern | Onychoprion lunatus | Rare/Accidental |
Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | Rare/Accidental |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | Rare/Accidental |
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South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | |
Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
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Little Auk | Alle alle | Rare/Accidental |
Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |
Common Murre | Uria aalge | |
Razorbill | Alca torda | Rare/Accidental |
Pigeon Guillemot | Cepphus columba | |
Spectacled Guillemot | Cepphus carbo | |
Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | |
Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | |
Parakeet Auklet | Aethia psittacula | Rare/Accidental |
Least Auklet | Aethia pusilla | |
Whiskered Auklet | Aethia pygmaea | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Auklet | Aethia cristatella | |
Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |
Horned Puffin | Fratercula corniculata | Rare/Accidental |
Tufted Puffin | Fratercula cirrhata | |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Loon | Gavia arctica | |
Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
Common Loon | Gavia immer | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-billed Loon | Gavia adamsii | |
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Wilson's Storm Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | |
Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | |
Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Breeding endemic |
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Fork-tailed Storm Petrel | Hydrobates furcatus | |
Swinhoe's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
Matsudaira's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Breeding endemic |
Leach's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
Band-rumped Storm Petrel | Hydrobates castro | |
Tristram's Storm Petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | |
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Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
Murphy's Petrel | Pterodroma ultima | Rare/Accidental |
Juan Fernandez Petrel | Pterodroma externa | Rare/Accidental |
Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
Hawaiian Petrel | Pterodroma sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Rare/Accidental |
White-necked Petrel | Pterodroma cervicalis | Rare/Accidental |
Black-winged Petrel | Pterodroma nigripennis | Rare/Accidental |
Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris | Rare/Accidental |
Tahiti Petrel | Pseudobulweria rostrata | Rare/Accidental |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Buller's Shearwater | Ardenna bulleri | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
Pink-footed Shearwater | Ardenna creatopus | Rare/Accidental |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
Christmas Shearwater | Puffinus nativitatis | Rare/Accidental |
Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | Rare/Accidental |
Bryan's Shearwater | Puffinus bryani | Breeding endemic |
Newell's Shearwater | Puffinus newelli | Rare/Accidental |
Tropical Shearwater | Puffinus bailloni | |
Bannerman's Shearwater | Puffinus bannermani | Breeding endemic |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Stork | Ciconia boyciana | |
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Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | Rare/Accidental |
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Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
Nazca Booby | Sula granti | Rare/Accidental |
Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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Red-faced Cormorant | Urile urile | |
Pelagic Cormorant | Urile pelagicus | |
Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Ibis | Nipponia nippon | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Von Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
Malayan Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Nankeen Night Heron | Nycticorax caledonicus | Extirpated |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Indian Pond Heron | Ardeola grayii | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Heron | Egretta sacra | |
Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | Rare/Accidental |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | Rare/Accidental |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Rare/Accidental |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | Introduced species |
Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Rare/Accidental |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Eurasian Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
Western Marsh Harrier | Circus aeruginosus | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Northern Harrier | Circus hudsonius | Rare/Accidental |
Pallid Harrier | Circus macrourus | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | Rare/Accidental |
Steller's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | |
White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | |
Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Boreal Owl | Aegolius funereus | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia | |
Ryukyu Scops Owl | Otus elegans | |
Collared Scops Owl | Otus lettia | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Scops Owl | Otus semitorques | |
Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Snowy Owl | Bubo scandiacus | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Eagle-Owl | Bubo bubo | Rare/Accidental |
Blakiston's Fish Owl | Ketupa blakistoni | |
Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | |
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Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | Rare/Accidental |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | Rare/Accidental |
Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Rare/Accidental |
Guam Kingfisher | Todiramphus cinnamominus | Extirpated |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | Rare/Accidental |
Rainbow Bee-eater | Merops ornatus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus kizuki | |
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker | Dryobates minor | |
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos hyperythrus | Rare/Accidental |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
Okinawa Woodpecker | Dendrocopos noguchii | Endemic |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | Rare/Accidental |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
Japanese Green Woodpecker | Picus awokera | Endemic |
Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare/Accidental |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | Rare/Accidental |
Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | Introduced species |
Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | Introduced species |
Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
Budgerigar | Melopsittacus undulatus | Introduced species |
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Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | Rare/Accidental |
Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | |
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White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucorynchus | Rare/Accidental |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Ryukyu Minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Endemic |
Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Lalage melaschistos | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | Rare/Accidental |
Short-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus striatus | Rare/Accidental |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | Rare/Accidental |
Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Rare/Accidental |
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Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | Rare/Accidental |
Black Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
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Chinese Grey Shrike | Lanius sphenocercus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-backed Shrike | Lanius collurio | Rare/Accidental |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Lidth's Jay | Garrulus lidthi | Endemic |
Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyanus | |
Oriental Magpie | Pica serica | |
Spotted Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
Western Jackdaw | Coloeus monedula | Rare/Accidental |
Daurian Jackdaw | Coloeus dauuricus | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
Northern Raven | Corvus corax | |
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Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Yellow-bellied Tit | Pardaliparus venustulus | Rare/Accidental |
Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | |
Owston's Tit | Sittiparus owstoni | Endemic |
Iriomote Tit | Sittiparus olivaceus | Endemic |
Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
Azure Tit | Cyanistes cyanus | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Tit | Parus minor | |
Yellow-cheeked Tit | Machlolophus spilonotus | Introduced species |
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Chinese Penduline Tit | Remiz consobrinus | |
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Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Rare/Accidental |
Mongolian Short-toed Lark | Calandrella dukhunensis | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | Rare/Accidental |
Mongolian Lark | Melanocorypha mongolica | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Short-toed Lark | Alaudala cheleensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | |
Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | |
Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | Introduced species |
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Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
Grey-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Rare/Accidental |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Siberian House Martin | Delichon lagopodum | Rare/Accidental |
Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
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Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |
Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | |
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Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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Wood Warbler | Phylloscopus sibilatrix | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
Chinese Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus yunnanensis | Rare/Accidental |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
Tickell's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus trochilus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus | |
Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus ijimae | Breeding endemic |
Two-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus | Rare/Accidental |
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus borealoides | |
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthodryas | Breeding endemic |
Kamchatka Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus examinandus | |
Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
Sulphur-breasted Warbler | Phylloscopus ricketti | Rare/Accidental |
Claudia's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus claudiae | Rare/Accidental |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Rare/Accidental |
Speckled Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus sorghophilus | Rare/Accidental |
Manchurian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus tangorum | Rare/Accidental |
Paddyfield Warbler | Acrocephalus agricola | Rare/Accidental |
Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Rare/Accidental |
Thick-billed Warbler | Arundinax aedon | Rare/Accidental |
Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
Icterine Warbler | Hippolais icterina | Rare/Accidental |
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Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes amnicola | |
Marsh Grassbird | Helopsaltes pryeri | |
Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | Rare/Accidental |
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes ochotensis | |
Styan's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes pleskei | |
Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | Rare/Accidental |
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Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Rare/Accidental |
Common Whitethroat | Curruca communis | Rare/Accidental |
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Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Suthora webbiana | Introduced species |
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Bonin White-eye | Apalopteron familiare | Endemic |
Chestnut-flanked White-eye | Zosterops erythropleurus | Rare/Accidental |
Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | Introduced species |
Chinese Hwamei | Garrulax canorus | Introduced species |
Moustached Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla cineracea | Introduced species |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Corthylio calendula | Rare/Accidental |
Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | Rare/Accidental |
Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | Introduced species |
Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus | Rare/Accidental |
Bank Myna | Acridotheres ginginianus | Introduced species |
Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | Rare/Accidental |
White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
Daurian Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | |
Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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Grey-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus | Rare/Accidental |
White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
Amami Thrush | Zoothera major | Endemic |
Bonin Thrush | Zoothera terrestris | Endemic |
Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
Chinese Thrush | Turdus mupinensis | Rare/Accidental |
Song Thrush | Turdus philomelos | Rare/Accidental |
Mistle Thrush | Turdus viscivorus | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | Rare/Accidental |
Redwing | Turdus iliacus | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
Grey-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | Rare/Accidental |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
Izu Thrush | Turdus celaenops | Endemic |
Fieldfare | Turdus pilaris | Rare/Accidental |
Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | Rare/Accidental |
Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
American Robin | Turdus migratorius | Rare/Accidental |
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Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Spotted Flycatcher | Muscicapa striata | Rare/Accidental |
Fujian Niltava | Niltava davidi | Rare/Accidental |
Taiwan Vivid Niltava | Niltava vivida | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
Zappey's Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cumatilis | Rare/Accidental |
Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | Rare/Accidental |
European Robin | Erithacus rubecula | Rare/Accidental |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare/Accidental |
White-tailed Robin | Myiomela leucura | Rare/Accidental |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
Himalayan Rubythroat | Calliope pectoralis | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Rubythroat | Calliope tschebaiewi | Rare/Accidental |
Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
Izu Robin | Larvivora tanensis | Endemic |
Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | Endemic |
Okinawa Robin | Larvivora namiyei | Endemic |
Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | |
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
Ryukyu Flycatcher | Ficedula owstoni | Breeding endemic |
Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | Rare/Accidental |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | Rare/Accidental |
European Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula hypoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
Eversmann's Redstart | Phoenicurus erythronotus | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | Rare/Accidental |
Plumbeous Water Redstart | Phoenicurus fuliginosus | Rare/Accidental |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Rare/Accidental |
Common Redstart | Phoenicurus phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
White-throated Rock Thrush | Monticola gularis | Rare/Accidental |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Grey Bush Chat | Saxicola ferreus | Rare/Accidental |
Whinchat | Saxicola rubetra | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | Rare/Accidental |
Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Rare/Accidental |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Rare/Accidental |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Black-eared Wheatear | Oenanthe melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
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Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Rare/Accidental |
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Lesser Masked Weaver | Ploceus intermedius | Introduced species |
Northern Red Bishop | Euplectes franciscanus | Introduced species |
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Java Sparrow | Padda oryzivora | Introduced species |
Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | Introduced species |
White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | Introduced species |
Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | Introduced species |
White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja | Introduced species |
Orange-cheeked Waxbill | Estrilda melpoda | Introduced species |
Black-rumped Waxbill | Estrilda troglodytes | Introduced species |
Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | Introduced species |
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Pin-tailed Whydah | Vidua macroura | Introduced species |
Long-tailed Paradise Whydah | Vidua paradisaea | Introduced species |
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Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Accentor | Prunella rubida | |
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Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
Western Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
Japanese Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | Breeding endemic |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | Rare/Accidental |
Meadow Pipit | Anthus pratensis | Rare/Accidental |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | Rare/Accidental |
Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | Rare/Accidental |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Buff-bellied Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | Rare/Accidental |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Chinese Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
Asian Rosy Finch | Leucosticte arctoa | |
Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | Rare/Accidental |
Bonin Grosbeak | Carpodacus ferreorostris | Endemic |
Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
Pallas's Rosefinch | Carpodacus roseus | |
Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
Bonin Greenfinch | Chloris kittlitzi | Endemic |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
Arctic Redpoll | Acanthis hornemanni | Rare/Accidental |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
Two-barred Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | Rare/Accidental |
European Goldfinch | Carduelis carduelis | Introduced species |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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Crested Bunting | Emberiza lathami | Rare/Accidental |
Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Rare/Accidental |
Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
Grey-necked Bunting | Emberiza buchanani | Rare/Accidental |
Ortolan Bunting | Emberiza hortulana | Rare/Accidental |
Tristram's Bunting | Emberiza tristrami | |
Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | |
Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | |
Yellow-browed Bunting | Emberiza chrysophrys | |
Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | |
Yellow-throated Bunting | Emberiza elegans | |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | |
Chestnut Bunting | Emberiza rutila | |
Black-headed Bunting | Emberiza melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
Red-headed Bunting | Emberiza bruniceps | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow Bunting | Emberiza sulphurata | Breeding endemic |
Black-faced Bunting | Emberiza spodocephala | |
Masked Bunting | Emberiza personata | |
Grey Bunting | Emberiza variabilis | |
Pallas's Reed Bunting | Emberiza pallasi | Rare/Accidental |
Ochre-rumped Bunting | Emberiza yessoensis | |
Common Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
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Sooty Fox Sparrow | Passerella unalaschcensis | Rare/Accidental |
White-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia leucophrys | Rare/Accidental |
Golden-crowned Sparrow | Zonotrichia atricapilla | Rare/Accidental |
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | Rare/Accidental |
American Yellow Warbler | Setophaga aestiva | Rare/Accidental |
Myrtle Warbler | Setophaga coronata | Rare/Accidental |
Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-crested Cardinal | Paroaria coronata | Introduced species |
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