This checklist includes all bird species found in Hokuto , 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 Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). 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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Country or region: Hokuto [map]
Other names: 北斗市
Description: Oshima (Subprefecture)
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Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | |
Snow Goose | Anser caerulescens | Rare/Accidental |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | Vulnerable |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | Near-threatened |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Vulnerable |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Near-threatened |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | |
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Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
Northern Hazel Grouse | Tetrastes bonasia | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | Vulnerable |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
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Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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Northern Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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Eastern Water Rail | Rallus indicus | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
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Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | Near-threatened |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
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Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | Rare/Accidental |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
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Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Near-threatened |
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Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Near-threatened |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | Rare/Accidental |
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Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |
Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Near-threatened |
Spectacled Guillemot | Cepphus carbo | |
Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Saunders's Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |
Glaucous-winged Gull | Larus glaucescens | |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | Rare/Accidental |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Steller's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | Vulnerable |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | Picoides tridactylus | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus | Rare/Accidental |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Japanese Accentor | Prunella rubida | |
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Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Japanese Pied Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
Asian Rosy Finch | Leucosticte arctoa | |
Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
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Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | |
Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | Vulnerable |
Yellow-browed Bunting | Schoeniclus chrysophrys | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Bunting | Schoeniclus variabilis | |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | |
Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
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Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
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Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
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Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | |
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Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus coronatus | |
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Seicercus borealoides | |
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Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | |
Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |
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Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | Near-threatened |
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Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
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Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
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White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus |
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