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Sōya
This checklist includes all bird species found in Sōya , 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: Sōya [map]
Other names: 宗谷総合振興局
Number of globally threatened species: 13
Number of introduced species: 2
Date last reviewed: 2018-05-26
Last modified: 2023-01-08
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| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
| Steller's Eider | Polysticta stelleri | |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
| Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| 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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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
| White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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| Eastern Water Rail | Rallus indicus | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| White-naped Crane | Antigone vipio | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis | |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| White-billed Diver | Gavia adamsii | |
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| Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | Rare/Accidental |
| Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
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| Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |
| Red-faced Cormorant | Phalacrocorax urile | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
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| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |
| Crested Auklet | Aethia cristatella | |
| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | |
| Pigeon Guillemot | Cepphus columba | |
| Spectacled Guillemot | Cepphus carbo | |
| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
| Common Guillemot | Uria aalge | |
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| Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 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 | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Steller's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | |
| 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 | |
| Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | |
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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
| 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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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Gyrfalcon | Falco rusticolus | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | Introduced species |
| Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Japanese Accentor | Prunella rubida | |
| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
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| Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| Japanese Pied Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
| Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| Asian Rosy Finch | Leucosticte arctoa | |
| Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | |
| Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | |
| Pallas's Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus pallasi | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
| Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
| Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | |
| Chestnut Bunting | Schoeniclus rutilus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Schoeniclus aureolus | |
| Grey Bunting | Schoeniclus variabilis | |
| Tristram's Bunting | Schoeniclus tristrami | Rare/Accidental |
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| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Asian Short-toed Lark | Alaudala cheleensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
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| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
| Middendorff's Warbler | Locustella ochotensis | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
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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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| Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus coronatus | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Seicercus borealoides | |
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| Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | |
| Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |
| Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
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| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
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| Chestnut-flanked White-eye | Zosterops erythropleurus | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
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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 | |
| Purple-backed Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
| Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
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| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | Rare/Accidental |
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
| Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | Rare/Accidental |
| Eversmann's Redstart | Adelura erythronota | Rare/Accidental |
| White-throated Rock Thrush | Monticola gularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | Rare/Accidental |
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| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
| Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
| Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
| Grey-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
| Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
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