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Hiroshima
This checklist includes all bird species found in Hiroshima , 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 Clements, version 2022. 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: Hiroshima [map]
Other names: Hirosima, 広島県, Hiroshima-ken
Number of species: 340
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of introduced species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2018-05-19
Last modified: 2023-04-09
See also: https://www.digital-museum.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~main/index.php/%E5%BA%83%E5%B3%B6%E7%9C%8C%E3%81%AE%E9%B3%A5%E9%A1%9E
Number of breeding endemics: 2
Number of introduced species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2018-05-19
Last modified: 2023-04-09
See also: https://www.digital-museum.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~main/index.php/%E5%BA%83%E5%B3%B6%E7%9C%8C%E3%81%AE%E9%B3%A5%E9%A1%9E
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| Swan Goose | Anser cygnoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Tundra Bean-Goose | Anser serrirostris | |
| Brant | Branta bernicla | |
| Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
| Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | |
| Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Stejneger's Scoter | Melanitta stejnegeri | |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | |
| 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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| Copper Pheasant | Syrmaticus soemmerringii | Endemic (country/region) |
| Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| Chinese Bamboo-Partridge | Bambusicola thoracicus | Introduced species |
| Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Horned Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| White-bellied Green-Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
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| Northern Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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| Brown-cheeked Rail | Rallus indicus | |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
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| Demoiselle Crane | Anthropoides virgo | Rare/Accidental |
| White-naped Crane | Antigone vipio | Rare/Accidental |
| Hooded Crane | Grus monacha | |
| Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Eurasian Dotterel | Charadrius morinellus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| 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 | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Rare/Accidental |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Thick-billed Murre | Uria lomvia | |
| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Breeding endemic |
| Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | Breeding endemic |
| Least Auklet | Aethia pusilla | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Saunders's Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
| Common Gull | Larus canus | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| Iceland Gull | Larus glaucoides | Rare/Accidental |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Red-throated Loon | Gavia stellata | |
| Arctic Loon | Gavia arctica | |
| Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
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| Mottled Petrel | Pterodroma inexpectata | Rare/Accidental |
| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
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| Pelagic Cormorant | Urile pelagicus | |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Rare/Accidental |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| Japanese Night-Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Rare/Accidental |
| Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| Eastern Marsh-Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
| Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
| Rough-legged Hawk | Buteo lagopus | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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| Japanese Scops-Owl | Otus semitorques | |
| Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
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| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus kizuki | |
| White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| Japanese Woodpecker | Picus awokera | Endemic (country/region) |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittacula krameri | Introduced species |
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| Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | |
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| Ryukyu Minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
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| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
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| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
| Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
| Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
| Chinese Gray Shrike | Lanius sphenocercus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
| Oriental Magpie | Pica serica | |
| Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
| Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
| Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
| Japanese Tit | Parus minor | |
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| Chinese Penduline-Tit | Remiz consobrinus | |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes amnicola | |
| Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes ochotensis | |
| Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes pleskei | |
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| Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
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| Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus | |
| Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus borealoides | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus xanthodryas | |
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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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| Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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| Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | Introduced species |
| Chinese Hwamei | Garrulax canorus | Introduced species |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Daurian Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
| Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
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| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
| Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
| Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
| Gray-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
| Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
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| Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | |
| Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| Plumbeous Redstart | Phoenicurus fuliginosus | Rare/Accidental |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
| Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
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| Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
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| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Accentor | Prunella rubida | |
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| Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| Japanese Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
| Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
| Pallas's Rosefinch | Carpodacus roseus | |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
| Asian Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte arctoa | |
| Oriental Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | |
| Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
| Yellowhammer | Emberiza citrinella | Rare/Accidental |
| Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | Rare/Accidental |
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Emberiza elegans | |
| Pallas's Bunting | Emberiza pallasi | Rare/Accidental |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus | |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | |
| Yellow Bunting | Emberiza sulphurata | |
| Masked Bunting | Emberiza personata | |
| Gray Bunting | Emberiza variabilis | |
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