This checklist includes all bird species found in Mishima Island , 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: Mishima Island [map]
Other names: 見島, 萩市--見島 (Hagi--Mishima (island))
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Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
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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Chinese Bamboo Partridge | Bambusicola thoracicus | Introduced species |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
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Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
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White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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Northern Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
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Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
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Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
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Oriental White Stork | Ciconia boyciana | |
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Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | Rare/Accidental |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | |
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Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare/Accidental |
Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | |
Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
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Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |
Spectacled Guillemot | Cepphus carbo | |
Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | Breeding endemic |
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Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia | |
Collared Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Japanese Minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Endemic (country/region) |
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Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
Chinese Grey Shrike | Lanius sphenocercus | Rare/Accidental |
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Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Japanese Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
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Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | Rare/Accidental |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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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 | |
Japanese Yellow Bunting | Schoeniclus sulphuratus | |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | |
Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | Schoeniclus aureolus | Rare/Accidental |
Yellow-browed Bunting | Schoeniclus chrysophrys | |
Grey Bunting | Schoeniclus variabilis | |
Tristram's Bunting | Schoeniclus tristrami | |
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Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | Rare/Accidental |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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Eastern Penduline Tit | Remiz consobrinus | |
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Asian Short-toed Lark | Alaudala cheleensis | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
Middendorff's Warbler | Locustella ochotensis | |
Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | Rare/Accidental |
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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Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus coronatus | |
Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Seicercus borealoides | |
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Seicercus tenellipes | Rare/Accidental |
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Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | |
Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |
Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
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Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | Rare/Accidental |
White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
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Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
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 | |
Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Rare/Accidental |
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White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
Eastern Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
Grey-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus |
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