This checklist includes all bird species found in Mikurajima (Village) , 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: Mikurajima (Village) [map]
Other names: 御蔵島村
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Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | Rare/Accidental |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Rare/Accidental |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | |
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Chinese Bamboo Partridge | Bambusicola thoracicus | Introduced species |
Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | |
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Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
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Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
White-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon lepturus | Rare/Accidental |
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Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
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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 | |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
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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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 | Endemic (country/region) |
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Matsudaira's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates matsudairae | Endemic (country/region) |
Leach's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates leucorhous | |
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
Tristram's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | |
Fork-tailed Storm-petrel | Hydrobates furcatus | |
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Northern Fulmar | Fulmarus glacialis | |
Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
Kermadec Petrel | Pterodroma neglecta | Rare/Accidental |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
Bryan's Shearwater | Puffinus bryani | Endemic (country/region) |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | Rare/Accidental |
Nazca Booby | Sula granti | Rare/Accidental |
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Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |
Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Rare/Accidental |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | Rare/Accidental |
Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | Rare/Accidental |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
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Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | Rare/Accidental |
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Spectacled Guillemot | Cepphus carbo | Rare/Accidental |
Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | Endemic (country/region) |
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Long-tailed Skua | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
Arctic Skua | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | |
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Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Rare/Accidental |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Collared Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Rare/Accidental |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | Rare/Accidental |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | Rare/Accidental |
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Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
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Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Pied Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | Rare/Accidental |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | Rare/Accidental |
Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
Japanese Yellow Bunting | Schoeniclus sulphuratus | Rare/Accidental |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | |
Grey Bunting | Schoeniclus variabilis | |
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Coal Tit | Periparus ater | Rare/Accidental |
Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | |
Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
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Middendorff's Warbler | Locustella ochotensis | |
Styan's Warbler | Locustella pleskei | |
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Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | Rare/Accidental |
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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 | Rare/Accidental |
Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Seicercus ijimae | Endemic (country/region) |
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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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 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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Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | Rare/Accidental |
Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | Rare/Accidental |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
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White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Izu Islands Thrush | Turdus celaenops | Endemic (country/region) |
Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | Rare/Accidental |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus |
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