This checklist includes all bird species found in Nii-jima (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: Nii-jima (Village) [map]
Other names: 新島村
Description: includes Shikine-jima, Hanshima and Jinai-to
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Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
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Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | |
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Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena | |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
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Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
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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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Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
Tristram's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates tristrami | |
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Providence Petrel | Pterodroma solandri | Rare/Accidental |
Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
Sooty Shearwater | Ardenna grisea | |
Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
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Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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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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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 |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
Steller's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | |
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 | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | Rare/Accidental |
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Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
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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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Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | Rare/Accidental |
Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | |
Grey Bunting | Schoeniclus variabilis | |
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Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | |
Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | Rare/Accidental |
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Styan's Warbler | Locustella pleskei | |
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Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | |
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Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Seicercus ijimae | Endemic (country/region) |
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Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |
Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
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Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
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Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Izu Islands Thrush | Turdus celaenops | Endemic (country/region) |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus |
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