This checklist includes all bird species found in Yamato , 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: Yamato [map]
Other names: 大和村
Description: Oshima (District)
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Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Whistling Green Pigeon | Treron formosae | |
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Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | Near-threatened |
Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Vulnerable |
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Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
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Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | Vulnerable |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
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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Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
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Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
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Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Amami Woodcock | Scolopax mira | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Vulnerable |
Saunders's Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | Vulnerable |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
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 | |
Elegant Scops Owl | Otus elegans | Near-threatened |
Collared Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Japanese Woodpecker | Picus awokera | Endemic (country/region) |
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
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Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Japanese Minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Endemic (country/region) |
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Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
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Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Lidth's Jay | Garrulus lidthi | Endemic Vulnerable |
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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Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
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Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
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 | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | |
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Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Seicercus borealoides | |
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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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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
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White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
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Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | Endemic (country/region) |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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Amami Thrush | Zoothera major | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus |
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