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Tokara Islands
This checklist includes all bird species found in Tokara Islands , 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: Tokara Islands [map]
Other names: 吐噶喇列島, Toshima, 十島村
Description: Includes Kuchinoshima, Gajajima, Kagojajima, Nakanoshima, Tairajima, Suwanosejima, Akusekijima, Kodakarajima, Kojima, Takarajima, Yokoate-jima, Kaminonejima
Number of globally threatened species: 12
Date last reviewed: 2017-10-28
Last modified: 2022-12-31
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| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
| Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
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| Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
| Whistling Green Pigeon | Treron formosae | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
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| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
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| Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | |
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| Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
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| Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | Rare/Accidental |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Flesh-footed Shearwater | Ardenna carneipes | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Oriental White Stork | Ciconia boyciana | |
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| Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
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| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
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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 | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | |
| Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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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 | |
| 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 | |
| Elegant Scops Owl | Otus elegans | |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
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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 Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Rare/Accidental |
| Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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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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| Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | Rare/Accidental |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
| Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
| Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | |
| Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
| Japanese Yellow Bunting | Schoeniclus sulphuratus | |
| Chestnut Bunting | Schoeniclus rutilus | Rare/Accidental |
| Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Schoeniclus aureolus | |
| Yellow-browed Bunting | Schoeniclus chrysophrys | |
| Grey Bunting | Schoeniclus variabilis | |
| Tristram's Bunting | Schoeniclus tristrami | |
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| Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | |
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| Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
| Styan's Warbler | Locustella pleskei | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
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| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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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 | |
| Styan's Bulbul | Pycnonotus taivanus | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus coronatus | |
| Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Seicercus ijimae | Endemic (country/region) |
| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | |
| Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | Endemic (country/region) |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Purple-backed Starling | Agropsar sturninus | Rare/Accidental |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
| White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | |
| 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 | |
| Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
| Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | 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 | |
| Eastern Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
| Grey-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | Rare/Accidental |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| Izu Islands Thrush | Turdus celaenops | Endemic (country/region) |
| Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
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