This checklist includes all bird species found in Nagasaki , 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).
Bird Checklists of the World is part of Avibase and Bird links to the World, which are designed and maintained by Denis Lepage, and hosted by Birds Canada, which is a co-partner of Birdlife International.
© Denis Lepage 2023
Go back to Bird Checklists of the World
Go back to Bird Links to the World
Listen to random bird songs from Xeno-Canto for this region:
Recordings not starting automatically? Try enabling autoplay in your browser, or click the play button below.
Country or region: Nagasaki [map]
Other names: 長崎県, Nagasaki Prefecture, Naoasaki
| ||
Mute Swan | Cygnus olor | Introduced species |
Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | |
Cackling Goose | Branta hutchinsii | |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Black Scoter | Melanitta americana | |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Harlequin Duck | Histrionicus histrionicus | |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Rare/Accidental |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri | |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
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 | |
Asian Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica | |
Chinese Bamboo Partridge | Bambusicola thoracicus | Introduced species |
Copper Pheasant | Syrmaticus soemmerringii | Endemic (country/region) |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Introduced species |
Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor | Endemic (country/region) |
| ||
Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| ||
Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
| ||
Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
| ||
White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| ||
Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | Rare/Accidental |
Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | Rare/Accidental |
Large Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| ||
Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
Swinhoe's Rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | |
Eastern Water Rail | Rallus indicus | |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
| ||
Siberian Crane | Leucogeranus leucogeranus | Rare/Accidental |
White-naped Crane | Antigone vipio | |
Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis | Rare/Accidental |
Common Crane | Grus grus | |
Hooded Crane | Grus monacha | |
| ||
Red-throated Diver | Gavia stellata | |
Black-throated Diver | Gavia arctica | |
Pacific Loon | Gavia pacifica | |
| ||
Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | |
Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | |
Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | |
| ||
Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
| ||
Bonin Petrel | Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
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 | |
| ||
Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental White Stork | Ciconia boyciana | |
| ||
Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
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 | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | |
| ||
Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | |
Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
| ||
Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| ||
Pelagic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax pelagicus | |
Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
| ||
Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Rare/Accidental |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| ||
Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | Rare/Accidental |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Rare/Accidental |
Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
| ||
Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
| ||
Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
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 | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
Grey Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| ||
Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
| ||
Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata | |
Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | |
Spectacled Guillemot | Cepphus carbo | |
Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | |
Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | Breeding endemic |
| ||
Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| ||
Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Saunders's Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
Lesser Black-backed Gull | Larus fuscus | Rare/Accidental |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus | |
Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
| ||
Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| ||
Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Mountain Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Steller's Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
Rough-legged Buzzard | Buteo lagopus | |
Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia | |
Collared Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | |
| ||
Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| ||
Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Japanese Woodpecker | Picus awokera | Endemic (country/region) |
White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | Extirpated |
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| ||
Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
| ||
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| ||
Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | Rare/Accidental |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| ||
Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha | |
| ||
Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Japanese Minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Endemic (country/region) |
| ||
Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Rare/Accidental |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | Rare/Accidental |
Chinese Grey Shrike | Lanius sphenocercus | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
| ||
Japanese Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
| ||
Japanese Accentor | Prunella rubida | |
| ||
Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
| ||
Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| ||
Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | Rare/Accidental |
Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | Rare/Accidental |
Tree Pipit | Anthus trivialis | Rare/Accidental |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | Rare/Accidental |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Rare/Accidental |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
Japanese Pied Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| ||
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | Rare/Accidental |
Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | |
Asian Rosy Finch | Leucosticte arctoa | |
Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
| ||
Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | |
Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus yessoensis | |
Pallas's Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus pallasi | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
Japanese Yellow Bunting | Schoeniclus sulphuratus | Breeding endemic |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | |
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 | |
| ||
Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Yellow-bellied Tit | Pardaliparus venustulus | Rare/Accidental |
Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius | |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
| ||
Eastern Penduline Tit | Remiz consobrinus | |
| ||
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | Rare/Accidental |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
| ||
Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| ||
Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
Middendorff's Warbler | Locustella ochotensis | |
Styan's Warbler | Locustella pleskei | |
Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
| ||
Thick-billed Warbler | Arundinax aedon | Rare/Accidental |
Booted Warbler | Iduna caligata | Rare/Accidental |
Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
Sedge Warbler | Acrocephalus schoenobaenus | Rare/Accidental |
Manchurian Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus tangorum | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
| ||
Northern House Martin | Delichon urbicum | Rare/Accidental |
Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
| ||
Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | |
Styan's Bulbul | Pycnonotus taivanus | |
| ||
Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
Common Chiffchaff | Phylloscopus collybita | Rare/Accidental |
Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | Rare/Accidental |
Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus coronatus | |
Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Seicercus ijimae | |
Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | Rare/Accidental |
Kamtschatka Leaf Warbler | Seicercus examinandus | |
Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | |
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Seicercus borealoides | |
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Seicercus tenellipes | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | |
Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |
Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
| ||
Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
| ||
Chestnut-flanked White-eye | Zosterops erythropleurus | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
| ||
Melodious Laughing-thrush | Garrulax canorus | Introduced species |
Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | Introduced species |
| ||
Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
| ||
Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
| ||
Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
| ||
Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
| ||
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 | |
| ||
Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
| ||
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 | |
Asian Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | Rare/Accidental |
Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | Rare/Accidental |
Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | |
Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | Breeding endemic |
Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
White-tailed Robin | Myiomela leucura | Rare/Accidental |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | Rare/Accidental |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
Plumbeous Water Redstart | Rhyacornis fuliginosa | Rare/Accidental |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Rare/Accidental |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
Grey Bush Chat | Saxicola ferreus | Rare/Accidental |
| ||
White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
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 | |
Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | Rare/Accidental |
Avibase has been visited 364,239,238 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy