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Iriomote Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Iriomote Island , 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: Iriomote Island [map]
Other names: 西表島
Date last reviewed: 2013-05-24
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | Extirpated |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
| Swan Goose | Anser cygnoid | Rare/Accidental |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Scaly-sided Merganser | Mergus squamatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
| 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 | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
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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 | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| Black-chinned Fruit Dove | Ptilinopus leclancheri | 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 | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Rare/Accidental |
| Northern Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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| Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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| Siberian Crane | Leucogeranus leucogeranus | Rare/Accidental |
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| 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 | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | Rare/Accidental |
| Oriental White Stork | Ciconia boyciana | |
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| Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Malaysian Night Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
| Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
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| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| 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 | |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
| Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
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| Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| Little Curlew | Numenius minutus | |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| 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 | |
| Nordmann's Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Rare/Accidental |
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| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Ancient Murrelet | Synthliboramphus antiquus | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume | Rare/Accidental |
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| Pomarine Skua | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental |
| Saunders's Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Glaucous Gull | Larus hyperboreus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | Rare/Accidental |
| Mountain Hawk Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
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| Eastern Grass Owl | Tyto longimembris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
| Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia | |
| Elegant Scops Owl | Otus elegans | |
| Collared Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
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| Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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| Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | Rare/Accidental |
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| Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | Rare/Accidental |
| 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) |
| Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Lalage melaschistos | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| White-breasted Woodswallow | Artamus leucoryn | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | Rare/Accidental |
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| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | Rare/Accidental |
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| Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus | |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | Extirpated |
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| Japanese Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
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| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| Pechora Pipit | Anthus gustavi | 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 | |
| Japanese Pied Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
| Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
| Common Redpoll | Acanthis flammea | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Crested Bunting | Melophus lathami | Rare/Accidental |
| Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | Rare/Accidental |
| Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | |
| Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
| Japanese Yellow Bunting | Schoeniclus sulphuratus | |
| Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | |
| Chestnut Bunting | Schoeniclus rutilus | |
| 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 | |
| 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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| Stepanyan's Warbler | Locustella amnicola | |
| Middendorff's Warbler | Locustella ochotensis | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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| Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
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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 |
| Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Seicercus ijimae | |
| Arctic Warbler | Seicercus borealis | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Leaf Warbler | Seicercus xanthodryas | Endemic (country/region) |
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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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| Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Agropsar philippensis | |
| White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | |
| Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | Rare/Accidental |
| White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | Rare/Accidental |
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| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | |
| Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | Rare/Accidental |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
| Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
| White-throated Rock Thrush | Monticola gularis | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Grey Bush Chat | Saxicola ferreus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
| Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
| Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | Rare/Accidental |
| Eastern Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
| Grey-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | Rare/Accidental |
| 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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