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Kume Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Kume 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 Clements, version 2021. 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: Kume Island [map]
Other names: 久米島, Kumejima, 久米島町
Number of globally threatened species: 7
Date last reviewed: 2013-05-24
Last modified: 2022-04-10
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| Taiga Bean-Goose | Anser fabalis | |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
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| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | Rare/Accidental |
| Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | Rare/Accidental |
| Swinhoe's Rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | Vulnerable |
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| Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
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| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Endangered |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Amami Woodcock | Scolopax mira | Endemic (country/region) Vulnerable |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| Long-billed Murrelet | Brachyramphus perdix | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
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| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Laysan Albatross | Phoebastria immutabilis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes | Near-threatened |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | Vulnerable |
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| Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Near-threatened |
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| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | Near-threatened |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
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| Oriental Stork | Ciconia boyciana | Endangered |
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| Lesser Frigatebird | Fregata ariel | |
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| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
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| Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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| Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
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| Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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| Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
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| Ryukyu Scops-Owl | Otus elegans | Near-threatened |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | |
| Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
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| White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
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| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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| Ryukyu Minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Endemic (country/region) |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
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| Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | Near-threatened |
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| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | |
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| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
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| Blyth's Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus dumetorum | Rare/Accidental |
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| Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes amnicola | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | Rare/Accidental |
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| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
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| Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | |
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| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus ijimae | Vulnerable |
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| Japanese Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | |
| Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
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| Warbling White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
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| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
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| Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | Endemic (country/region) |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
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| Black-faced Bunting | Emberiza spodocephala | |
| Gray Bunting | Emberiza variabilis | |
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