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Yonaguni Island
This checklist includes all bird species found in Yonaguni 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: Yonaguni Island [map]
Other names: 与那国島, 与那国町
Number of introduced species: 3
Date last reviewed: 2013-05-24
Last modified: 2022-12-31
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| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | |
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | Rare/Accidental |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | Rare/Accidental |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | Rare/Accidental |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | Rare/Accidental |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Rare/Accidental |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
| Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri | Rare/Accidental |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
| Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
| Philippine Duck | Anas luzonica | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 |
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| Indian Peafowl | Pavo cristatus | Introduced species |
| Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica | |
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| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
| Slavonian Grebe | Podiceps auritus | |
| Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
| Ryukyu Pigeon | Columba jouyi | Endemic (country/region) |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | Rare/Accidental |
| Whistling Green Pigeon | Treron formosae | |
| Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
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| Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
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| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | Rare/Accidental |
| Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
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| Northern Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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| Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
| 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 | |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus | |
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| Swinhoe's Storm-petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | |
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| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna pacifica | |
| Short-tailed Shearwater | Ardenna tenuirostris | |
| 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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| Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| Japanese Night Heron | Gorsachius goisagi | |
| 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 | |
| Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | Rare/Accidental |
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| Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | Rare/Accidental |
| Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | |
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| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| Japanese Cormorant | Phalacrocorax capillatus | |
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| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Rare/Accidental |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| Common Ringed Plover | Charadrius hiaticula | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| 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 | |
| Little Stint | Calidris minuta | Rare/Accidental |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | Rare/Accidental |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | Rare/Accidental |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Rare/Accidental |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii | |
| Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| Swinhoe's Snipe | Gallinago megala | |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
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| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| Saunders's Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
| American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | Rare/Accidental |
| Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 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 | |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | 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 | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
| Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | Rare/Accidental |
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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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| Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | Rare/Accidental |
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| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
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| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| 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 |
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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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| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
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| Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| 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 | |
| Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | 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 | |
| Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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| Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | Rare/Accidental |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis | |
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| Black-headed Bunting | Granativora melanocephala | Rare/Accidental |
| Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | |
| Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
| 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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| Bimaculated Lark | Melanocorypha bimaculata | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Middendorff's Warbler | Locustella ochotensis | |
| Styan's Warbler | Locustella pleskei | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 |
| 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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| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
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| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | Rare/Accidental |
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| Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
| Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | Rare/Accidental |
| 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 | |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | Introduced species |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | Rare/Accidental |
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis | Rare/Accidental |
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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 |
| Vivid Niltava | Niltava vivida | Rare/Accidental |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| Asian Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
| Red-breasted Flycatcher | Ficedula parva | Rare/Accidental |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
| Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Rare/Accidental |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
| Pied Bush Chat | Saxicola caprata | Rare/Accidental |
| Grey Bush Chat | Saxicola ferreus | Rare/Accidental |
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| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | |
| Eastern Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | Rare/Accidental |
| Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| 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 |
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