This checklist includes all bird species found in Yagaji 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: Yagaji Island [map]
Other names: Yagashi Island, 屋我地島
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Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Velvet Scoter | Melanitta fusca | |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
American Wigeon | Mareca americana | Rare/Accidental |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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Japanese Pigeon | Columba janthina | |
Ryukyu Pigeon | Columba jouyi | Rare/Accidental |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
White-bellied Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
Whistling Green Pigeon | Treron formosae | |
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Red-tailed Tropicbird | Phaethon rubricauda | |
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Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
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Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
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Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
Swinhoe's Rail | Coturnicops exquisitus | |
Okinawa Rail | Hypotaenidia okinawae | Endemic (country/region) |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
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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 | |
Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas | |
Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii | |
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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 | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
Pacific Reef Egret | Egretta sacra | |
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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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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
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Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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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 | |
Amami Woodcock | Scolopax mira | Endemic (country/region) |
Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
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Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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Saunders's Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | |
Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Rare/Accidental |
Greater Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
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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Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | |
Okinawan Woodpecker | Dendrocopos noguchii | Endemic (country/region) |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
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Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Japanese Minivet | Pericrocotus tegimae | Endemic (country/region) |
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Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
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Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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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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Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
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Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
Grey Bunting | Schoeniclus variabilis | |
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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 | |
Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
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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 | |
Ijima's Leaf Warbler | Seicercus ijimae | |
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Seicercus borealoides | |
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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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White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
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Ryukyu Robin | Larvivora komadori | Endemic (country/region) |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
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Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus | |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus |
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