Results from 2025 Big Day#
Following the Check-list of Japanese Birds 8th Revised Edition 2024
OSJ8
Number of orders recorded: 19 Number of families recorded: 65 Number of genera recorded: 177 Number of species recorded: 327
Observed species (native species)#
- Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
- Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Swan Goose (Anser cygnoid)
- Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
- Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
- Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
- Garganey (Spatula querquedula)
- Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
- Canvasback (Aythya valisineria)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri)
- Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
- Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Stejneger’s Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
- Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Smew (Mergellus albellus)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)
- Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)
- Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
- Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)
- Pacific Swift (Apus pacificus)
- Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
- Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- Japanese Wood Pigeon (Columba janthina)
- Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- White-bellied Green Pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
- Whistling Green Pigeon (Treron formosae)
- Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus)
- Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Swinhoe’s Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
- Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus)
- Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
- White-naped Crane (Antigone vipio)
- Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
- Red-crowned Crane (Grus japonensis)
- Common Crane (Grus grus)
- Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
- Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
- Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
- Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
- Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
- Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Little Curlew (Numenius minutus)
- Far Eastern Curlew (Numenius madagascariensis)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Great Knot (Calidris tenuirostris)
- Red Knot (Calidris canutus)
- Ruff (Calidris pugnax)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (Calidris acuminata)
- Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)
- Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Amami Woodcock (Scolopax mira)
- Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
- Latham’s Snipe (Gallinago hardwickii)
- Pin-tailed Snipe (Gallinago stenura)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
- Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Oriental Pratincole (Glareola maldivarum)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Saunders’s Gull (Saundersilarus saundersi)
- Ross’s Gull (Rhodostethia rosea)
- Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
- Mew Gull (Larus canus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides)
- Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
- Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)
- Aleutian Tern (Onychoprion aleuticus)
- Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
- Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
- Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
- Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus)
- Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
- Common Murre (Uria aalge)
- Spectacled Guillemot (Cepphus carbo)
- Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
- Crested Auklet (Aethia cristatella)
- Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica)
- Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
- Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
- Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
- Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus)
- Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel (Hydrobates monorhis)
- Leach’s Storm Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous)
- Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
- Streaked Shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas)
- Sooty Shearwater (Ardenna grisea)
- Short-tailed Shearwater (Ardenna tenuirostris)
- Flesh-footed Shearwater (Ardenna carneipes)
- Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana)
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)
- Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)
- Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
- Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Eastern 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 Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Chinese Egret (Egretta eulophotes)
- Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Crested Honey Buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)
- Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
- Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
- Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)
- Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Steller’s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
- Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
- Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)
- Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
- Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica)
- Ryukyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans)
- Japanese Scops Owl (Otus semitorques)
- Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
- Oriental Dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis)
- Ruddy Kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
- Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
- Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera)
- Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
- Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
- Ryukyu Minivet (Pericrocotus tegimae)
- Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
- Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
- Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Lidth’s Jay (Garrulus lidthi)
- Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica serica)
- Daurian Jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus)
- Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
- Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
- Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
- Japanese Tit (Parus cinereus)
- Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus)
- Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
- Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus)
- Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
- Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone)
- Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Radde’s Warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Eastern Crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus)
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (Phylloscopus borealoides)
- Oriental Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus orientalis)
- Marsh Grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
- Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Agropsar philippensis)
- Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- White’s Thrush (Zoothera aurea)
- Scaly Thrush (Zoothera dauma)
- Siberian Thrush (Geokichla sibirica)
- Japanese Thrush (Turdus cardis)
- Grey-backed Thrush (Turdus hortulorum)
- Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
- Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
- Brown-headed Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus)
- Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
- Naumann’s Thrush (Turdus naumanni)
- Dark-sided Flycatcher (Muscicapa sibirica)
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
- Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope)
- Siberian Blue Robin (Larvivora cyane)
- Japanese Robin (Larvivora akahige)
- Ryukyu Robin (Larvivora komadori)
- Rufous-tailed Robin (Larvivora sibilans)
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia)
- Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
- Ryukyu Flycatcher (Ficedula owstoni)
- Mugimaki Flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki)
- Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
- Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
- Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
- Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Stejneger’s Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
- Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
- Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
- Russet Sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Alpine Accentor (Prunella collaris)
- Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida)
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
- Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- Richard’s Pipit (Anthus richardi)
- Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)
- Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
- Water Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
- Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
- Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator)
- Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
- Asian Rosy Finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
- Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
- Pallas’s Rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
- Grey-capped Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
- Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
- Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
- Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
- Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
- Tristram’s Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
- Yellow-browed Bunting (Emberiza chrysophrys)
- Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
- Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans)
- Yellow Bunting (Emberiza sulphurata)
- Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
- Masked Bunting (Emberiza personata)
- Grey Bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
- Pallas’s Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi)
- Japanese Reed Bunting (Emberiza yessoensis)
- Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Observed species (introduced species)#
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
- Feral pigeon (Columba livia)
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
- Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
- Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
- Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
Results from 2016 to 2024 Big Day#
Following the Check-list of Japanese Birds 7th Revised Edition 2012
OSJ7
Number of orders recorded: 17 Number of families recorded: 56 Number of genera recorded: 147 Number of species recorded: 271
Observed species (native species)#
- Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)
- Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)
- Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
- Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris)
- Greylag Goose (Anser anser)
- Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
- Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
- Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus)
- Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
- Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
- Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
- Mute Swan (Cygnus olor)
- Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
- Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
- Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea)
- Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
- Gadwall (Anas strepera)
- Falcated Duck (Anas falcata)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Anas penelope)
- American Wigeon (Anas americana)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
- Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Garganey (Anas querquedula)
- Baikal Teal (Anas formosa)
- Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
- Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
- Ring-necked Duck (Aythya collaris)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
- Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
- Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
- Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata)
- White-winged Scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
- Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
- Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
- Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
- Smew (Mergellus albellus)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
- Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
- Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
- Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
- Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Red Turtle Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
- White-bellied Green Pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
- Whistling Green Pigeon (Treron formosae)
- Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
- Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica)
- Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
- Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana)
- Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster)
- Pelagic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax pelagicus)
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
- Eurasian Bittern (Botaurus stellaris)
- Yellow Bittern (Ixobrychus sinensis)
- Cinnamon Bittern (Ixobrychus cinnamomeus)
- Malayan Night Heron (Gorsachius melanolophus)
- Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
- Chinese Pond Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
- Eastern Cattle Egret (Bubulcus coromandus)
- Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Intermediate Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
- Crested Ibis (Nipponia nippon)
- Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
- Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)
- Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis)
- White-naped Crane (Grus vipio)
- Common Crane (Grus grus)
- Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)
- Demoiselle Crane (Grus virgo)
- Swinhoe’s Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
- Slaty-legged Crake (Rallina eurizonoides)
- Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus)
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Ruddy-breasted Crake (Porzana fusca)
- Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- House Swift (Apus nipalensis)
- Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
- Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
- Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
- Common Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiaticula)
- Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
- Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
- Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
- Lesser Sand Plover (Charadrius mongolus)
- Greater Sand Plover (Charadrius leschenaultii)
- Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus)
- Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
- Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
- Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Marsh Sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis)
- Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
- Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
- Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
- Grey-tailed Tattler (Tringa brevipes)
- Terek Sandpiper (Xenus cinereus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
- Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Red-necked Stint (Calidris ruficollis)
- Little Stint (Calidris minuta)
- Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)
- Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
- Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
- Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
- Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
- Barred Buttonquail (Turnix suscitator)
- Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
- Saunders’s Gull (Chroicocephalus saundersi)
- Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
- Mew Gull (Larus canus)
- Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
- Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
- Thayer’s Gull (Larus thayeri)
- Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
- Caspian Gull (nan)
- Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
- Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
- Whiskered Tern (Chlidonias hybrida)
- Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
- Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Black-winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
- Steller’s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
- Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)
- Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
- Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
- Grey-faced Buzzard (Butastur indicus)
- Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
- Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)
- Rough-legged Buzzard (Buteo lagopus)
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)
- Ryukyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans)
- Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
- Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica)
- Long-eared Owl (Asio otus)
- Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
- Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
- White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
- Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius)
- Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera)
- Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
- Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Merlin (Falco columbarius)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
- Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
- Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
- Eurasian Magpie (Pica pica)
- Daurian Jackdaw (Coloeus dauuricus)
- Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
- Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus)
- Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
- Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
- Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
- Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
- Japanese Tit (Parus minor)
- Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Pacific Swallow (Hirundo tahitica)
- Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
- Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus)
- Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
- Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone)
- Asian Stubtail (Urosphena squameiceps)
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Arctic Warbler (Phylloscopus borealis)
- Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
- Marsh Grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Japanese Waxwing (Bombycilla japonica)
- Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
- Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
- Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Red-billed Starling (Spodiopsar sericeus)
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- White-shouldered Starling (Sturnia sinensis)
- Rosy Starling (Pastor roseus)
- Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
- Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
- White’s Thrush (Zoothera aurea)
- Eyebrowed Thrush (Turdus obscurus)
- Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
- Brown-headed Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus)
- Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
- Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)
- Ryukyu Robin (Larvivora komadori)
- Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
- Siberian Rubythroat (Calliope calliope)
- Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
- Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Stejneger’s Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
- Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Narcissus Flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina)
- Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
- Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida)
- Russet Sparrow (Passer rutilans)
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla tschutschensis)
- Citrine Wagtail (Motacilla citreola)
- Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- Richard’s Pipit (Anthus richardi)
- Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
- Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
- Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus)
- Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta)
- Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
- Grey-capped Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
- Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
- Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
- Asian Rosy Finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
- Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
- Pallas’s Rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
- Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
- Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
- Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
- Tristram’s Bunting (Emberiza tristrami)
- Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
- Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla)
- Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
- Yellow-throated Bunting (Emberiza elegans)
- Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala)
- Grey Bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
- Pallas’s Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi)
- Japanese Reed Bunting (Emberiza yessoensis)
- Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Observed species (introduced species)#
- Rock Dove (Columba livia)

