Shogatsu BigDay 2026 Results and Records

Overview

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Number of participating teams: 30
Prefectures with observations: 26
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Number of orders recorded： 16
Number of families recorded： 56
Number of genera recorded： 130
Number of species recorded： 212
New species: 7

Rules

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Number of species by prefecture

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Participating teams and species counts

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Species recorded by only one team

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Achievements

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🪑 BS

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(1か所部門/The Big Sit)

🌊 BtH

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(海洋部門/Beyond the Horizon)

🌙 EoD

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(夜探部門/Edge of the Darkness)

🚶 LF

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(低化石部門/Low Fossil)

⛄ WO

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(雪国部門/Whiteout)

Observed species (native species)

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1. Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis)
2. Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
3. Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis)
4. Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus)
5. Eastern Marsh Harrier (Circus spilonotus)
6. Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
7. Steller’s Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
8. White-tailed Eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)
9. Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
10. Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)
11. Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
12. Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)
13. Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
14. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
15. Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
16. Eurasian Teal (Anas crecca)
17. Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens)
18. Tundra Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
19. Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons)
20. Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus)
21. Canvasback (Aythya valisineria) New
22. Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
23. Baer’s Pochard (Aythya baeri) New
24. Ferruginous Duck (Aythya nyroca)
25. Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
26. Greater Scaup (Aythya marila)
27. Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
28. Brant Goose (Branta bernicla)
29. Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
30. Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula)
31. Long-tailed Duck (Clangula hyemalis)
32. Tundra Swan (Cygnus columbianus)
33. Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
34. Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)
35. Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
36. Falcated Duck (Mareca falcata)
37. Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
38. American Wigeon (Mareca americana)
39. Stejneger’s Scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
40. Black Scoter (Melanitta americana)
41. Smew (Mergellus albellus)
42. Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
43. Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator)
44. Scaly-sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus) New
45. Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa)
46. Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)
47. Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna)
48. Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
49. Ancient Murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus)
50. Thick-billed Murre (Uria lomvia)
51. Long-billed Plover (Charadrius placidus)
52. Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius)
53. Kentish Plover (Charadrius alexandrinus)
54. Pacific Golden Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
55. Grey Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
56. Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)
57. Grey-headed Lapwing (Vanellus cinereus)
58. Eurasian Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)
59. Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
60. Black-tailed Gull (Larus crassirostris)
61. Mew Gull (Larus canus)
62. Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens)
63. Glaucous Gull (Larus hyperboreus)
64. Iceland Gull (Larus glaucoides) New
65. Vega Gull (Larus vegae)
66. Slaty-backed Gull (Larus schistisagus)
67. Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
68. Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla)
69. Saunders’s Gull (Saundersilarus saundersi)
70. Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
71. Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis)
72. Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
73. Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
74. Temminck’s Stint (Calidris temminckii)
75. Sanderling (Calidris alba)
76. Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
77. Solitary Snipe (Gallinago solitaria)
78. Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
79. Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata)
80. Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
81. Green Sandpiper (Tringa ochropus)
82. Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
83. Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola)
84. Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)
85. Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia)
86. Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus)
87. Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
88. Oriental Turtle Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
89. White-bellied Green Pigeon (Treron sieboldii)
90. Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
91. Crested Kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris)
92. Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
93. Merlin (Falco columbarius)
94. Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
95. Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica)
96. Green Pheasant (Phasianus versicolor)
97. Copper Pheasant (Syrmaticus soemmerringii)
98. Red-throated Loon (Gavia stellata)
99. Black-throated Loon (Gavia arctica)
100. Pacific Loon (Gavia pacifica)
101. Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo)
102. Sandhill Crane (Antigone canadensis)
103. White-naped Crane (Antigone vipio)
104. Common Crane (Grus grus)
105. Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)
106. Siberian Crane (Leucogeranus leucogeranus) New
107. Swinhoe’s Rail (Coturnicops exquisitus)
108. Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
109. Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
110. Brown-cheeked Rail (Rallus indicus)
111. Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca)
112. Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
113. Eurasian Skylark (Alauda arvensis)
114. Bohemian Waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) New
115. Lapland Longspur (Calcarius lapponicus)
116. Ryukyu Minivet (Pericrocotus tegimae)
117. Eurasian Treecreeper (Certhia familiaris)
118. Japanese Bush Warbler (Horornis diphone)
119. Brown Dipper (Cinclus pallasii)
120. Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
121. Daurian Jackdaw (Corvus dauuricus)
122. Rook (Corvus frugilegus)
123. Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
124. Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
125. Azure-winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus)
126. Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius)
127. Eurasian Magpie (Pica serica)
128. Meadow Bunting (Emberiza cioides)
129. Chestnut-eared Bunting (Emberiza fucata)
130. Rustic Bunting (Emberiza rustica)
131. Masked Bunting (Emberiza personata)
132. Grey Bunting (Emberiza variabilis)
133. Pallas’s Reed Bunting (Emberiza pallasi)
134. Japanese Reed Bunting (Emberiza yessoensis)
135. Common Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
136. Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
137. Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
138. Pallas’s Rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
139. Grey-capped Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
140. Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
141. Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
142. Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)
143. Asian Rosy Finch (Leucosticte arctoa)
144. Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra)
145. Eurasian Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
146. Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus)
147. Asian House Martin (Delichon dasypus)
148. Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
149. Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
150. Marsh Grassbird (Locustella pryeri)
151. Richard’s Pipit (Anthus richardi)
152. Olive-backed Pipit (Anthus hodgsoni)
153. Water Pipit (Anthus rubescens)
154. Grey Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
155. White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
156. Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
157. Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva)
158. Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
159. Blue Rock Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
160. Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
161. Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)
162. Japanese Tit (Parus cinereus)
163. Coal Tit (Periparus ater)
164. Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)
165. Willow Tit (Poecile montanus)
166. Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)
167. Russet Sparrow (Passer cinnamomeus)
168. Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
169. Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
170. Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
171. Japanese Accentor (Prunella rubida)
172. Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
173. Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
174. Goldcrest (Regulus regulus)
175. Chinese Penduline Tit (Remiz consobrinus)
176. Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea)
177. White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
178. Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
179. Eurasian Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
180. Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
181. Brown-headed Thrush (Turdus chrysolaus)
182. Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
183. Naumann’s Thrush (Turdus naumanni) New
184. White’s Thrush (Zoothera aurea)
185. Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
186. Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea)
187. Great Egret (Ardea alba)
188. Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
189. Pacific Reef Heron (Egretta sacra)
190. Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
191. Eurasian Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)
192. Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)
193. Great Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
194. White-backed Woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
195. Japanese Green Woodpecker (Picus awokera)
196. Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
197. Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker (Yungipicus kizuki)
198. Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)
199. Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)
200. Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus)
201. Black-necked Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis)
202. Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
203. Laysan Albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis)
204. Black-footed Albatross (Phoebastria nigripes)
205. Short-tailed Albatross (Phoebastria albatrus)
206. Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (Hydrobates furcatus)
207. Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis)
208. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
209. Ural Owl (Strix uralensis)
210. Japanese Cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus)
211. Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
212. Pelagic Cormorant (Urile pelagicus)

Observed species (non-native species)

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1. Feral pigeon (Columba livia)
2. Chinese Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus)
3. Chinese Hwamei (Garrulax canorus)
4. Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
5. Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus)
6. Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)