Keith Beswick: Japan Life List Japan Checklist, All records Record(s) 1 to 167 of 167 total.
Seq.,Species,Scientific Name,Rare?,Date,Location,Comments
1,Tundra Bean Goose,Anser serrirostris,,22/01/1998,"Katano-Kamoike Sanctuary, Kaga, Japan",
2,Mute Swan,Cygnus olor,,17/01/1998,Naritasan Shinshoji Temple,
3,Whooper Swan,Cygnus cygnus,,20/01/1998,"Cape Kiritappu, Hokkaido, Japan",
4,Common Shelduck,Tadorna tadorna,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
5,Mandarin Duck,Aix galericulata,,23/01/1998,"Meiji Shrine, Tokyo",
6,Baikal Teal,Sibirionetta formosa,,22/01/1998,"Katano-Kamoike Sanctuary, Kaga, Japan",
7,Northern Shoveler,Spatula clypeata,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
8,Gadwall,Mareca strepera,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
9,Falcated Duck,Mareca falcata,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
10,Eurasian Wigeon,Mareca penelope,,20/01/1998,"Cape Kiritappu, Hokkaido, Japan",
11,American Wigeon,Mareca americana,Yes,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
12,Eastern Spot-billed Duck,Anas zonorhyncha,,21/03/1998,Tokyo,
13,Mallard,Anas platyrhynchos,,20/01/1998,"Cape Kiritappu, Hokkaido, Japan",
14,Northern Pintail,Anas acuta,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
15,Eurasian Teal,Anas crecca,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
16,Green-winged Teal,Anas carolinensis,Yes,22/01/1998,"Katano-Kamoike Sanctuary, Kaga, Japan",
17,Common Pochard,Aythya ferina,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
18,Tufted Duck,Aythya fuligula,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
19,Greater Scaup,Aythya marila,,20/01/1998,"Cape Kiritappu, Hokkaido, Japan",
20,Harlequin Duck,Histrionicus histrionicus,,19/01/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
21,White-winged Scoter,Melanitta deglandi,Yes,20/01/1998,"Cape Kiritappu, Hokkaido, Japan",
22,Black Scoter,Melanitta americana,,19/01/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
23,Long-tailed Duck,Clangula hyemalis,,19/01/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
24,Common Goldeneye,Bucephala clangula,,19/01/1998,"Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
25,Smew,Mergellus albellus,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
26,Common Merganser,Mergus merganser,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
27,Red-breasted Merganser,Mergus serrator,,20/01/1998,Drive from Nemuro to Cape Nosappu,
28,Scaly-sided Merganser,Mergus squamatus,Yes,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
29,Green Pheasant,Phasianus versicolor,,25/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
30,Chinese Bamboo Partridge,Bambusicola thoracicus,,29/01/1998,"Narita, Japan",
31,Rock Dove,Columba livia,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
32,Black Wood Pigeon,Columba janthina,,29/01/1998,"Okuma, Okinawa, Japan",
33,Oriental Turtle Dove,Streptopelia orientalis,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
34,Taiwan Green Pigeon,Treron formosae,Yes,27/01/1998,"Amami, Japan",AKA Red-capped Green Pigeon
35,Common Moorhen,Gallinula chloropus,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
36,Eurasian Coot,Fulica atra,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
37,Sandhill Crane,Antigone canadensis,Yes,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
38,White-naped Crane,Antigone vipio,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
39,Red-crowned Crane,Grus japonensis,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
40,Common Crane,Grus grus,Yes,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
41,Hooded Crane,Grus monacha,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
42,Little Grebe,Tachybaptus ruficollis,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
43,Great Crested Grebe,Podiceps cristatus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
44,Black-necked Grebe,Podiceps nigricollis,,25/01/1998,"Izumo Area, Japan",
45,Grey Plover,Pluvialis squatarola,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
46,Pacific Golden Plover,Pluvialis fulva,,26/10/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
47,Common Ringed Plover,Charadrius hiaticula,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
48,Little Ringed Plover,Charadrius dubius,,28/01/1998,"Kin, Okinawa, Japan",
49,Long-billed Plover,Charadrius placidus,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
50,Northern Lapwing,Vanellus vanellus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
51,Grey-headed Lapwing,Vanellus cinereus,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
52,Siberian Sand Plover,Anarhynchus mongolus,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
53,Kentish Plover,Anarhynchus alexandrinus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
54,Eurasian Whimbrel,Numenius phaeopus,,28/01/1998,"Kin, Okinawa, Japan",
55,Eurasian Curlew,Numenius arquata,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
56,Bar-tailed Godwit,Limosa lapponica,,28/01/1998,"Okinawa, Japan",
57,Amami Woodcock,Scolopax mira,,29/01/1998,"Okuma, Okinawa, Japan",
58,Pin-tailed Snipe,Gallinago stenura,,28/01/1998,"Kin, Okinawa, Japan",
59,Common Snipe,Gallinago gallinago,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
60,Common Sandpiper,Actitis hypoleucos,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
61,Green Sandpiper,Tringa ochropus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
62,Grey-tailed Tattler,Tringa brevipes,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
63,Wandering Tattler,Tringa incana,,28/01/1998,"Okinawa, Japan",
64,Wood Sandpiper,Tringa glareola,,29/01/1998,"Okuma, Okinawa, Japan",
65,Common Redshank,Tringa totanus,,28/01/1998,"Okinawa, Japan",
66,Spotted Redshank,Tringa erythropus,,28/01/1998,"Okinawa, Japan",
67,Common Greenshank,Tringa nebularia,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
68,Ruddy Turnstone,Arenaria interpres,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
69,Temminck's Stint,Calidris temminckii,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
70,Dunlin,Calidris alpina,,20/01/1998,"Cape Kiritappu, Hokkaido, Japan",
71,Black-legged Kittiwake,Rissa tridactyla,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
72,Saunders's Gull,Saundersilarus saundersi,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
73,Black-headed Gull,Chroicocephalus ridibundus,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
74,Black-tailed Gull,Larus crassirostris,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
75,Common Gull,Larus canus,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
76,Vega Gull,Larus vegae,,17/03/2014,"Nagasaki, Japan",
77,Glaucous Gull,Larus hyperboreus,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
78,American Herring Gull,Larus smithsonianus,Yes,20/01/1998,Drive from Nemuro to Cape Nosappu,
79,Glaucous-winged Gull,Larus glaucescens,,20/01/1998,Driving from Nemuro to Cape Nosappu,
80,Slaty-backed Gull,Larus schistisagus,,17/03/2014,"Nagasaki, Japan",
81,Arctic Skua,Stercorarius parasiticus,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
82,Pomarine Skua,Stercorarius pomarinus,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
83,Rhinoceros Auklet,Cerorhinca monocerata,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
84,Tufted Puffin,Fratercula cirrhata,,19/01/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
85,Ancient Murrelet,Synthliboramphus antiquus,,19/01/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
86,Red-throated Diver,Gavia stellata,,20/01/1998,"Kushiro Area, Hokkaido, Japan",
87,Pacific Diver,Gavia pacifica,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
88,Laysan Albatross,Phoebastria immutabilis,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
89,Short-tailed Shearwater,Ardenna tenuirostris,,18/10/1998,Tokyo to Hokaido Ferry,
90,Brown Booby,Sula leucogaster,,25/01/1998,"Izumo Area, Japan",
91,Pelagic Cormorant,Urile pelagicus,,20/01/1998,Drive from Nemuro to Cape Nosappu,
92,Japanese Cormorant,Phalacrocorax capillatus,,20/01/1998,"Kiritappu Lighthouse, Hokkaido, Japan",AKA Temminck's Cormorant
93,Great Cormorant,Phalacrocorax carbo,,17/01/1998,Naritasan Shinshoji Temple,
94,Eurasian Spoonbill,Platalea leucorodia,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
95,Black-faced Spoonbill,Platalea minor,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
96,Black-crowned Night Heron,Nycticorax nycticorax,,25/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
97,Pacific Reef Heron,Egretta sacra,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
98,Little Egret,Egretta garzetta,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
99,Striated Heron,Butorides striata,,28/01/1998,"Kin, Okinawa, Japan",
100,Eastern Cattle Egret,Bubulcus coromandus,,28/01/1998,"Kin, Okinawa, Japan",
101,Great Egret,Ardea alba,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
102,Medium Egret,Ardea intermedia,,28/01/1998,"Kin, Okinawa, Japan",
103,Grey Heron,Ardea cinerea,,17/03/2014,"Nagasaki, Japan",
104,Osprey,Pandion haliaetus,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
105,Greater Spotted Eagle,Clanga clanga,Yes,25/01/1998,"Izumo Area, Japan",
106,Japanese Sparrowhawk,Accipiter gularis,,28/01/1998,"Kin, Okinawa, Japan",
107,Eurasian Sparrowhawk,Accipiter nisus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
108,Eurasian Goshawk,Accipiter gentilis,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
109,Black Kite,Milvus migrans,,17/03/2014,"Nagasaki, Japan",
110,Steller's Sea Eagle,Haliaeetus pelagicus,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
111,White-tailed Eagle,Haliaeetus albicilla,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
112,Grey-faced Buzzard,Butastur indicus,,26/01/1998,"Amami Airport (Beach), Japan",
113,Eastern Buzzard,Buteo japonicus,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
114,Blakiston's Fish Owl,Ketupa blakistoni,,,**********,**********
115,Common Kingfisher,Alcedo atthis,,23/01/1998,"Meiji Shrine, Tokyo",
116,Crested Kingfisher,Megaceryle lugubris,,25/01/1998,"izumo Area, Japan",AKA Greater Pied Kingfisher
117,Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker,Yungipicus kizuki,,23/01/1998,"Meiji Shrine, Tokyo",
118,Great Spotted Woodpecker,Dendrocopos major,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
119,White-backed Woodpecker,Dendrocopos leucotos,,27/01/1998,"Amami, Japan",D.leucotos owstoni…..Owston's Woodpecker

120,Common Kestrel,Falco tinnunculus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
121,Peregrine Falcon,Falco peregrinus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
122,Ryukyu Minivet,Pericrocotus tegimae,,27/10/1998,"Amami, Japan",
123,Bull-headed Shrike,Lanius bucephalus,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
124,Eurasian Jay,Garrulus glandarius,,26/01/1998,"Ebino Plateau, Japan",
125,Lidth's Jay,Garrulus lidthi,,26/10/1998,"Amami, Japan",
126,Daurian Jackdaw,Coloeus dauuricus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
127,Rook,Corvus frugilegus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
128,Carrion Crow,Corvus corone,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
129,Large-billed Crow,Corvus macrorhynchos,,17/01/1998,Naritasan Shinshoji Temple,
130,Coal Tit,Periparus ater,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
131,Varied Tit,Sittiparus varius,,23/01/1998,"Meiji Shrine, Tokyo",
132,Willow Tit,Poecile montanus,,20/01/1998,"Kushiro Area, Hokkaido, Japan",
133,Japanese Tit,Parus minor,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
134,Chinese Penduline Tit,Remiz consobrinus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
135,Eurasian Skylark,Alauda arvensis,,21/03/1998,"Narita Airport, Tokyo",
136,Brown-eared Bulbul,Hypsipetes amaurotis,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
137,Light-vented Bulbul,Pycnonotus sinensis,,28/01/1998,"Okinawa, Japan",
138,Pacific Swallow,Hirundo tahitica,,26/01/1998,Amami Airport,
139,Asian House Martin,Delichon dasypus,,25/01/1998,"Izumo Area, Japan",AKA Grey-headed Bunting
140,Japanese Bush Warbler,Horornis diphone,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
141,Long-tailed Tit,Aegithalos caudatus,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
142,Yellow-browed Warbler,Phylloscopus inornatus,,27/10/1998,"Amami, Japan",
143,Zitting Cisticola,Cisticola juncidis,,25/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
144,Warbling White-eye,Zosterops japonicus,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
145,Eurasian Wren,Troglodytes troglodytes,,19/01/1998,"Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan",
146,Eurasian Nuthatch,Sitta europaea,,20/01/1998,"Kushiro Area, Hokkaido, Japan",
147,White-cheeked Starling,Spodiopsar cineraceus,,17/03/2014,"Peace Park, Nagasaki, Japan",
148,Pale Thrush,Turdus pallidus,,17/03/2014,"Glover Gardens, Nagasaki, Japan",
149,Dusky Thrush,Turdus eunomus,,17/03/2014,"Peace Park, Nagasaki, Japan",
150,Ryukyu Robin,Larvivora komadori,,29/01/1998,"Aha, Okinawa, Japan",
151,Red-flanked Bluetail,Tarsiger cyanurus,,17/01/1998,Naritasan Shinshoji Temple,
152,Daurian Redstart,Phoenicurus auroreus,,25/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
153,Blue Rock Thrush,Monticola solitarius,,17/03/2014,"Nagasaki, Japan",
154,Eurasian Tree Sparrow,Passer montanus,,17/03/2014,"Peace Park, Nagasaki, Japan",
155,Grey Wagtail,Motacilla cinerea,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",
156,White Wagtail,Motacilla alba,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan","local race "Black-backed Wagtail""
157,Japanese Wagtail,Motacilla grandis,,22/03/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
158,Buff-bellied Pipit,Anthus rubescens,,22/01/1998,,
159,Hawfinch,Coccothraustes coccothraustes,,17/01/1998,Naritasan Shinshoji Temple,
160,Grey-capped Greenfinch,Chloris sinica,,20/01/1998,"Kushiro Area, Hokkaido, Japan",
161,Red Crossbill,Loxia curvirostra,,26/01/1998,"Ebino Plateau, Japan",
162,Meadow Bunting,Emberiza cioides,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
163,Chestnut-eared Bunting,Emberiza fucata,,25/01/1998,"Izumo Area, Japan",AKA Grey-headed Bunting
164,Rustic Bunting,Emberiza rustica,,22/01/1998,"Biwa Lake, nr Kyoto, Japan",
165,Yellow-throated Bunting,Emberiza elegans,,25/01/1998,"Ebino Plateau, Japan",
166,Masked Bunting,Emberiza personata,,20/01/1998,"Kushiro Area, Hokkaido, Japan",
167,Common Reed Bunting,Emberiza schoeniclus,,24/01/1998,"Izumo, Japan",