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