Charles Harper: Japan Year List 2024 Japan Checklist, All records Record(s) 1 to 144 of 144 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 2 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma 65 inc 2 blue phase 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 4 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 5 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus 04/01/2024 Lake Izunuma , Miyagi prefecture 7 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 05/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture also, NA (sub)species, Whistling Swan, seen in group 8 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 9 Garganey Spatula querquedula 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 10 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 11 Gadwall Mareca strepera 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 12 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata 04/02/2024 Gounoike Pond, Ibaraki 13 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 14 Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha 01/01/2024 Yamashita Koen, Yokohama 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 16 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 17 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 18 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 19 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Yes 01/02/2024 Futamatagawa, Kanazawa Returning winter rarity 20 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2024 Lake Izunuma , Miyagi prefecture 21 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 01/01/2024 Yamashita Koen, Yokohama 22 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 23 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 24 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 25 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 26 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma, Miyagi prefecture 27 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/02/2024 Choshi, Chiba 28 Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 29 Rock Dove Columba livia 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 30 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 31 Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 32 Ryukyu Green Pigeon Treron permagnus 25/04/2024 Yonagunijima 33 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 34 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 01/01/2024 Yamashita Koen, Yokohama 35 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca 17/01/2024 Maioka Park, Totsuka 36 White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus 25/04/2024 Yonagunijima 37 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 38 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 04/02/2024 Choshi, Ibaraki 39 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 40 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 41 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma 42 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba over 200 this winter 43 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 44 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 45 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 46 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus 14/04/2024 Sanbanse, Chiba 47 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 48 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 14/04/2024 Sanbanse, Chiba 49 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 50 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 51 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 52 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 53 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 54 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 25/04/2024 Yonagunijima 55 Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 56 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 57 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 58 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 14/04/2024 Sanbanse, Chiba 59 Sanderling Calidris alba 14/04/2024 Sanbanse, Chiba 60 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 61 Little Stint Calidris minuta Yes 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 62 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 63 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/04/2024 Sanbanse, Chiba early sighting 64 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 65 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2024 Yamashita Koen, Yokohama 66 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris 01/01/2024 Yamashita Koen, Yokohama 67 Vega Gull Larus vegae 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 68 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 69 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus 04/02/2024 Choshi, Ibaraki 70 Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 71 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 72 Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor 14/04/2024 Sanbanse, Chiba 4 individuals (usually only one or two) 73 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 74 Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 04/02/2024 Choshi, Ibaraki 75 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 76 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 77 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 78 Great Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 79 Medium Egret Ardea intermedia 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 80 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 81 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 82 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 83 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma 84 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 85 Black Kite Milvus migrans 01/01/2024 Yamashita Koen, Yokohama 86 Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 87 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 88 Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 89 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 90 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 05/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 91 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma 92 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Yes 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 93 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 94 Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 95 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma 96 Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus 09/03/2024 Naka-ku, Yokohama 97 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 98 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 99 Varied Tit Sittiparus varius 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 100 Japanese Tit Parus minor 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 101 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 102 Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka Yonagunijima, 24 April. 103 Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 104 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 30/03/2024 Yokohama 105 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 106 Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma 107 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 108 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis 25/04/2024 Yonagunijima 109 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 110 Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 111 Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 112 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 28/01/2024 Miyagase Lake, Kanagawa 113 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus 12/02/2024 Kamiooka, Kanagawa local resident feral population 114 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 24/04/2024 Yonagunijima 115 White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 116 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea 17/03/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka, Kanagawa 117 Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 118 Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 119 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 120 Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 121 Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana 05/05/2024 Futagoyama, Kanagawa 122 Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina 05/05/2024 Futagoyama, Kanagawa 123 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 01/02/2024 Futamatagawa, Kanagawa 124 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 125 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 04/01/2024 Minami-Sanriku, Miyagi prefecture 126 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 01/01/2024 Yamashita Koen, Yokohama 127 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 25/04/2024 Yonagunijima 100+ individuals 128 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 129 Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 130 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 25/04/2024 Yonagunijima 131 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 04/02/2024 Edosaki, Ibaraki 132 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/01/2024 Miyagase Lake, Kanagawa 133 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 10/01/2024 Maioka koen, Totsuka, Kanagawa pref 134 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 17/01/2024 Maioka Park, Totsuka 135 Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 136 Grey-capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica 03/01/2024 Lakes Izunuma and Uchinuma 137 Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides 05/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 138 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 25/04/2024 Yonagunijima 139 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 04/01/2024 Lake Izunuma , Miyagi prefecture 140 Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans 02/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture 141 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 142 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila 26/04/2024 Yonagunijima 143 Masked Bunting Emberiza personata 01/01/2024 Maioka Koen, Totsuka 144 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 05/01/2024 Lake Izunuma, Miyagi prefecture