Kazuko Matsumoto: Japan Year List 2024 Japan Checklist, All records Record(s) 1 to 117 of 117 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 2 Snow Goose Anser caerulescens 03/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 3 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 4 Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 5 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 6 Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus 04/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 8 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 9 Gadwall Mareca strepera 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 10 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 11 Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 12 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 13 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 14 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 15 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 16 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 04/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 17 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 18 Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata Yes 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 19 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 20 Smew Mergellus albellus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 21 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 03/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 22 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 23 Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 24 Ryukyu Green Pigeon Treron permagnus 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 25 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 26 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 03/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 27 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 28 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 03/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 29 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 30 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 31 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 14/04/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 32 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2024 33 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 34 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 35 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 36 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 37 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 38 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 39 Dunlin Calidris alpina 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 40 Little Stint Calidris minuta Yes 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 41 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 42 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 14/04/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 43 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 04/02/2024 Choshi, Chiba 44 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 45 Vega Gull Larus vegae 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 46 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 47 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus 04/02/2024 Choshi, Chiba 48 Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 49 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 50 Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor 14/04/2024 Kasairinkai Park, Chiba 51 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 52 Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 04/02/2024 Choshi, Chiba 53 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 54 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 55 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 56 Great Egret Ardea alba 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 57 Medium Egret Ardea intermedia 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 58 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 59 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 11/02/2024 Sanbanze, Chiba 60 Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Yes 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 61 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 62 Black Kite Milvus migrans 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 63 Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 64 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 65 Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 66 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 67 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 68 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Yes 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 69 Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata 05/05/2024 Zushi,　kanagawa 70 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 71 Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 72 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 03/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 73 Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus 28/01/2024 Miyagase, Kanagawa 74 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 03/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 75 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 76 Coal Tit Periparus ater 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 77 Varied Tit Sittiparus varius 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 78 Japanese Tit Parus minor 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 79 Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 80 Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 81 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 14/04/2024 Kasairinkai Park, Chiba 82 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 83 Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 84 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 85 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus 05/05/2024 Zushi,　kanagawa 86 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 87 Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 88 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 28/01/2024 Miyagase, Kanagawa 89 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis 24/04/2024 yonaguni island 90 White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 91 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 92 Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana 05/05/2024 Zushi,　kanagawa 93 Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina 05/05/2024 Zushi,　kanagawa 94 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 28/01/2024 Miyagase, Kanagawa 95 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 96 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 04/01/2024 Shizukawa Bay, Miyagi 97 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 98 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 99 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 100 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 101 Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis 04/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 102 Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 103 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 104 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 28/01/2024 Miyagase, Kanagawa 105 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 106 Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 28/01/2024 Miyagase, Kanagawa 107 Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 108 Grey-capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 109 Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki 110 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 111 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 112 Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans 02/01/2024 Izunuma, Miyagi 113 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 114 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 115 Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala 01/01/2024 Maioka Park, Yokohama 116 Masked Bunting Emberiza personata 26/04/2024 yonaguni island 117 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 04/02/2024 Ukishima, Ibaraki