Charles Harper: Japan Year List 2023 Japan Checklist, All records: Top Blockers Record(s) 1 to 202 of 202 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Seen By Other Listers Other Listers (%) 1 Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii 2 50.00 2 Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis 2 50.00 3 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 2 50.00 4 Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus 2 50.00 5 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 2 50.00 6 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 3 75.00 7 Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa 2 50.00 8 Garganey Spatula querquedula 2 50.00 9 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 2 50.00 10 Gadwall Mareca strepera 2 50.00 11 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata 2 50.00 12 Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope 3 75.00 13 American Wigeon Mareca americana 3 75.00 14 Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha 4 100.00 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 3 75.00 16 Northern Pintail Anas acuta 3 75.00 17 Eurasian Teal Anas crecca 3 75.00 18 Canvasback Aythya valisineria 2 50.00 19 Common Pochard Aythya ferina 2 50.00 20 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris 1 25.00 21 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 3 75.00 22 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 2 50.00 23 Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus 2 50.00 24 White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi 1 25.00 25 Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri 2 50.00 26 Black Scoter Melanitta americana 2 50.00 27 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 2 50.00 28 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 2 50.00 29 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 3 75.00 30 Smew Mergellus albellus 2 50.00 31 Common Merganser Mergus merganser 3 75.00 32 Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator 3 75.00 33 Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor 2 50.00 34 Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus 1 25.00 35 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus 2 50.00 36 Pacific Swift Apus pacificus 2 50.00 37 House Swift Apus nipalensis 2 50.00 38 Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus 1 25.00 39 Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus 2 50.00 40 Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 2 50.00 41 Rock Dove Columba livia 4 100.00 42 Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis 4 100.00 43 White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii 2 50.00 44 Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus 2 50.00 45 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 3 75.00 46 Eurasian Coot Fulica atra 3 75.00 47 Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca 1 25.00 48 Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis 3 75.00 49 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 3 75.00 50 Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena 3 75.00 51 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 3 75.00 52 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus 3 75.00 53 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis 2 50.00 54 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 2 50.00 55 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus 3 75.00 56 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 3 75.00 57 Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva 3 75.00 58 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 2 50.00 59 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 2 50.00 60 Siberian Sand Plover Anarhynchus mongolus 3 75.00 61 Greater Sand Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii 3 75.00 62 Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus 4 100.00 63 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis 1 25.00 64 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 1 25.00 65 Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis 2 50.00 66 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 2 50.00 67 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 2 50.00 68 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 1 25.00 69 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 3 75.00 70 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 2 50.00 71 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 3 75.00 72 Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 3 75.00 73 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 3 75.00 74 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 2 50.00 75 Sanderling Calidris alba 3 75.00 76 Dunlin Calidris alpina 3 75.00 77 Little Tern Sternula albifrons 2 50.00 78 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 3 75.00 79 Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi 3 75.00 80 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 3 75.00 81 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris 3 75.00 82 Common Gull Larus canus 3 75.00 83 Vega Gull Larus vegae 3 75.00 84 Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus 3 75.00 85 Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens 3 75.00 86 Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus 3 75.00 87 Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides 1 25.00 88 Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo 2 50.00 89 Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba 3 75.00 90 Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata 2 50.00 91 Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana 2 50.00 92 Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile 2 50.00 93 Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus 3 75.00 94 Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus 3 75.00 95 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 3 75.00 96 Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor 3 75.00 97 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis 2 50.00 98 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 3 75.00 99 Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra 4 100.00 100 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 3 75.00 101 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus 2 50.00 102 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus 3 75.00 103 Great Egret Ardea alba 4 100.00 104 Medium Egret Ardea intermedia 3 75.00 105 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 3 75.00 106 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 4 100.00 107 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus 1 25.00 108 Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis 3 75.00 109 Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis 4 100.00 110 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 3 75.00 111 Eurasian Goshawk Accipiter gentilis 3 75.00 112 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus 2 50.00 113 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 3 75.00 114 Black Kite Milvus migrans 3 75.00 115 Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus 3 75.00 116 White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla 3 75.00 117 Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus 3 75.00 118 Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus 3 75.00 119 Ural Owl Strix uralensis 3 75.00 120 Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 4 100.00 121 Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki 4 100.00 122 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 2 50.00 123 Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera 3 75.00 124 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 2 50.00 125 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 25.00 126 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 3 75.00 127 Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri 2 50.00 128 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus 3 75.00 129 Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata 2 50.00 130 Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus 3 75.00 131 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius 2 50.00 132 Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus 1 25.00 133 Spotted Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes 2 50.00 134 Rook Corvus frugilegus 3 75.00 135 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 3 75.00 136 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 4 100.00 137 Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica 1 25.00 138 Coal Tit Periparus ater 3 75.00 139 Yellow-bellied Tit Pardaliparus venustulus 2 50.00 140 Varied Tit Sittiparus varius 3 75.00 141 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris 3 75.00 142 Willow Tit Poecile montanus 3 75.00 143 Japanese Tit Parus minor 3 75.00 144 Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 1 25.00 145 Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis 4 100.00 146 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 2 50.00 147 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 2 50.00 148 Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus 3 75.00 149 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica 2 50.00 150 Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone 4 100.00 151 Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps 1 25.00 152 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 3 75.00 153 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus 1 25.00 154 Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus 2 50.00 155 Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides 3 75.00 156 Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas 1 25.00 157 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis 2 50.00 158 Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri 2 50.00 159 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis 3 75.00 160 Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus 3 75.00 161 Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus 2 50.00 162 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 3 75.00 163 Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 3 75.00 164 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea 3 75.00 165 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 3 75.00 166 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus 1 25.00 167 White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus 2 50.00 168 Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis 1 25.00 169 Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis 2 50.00 170 Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus 3 75.00 171 Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus 2 50.00 172 Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus 3 75.00 173 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica 2 50.00 174 Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi 1 25.00 175 Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana 2 50.00 176 Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina 2 50.00 177 Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus 3 75.00 178 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus 3 75.00 179 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius 3 75.00 180 Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri 2 50.00 181 Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii 3 75.00 182 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 4 100.00 183 Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis 3 75.00 184 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 3 75.00 185 White Wagtail Motacilla alba 3 75.00 186 Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis 3 75.00 187 Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens 3 75.00 188 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 3 75.00 189 Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata 2 50.00 190 Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa 3 75.00 191 Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus 1 25.00 192 Grey-capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica 2 50.00 193 Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea 2 50.00 194 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 2 50.00 195 Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus 2 50.00 196 Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides 3 75.00 197 Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica 2 50.00 198 Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans 2 50.00 199 Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata 1 25.00 200 Masked Bunting Emberiza personata 2 50.00 201 Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis 3 75.00 202 Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 2 50.00