Japan Spring Tour Potential Birdlist 1 = expected, as guaranteed as they can be 2 = should be seen, but some luck needed 3 = possible but very scarce R = Rare – irregular visitor
1	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis
1	Black-Footed Albatross	Diomedea nigripes
1	Laysan Albatross	Diomedea immutabilis
R	Bonin Petrel	Pterpdroma hypoleuca
R	Stejneger’s Petrel	Pterpdroma longirostris
R	Bulwer’s Petrel	Bulweria bulwerii
1	Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas
1	Flesh-Footed Shearwater	Puffinus carneipes
R	Wedge-Tailed Shearwater	Puffinus pacificus
1	Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus
1	Short-Tailed Shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris
R	Leach’s Storm Petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa
3	Swinhoe’s Storm Petrel	Oceanodroma monorhis
R	Matsudaira’s Storm Petrel	Oceanodroma matsudairae
1	Tristam’s Storm Petrel	Oceanodroma tristami
R	Red-Tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon rubricauda
R	Whitetailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus
3	Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster
1	Great Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo
2	Yellow Bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis
3	Schrenck’s Bittern	Ixobrychus eurhythmus
1	Cinnamon Bittern	Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
3	Japanese Night Heron	Gorsachius goisagi
1	Black-Crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax
1	Striated Heron	Butorides striatus
R	Chinese Pond Heron	Ardeola bacchus
1	Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
R	Swinhoe’s Egret	Egretta eulophotes
1	Eastern Reef Heron	Egretta sacra
1	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta
1	Intermediate Heron	Egretta intermedia
1	Great Egret	Egretta alba
1	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea
R	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea
R	Eastern White Stork	Ciconia boyciana
1	Mandarin Duck	Aix galericulata
1	Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
1	Spot-Billed Duck	Anas poecilorhyncha
3	Garganey	Anas querquedula
2	Osprey	Pandion haliaetus
2	Crested Honey Buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus
1	Black Kite	Milvus migrans
3	Chinese Sparrowhawk	Accipter soloensis
1	Japanese Sparrowhawk	Accipter gularis
1	Northern Sparrowhawk	Accipter nisus
3	Northern Goshawk	Accipter gentilis
1	Grey-Faced Buzzard	Butastur indicus
1	Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo
2	Hodgson’s Hawk Eagle	Spizaetus nipalensis
2	Eurasian Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus
3	Northern Hobby	Falso subbuteo
2	Peregrine	Falco peregrinus
3	Japanese Quail	Coturnix japonica
1	Chinese Bamboo Partridge	Bambusicola thoracica
2	Copper Pheasant	Syrmaticus soemmerringii
2	Ring-Necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus
1	Green Pheasant	Phasianus versicolor
3	Barred Buttonquail	Turnix suscitator
R	Slaty-Legged Crake	Rallina eurizonoides
3	Okinawa Rail	Rallus okinawae
R	Baillon’s Crake	Porzana pusilla
1	Ruddy Crake	Porzana fusca
1	White-Breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus
1	Common Moorhen	Gallinula chloropus
2	Watercock	Gallicrex cinerea
1	Common Coot	Fulica atra
3	Painted Snipe	Rostratula benghalensis
R	Common Oystercatcher	Haematopus ostralegus
3	Black-Winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus
3	Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum
1	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius
2	Common Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
1	Long-Billed Plover	Charadrius placidus
1	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus
1	Mongolian Plover	Charadrius mongolus
2	Greater Sandplover	Charadrius leschenaultii
1	Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva
1	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
2	Grey-Headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus
1	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris
R	Red Knot	Calidris canutus
3	Sanderling	Calidris alba
1	Red-Necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis
R	Temminck’s Stint	Calidris temminckii
3	Long-Toed Stint	Calidris subminuta
2	Sharp-Tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminata
3	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
1	Dunlin	Calidris alpina
3	Broad-Billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus
R	Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
3	Common Snipe	Gallinago gallinago
R	Pintailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura
R	Swinhoe’s Snipe	Gallinago megala
2	Latham’s Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii
2	Eurasian Woodcock	Scolopax rusticola
2	Amami Woodcock	Scolopax mira
1	Black-Tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
1	Bar-Tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
3	Little Curlew	Numenius minutus
1	Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
1	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata
1	Far Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis
1	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus
2	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus
1	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
1	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
3	Green Sandpiper	Tringa ochropus
2	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
2	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus
1	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
1	Grey-Tailed Tattler	Heteroscelus brevipes
1	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
1	Red-Necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
R	Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
1	Pomarine Skua	Stercorarius pomarinus
2	Arctic Skua	Stercorarius parasiticus
3	Long-Tailed Skua	Stercorarius longicaudis
2	Sub-Antarctic Skua	Stercorarius © maccormicki
1	Black-Tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris
R	Crested Tern	Sterna bergii
1	Black-Naped Tern	Sturna sumatrana
1	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii
1	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo
2	Sooty Tern	Sterna fuscata
1	Little Tern	Sterna albifrons
3	Japanese Murrelet	Synthliboramphus wumizusume
1	Rock Dove	Columba livia
1	Japanese Wood Pigeon	Columba janthina
1	Rufous Turtle Dove	Streptopelia orientalis
2	Japanese Green Pigeon	Treron sieboldii
1	Red-Capped Green Pigeon	Treron formosae
2	Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo	Cuculus fugax
1	Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus
1	Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus
1	Little Cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus
3	Collared Scops Owl	Otus bakkamoena
3	Japanese Scops Owl	Otus semitorques
3	Oriental Scops Owl	Otus sunia
3	Ryukyu Scops Owl	Otus elegans
2	Brown Hawk Owl	Ninox scutulata
3	Ural Owl	Strix uralensis
3	Jungle Nightjar	Caprimulgus indicus
1	White-Throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus
1	Pacfic Swift	Apus pacificus
1	Little Swift	Apus affinis
2	Ruddy Kingfisher	Halcyon coromanda
3	Black-Capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata
1	Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis
1	Crested Kingfisher	Ceryle lugubris
2	Broad-Billed Roller	Eurystomus orientalis
3	Hoopoe	Upupa epops
1	Japanese Green Woodpecker	Picus awokera
2	Pryer’s Woodpecker	Sapheopipo noguchii
1	Great Spotted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos major
2	White-Backed Woodpecker	Dendrocopos leucotos
1	Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker	Dendrocopos kizuki
3	Fairy Pitta	Pitta nympha
R	Greater Short-Toed Lark	Calandrella cinerea
1	Eurasian Skylark	Alauda arvensis
2	Sand Martin	Riparia riparia
1	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
1	Pacific Swallow	Hirundo tahitica
1	Red-Rumped Swallow	Hirundo daurica
1	Asian House Martin	Delichon dasypus
3	Richard’s Pipit	Anthus novaeseelandiae
1	Olive-Backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni
2	Red-Throated Pipit	Anthus cervinus
3	Buff-Bellied Pipit	Anthus rubescens
3	Forest Wagtail	Dendronanthus indicus
3	Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava
1	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea
1	Black-Backed Wagtail	Motacilla lugens
1	Japanese Wagtail	Motacilla grandis
1	Ashy Minivet	Pericrocotus divaricatus
1	Ryukyu Minivet	Pericrocotus tegimae
2	Chinese Bulbul	Pycnonotus sinensis
1	Brown-Eared Bulbul	Hypsipetes amaurotis
1	Brown Dipper	Cinclus pallasii
1	Northern Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes
2	Japanese Accentor	Prunella rubida
1	Japanese Robin	Erithacus akahige
1	Ryukyu Robin	Erithacus komadori
3	Rufous-Tailed Robin	Luscinia sibilans
2	Siberian Rubythroat	Luscinia calliope
1	Siberian Blue Robin	Luscinia cyane
1	Red-Flanked Bluetail	Tarsiger cyanurus
1	Stonechat	Saxicola torquata
1	Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius
1	White’s Thrush	Zoothera dauma
2	Amami Thrush	Zoothera amami
2	Siberian Thrush	Zoothera sibirica
1	Grey Thrush	Turdus cardis
1	Brown Thrush	Turdus chrysolaus
1	Izu Island Thrush	Turdus celaenops
2	Pale Thrush	Turdus pallidus
2	Eye-Browed Thrush	Turdus obscurus
1	Dusky Thrush/Naumann’s Thrush	Turdus naumanni
2	Stub-Tailed Bush Warbler	Cettia squameiceps
1	Japanese Bush Warbler	Cettia diphone
1	Fan-Tailed Warbler	Cisticola juncidis
2	Styan's Grasshopper Warbler	Locustella pleskei
2	Japanese Marsh Warbler	Megalurus pryeri
1	Black-Browed Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
1	Oriental Great Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis
1	Eastern Crowned Warbler	Phylloscopus coronatus
1	Pale-Legged Warbler	Phylloscopus tenellipes
1	Ijima’s Warbler	Phylloscopus ijimae
1	Arctic Warbler	Phylloscopus borealis
3	Yellow-Browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus
1	Goldcrest	Regulus regulus
1	Blue-And-White Flycatcher	Cyanoptila cyanomelana
2	Sooty Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibrica
2	Grey-Streaked Flycatcher	Muscicapa griseisticta
1	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa latirostris
3	Red-Breasted Flycatcher	Ficedula narcissina
2	Mugimaki Flycatcher	Ficedula mugimaki
3	Tricoloured Flycatcher	Ficedula zanthopygia
1	Narcissus Flycatcher	Ficedula narcissina
2	Japanese Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone atrocaudata
1	Long-Tailed Tit	Aegithalos caudatus
1	Willow Tit	Parus montanus
1	Varied Tit	Parus varius
1	Coal Tit	Parus ater
1	Great Tit	Parus major
1	Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea
1	Common Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris
1	Japanese White-Eye	Zosterops japonica
2	Black-Naped Oriole	Oriolus chinensis
2	Tiger Shrike	Lanius tigrinus
1	Bull-Headed Shrike	Lanius bucephalus
2	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus
1	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius
1	Lidth’s Jay	Garrulus lidthi
1	Azure-Winged Magpie	Cyanopica cyana
1	Carrion Crow	Corvus corone
1	Jungle Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos
2	Red-Cheeked Starling	Sturnus philippensis
1	Grey Starling	Sturnus cineraceus
2	Russet Sparrow	Passer rutilans
1	Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus
2	Brambling	Fringilla montifringilla
1	Oriental Greenfinch	Carduelis sinica
1	Eurasian Siskin	Carduelis spinus
3	Common Rosefinch	Carpodacus erythrinus
3	Pallas’s Rosefinch	Carpodacus enucleator
1	Common Bullfinch	Pyrrhula pyrrhula
1	Chinese Grosbeak	Eophona migratoria
1	Japanese Grosbeak	Eophona personata
1	Hawfinch	Coccothraustes coccothraustes
1	Grey Bunting	Emberiza variabilis
1	Black-Faced Bunting	Emberiza spodocephala
2	Japanese Yellow Bunting	Emberiza sulphurata
1	Siberian Meadow Bunting	Emberiza cioides
2	Grey-Headed Bunting	Emberiza fucata
1	Yellow-Throated Bunting	Emberiza elegans
3	Yellow-Browed Bunting	Emberiza chrysophrys
3	Tristram’s Bunting	Emberiza tristrami
2	Rustic Bunting	Emberiza rustica
3	Little Bunting	Emberiza pusilla
3	Chestnut Bunting	Emberiza rutila
1	Yellow-Breasted Bunting	Emberiza aureola
3	Common Reed Bunting	Emberiza schoeniclus
2	Japanese Reed Bunting	Emberiza yessoensis