eBird Field Checklist
Japan
ebird.org/region/JP
490 species (+124 other taxa) - Year-round, Current year
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Waterfowl
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Graylag x Swan Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Taiga Bean-Goose
Tundra Bean-Goose
Taiga/Tundra Bean-Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Anser sp.
Brant
Cackling Goose
Greater White-fronted x Cackling Goose (hybrid)
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Mandarin Duck
Baikal Teal
Garganey
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eastern Spot-billed Duck
Mallard
Gadwall x Mallard (hybrid)
Mallard x Eastern Spot-billed Duck (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Baikal Teal x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Eurasian Wigeon x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Anas sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Red-crested Pochard
Canvasback
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Ferruginous Duck
Common Pochard x Ferruginous Duck (hybrid)
Baer's Pochard
Ferruginous Duck x Baer's Pochard (hybrid)
Tufted Duck
Ferruginous x Tufted Duck (hybrid)
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
Steller's Eider
Harlequin Duck
White-winged Scoter
Stejneger's Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Scaly-sided Merganser
duck sp.
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Hazel Grouse
Rock Ptarmigan
Copper Pheasant
Ring-necked Pheasant
Green Pheasant
Ring-necked/Green Pheasant
Silver Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Chinese Bamboo-Partridge
Japanese Quail
Grebes
Little Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Eared Grebe
Podiceps sp.
grebe sp.
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Black Wood-Pigeon
Columba sp.
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Red Collared-Dove
Asian Emerald Dove
White-bellied Green-Pigeon
Whistling Green-Pigeon
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Asian Koel
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo
Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Nightjars
Gray Nightjar
Swifts
White-throated Needletail
Pacific Swift
House Swift
Apus/Tachymarptis sp.
swift sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Brown-cheeked Rail
Okinawa Rail
Eurasian Moorhen
Eurasian Coot
White-breasted Waterhen
Slaty-legged Crake
Ruddy-breasted Crake
Baillon's Crake
rail/crake sp.
Cranes
Demoiselle Crane
Siberian Crane
Sandhill Crane
White-naped Crane
Common Crane
Hooded Crane
Common x Hooded Crane (hybrid)
Red-crowned Crane
Shorebirds
Black-winged Stilt
Pied Avocet
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
Common Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
Long-billed Plover
Charadrius sp.
Northern Lapwing
Gray-headed Lapwing
Siberian Sand-Plover
Siberian/Tibetan Sand-Plover
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Greater Sand-Plover
sand-plover sp.
Kentish Plover
small plover sp.
plover sp.
Greater Painted-Snipe
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Whimbrel
Little Curlew
Far Eastern Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
Far Eastern/Eurasian Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Asian Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Eurasian Woodcock
Amami Woodcock
Eurasian/Amami Woodcock
Solitary Snipe
Swinhoe's Snipe
Pin-tailed Snipe
Swinhoe's/Pin-tailed Snipe
Latham's Snipe
Common Snipe
snipe sp.
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Gray-tailed/Wandering Tattler
Marsh Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Common Redshank
Nordmann's Greenshank
Spotted Redshank
Common Greenshank
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Temminck's Stint
Long-toed Stint
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling
Dunlin
Rock Sandpiper
Little Stint
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
Barred Buttonquail
Oriental Pratincole
shorebird sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
Alcids
Rhinoceros Auklet
Tufted Puffin
Horned Puffin
Least Auklet
Crested Auklet
Long-billed Murrelet
Spectacled Guillemot
Pigeon Guillemot
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
Ancient Murrelet
Japanese Murrelet
murrelet sp.
alcid sp.
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Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Saunders's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Brown-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Glaucous x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)
Slaty-backed Gull
Glaucous-winged x Slaty-backed Gull (hybrid)
Iceland Gull
Larus sp.
gull sp.
White Tern
Brown Noddy
Aleutian Tern
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Little Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
White-winged Tern
Common Tern
Black-naped Tern
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Great Crested Tern
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-tailed Tropicbird
tropicbird sp.
Loons
Red-throated Loon
Arctic Loon
Pacific Loon
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Yellow-billed Loon
loon sp.
Albatrosses
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
albatross sp.
Storm-Petrels
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel
Matsudaira's Storm-Petrel
Tristram's Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp. (dark-rumped)
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Northern Fulmar
Kermadec Petrel
Providence Petrel
White-necked Petrel
Bonin Petrel
Black-winged Petrel
Bulwer's Petrel
Streaked Shearwater
Flesh-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Short-tailed Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Bannerman's Shearwater
Bryan's Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
Storks
Oriental Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Lesser Frigatebird
Red-footed Booby
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
Nazca Booby
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Cormorants and Anhingas
Red-faced Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Great Cormorant
Japanese Cormorant
Great/Japanese Cormorant
cormorant sp.
Pelicans
Great White Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Great Bittern
Cinnamon Bittern
Yellow Bittern
Black-crowned Night Heron
Malayan Night Heron
Japanese Night Heron
Pacific Reef-Heron
Chinese Egret
Little Egret
Striated Heron
Chinese Pond-Heron
pond-heron sp.
Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Medium Egret
Great/Medium Egret
Gray Heron
Great Egret x Gray Heron (hybrid)
Purple Heron
Ardea sp.
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Crested Ibis
Eurasian Spoonbill
Black-faced Spoonbill
spoonbill sp.
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
Osprey
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent-Eagle
Mountain Hawk-Eagle
Greater Spotted Eagle
Golden Eagle
Gray-faced Buzzard
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Pied Harrier
harrier sp.
Chinese Sparrowhawk
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Eurasian Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Black Kite
Steller's Sea-Eagle
White-tailed Eagle
Harris's Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Buzzard
Upland Buzzard
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Owls
Japanese Scops-Owl
Ryukyu Scops-Owl
Oriental Scops-Owl
Blakiston's Fish-Owl
Ural Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Boobook
Hoopoes
Eurasian Hoopoe
Kingfishers
Common Kingfisher
Ruddy Kingfisher
Black-capped Kingfisher
Crested Kingfisher
Bee-eaters, Rollers, and Allies
Dollarbird
Woodpeckers
Eurasian Wryneck
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
Okinawa Woodpecker
White-backed Woodpecker
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos sp.
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
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Japanese Woodpecker
Gray-headed Woodpecker
Black Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Eurasian Kestrel
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Peregrine Falcon
small falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula sp.
lorikeet sp.
Old World Pittas
Fairy Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
Ryukyu Minivet
Ashy Minivet
Ryukyu/Ashy Minivet
Old World Orioles
Black-naped Oriole
Drongos
Black Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
Black Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
Tiger Shrike
Bull-headed Shrike
Brown Shrike
Long-tailed Shrike
Northern Shrike
Chinese Gray Shrike
shrike sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Eurasian Jay
Lidth's Jay
Azure-winged Magpie
Oriental Magpie
Eurasian Nutcracker
Daurian Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Large-billed Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
Coal Tit
Yellow-bellied Tit
Iriomote Tit
Varied Tit
Owston's Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Marsh/Willow Tit
Japanese Tit
parid sp.
Penduline-Tits and Verdin
Chinese Penduline-Tit
Larks
Horned Lark
Eurasian Skylark
Cisticolas and Allies
Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
Black-browed Reed Warbler
Oriental Reed Warbler
Acrocephalus sp.
Grassbirds and Allies
Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler
Marsh Grassbird
Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler
Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler
Lanceolated Warbler
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Pacific Swallow
Barn Swallow
Siberian House-Martin
Asian House-Martin
Red-rumped Swallow
swallow sp.
Bulbuls
Brown-eared Bulbul
Light-vented Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
Yellow-browed Warbler
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Pallas's Leaf Warbler
Tickell's Leaf Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Common Chiffchaff
Eastern Crowned Warbler
Ijima's Leaf Warbler
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
Pale-legged/Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
Japanese Leaf Warbler
Arctic Warbler
Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
Arctic/Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
Japanese Leaf/Arctic/Kamchatka Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus sp.
Bush Warblers and Allies
Asian Stubtail
Japanese Bush Warbler
Japanese/Manchurian Bush Warbler
Long-tailed Tits and Bushtit
Long-tailed Tit
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
Bonin White-eye
Warbling White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
Red-billed Leiothrix
Chinese Hwamei
Moustached Laughingthrush
White-browed Laughingthrush
Masked Laughingthrush
Kinglets
Goldcrest
Nuthatches
Eurasian Nuthatch
Treecreepers
Eurasian Treecreeper
Wrens
Eurasian Wren
Dippers
Brown Dipper
Starlings and Mynas
Asian Glossy Starling
European Starling
Daurian Starling
Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Daurian/Chestnut-cheeked Starling
White-shouldered Starling
Red-billed Starling
White-cheeked Starling
Common Myna
Crested Myna
myna/starling sp.
Thrushes
White's Thrush
White's/Scaly Thrush
Amami Thrush
Siberian Thrush
Song Thrush
Redwing
Chinese Blackbird
Japanese Thrush
Gray-backed Thrush
Eyebrowed Thrush
Brown-headed Thrush
Izu Thrush
Pale Thrush
Fieldfare
Black-throated Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Naumann's Thrush
Dusky x Naumann's Thrush (hybrid)
Dusky/Naumann's Thrush
Turdus sp.
thrush sp.
Old World Flycatchers
Gray-streaked Flycatcher
Dark-sided Flycatcher
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa sp.
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Rufous-tailed Robin
Japanese Robin
Izu Robin
Ryukyu Robin
Okinawa Robin
Ryukyu/Okinawa Robin
Siberian Blue Robin
Siberian Rubythroat
Red-flanked Bluetail
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Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
Narcissus Flycatcher
Ryukyu Flycatcher
Narcissus/Ryukyu Flycatcher
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Taiga Flycatcher
Red-breasted Flycatcher
Ficedula sp.
Black Redstart
Daurian Redstart
White-throated Rock-Thrush
Blue Rock-Thrush
Amur Stonechat
muscicapid sp.
Waxwings
Bohemian Waxwing
Japanese Waxwing
Bohemian/Japanese Waxwing
Estrildids
Scaly-breasted Munia
Chestnut Munia
Accentors
Alpine Accentor
Japanese Accentor
Old World Sparrows
Russet Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
Gray Wagtail
Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Western/Eastern Yellow Wagtail
Citrine Wagtail
Japanese Wagtail
White Wagtail
wagtail sp.
Richard's Pipit
Blyth's Pipit
Olive-backed Pipit
Red-throated Pipit
American Pipit
pipit sp.
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Brambling
Hawfinch
Yellow-billed Grosbeak
Japanese Grosbeak
Common Rosefinch
Long-tailed Rosefinch
Pallas's Rosefinch
Pine Grosbeak
Eurasian Bullfinch
Asian Rosy-Finch
Oriental Greenfinch
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
Eurasian Siskin
finch sp.
Longspurs and Snow Buntings
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Old World Buntings
Black-headed Bunting
Chestnut-eared Bunting
Meadow Bunting
Pine Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting
Ochre-rumped Bunting
Pallas's Bunting
Reed Bunting
Yellow-breasted Bunting
Little Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Yellow Bunting
Black-faced Bunting
Masked Bunting
Black-faced/Masked Bunting
Chestnut Bunting
Yellow-browed Bunting
Tristram's Bunting
Gray Bunting
Emberiza sp.
New World Sparrows
White-crowned Sparrow
Others
passerine sp.
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