Birds of Japan

Every birds in the Wildlife of Japan guide: 607 species, grouped by family or group. Each name opens its page with photos, identification notes, habitat and range.

Pheasants, Partridges & Quails

• Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
• Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
• Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
• Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii
• Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta
• Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
• Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
• Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
• Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
• Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
• Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
• Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado
• Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
• Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus

Ducks, Geese & Grebes

• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
• Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
• Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
• Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
• Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
• Northern Pintail Anas acuta
• Common Pochard Aythya ferina
• Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
• Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
• Greater Scaup Aythya marila
• Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
• Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
• Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
• Gadwall Mareca strepera
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
• Smew Mergellus albellus
• Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
• Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
• Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
• Black Scoter Melanitta americana
• Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
• Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
• Mute Swan Cygnus olor
• Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
• Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis
• Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
• Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
• Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
• Brant Goose Branta bernicla
• Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
• Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
• Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
• Garganey Spatula querquedula
• Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus
• American Wigeon Mareca americana
• Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
• Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
• Velvet Scoter Melanitta fusca
• Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
• Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
• Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
• Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri
• Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
• Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
• Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
• Canada Goose Branta canadensis
• Black Swan Cygnus atratus
• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Canvasback Aythya valisineria
• Greylag Goose Anser anser
• Common Scoter Melanitta nigra
• Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
• White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
• Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
• Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
• Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
• Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator

Pigeons, Doves & Sandgrouse

• Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Rock Dove Columba livia
• White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
• Black Wood Pigeon Columba janthina
• Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
• Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
• Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
• Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
• Ryukyu Green Pigeon Treron permagnus

Cuckoos & Coucals

• Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
• Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
• Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus

Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts

• Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
• House Swift Apus nipalensis
• Jungle Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus
• White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
• Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
• Little Swift Apus affinis

Cranes, Rails & Bustards

• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
• Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
• Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
• Hooded Crane Grus monacha
• White-naped Crane Antigone vipio
• Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae
• Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
• Common Crane Grus grus
• Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
• Siberian Crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus
• Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
• Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
• Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
• Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
• Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus
• Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo

Gulls, Terns & Skuas

• Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
• Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
• Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
• Vega Gull Larus vegae
• Common Gull Larus canus
• Little Tern Sternula albifrons
• Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
• Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
• Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi
• Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo
• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• European Herring Gull Larus argentatus
• Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
• Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
• Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
• Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
• Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
• Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
• Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
• Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
• Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
• Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
• White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
• South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
• Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
• Atlantic White Tern Gygis alba
• Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
• Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
• Aleutian Tern Onychoprion aleuticus
• American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
• Ross's Gull Rhodostethia rosea
• Red-legged Kittiwake Rissa brevirostris
• Black Noddy Anous minutus
• Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
• Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
• Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
• Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
• Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
• Least Tern Sternula antillarum
• Spectacled Tern Onychoprion lunatus

Shorebirds

• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
• Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
• Dunlin Calidris alpina
• Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
• Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
• Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
• Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
• Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
• Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
• Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
• Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
• Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
• Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
• Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
• Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
• Lesser Sand-Plover Anarhynchus mongolus
• Sanderling Calidris alba
• Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
• Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
• Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
• Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
• Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
• Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
• Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
• Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
• Common Redshank Tringa totanus
• Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo
• Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
• Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
• Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata
• Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
• Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
• Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
• Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
• Greater Sand-Plover Anarhynchus leschenaultii
• Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
• Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
• Ruff Calidris pugnax
• Red Knot Calidris canutus
• Broad-billed Sandpiper Calidris falcinellus
• Japanese Murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume
• Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
• Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira
• Common Murre Uria aalge
• Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
• Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
• Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
• Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
• Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
• Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
• Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
• Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
• Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
• American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
• Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
• Little Stint Calidris minuta
• Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
• Spoon-billed Sandpiper Calidris pygmaea
• Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
• Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
• Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
• Little Curlew Numenius minutus
• Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
• Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer
• Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis
• Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
• Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
• Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
• Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
• Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
• Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
• Parakeet Auklet Aethia psittacula
• Bristle-thighed Curlew Numenius tahitiensis
• Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper Calidris subruficollis
• Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
• Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
• Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
• Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
• Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
• Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
• White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis
• Whiskered Auklet Aethia pygmaea
• Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
• Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus

Seabirds & Cormorants

• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
• Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
• Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
• Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
• Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
• Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes
• Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
• Laysan Albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
• Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
• Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca
• Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
• Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
• Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
• Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
• Red-footed Booby Sula sula
• Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
• Tristram's Storm Petrel Hydrobates tristrami
• Leach's Storm Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous
• Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
• Providence Petrel Pterodroma solandri
• Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
• Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
• Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
• Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
• Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
• Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
• Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
• Matsudaira's Storm Petrel Hydrobates matsudairae
• Bannerman's Shearwater Puffinus bannermani
• Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
• Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
• Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
• White-necked Petrel Pterodroma cervicalis
• Stejneger's Petrel Pterodroma longirostris
• Black-winged Petrel Pterodroma nigripennis
• Newell's Shearwater Puffinus newelli
• Bryan's Shearwater Puffinus bryani
• Kermadec Petrel Pterodroma neglecta
• Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
• Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
• White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus
• Buller's Shearwater Ardenna bulleri
• Nazca Booby Sula granti
• Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
• Juan Fernandez Petrel Pterodroma externa

Storks, Herons, Ibises & Pelicans

• Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
• Great Egret Ardea alba
• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
• Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
• Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
• Striated Heron Butorides striata
• Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
• Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
• Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
• Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
• Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
• Crested Ibis Nipponia nippon
• Japanese Night Heron Gorsachius goisagi
• Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
• Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes
• Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
• Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
• Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
• Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
• Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
• Black Stork Ciconia nigra
• Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
• Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
• Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
• Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus

Birds of Prey

• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Osprey Pandion haliaetus
• Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
• Steller's Sea Eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
• Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
• Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
• Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
• Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
• Merlin Falco columbarius
• Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
• Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
• Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
• Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
• Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
• European Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus
• Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
• Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
• Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
• Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
• Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
• Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
• Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
• Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
• Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
• Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
• Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Owls

• Ural Owl Strix uralensis
• Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
• Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
• Long-eared Owl Asio otus
• Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
• Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques
• Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
• Indian Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
• Blakiston's Fish Owl Ketupa blakistoni
• Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
• Eurasian Scops Owl Otus scops
• Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
• Strix fuscescens Strix fuscescens

Hornbills, Hoopoes & Trogons

• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & Rollers

• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
• Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
• Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
• Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
• Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris

Barbets & Woodpeckers

• Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
• Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
• Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera
• White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
• Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
• Okinawa Woodpecker Dendrocopos noguchii
• Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
• Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
• White-bellied Woodpecker Dryocopus javensis
• Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus

Parrots

• Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
• Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus

Crows, Drongos, Orioles & Shrikes

• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
• Carrion Crow Corvus corone
• Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
• Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
• Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
• Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae
• Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
• Rook Corvus frugilegus
• Lidth's Jay Garrulus lidthi
• Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
• Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
• Oriental Magpie Pica serica
• Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
• Northern Raven Corvus corax
• Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
• Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
• Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus

Tits, Nuthatches & Treecreepers

• Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
• Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
• Coal Tit Periparus ater
• Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
• Willow Tit Poecile montanus
• Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
• Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
• Great Tit Parus major
• Owston's Tit Sittiparus owstoni
• Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
• Iriomote Tit Sittiparus olivaceus
• Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
• Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
• Eurasian Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus

Larks, Pipits & Wagtails

• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
• Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
• Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
• Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• American Pipit Anthus rubescens
• Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
• Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
• Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
• Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
• Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
• Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla dukhunensis

Swallows & Martins

• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
• Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
• Sand Martin Riparia riparia
• Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
• Tahiti Swallow Hirundo tahitica
• Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum

Bulbuls

• Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
• Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis

Warblers & Cisticolas

• Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
• Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
• Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
• Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
• Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
• Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
• Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
• Ijima's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ijimae
• Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes amnicola
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes pleskei
• Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
• Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
• Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
• Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
• Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
• Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus
• Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
• Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
• Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
• Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
• Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
• Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
• Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola

Babblers, Laughingthrushes & White-eyes

• Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
• Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
• Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
• White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
• Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
• Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
• Bonin White-eye Apalopteron familiare
• Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus

Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers

• Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
• Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
• Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
• Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
• Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
• Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
• Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
• Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
• Goldcrest Regulus regulus
• Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
• Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
• Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
• Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
• White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
• Okinawa Robin Larvivora namiyei
• Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
• Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
• Izu Thrush Turdus celaenops
• Ryukyu Robin Larvivora komadori
• Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
• Izu Robin Larvivora tanensis
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
• Ryukyu Flycatcher Ficedula owstoni
• Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
• Amami Thrush Zoothera major
• Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
• Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
• Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
• Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
• Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
• Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
• Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
• Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
• Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
• Eurasian Wren Nannus troglodytes
• Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
• Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
• Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
• Redwing Turdus iliacus
• White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
• Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
• Whinchat Saxicola rubetra
• Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
• Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
• Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
• European Robin Erithacus rubecula

Starlings & Mynas

• White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
• Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
• Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
• Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
• White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
• Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
• Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
• Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
• Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
• Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus
• Rosy Starling Pastor roseus

Finches, Sparrows & Buntings

• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
• Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
• Masked Bunting Schoeniclus personatus
• Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
• Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
• Rustic Bunting Schoeniclus rusticus
• Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
• Common Reed Bunting Schoeniclus schoeniclus
• Black-faced Bunting Schoeniclus spodocephalus
• Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
• Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
• Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
• Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
• Grey Bunting Schoeniclus variabilis
• Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
• Yellow Bunting Schoeniclus sulphuratus
• Yellow-throated Bunting Schoeniclus elegans
• Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa
• Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
• Redpoll Acanthis flammea
• Ochre-rumped Bunting Schoeniclus yessoensis
• Little Bunting Schoeniclus pusillus
• Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
• Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
• Yellow-browed Bunting Schoeniclus chrysophrys
• Tristram's Bunting Schoeniclus tristrami
• Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
• Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
• Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
• Yellow-breasted Bunting Schoeniclus aureolus
• Pallas's Reed Bunting Schoeniclus pallasi
• Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
• Chestnut Bunting Schoeniclus rutilus
• Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
• Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
• Java Sparrow Padda oryzivora
• Bonin Grosbeak Carpodacus ferreorostris
• Black-headed Bunting Melophus melanocephalus
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus
• White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
• Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
• White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
• Red-headed Bunting Melophus bruniceps

Other Songbirds

• Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
• Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
• Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
• Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
• White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
• Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas

Pittas & Broadbills

• Fairy Pitta Pitta nympha

Frequently asked questions

How many birds are in the Wildlife of Japan guide?

The guide lists 607 birds of Japan, each with its own page covering identification, habitat and range.

Which groups of birds are covered?

Pheasants, Partridges & Quails (14), Ducks, Geese & Grebes (61), Pigeons, Doves & Sandgrouse (9), Cuckoos & Coucals (8), Nightjars, Frogmouths & Swifts (6), Cranes, Rails & Bustards (18), Gulls, Terns & Skuas (41), Shorebirds (89), Seabirds & Cormorants (45), Storks, Herons, Ibises & Pelicans (27), Birds of Prey (30), Owls (13), and 16 more groups.