Birding

As a Birder

My Life List

This is my life list in Japan. I'm not a addicted lister so I don't care how many watched, but recording is important! These scientific names are based on a latest mtDNA analytical data as far as possible. Click linked species or numbers and you can see photographs (not yet).

• Gaviiformes
  • Gaviidae
    1. Red-throated Diver
       Gavia stellata
    2. Black-throated Diver
       Gavia arctica
    3. Pacific Diver
       Gavia pacifica
    4. Yellow-billed Diver
       Gavia adamsii

• Podicipediformes
  • Podicipedidae
    5. Red-necked Grebe
       Podiceps grisegena
    6. Great-crested Grebe
       Podiceps cristatus
    7. Black-necked Grebe
       Podiceps nigricollis
    8. Horned Grebe
       Podiceps auritus
    9. Little Grebe
       Tachybaptus ruficollis

• Procellariiformes
  • Procellariidae
    10. Bulwer's Petrel
        Bulweria bulwerii
    11. Streaked Shearwater
        Calonectris leucomelas
    12. Wedge-tailed Shearwater
        Puffinus pacificus
    13. Short-tailed Shearwater
        Puffinus tenuirostris
    14. Audubon's Shearwater
        Puffinus lherminieri
  • Hydrobatidae
    15. Tristram's Storm-petrel
        Oceanodroma tristrami

• Pelecaniformes
  • Sulidae
    16. Brown Booby
        Sula leucogaster
    17. Masked Booby
        Sula dactylatra
  • Phalacrocoracidae
    18. Great Cormorant
        Phalacrocorax carbo
    19. Japanese Cormorant
        Phalacrocorax capillatus
    20. Pelagic Cormorant
        Phalacrocorax pelagicus

• Ciconiiformes
  • Ardeidae
    21. Cinnamon Bittern
        Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
    22. Malayan Night Heron
        Gorsachius melanolophus
    23. Black-crowned Night Heron
        Nycticorax nycticorax
    24. Striated Heron
        Butorides striatus
    25. Chinese Pond Heron
        Ardeola bacchus
    26. Cattle Egret
        Bubulcus ibis
    27. Intermediate Egret
        Egretta intermedia
    28. Little Egret
        Egretta garzetta
    29. Chinese Egret
        Egretta eulophotes
    30. Pacific Reef Heron
        Egretta sacra
    31. Grey Heron
        Ardea cinerea
    32. Purple Heron
        Ardea purpurea
    33. Great Egret
        Ardea alba
  • Threskiornithidae
    34. Common Spoonbill
        Platalea leucorodia
    35. Black-faced Spoonbill
        Platalea minor

• Anseriformes
  • Anatidae
    36. White-fronted Goose
        Anser albifrons
    37. Bean Goose
        Anser fabalis
    38. Swan Goose
        Anser cygnoides
    39. Whooper Swan
        Cygnus cygnus
    40. Tundra Swan
        Cygnus columbianus
    41. Ruddy Shelduck
        Tadorna ferruginea
    42. Common Shelduck
        Tadorna tadorna
    43. Mandarin Duck
        Aix galericulata
    44. Mallard
        Anas platyrhynchos
    45. Spot-billed Duck
        Anas poecilorhyncha
    46. Green-winged Teal
        Anas crecca
    47. Baikal Teal
        Anas formosa
    48. Falcated Duck
        Anas falcata
    49. Gadwall
        Anas strepera
    50. Eurasian Wigeon
        Anas penelope
    51. American Wigeon
        Anas americana
    52. Northern Pintail
        Anas acuta
    53. Garganey
        Anas querquedula
    54. Northern Shoveler
        Anas clypeata
    55. Common Pochard
        Aythya ferina
    56. Tufted Duck
        Aythya fuligula
    57. Greater Scaup
        Aythya marila
    58. Harlequin Duck
        Histrionicus histrionicus
    59. Lesser Scaup
        Aythya affinis
    60. Common Goldeneye
        Bucephala clangula
    61. Smew
        Mergellus albellus
    62. Red-breasted Merganser
        Mergus serrator
    63. Common Merganser
        Mergus merganser

• Falconiformes
  • Accipitridae
    64. Osprey
        Pandion haliaetus
    65. Oriental Honey Buzzard
        Pernis ptilorhynchus
    66. Black Kite
        Milvus migrans
    67. Northern Goshawk
        Accipiter gentilis
    68. Japanese Sparrowhawk
        Accipiter gularis
    69. Eurasian Sparrowhawk
        Accipiter nisus
    70. Rough-legged Buzzard
        Buteo lagopus
    71. Upland Buzzard
        Buteo hemilasius
    72. Common Buzzard
        Buteo buteo
    73. Grey-faced Buzzard
        Butastur indicus
    74. Mountain Hawk Eagle
        Spizaetus nipalensis
    75. Greater Spotted Eagle
        Aquila clanga
    76. Crested Serpent Eagle
        Spilornis cheela
    77. Hen Harrier
        Circus cyaneus
    78. Eastern Marsh Harrier
        Circus spilonotus
  • Falconidae
    79. Peregrine Falcon
        Falco peregrinus
    80. Merlin
        Falco columbarius
    81. Common Kestrel
        Falco tinnunculus

• Galliformes
  • Phasianidae
    82. Japanese Quail
        Coturnix japonica
    83. Copper Pheasant
        Syrmaticus soemmerringi
    84. Japanese Pheasant
        Phasianus colchicus

• Gruiformes
  • Gruidae
    85. Common Crane
        Grus grus
    86. Hooded Crane
        Grus monacha
    87. Sandhill Crane
        Grus canadensis
    88. White-naped Crane
        Grus vipio
    89. Siberian Crane
        Grus leucogeranus
    90. Demoiselle Crane
        Anthropoides virgo
  • Rallidae
    91. Water Rail
        Rallus aquaticus
    92. Slaty-legged Crake
        Rallina eurizonoides
    93. Ruddy-breasted Crake
        Porzana fusca
    94. White-breasted Waterhen
        Amaurornis phoenicurus
    95. Common Moorhen
        Gallinula chloropus
    96. Eurasian Coot
        Fulica atra

• Charadriiformes
  • Rostratulidae
    97. Greater Painted Snipe
        Rostralata benghalensis
  • Haematopodidae
    98. Eurasian Oystercatcher
        Haematopus ostralegus
  • Glareolidae
    99. Ringed Plover
        Charadrius hiaticula
    100. Little Ringed Plover
         Charadrius dubius
    101. Long-billed Plover
         Charadrius placidus
    102. Kentish Plover
         Charadrius alexandrinus
    103. Lesser Sand Plover
         Charadrius mongolus
    104. Greater Sand Plover
         Charadrius leschenaultii
    105. Pacific Golden Plover
         Pluvialis fulva
    106. Grey Plover
         Pluvialis squatarola
    107. Grey-headed Lapwing
         Vanellus cinereus
    108. Northern Lapwing
         Vanellus vanellus
  • Scolopacidae
    109. Ruddy Turnstone
         Arenaria interpres
    110. Little Stint
         Calidris minuta
    111. Red-necked Stint
         Calidris ruficollis
    112. Long-toed Stint
         Calidris subminuta
    113. Temminck's Stint
         Calidris temminckii
    114. Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
         Calidris acuminata
    115. Dunlin
         Calidris alpina
    116. Curlew Sandpiper
         Calidris ferruginea
    117. Red Knot
         Calidris canutus
    118. Great Knot
         Calidris tenuirostris
    119. Sanderling
         Calidris alba
    120. Ruff
         Philomachus pugnax
    121. Long-billed Dowitcher
         Limnodromus scolopaceus
    122. Spotted Redshank
         Tringa erythropus
    123. Common Redshank
         Tringa totanus
    124. Marsh Sandpiper
         Tringa stagnatilis
    125. Common Greenshank
         Tringa nebularia
    126. Lesser Yellowlegs
         Tringa flavipes
    127. Green Sandpiper
         Tringa ochropus
    128. Wood Sandpiper
         Tringa glareola
    129. Grey-tailed Tattler
         Heteroscelus brevipes
    130. Common Sandpiper
         Actitis hypoleucos
    131. Terek Sandpiper
         Xenus cinereus
    132. Black-tailed Godwit
         Limosa limosa
    133. Bar-tailed Godwit
         Limosa lapponica
    134. Eurasian Curlew
         Numenius arquata
    135. Far Eastern Curlew
         Numenius madagascariensis
    136. Whimbrel
         Numenius phaeopus
    137. Eurasian Woodcock
         Scolopax rusticola
    138. Common Snipe
         Gallinago gallinago
    139. Pintail Snipe
         Gallinago stenura
    140. Swinhoe's Snipe
         Gallinago megala
  • Recurvirostridae
    141. Black-winged Stilt
         Himantopus himantopus
  • Glareolidae
    142. Oriental Pratincole
         Glareola maldivarum
  • Laridae
    143. Great Black-headed Gull
         Larus ichthyaetus
    144. Black-headed Gull
         Larus ridibundus
    145. Heuglin's Gull
         Larus heuglini
    146. Slaty-backed Gull
         Larus schistisagus
    147. Glaucous-winged Gull
         Larus glaucescens
    148. Thayer's Gull
         Larus thayeri
    149. Vega Gull
         Larus vegae
    150. Herring Gull
         Larus smithsonianus
    151. Glaucous Gull
         Larus hyperboreus
    152. Mew Gull
         Larus canus
    153. Black-tailed Gull
         Larus crassirostris
    154. Saunders' Gull
         Larus saundersi
    155. Black-legged Kittiwake
         Rissa tridactyla
    156. Common Tern
         Sterna hirundo
    157. Little Tern
         Sterna albifrons
    158. Brown Noddy
         Anous stolidus
  • Alcidae
    159. Ancient Murrelet
         Synthliboramphus antiquus
    160. Japanese Murrelet
         Synthliboramphus wumizusume

• Columbiformes
  • Columbidae
    161. Eurasian Collared Dove
         Streptopelia decaocto
    162. Red Collared Dove
         Streptopelia tranquebarica
    163. Oriental Turtle Dove
         Streptopelia orientalis
    164. Emerald Dove
         Chalcophaps indica
    165. White-bellied Green Pigeon
         Treron sieboldii
    166. Whistling Green Pigeon
         Treron formosae

• Cuculiformes
  • Cuculidae
    167. Horsfield’s Hawk-Cuckoo
         Cuculus fugax
    168. Indian Cuckoo
         Cuculus micropterus
    169. Eurasian Cuckoo
         Cuculus canorus
    170. Oriental Cuckoo
         Cuculus saturatus
    171. Lesser Cuckoo
         Cuculus poliocephalus

• Strigiformes
  • Strigidae
    172. Short-eared Owl
         Asio flammeus
    173. Ryukyu Scops Owl
         Otus elegans
    174. Collared Scops Owl
         Otus lempiji
    175. Brown Hawk Owl
         Ninox scutulata
    176. Ural Owl
         Strix uralensis

• Apodiformes
  • Apodidae
    177. House Swift
         Apus affinis
    178. Fork-tailed Swift
         Apus pacificus

• Coraciiformes
  • Alcedinidae
    179. Ruddy Kingfisher
         Halcyon coromanda
    180. Common Kingfisher
         Alcedo atthis
    181. Sandhill Crane
         Grus canadensis
    182. Demoiselle Crane
         Anthropoides virgo
  • Upupidae
    183. Eurasian Hoopoe
         Upupa epops

• Piciformes
  • Picidae
    184. Eurasian Wryneck
         Jynx torquilla
    185. Japanese Woodpecker
         Picus awokera
    186. Okinawa Woodpecker
         Sapheopipo noguchii
    187. Great Spotted Woodpecker
         Dendrocopos major
    188. Pygmy Woodpecker
         Dendrocopos kizuki

• Passeriformes
  • Alaudidae
    189. Eurasian Skylark
         Alauda arvensis
  • Hirundinidae
    190. Sand Martin
         Riparia riparia
    191. Barn Swallow
         Hirundo rustica
    192. Pacific Swallow
         Hirundo tahitica
    193. Red-rumped Swallow
         Hirundo daurica
    194. House Martin
         Delichon urbica
  • Motacillidae
    195. Yellow Wagtail
         Motacilla flava
    196. Grey Wagtail
         Motacilla cinerea
    197. White Wagtail
         Motacilla alba
    198. Japanese Wagtail
         Motacilla grandis
    199. Richard's Pipit
         Anthus richardi
    200. Blyth's Pipit
         Anthus godlewskii
    201. Olive-backed Pipit
         Anthus hodgsoni
    202. Red-throated Pipit
         Anthus cervinus
    203. Water Pipit
         Anthus spinoletta
  • Compephagidae
    204. Ashy Minivet
         Pericrocotus Divaricatus
  • Pycnonotidae
    205. Brown-eared Bulbul
         Hypsipetes amaurotis
    206. Chinese Bulbul
         Pycnonotus sinensis
  • Laniidae
    207. Bull-headed Shrike
         Lanius bucephalus
    208. Brown Shrike
         Lanius cristatus
    209. Long-tailed Shrike
         Lanius schach
    210. Chinese Grey Shrike
         Lanius sphenocercus
  • Bombycillidae
    211. Japanese Waxwing
         Bombycilla japonica
  • Cinclidae
    212. Brown Dipper
         Cinclus Pallasii
  • Troglodytidae
    213. Winter Wren
         Troglodytes troglodytes
  • Prunellidae
    214. Japanese Accentor
         Prunella rubida
  • Turdidae
    215. Japanese Robin
         Erithacus akahige
    216. Ryukyu Robin
         Erithacus komadori
    217. Siberian Rudythroat
         Luscinia calliope
    218. Bluethroat
         Luscinia svecica
    219. Siberian Blue Robin
         Luscinia cyane
    220. Red-flanked Bluetail
         Tarsiger cyanurus
    221. Daurian Redstart
         Phoenicurus auroreus
    222. Siberian Stonechat
         Saxicola maura
    223. Blue Rock Thrush
         Monticola solitarius
    224. Scaly Thrush
         Zoothera dauma
    225. Japanese Thrush
         Turdus cardis
    226. Blackbird
         Turdus merula
    227. Brown Thrush
         Turdus chrysolaus
    228. Pale Thrush
         Turdus pallidus
    229. Eyebrowed Thrush
         Turdus obscurus
    230. Dusky Thrush
         Turdus naumanni
  • Sylviidae
    231. Asian Stubtail
         Urosphena squameiceps
    232. Manchurian Bush Warbler
         Cettia canturians
    233. Japanese Bush Warbler
         Cettia diphone
    234. Lanceolated Warbler
         Locustella lanceolata
    235. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
         Locustella certhiola
    236. Black-browed Reed Warbler
         Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
    237. Great Reed Warbler
         Acrocephalus arundinaceus
    238. Marsh Grassbird
         Megalurus pryeri
    239. Dusky Warbler
         Phylloscopus fuscatus
    240. Yellow-browed Warbler
         Phylloscopus inornatus
    241. Arctic Warbler
         Phylloscopus borealis
    242. Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
         Phylloscopus borealoides
    243. Eastern Crowned Warbler
         Phylloscopus coronatus
    244. Goldcrest
         Regulus regulus
    245. Zitting Cisticola
         Cisticola juncidis
  • Muscicapidae
    246. Narcissus Flycatcher
         Ficedula narcissina
    247. Blue-and-white Flycatcher
         Cyanoptila cyanomelana
    248. Sooty Flycatcher
         Muscicapa sibirica
    249. Grey-streaked Flycatcher
         Muscicapa griseisticta
    250. Asian Brown Flycatcher
         Muscicapa dauurica
  • Monarchidae
    251. Japanese Paradise Flycatcher
         Terpsiphone atrocaudata
  • Aegithalidae
    252. Long-tailed Tit
         Aegithalos caudatus
  • Remizidae
    253. Penduline Tit
         Remiz pendulinus
  • Paridae
    254. Marsh Tit
         Poecile palustris
    255. Willow Tit
         Poecile montanus
    256. Coal Tit
         Periparus ater
    257. Varied Tit
         Poecile varia
    258. Great Tit
         Parus major
  • Sittidae
    259. Eurasian Nuthatch
         Sitta europaea
  • Zosteropidae
    260. Bonin White-eye
         Apalopteron familiare
    261. Japanese White-eye
         Zosterops japonicus
  • Emberizidae
    262. Yellowhammer
         Emberiza citrinella
    263. Pine Bunting
         Emberiza leucocephalos
    264. Meadow Bunting
         Emberiza cioides
    265. Ochre-rumped Bunting
         Emberiza yessoensis
    266. Chestnut-eared Bunting
         Emberiza fucata
    267. Little Bunting
         Emberiza pusilla
    268. Rustic Bunting
         Emberiza rustica
    269. Yellow-throated Bunting
         Emberiza elegans
    270. Yellow-breasted Bunting
         Emberiza aureola
    271. Black-faced Bunting
         Emberiza spodocephala
    272. Grey Bunting
         Emberiza variabilis
    273. Pallas' Reed Bunting
         Emberiza pallasi
    274. Reed Bunting
         Emberiza schoeniclus
    275. Lapland Longspur
         Calcarius lapponicus
  • Fringillidae
    276. Brambling
         Fringilla montifringilla
    277. Oriental Greenfinch
         Carduelis sinica
    278. Eurasian Siskin
         Carduelis spinus
    279. Asian Rosy Finch
         Leucosticte arctoa
    280. Long-tailed Rosefinch
         Uragus sibiricus
    281. Eurasian Bullfinch
         Pyrrhula pyrrhula
    282. Japanese Grosbeak
         Eophona personata
    283. Hawfinch
         Coccothraustes coccothraustes
  • Passeridae
    284. Russet Sparrow
         Passer rutilans
    285. Tree Sparrow
         Passer montanus
  • Sturnidae
    286. Red-billed Starling
         Sturnus sericeus
    287. Chestnut-cheeked Starling
         Sturnia philippensis
    288. White-shouldered Starling
         Sturnia sinensis
    289. Common Starling
         Sturnus vulgaris
    290. White-cheeked Starling
         Sturnus cineraceus
  • Corvidae
    291. Eurasian Jay
         Garrulus glandarius
    292. Azure-winged Magpie
         Cyanopica cyana
    293. Eurasian Magpie
         Pica pica
    294. Nutcracker
         Nucifraga caryocatactes
    295. Daurian Jackdaw
         Corvus dauuricus
    296. Rook
         Corvus frugilegus
    297. Carrion Crow
         Corvus corone
    298. Large-billed Crow
         Corvus macrorhynchos

And the below is my life list in Australia when I was nine years old. I regret that was too young to enjoy birding at that time! What a pity.....

• ORDER
  • Family
    1. Species
       Scientific name

Plus, introduced species or others show below.

• ORDER
  • Family
    1. Species
       Scientific name

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