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Wild Bird Songs of Japan Hideo Ueda Songs and calls of 283 species, each individually indexed. The details of the vocalisations are explained in the accompanying English booklet. Also included are detailed descriptions of the frequency, characteristics and sound impressions of easily confused calls.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis |
| Red-necked Grebe | Podiceps grisegena |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus |
| Black-footed Albatross | Phoebastria nigripes |
| Short-tailed Albatross | Phoebastria albatrus |
| Stejneger's Petrel | Pterodroma longirostris |
| Bulwer's Petrel | Bulweria bulwerii |
| Streaked Shearwater | Calonectris leucomelas |
| Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Puffinus pacificus |
| Madeiran Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma castro |
| Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Great Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striatus |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Japanese Night-Heron | Gorsachius goisagi |
| Malaysian Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus |
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
| Von Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus |
| Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus |
| Great Bittern | Botaurus stellaris |
| Oriental White Stork | Ciconia boyciana |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus |
| Bewick's Swan | Cygnus columbianus bewickii |
| Bean Goose | Anser fabalis |
| Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons |
| Brent Goose | Branta bernicla |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna |
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope |
| Falcated Duck | Anas falcata |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula |
| Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta nigra |
| Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula |
| Goosander | Mergus merganser |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans |
| White-tailed Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla |
| Steller's Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus pelagicus |
| Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus |
| Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo |
| Greater Spotted Eagle | Aquila clanga |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Rock Ptarmigan | Lagopus mutus |
| Hazel Grouse | Bonasa bonasia |
| Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica |
| Chinese Bamboo-Partridge | Bambusicola thoracica |
| Copper Pheasant | Syrmaticus soemmerringii |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus |
| Green Pheasant | Phasianus versicolor |
| Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator |
| Hooded Crane | Grus monacha |
| Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis |
| Japanese White-naped Crane | Grus vipio |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Okinawa Rail | Gallirallus okinawae |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus |
| Slaty-legged Banded Crake | Rallina eurizonoides |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Porzana fusca |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Common Coot | Fulica atra |
| Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus |
| Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus |
| Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus |
| Little Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus |
| Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa |
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus |
| Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata |
| Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis |
| Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Heteroscelus brevipes |
| Wandering Tattler | Heteroscelus incanus |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola |
| Latham's Snipe | Gallinago hardwickii |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago |
| Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris |
| Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis |
| Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii |
| Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Black-tailed Gull | Larus crassirostris |
| Mew Gull | Larus canus |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Slaty-backed Gull | Larus schistisagus |
| Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus |
| Saunders's Gull | Larus saundersi |
| Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii |
| Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii |
| Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| Bridled Tern | Sterna anaethetus |
| Little Tern | Sterna albifrons |
| Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus |
| Spectacled Guillemot | Cepphus carbo |
| Crested Murrelet | Synthliboramphus wumizusume |
| Rhinoceros Auklet | Cerorhinca monocerata |
| Japanese Wood-Pigeon | Columba janthina |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis |
| Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto |
| Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica |
| White-bellied Green-Pigeon | Treron sieboldii |
| Whistling Green-Pigeon | Treron formosae |
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus fugax |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia |
| Elegant Scops-Owl | Otus elegans |
| Collared Scops-Owl | Otus lettia |
| Blakiston's Eagle-Owl | Bubo blakistoni |
| Ural Owl | Strix uralensis |
| Brown Hawk-Owl | Ninox scutulata |
| Long-eared Owl | Asio otus |
| Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis |
| Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda |
| Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla |
| Pygmy-Woodpecker | Picoides kizuki |
| White-backed Woodpecker | Picoides leucotos |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Picoides major |
| Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius |
| Japanese Green Woodpecker | Picus awokera |
| Grey-headed Green Woodpecker | Picus canus |
| Okinawan Woodpecker | Sapheopipo noguchii |
| Fairy Pitta | Pitta nympha |
| Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica |
| Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus |
| Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla flava |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea |
| White / Pied Wagtail | Motacilla alba |
| Japanese Pied Wagtail | Motacilla grandis |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni |
| Buff-bellied Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus |
| Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis |
| Asian Brown-eared Bulbul | Ixos amaurotis |
| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus |
| Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus |
| Great Grey Shrike | Lanius excubitor |
| Chinese Grey Shrike | Lanius sphenocercus |
| Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus |
| Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica |
| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris |
| Japanese Accentor | Prunella rubida |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius |
| Siberian Thrush | Zoothera sibirica |
| White's Thrush | Zoothera dauma |
| Japanese Grey Thrush | Turdus cardis |
| Brown-headed Thrush | Turdus chrysolaus |
| Izu Islands Thrush | Turdus celaenops |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus naumanni |
| Japanese Robin | Erithacus akahige |
| Ryukyu Robin | Erithacus komadori |
| Rufous-tailed Robin | Luscinia sibilans |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Luscinia calliope |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Luscinia cyane |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus |
| Stonechat | Saxicola torquata |
| Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis |
| Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps |
| Japanese Bush-Warbler | Cettia diphone |
| Japanese Swamp-Warbler | Megalurus pryeri |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata |
| Middendorff's Grasshopper-Warbler | Locustella ochotensis |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Pleske's Grasshopper-Warbler | Locustella pleskei |
| Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler | Locustella fasciolata |
| Black-browed Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps |
| Oriental Great Reed-Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis |
| Sakhalin Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus borealoides |
| Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus |
| Ijima's Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus ijimae |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus |
| Siberian Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina |
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana |
| Black Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata |
| Long-tailed-Tit | Aegithalos caudatus |
| Chinese Penduline-Tit | Remiz consobrinus |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montana |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater |
| Great Tit | Parus major |
| Varied Tit | Sittiparus varius |
| Wood Nuthatch | Sitta europaea |
| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris |
| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus |
| Bonin Islands White-eye | Apalopteron familiare |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius |
| Purple Jay | Garrulus lidthi |
| Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyana |
| Black-billed Magpie | Pica pica |
| Spotted Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes |
| Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis |
| Chestnut-cheeked Starling | Sturnia philippensis |
| White-cheeked Starling | Sturnus cineraceus |
| Siberian Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides |
| Ochre-rumped Bunting | Emberiza yessoensis |
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Emberiza elegans |
| Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica |
| Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola |
| Chestnut Bunting | Emberiza rutila |
| Japanese Yellow Bunting | Emberiza sulphurata |
| Black-faced Bunting | Emberiza spodocephala |
| Grey Bunting | Emberiza variabilis |
| Reed Bunting | Emberiza schoeniclus |
| Snow Bunting | Plectrophenax nivalis |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla |
| Oriental Greenfinch | Carduelis sinica |
| Eurasian Siskin | Carduelis spinus |
| Mealy Redpoll | Acanthis flammea |
| Arctic Rosy-Finch | Leucosticte arctoa |
| Long-tailed Rosefinch | Uragus sibiricus |
| Pallas's Rosefinch | Carpodacus roseus |
| Pine Grosbeak | Pinicola enucleator |
| Common Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra |
| Common Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata |
| Cinnamon Sparrow | Passer rutilans |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
The species list above is in systematic order, the taxonomy and nomenclature of which generally follows the Wells World Birds list on Birder's Diary v3.0 (courtesy of Thayer Software: www.thayerbirding.com), with adaptations by WildSounds.
The Wells World Birds list is based on a classification created by Mic Wells.
Please note that the above list may not be in the same order or be a full and accurate representation of the species on the title concerned. We take due care to ensure the accuracy of the list, but should you find any errors, please notify us.
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