List of birds of Japan (non-passerine)

The following is a list of Japanese non-passerine birds. There is a separate list of passerine Japanese birds.

Anseriformes

• Anatidae: swans, geese and ducks
  • Indian whistling duck, Dendrocygna javanica
  • Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
  • Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus
  • Mute swan, Cygnus olor (introduced)
  • Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus
  • Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus
  • Swan goose, Anser cygnoides
  • Greylag goose, Anser anser
  • Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
  • Bean goose, Anser fabalis
  • White-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
  • Emperor goose, Anser canagicus
  • Brent goose, Branta bernicla
  • Canada goose, Branta canadensis
  • Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
  • Crested shelduck, Tadorna cristata
  • Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
  • Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
  • American wigeon, Anas americana
  • Gadwall, Anas strepera
  • Northern pintail, Anas acuta
  • Spot-billed duck, Anas poecilorhyncha
  • Common teal, Anas crecca
  • Garganey, Anas querquedula
  • Baikal teal, Anas formosa
  • Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata
  • European wigeon, Anas penelope
  • Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
  • Falcated duck, Anas falcata
  • Red-crested pochard, Netta rufina
  • Baer's pochard, Aythya baeri
  • Redhead, Aythya americana
  • Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
  • Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
  • Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
  • Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
  • Greater scaup, Aythya marila
  • Common pochard, Aythya ferina
  • White-eyed pochard, Aythya nyroca
  • King eider, Somateria spectabilis
  • Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri
  • Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histroionicus
  • Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
  • Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
  • Common scoter, Melanitta nigra
  • Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca
  • Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
  • Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
  • Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
  • Goosander, Mergus merganser
  • Chinese merganser, Mergus squamatus
  • Smew, Mergellus albellus

Galliformes

• Tetraonidae: grouse
  • Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus
  • Hazel grouse, Tetrastes bonasia
• Phasianidae: partridges, pheasants and quails
  • Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica
  • Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracica (introduced)
  • Copper pheasant, Phasianus soemmerringi (endemic)
  • Green pheasant, Phasianus versicolor (endemic)

Gaviiformes

• Gaviidae: divers
  • Red-throated diver, Gavia stellata
  • Black-throated diver, Gavia arctica
  • Pacific diver, Gavia pacifica
  • White-billed diver, Gavia adamsii

Podicipediformes

• Podicipedidae: grebes
  • Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
  • Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena
  • Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
  • Black-necked grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
  • Slavonian grebe, Podiceps auritus

Procellariiformes

• Diomedeidae: albatrosses
  • Short-tailed albatross, Diomedea albatrus
  • Black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes
  • Laysan albatross, Diomedea immutabilis
  • Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
• Procellariidae: fulmar, shearwaters, gadfly and other petrels
  • Northern fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
  • White-necked petrel, Pterodroma externa
  • Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta
  • Bonin petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca
  • Black-winged petrel, Pterodroma nigripennis
  • Solander's petrel, Pterodroma solandri
  • Hawaiian petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia
  • Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris
  • Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii
  • Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas
  • Pale-footed shearwater, Ardenna carneipes
  • Wedge-tailed shearwater, Ardenna pacificus
  • Sooty shearwater, Ardenna griseus
  • Short-tailed shearwater, Ardenna tenuirostris
  • Christmas shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis
  • Bannerman's shearwater, Puffinus bannermani
  • Tropical shearwater, Puffinus bailloni
  • Bryan's shearwater, Puffinus bryani
• Hydrobatidae: storm petrels
  • Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
  • Tristram's storm petrel, Oceanodroma tristrami
  • Matsudaira's storm petrel, Oceanodroma matsudairae (breeding endemic)
  • Band-rumped storm petrel, Oceanodroma castro
  • Leach's storm petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
  • Fork-tailed storm petrel, Oceanodroma furcata
  • Swinhoe's storm petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis

Phaethontiformes

• Phaethontidae: tropicbirds
  • Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
  • White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus

Suliformes

• Sulidae: boobies
  • Blue-faced booby, Sula dactylatra
  • Red-footed booby, Sula sula
  • Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
• Phalacrocoracidae: cormorants
  • Japanese cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus
  • Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
  • Red-faced cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile
  • Pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
• Fregatidae: frigatebirds
  • Great frigatebird, Fregata minor
  • Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel

Pelecaniformes

• Pelecanidae: pelicans
  • Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus
  • Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus
  • Spot-billed pelican, Pelecanus philippensis
• Ardeidae: herons and bitterns
  • Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
  • Purple heron, Ardea purpurea
  • Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
  • Eastern great egret, Ardea modesta
  • Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia
  • Little egret, Egretta garzetta
  • Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes
  • Pacific reef heron, Egretta sacra
  • Chinese pond heron, Ardeola bacchus
  • Striated heron, Butorides striatus
  • Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
  • Rufous night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus
  • Japanese night heron, Gorsachius goisagi
  • Malayan night heron, Gorsachius melanolophus
  • Chinese little bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
  • Schrenk's little bittern, Ixobrychus eurythmus
  • Black bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis
  • Cinnamon bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
  • Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris
• Threskiornithidae: ibises and spoonbills
  • Black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus
  • Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon
  • Black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor
  • Common spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia

Ciconiiformes

• Ciconiidae: storks
  • White stork, Ciconia ciconia
  • Black stork, Ciconia nigra

Accipitriformes

• Pandionidae: osprey
  • Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
• Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites and allies
  • Crested honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus
  • Black kite, Milvus migrans
  • Steller's sea-eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus
  • White-tailed sea-eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
  • European black vulture, Aegypius monachus
  • Crested serpent eagle, Spilornis cheela
  • Asian marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus
  • Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
  • Pied harrier, Circus melanoleucus
  • Chinese sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis
  • Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
  • Japanese sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis
  • Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
  • Grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus
  • Upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
  • Rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopus
  • Eastern buzzard, Buteo japonicus
  • Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
  • Eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca
  • Greater spotted eagle, Clanga clanga
  • Mountain hawk-eagle, Nisaetus nipalensis

Falconiformes

• Falconidae: falcons
  • Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
  • Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
  • Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
  • Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
  • Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni
  • Amur falcon, Falco amurensis
  • Merlin, Falco columbarius

Gruiformes

• Gruidae: cranes
  • Red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis
  • Hooded crane, Grus monacha
  • White-naped crane, Grus vipio
  • Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
  • Common crane, Grus grus
  • Siberian crane, Grus leucogeranus
  • Demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo
• Rallidae: rails and crakes
  • Brown-cheeked rail, Rallus indicus
  • Okinawa rail, Rallus okinawae (endemic)
  • Slaty-legged crake, Rallina eurizonoides
  • Swinhoe's rail, Coturnicops exquisitus
  • Ruddy-breasted crake, Porzana fusca
  • Baillon's crake, Porzana pusilla
  • White-browed rail, Porzana cinerea (extirpated)
  • White-breasted waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus
  • Watercock, Gallicrex cinerea
  • Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
  • Common coot, Fulica atra

Otidiformes

• Otidae: bustards
  • Little bustard, Tetrax tetrax
  • Great bustard, Otis tarda

Charadriiformes

• Turnicidae
  • Barred buttonquail, Turnix suscitator
• Jacanidae
  • Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus
• Rostratulidae
  • Greater painted-snipe, Rostratula benghalensis
• Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
  • Common pied oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
• Charadriidae: plovers and lapwings
  • Grey-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus
  • Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
  • Grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola
  • Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva
  • American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica
  • Long-billed ringed plover, Charadrius placidus
  • Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus
  • Greater sand plover, Charadrius leschenaultti
  • Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
  • Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
  • Ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
  • Mongolian plover, Charadrius mongolus
  • Dotterel, Eudromias morinellus
• Scolopacidae: typical waders or shorebirds
  • Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
  • Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
  • Little curlew, Numenius minutus
  • Slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris
  • Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
  • Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
  • Bristle-thighed curlew Numenius tahitiensis
  • Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis
  • Common greenshank, Tringa nebularia
  • Common redshank, Tringa totanus
  • Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
  • Spotted greenshank, Tringa guttifer
  • Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
  • Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
  • Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
  • Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
  • Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
  • Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
  • Wandering tattler, Tringa incana
  • Grey-rumped sandpiper, Tringa brevipes
  • Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
  • Turnstone, Arenaria interpres
  • Amami woodcock, Scolopax mira (endemic)
  • Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
  • Solitary snipe, Gallinago solitaria
  • Japanese snipe, Gallinago hardwickii (breeding endemic)
  • Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
  • Swinhoe's snipe, Gallinago megala
  • Pintail snipe, Gallinago stenura
  • Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
  • Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
  • Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
  • Asian dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus
  • Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
  • Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
  • Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
  • Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris
  • Red knot, Calidris canutus
  • Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
  • Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
  • Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis
  • Little stint, Calidris minuta
  • Dunlin, Calidris alpina
  • Long-toed stint, Calidris minutilla
  • Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
  • Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
  • Sanderling, Calidris alba
  • Spoon-billed sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
  • Broad-billed sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus
  • Stilt sandpiper, Micropalama himantopus
  • Buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis
  • Ruff, Philomachus pugnax
  • Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
  • Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
  • Grey phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
• Recurvirostridae: avocets and stilts
  • Australian stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus
  • Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus
  • Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
• Glareolidae: coursers and pratincoles
  • Oriental pratincole, Glareola meldivarum
• Stercorariidae: skuas
  • South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki
  • Arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus
  • Long-tailed skua, Stercorarius longicaudus
  • Pomarine skua, Stercorarius pomarinus
• Laridae: gulls
  • Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea
  • Black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris
  • Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus
  • Thayer's gull, Larus thayeri
  • Common gull, Larus canus
  • Vega gull, Larus vegae
  • Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
  • Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus
  • Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans
  • Herring gull, Larus argentatus
  • Heuglin's gull, Larus heuglini
  • Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
  • Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens
  • Pallas's gull, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
  • Relict gull, Ichthyaetus relictus
  • Franklin's gull, Leucophaeus pipixcan
  • Saunders' gull, Chroicocephalus saundersi
  • Slender-billed gull, Chroicocephalus genei
  • Bonaparte's gull, Chroicocephalus philadelphia
  • Black-headed gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus
  • Little gull, Hydrocoloeus minutus
  • Sabine's gull, Xema sabini
  • Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea
  • Red-legged kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris
  • Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
• Sternidae: terns
  • Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida
  • Black tern, Chlidonias nigra
  • White-winged tern, Chlidonias leucopterus
  • Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
  • Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
  • Little tern, Sternula albifrons
  • Common tern, Sterna hirundo
  • Black-naped tern, Sterna sumatrana
  • Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
  • Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii
  • Aleutian tern, Onychoprion aleuticus
  • Sooty tern, Onychoprion fuscatus
  • Spectacled tern, Onychoprion lunatus
  • Bridled tern, Onychoprion anaethetus
  • Greater crested tern, Thalasseus bergii
  • Blue noddy, Procelsterna cerulea
  • Common noddy, Anous stolidus
  • White-capped noddy, Anous minutus
  • White tern, Gygis alba
• Alcidae: auks
  • Common guillemot, Uria aalge
  • Brunnich's guillemot, Uria lomvia
  • Pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba
  • Spectacled guillemot, Cepphus carbo
  • Marbled murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus
  • Ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus
  • Crested murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume (breeding endemic)
  • Paroquet auklet, Cyclorrhynchus psittacula
  • Crested auklet, Aethia cristatella
  • Least auklet, Aethia pusilla
  • Whiskered auklet, Aethia pygmaea
  • Rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata
  • Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata
  • Tufted puffin, Lunda cirrhata

Pterocliformes

• Pteroclidae: sandgrouse
  • Pallas's sandgrouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus

Columbiformes

• Columbidae: pigeons and doves
  • Bonin wood pigeon, Columba versicolor (extinct)
  • Black wood pigeon, Columba janthina
  • Ryūkyū wood pigeon, Columba jouyi (extinct)
  • Eastern turtle dove, Streptopelia orientalis
  • Collared dove, Streptopelia decaocta
  • Red collared dove, Streptopelia tranquebarica
  • Common emerald dove, Chalcophaps indica
  • Japanese green pigeon, Treron sieboldii
  • Formosan green pigeon, Treron formosae

Cuculiformes

• Cuculidae: cuckoos
  • Rufous hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx hyperythrus
  • Chestnut-winged cuckoo, Clamator coromandus
  • European cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
  • Fugitive hawk cuckoo, Cuculus fugax
  • Short-winged cuckoo, Cuculus micropterus
  • Oriental cuckoo, Cuculus optatus
  • Lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
  • Asian drongo-cuckoo, Surniculus lugubris

Strigiformes

• Strigidae: owls
  • Japanese scops owl, Otus semitorques
  • European scops owl, Otus scops
  • Oriental scops owl, Otus sunia
  • Ryūkyū scops owl, Otus elegans
  • Blakiston's fish owl, Ketupa blakistoni
  • Eurasian eagle owl, Bubo bubo
  • Snowy owl, Bubo scandiacus
  • Northern boobook, Ninox japonica
  • Ural owl, Strix uralensis
  • Short-eared owl, Asio flammeus
  • Long-eared owl, Asio otus
  • Tengmalm's owl, Aegolius funereus
• Tytonidae: barn owls
  • Australasian grass owl, Tyto longimembris

Caprimulgiformes

• Caprimulgidae: nightjars
  • Indian nightjar, Caprimulgus indicus

Apodiformes

• Apodidae: swifts
  • White-throated needletail, Hirundapus caudacuta
  • Northern white-rumped swift, Apus pacificus
  • House swift, Apus affinis

Coraciiformes

• Cerylidae: water kingfishers
  • Crested kingfisher, Megaceryle lugubris
• Alcedinidae: river kingfishers
  • Common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis
• Halcyonidae: tree kingfishers
  • Ruddy kingfisher, Halcyon coromanda
  • Miyako kingfisher, Halcyon miyakoensis (extinct)
  • Black-capped kingfisher, Halcyon pileata
  • White-collared kingfisher, Todirhamphus chloris
• Meropidae: bee-eaters
  • Rainbow bee-eater, Merops ornatus
  • Blue-tailed bee-eater, Merops philippinus
• Coraciidae: rollers
  • Dollarbird, Eurystomus orientalis

Upupiformes

• Upupidae
  • Hoopoe, Upupa epops

Piciformes

• Picidae: woodpeckers
  • Wryneck, Jynx torquilla
  • Great spotted woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
  • White-backed woodpecker, Dendrocopos leucotos
  • Amami woodpecker, Dendrocopos owstoni (endemic)
  • Okinawa woodpecker, Dendrocopos noguchii (endemic)
  • Lesser spotted woodpecker, Dryobates minor
  • Japanese pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus kizuki
  • Eurasian three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus
  • White-bellied woodpecker, Dryocopus javensis
  • Black woodpecker, Dryocopus martius
  • Japanese green woodpecker, Picus awokera (endemic)
  • Grey-headed woodpecker, Picus canus

See also

• Lists of birds by region
• List of passerine Japanese birds