Japan has wide variety of bird species. Through the years they have faced an uphill battle for
survival. Their beautiful feathers and graceful flight have made them both objects of wonder and victims of their plumage. But over the past few decades serious efforts have been made to reverse this trend and improve habitat for resident and migratory birds. Even with these efforts, the country has a long way to go to reverse habitat loss. Enjoy these bird images and look for them when you visit Japan. Japan lies along the important East Asian-Australasian Flyway. This route is particularly important for shore birds that migrate between eastern Russia and Alaska down to Australia and New Zealand. Japan's long shorelines and numerous islands provide critical habitat for these migratory birds.
survival. Their beautiful feathers and graceful flight have made them both objects of wonder and victims of their plumage. But over the past few decades serious efforts have been made to reverse this trend and improve habitat for resident and migratory birds. Even with these efforts, the country has a long way to go to reverse habitat loss. Enjoy these bird images and look for them when you visit Japan. Japan lies along the important East Asian-Australasian Flyway. This route is particularly important for shore birds that migrate between eastern Russia and Alaska down to Australia and New Zealand. Japan's long shorelines and numerous islands provide critical habitat for these migratory birds.
Accipitriforme Order
Buteo japonicus - Japanese Buzzard In Flight Over Miura Peninsula, Japan
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Milvus migrans - A Black Kite Soars Over Sajima No Oka, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Pandion haliaetus - An Osprey In Flight Over Kadena City, Okinawa
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Anseriforme Order
Anatidae Family
Aix galericulata - Mandarin Duck
オシドリ
Mizumoto Park, Tokyo
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Anas acuta - Northern Pintail Duck
オナガガモ
Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture
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Anas clypeata - Norhtern Shoveler
ハシビロガモ
Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park, Tokyo
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Anas crecca - Eurasian Teal
コガモ
Kurobe City, Toyama Prefecture
Anas zonorhynchos - Eastern Spot-billed
Duck カルガモ
Yamato city, Kanagawa Prefecture
Aythya fuligula -Tufted Duck
キンクロハジロ
Showa Memorial Park Tachikawa, Tokyo
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Anas penelope - Eurasian Wigeon
ヒドリガモ
Lake Yamanakako, Yamanashi
Anser albifrons - Greater White-fronted
Goose マガン
Inashiro, Fukushima Prefecture
Aythya marila- Greater Scaup
スズガモ
Negishi Port Yokohama, Kanagawa Pref.
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Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard
マガモ in Shimonagaya in Yokohama, Japan
Anthya ferina - Common Pochard - ホシハジロ Tenjingawa Matsue, Shimane Prefecture
Branta canadensis - Canada Goose
カナダガン
Lake Tanuki in Shizuoka Prefecture
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Cygnus columbianus - Tundra Swan コハクチョウ Lake Suwa - Okaya City, Nagano
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Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swan - オオハクチョウ In Lake Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture
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Cygnus olor - Mute Swan コブハクチョウ Lake Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture
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Mergus serrator - Red-breasted Merganser ウミアイサ In the bay off Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture
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Order - Apodiformes
Apus pacificus - A Pacific Swift in In Flight Over YMS at Yokosuka Naval Base
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Order - Charadriiformes
Charadriidae Family
Charadrius dubius - Little Ringed Plover コチドリ Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Vanellus cinereus - Grey-headed Lapwing ケリ Komatsu City, Ishikawa Prefecture
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Vanellus vanellus - Northern Lapwing タゲリ Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture
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Glareolidae Family
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Laridae Family
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Laridae Family
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Glareola maldivarum - Oriental Pratincole
ツバメチドリ
Kadena Air Base, Okinawa Prefecture
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Larus crassirostris - Black-tailed Gull
ウミネコ
Over Tokyo Bay Off Chiba Peninsula
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Larus ridibundus - Black-headed Gull
ユリカモメ
Chirihama Beach, Ishikawa Prefecture
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Laridae Family
Larus vegae - Vega Gull
学名
Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture
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Sternula albifrons - Little Tern
コアジサシ
West Beach Kasai Marine Park Tokyo
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Sterna sumatrana - Black-naped Tern
エリグロアジサシ
East China Sea off Okinawa Prefecture
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Scolopacidae Family
Actitis hypoleucos - Common Sandpiper イソシギ at Kannonzaki Park Yokosuka in Kanagawa Pref.
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Arenaria interpres - Ruddy Turnstone
キョウジョシギ
Yokosuka Naval Base in Kanagawa Pref.
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Calidris alba - Sanderling
ミユビシギ
Kasai Rinkai Park Tokyo Prefecture
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Calidris alpina - Dunlin
ハマシギ
Kasai Rinkai Park in Tokyo Prefecture
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Calidris ruficollis - Red-Necked Stint トウネン Higashiyoka-higata in Saga Prefecture
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Numenius phaeopus - Whimbrel
チュウシャクシギ
Yokosuka Naval Base, Kanagawa Pref.
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Columbiformes
Columbidae Family
Columbidae Family
Columba livia Rock Dove
カワラバト
Yokosuka NB, Kawagawa Prefecture
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Streptopelia orientalis Oriental Turtle Dove
キジバト
Kannonzaki Park in Kanagawa Prefecture
Coraciiforms
Alcedinidae Family 
Alcedo atthis - Common Kingfisher
カワセミ
Kamigo Mori No Ie 上郷・森の家 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Galliformes
Phasianidae Family
Phasianidae Family
Bambusicola thoracicus - Bamboo Partridge
コジュケイ
Sajima No Oka, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Coturnix japonica - Japanese Quail ウズラ - Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture
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Phasianus versicolor - Japanese Green Pheasant - キジ Himi City, Toyama Prefecture
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Syrmaticus soemmeringii - Copper Pheasant - ヤマドリ Ichinoseki, Iwate Prefecture
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Rallidae Family |
Gruiformes
Rallidae Family |
Gruidae Family |
Fulica atra - Common Coot
オオバン
Shinobazu Pond in Ueno Park, Tokyo
Aegithalidae Family |
Gallinula chloropus - Common Moorhen
バン
Kunigami Village, Okinawa Prefecture
Grus monacha - Hooded Crane ナベヅル Yashiro - Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture
Passeriformes
Alaudidae Family |
Grus japonensis - A Japanese Crane Dancng Near Ota, Hokkaido Prefecture
Campephagidae Family |
Aegithalos caudatus - Long-Tailed Tit
エナガ
Tachikawa City, Tokyo
Cinclidae Family
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Alauda arvensis - Eurasian Skylark
ヒバリ
Yokosuka N.B., Kanagawa Prefecture
Cisticolidae Family
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Pericrocotus tegimae - Ryukyu Minivet
リュウキュウサンショウクイ
Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture
Corvidae Family
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Cinclus pallasii - Brown Dipper
カワガラス
Oirase River in Aomori Prefecture
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Cisticola juncidis - Zitting Cisticola
セッカ
Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture
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Cyanopica cyanus - Azure-Winged Magpie
オナガ
North Dock Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Corvidae Family
Corvus corone - Carrion Crow
ハシボソガラス
Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Corvus macrorhynchos - Large-Billed Crow
ハシブトガラス
Yokosuka Naval Base, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Garrulus glandarius - Eurasian Jay
カケス
Lake Chichibu - Saitama Prefecture
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Fringillidae Family
Carduelis sinica - Grey-capped Greenfinch
カワラヒワ
Yamanakako Village, Yamanashi Prefecture
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Coccothraustes coccothraustes - Hawfinch
シメ
Negishi - Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Pyrrhyla pyrrhula - Eurasian Bullfinch
ウソ
Mt. Mihara Izu Oshima Tokyo Prefecture
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Emberizidae Family
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Emberiza cioides - Meadow Bunting
ホオジロ
Sajima No Oka, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Emberiza rustica - Meadow Bunting カシラダカ - Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture
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Emberiza spodocephala - Black-faced Bunting
アオジ - Sajima No Oka, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Hirundinidae Family
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Laniidae Family
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Hirundo rustica - Barn Swallow
ツバメ
Kannonzaki Park, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Lanius bucephalus - Bull-Headed Shrike
モズ
Showa Kinen Park Tachikawa City, Tokyo
Motacillidae Family
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Motacilla alba - White Wagtail
タイリクハクセキレイ
Nyuzen, Toyama Prefecture
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Motacilla cinerea - Grey Wagtail
キセキレイ
Unazuki, Toyama Prefecture
Muscicapidae Family
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Motacilla grandis - Japanese Wagtail
セグロセキレイ
Tama Hills Recreation Area, Tokyo
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Cyanoptila cyanomelana - Blue and White
Flycatcher オオルリ
Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture
Monticola solitarius Blue Rock-thrush
イソヒヨドリ Cape Zanpa on the western coast of Okinawa Prefecture
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Erithacus komadori - Ryukyu Robin
アカヒゲ
Near Hiji Falls in Okinawa Prefecture
Phoenicurus auroreus - Daurian Redstart
ジョウビタキ
Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
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Ficedula narcissina - Narcissus Flycatcher
キビタキ
Yamakita-machi, Kanagawa Prefecture
Tarsiger cyanurus - Orange-flanked Bush-
robin ルリビタキ
Base of Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture
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Paridae Family
Periparus ater - Coal Tit
ヒガラ- Ina Tree in the town of Hanamaki, Iwate Prefecture
Paridae Family
Parus varius - Varied Tit
ヤマガラ
Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture
Pycnonotidae Family
Pycnonotus sinensis Light-Vented Bulbul
シロガシラ
Kadena, Okinawa Prefecture
Sturnidae Family
Sturnus cineraceus White-cheeked Starling
ムクドリ
Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture
Turdidae Family
Turdus naumanni - Dusky Thrush
ツグミ
Negishi - Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Parus minor - Japanese Tit at Kamigo Mori No Ie in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Passeridae Family
Passer montanus - Eurasian Tree Sparrow
スズメ - Kin Town, Okinawa Prefecture
Sittidae Family
Sitta europaea - European Nuthatch
ゴジュウカラ
Base of Mt. Fuji in Shizuoka Prefecture
Scotocercidae Family
Horornis diphone - Japanese Bush-warbler
ウグイス Kamigo Mori No Ie in Yokoahama, Kanagawa Pref
Turdidae Family
Turdus pallidus - Pale Thrush
シロハラ Kannonzaki Park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Pref
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Parus montanus - Willow Tit
コガラ
Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture
Pycnonotidae Family
Hypsipetes amaurotis - Brown-eared Bulbul
ヒヨドリ
Mizuho City, Tokyo
Sturnidae Family
Acridotheres cristatellus Crested Myna
ハッカチョウ
Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Timaliidae Family
Garrulax canorus - Chinese Hwamei
ガビチョウ
Near Lake Tanuki in Shizuoka Prefecture
Zosteropidae Family
Zosterops japonicus - Japanese White-eye
メジロ
Sajima No Oka, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Order - Pelecaniformes
Ardeidae Family
Ardea cinerea - Grey Heron アオサギ Near Rt. 49 in Saga City, Saga Prefecture
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Casmerodius albus - Great White Egret ダイサギ Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture
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Egretta garzetta - Little Egret コサギ in Tomiyama, Chiba Prefecture
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Egretta sacra - Pacific Reef Egret クロサギ Near Oura Bay in Okinawa Prefecture
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Nycticorax nycticorax - Black-crowned Night Heron ゴイサギ Nagahama River in Okinawa Prefecture
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Phalacrocoracidae Family
Phalacrocorax capillatus - Japanese
Cormorant ウミウ
Next to Tokyo Bay in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Phalacrocorax carbo - Great Cormorant
カワウ
Tokyo Kasai Rinkai Park
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Phalacrocorax pelagicus - Pelagic Cormorant
ヒメウ
Tokyo Bay Off Sarushima (Monkey Island)
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Piciformes
Picidae Family
Picidae Family
Dendrocopos leucotos - White-backed
Woodpecker オオアカゲラ
Misawa, Amori Prefecture
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Dendrocopos major - Great Spotted
Woodpecker アカゲラ
Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture
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Picoides kizuki - Pygmy Woodpecker
コゲラ at Kamigo Mori No Ie in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
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Podicipediformes
Podicipedidae Family
Podicipedidae Family
Podiceps cristatus - Great Crested Grebe
カンムリカイツブリ
Lake Kasumigaura in Ibaraki Prefecture
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Podiceps nigricollis - Black-necked Grebe
ハジロカイツブリ
Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture
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