Utonai-ko Sanctuary / Wild Bird Society of Japan

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Wild Bird Society of Japan
Address: 3-9-23 Nishi-gotanda,
Shinagawa-ku,Tokyo 141-0031 Japan
Phone: 03-5436-2633
Fax: 03-5436-2635
URL: https://www.wbsj.org/
English Translation:
Asia Club, WBSJ volunteer Group,
ANDO keiko, FURUKAWA Setsu,
KANEKO Keiko, KASE Tomoko,
KIKUCHI Sayaka, SAKUMA Shunji and UENO Naohiro
Translating Editor:
Meenakshi NAGENDRAN

Birds in Each Month

Landbird

◎Very common　○Moderately common　△Generally uncommon　×Rare 　-No record

CR:Critically　Endangered　EN:Endangered　VU:Vulnerable　NT:Near Threatened
LC:Least Concern
Species Name Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
LC
Tobi
Blacｋ-eared Kite
Milvus lineatus		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎
LC
Ojiro washi
White-tailed Eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla 		○ ◎ ◎ ○ ◎ ○ ◎ △ ○ ◎ ◎ ◎
LC
O-washi
Steller's Sea-Eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus		 × △ ◎ △ - - - - - - × ○
LC
O-taka
Northern Goshawk
Accipiter gentilis		 - - ×   - - - - × △   ×
LC
Hai-taka
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus		 △ ○ △ × - - × × × × × ×
LC
Nosuri
Common Buzzard
Buteo buteo		 × × × - - - - - × × × ×
LC
Haiiro-chuhi
Northern Hawk
Hen Harrier, Marsh Hawk
Circus cyaneus		 × × × × - - - - × × × △
LC
Chuhi
Eastern Marsh-Harrier
Circus spilonotus 		× × × △ ○ △ ○ △ ○ ○ △ ×
LC
Kiji-bato
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia orientalis		 - × × ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ △ - -
LC
Ao-bato
White-bellied Green-pigeon
Treron sieboldii		 - - - - - × △ △ × × - -
LC
Kakko
Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus		 - - - - △ ◎ ○ × × - - -
LC
Tsutsu-dori
Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus saturatus		 - - - - △ ◎ ○ - × - - -
LC
Kawasemi
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthis		 - - ◎ - × × - △ ○ × × -
LC
Arisui
Eurasian Wryneck
Jynx torquilla		 - - - × ◎ △ × - × - - -
LC
Aka-gera
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos major 		◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ △ ○ △ △ ○ ○ ◎
LC
Ko-gera
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker
Dendrocopos kizuki		 ○ ○ ○ △ ◎ △ △ × △ △ ○ △
LC
Hibari
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis		 - - × × × - - - × - - -
LC
Shodo-tsubame
Sand Martin
Riparia riparia		 -   - - × ○ △ ○ △ - - -
LC
Haku-sekirei
White Wagtail
Motacilla alba		 - × × ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ △ × △
LC
Binzui
Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni		 - - - - △ × × × △ △ - -
LC
Hiyodori
Brown-eared Bulbul
Ixos amaurotis		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎
LC
Mozu
Bull-headed Shrike
Lanius bucephalus		 × - - × × × △ × △ △ × -
LC
Nogoma
Siberian Rubythroat
Luscinia calliope		 - - - - ○ ◎ ◎ × ○ △ × -
LC
No-bitaki
Stonechat
Saxicola torquata 		- - - × ○ ◎ ○ ○ ○ × - -
LC
Kuro-tsugumi
Japanese Thrush
Turdus cardis		 - × - △ ◎ ○ ○ × △ △ - -
LC
Akahara
Brown-headed Thrush
Turdus chrysolaus		 - - - △ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ △ × -
LC
Tsugumi
Dusky Thrush
Turdus naumanni		 ○ ◎ △ × × - - - - - × △
LC
Yabusame
Asian Stubtail
Urosphena squameiceps		 - - - × ◎ ◎ △   × - - -
LC
Uguisu
Japanese Bush-warbler
Cettia diphone		 - - - ○ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ ◎ △ × -
LC
Ezo-sennyu
Gray's Grasshopper-
ｗarbler
Locustella fasciolata		 - - - - △ ◎ ◎ ◎ × - - -
LC
Shima-sennyu
Middendorff's Grasshopper-
ｗarbler
Locustella ochotensis		 - - - - - △ ○ × × - - -
LC
Makino-sennyu
Lanceolated Warbler
Locustella lanceolata		 - - - - - × △ - × - - -
LC
Ko-yoshikiri
Black-browed Reed-warbler
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps		 - - - - △ ◎ ◎ × ○   - -
LC
Meboso-mushikui
Arctic Warbler
Phylloscopus borealis		 - - - - - × - - △ × - -
LC
Sendai-mushikui
Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler
Phylloscopus coronatus		 - - - △ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ × × - -
LC
Ki-bitaki
Narcissus Flycatcher
Ficedula narcissina		 - - - - ○ ◎ ○ - △   - -
LC
Kosame-bitaki
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Muscicapa dauurica		 - - - - ○ × × × × - - -
LC
Enaga
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatus		 ◎ ○ ○ △ ○ × △ × △ ○ ○ ○
LC
Hashibuto-gara
Marsh Tit
Aegithalos caudatus		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ ○ ○ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎
LC
Hi-gara
Coal Tit
Parus ater		 - - - - △ - - - × △ - -
LC
Shiju-kara
Great Tit
Parus major		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎
LC
Goju-kara
Wood Nuthatch
Sitta europaea		 ◎ ◎ ○ △ ○ - - × × × ○ ◎
LC
Kibashiri
Tree-Creeper
Certhia familiaris		 △ △ × -   - - - - × △ △
LC
Mejiro
Japanese White-eye
Zosterops japonicus		 - × - × ○ △ △ △ ◎ ○ × -
LC
Hojiro
Meadow Bunting
Emberiza cioides		 × - × - × - - - - △ × ×
LC
Kashiradaka
Rustic Bunting
Emberiza rustica		 - × × - - - - - - × × △
LC
Aoji
Black-faced Bunting
Emberiza spodocephala		 - - - ○ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ ◎ × -
LC
O-jurin
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclus		 - - - ○ ○ ◎ ◎ △ △ △ - -
LC
Atori
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ - - - - - × × ×
LC
Kawara-hiwa
Grey-capped Greenfinch
Carduelis sinica		 ○ - - ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ △
LC
Ma-hiwa
Eurasian Siskin
Carduelis spinus		 ○ ○ △ × × - - - - × △ △
LC
Beni-mashiko
Long-tailed Rosefinch
Uragus sibiricus		 × - - ○ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ ○ ◎ △ ×
LC
Uso
Eurasian Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula		 ○ ○ △ - × - - - - - × ×
LC
Ikaru
Japanese Grosbeak
Eophona personata		 × × × - × - × × × × - -
LC
Shime
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes		 △ ○ △ × ○ △ - × - × - -
LC
Nyunai-suzume
Russet Sparrow
Passer rutilans		 - - - - ○ ○ ◎ × × - - -
LC
Suzume
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ △ × △ × △ × ◎ ◎
LC
Ko-mukudori
Chestnut-cheeked Starling
Sturnus philippensis		 - - - - ○ ◎ ○ × × - - -
LC
Mukudori
White-cheeked Starling
Sturnus cineraceus		 - × - - × × × × × × × -
LC
Kakesu
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius		 - △ × - - - - - - × △ ○
LC
Hashiboso-garasu
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ △ △ △ ◎ ◎
LC
Hashibuto-garasu
Large-billed Crow
Corvus macrorhynchos		 × △ × ○ ○ △ × × △ ○ △ △

Waterbird

◎Very common　○Moderately common　△Generally uncommon　×Rare 　-No record

CR: Critically Endangered. EN: Endangered. VU: Vulnerable. NT: Near Threatened.
LC: Least Concern.
Species Name Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
LC
Kaitsuburi　　
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis		 - - × × - - - × ◎ ◎ △ -
LC
Hajiro-kaitsuburi
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis		 - - - - -   - - × △ × -
LC
Umi-u
Japanese Cormorant
Phalacrocorax capillatus		 - - - △ - - × × △ ○ × -
LC
Dai-sagi
Great Egret
Casmerodius albus		 △ × × △ ○ △ × × ○ × ○ ◎
LC
Ao-sagi
Grey Heron
Ardea cinerea		 × - △ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ × ×
LC
Ma-gan
White-fronted Goose
Anser albifrons		 × × ○ × - - - × △ ◎ ◎ ○
LC
Hishikui
Bean Goose
Anser fabalis		 △ ○ ○ ◎ - - - - △ ◎ ○ △
LC
Kobu-hakucho
Mute Swan
Cygnus olor		 △ ○ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○
LC
O-hakucho
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnus		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ △ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎
LC
Ko-hakucho
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianus		 × △ ○ ○ - - - - △ ○ ◎ △
LC
Ma-gamo
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos		 ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎ ○ △ ○ ◎ ◎ ◎ ◎
LC
Karu-gamo
Spot-billed Duck
Anas poecilorhyncha		 - - × △ - △ △ × ◎ ◎ △ ×
LC
Ko-gamo
Teal
Anas crecca		 - - × × △ - - - ◎ ◎ △ △
NT
Yoshi-gamo
Falcated Duck
Anas falcata		 × △ △ ◎ ◎ ○ × × × △ ○ ○
LC
Oka-yoshigamo
Gadwall
Anas falcata		 × × △ × - - - × × × △ △
LC
Hidori-gamo
Eurasian Wigeon
Anas penelope		 ○ △ ○ ◎ ◎ ○ - - ○ ◎ ◎ ○
LC
Onaga-gamo
Pintail
Anas acuta		 ○ ○ ○ ◎ ◎ - - - ○ ◎ ◎ ○
LC
Hashibiro-gamo
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata		 - - × ○ × - - - × ○ △ ×
LC
Hoshi-hajiro
Pochard
Aythya ferina		 × × × ○ × - - - △ ◎ ○ ×
LC
Kinkuro-hajiro
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligula		 × △ △ ◎ ○ - - - △ ◎ ○ ×
LC
Suzu-gamo
Greater Scaup
Aythya marila 		- - × △ - × - × × ○ ○ △
LC
Hojiro-gamo
Common Goldeneye
Bucephala clangula 		× △ △ △ - - - - - × △ △
LC
Miko-aisa
Smew
Mergellus albellus 		- △ ○ ○ △ - - - - △ △ △
LC
Kawa-aisa
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser 		○ ○ ○ ◎ ◎ × - × × ○ ◎ △
LC
Ko-chidori
Little Ringed Plover
Charadrius dubius 		- - - × ◎ ◎ ◎ △ × × - -
LC
Tonen
Red-necked Stint
Calidris ruficollis 		- - - - - - × × △ - - -
LC
Tsuru-shigi
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus 		- - × - - - - × × × - -
LC
Aoashi-shigi
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia 		- - - - × - △ - △ - - -
LC
Iso-shigi
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos 		- - - × - - △ × × - - -
LC
Oji-shigi
Latham's Snipe
Gallinago hardwickii 		- - - ○ ◎ ◎ △ × × × - -
LC
Yuri-kamome
Black-headed Gull
Larus ridibundus 		- - - × × - × × △ △ ○ ×
LC
Seguro-kamome
Herring Gull
Larus argentatus 		- × × × × - △ × × × × ×
LC
Oseguro-kamome
Slaty-backed Gull
Larus schistisagus 		△ △ ○ △ × × ○ × × × △ ×
LC
Shiro-kamome
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus 		- × △ ○ - - - - - - × ×
LC
Kamome
Common Gull
Larus canus 		- × △ - - - - - × - - ×
LC
Umineko
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostris 		- × × × × - - △ × - △ △
LC
Ajisashi
Common Tern
Larus crassirostris 		- - - - × × - × △ × - -

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