Bird Checklist
There are 256 species of birds kown to occur in Shiokawa Tidalflat.
Symbols used in checklist.
R-Resident Present all year.
S-Summmer visiter. Migratory breeder.
T-transient, spring and fall migrant.
W-Winter visiter. Resident in here during the non-breeding season
X-rare or casual

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English NameSientific Namesymbolrecently record
Red-throted LoonGavia stellataX3rd Apr.2001
Yellow-billed LoonGavia adamsiiX20th Feb.76
Litlle GrebePodiceps ruficollisR
Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollisX
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusW
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaX5th Sep.76
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusW
Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasX
Short-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus tenuirostrisX
Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaX
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboR
Temminck's CormorantPhalacrocorax filamentosusX
Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicusX8th Nov.92
Lesser FrigatebirdFregata arielX14th Sep.2003
Frigatebird Fregata sp. X
BitternBotaurus stellarisX
Chinese Little BitternIxobrychus sinensisS
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax R
Green-backed HeronButorides striatusX
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchusX
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibisS
Great EgretEgretta albaR
Intermediate EgretEgretta intermediaS
Little EgretEgretta garzettaR
Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesX25th May.2000
Eastern Reef HeronEgretta sacraX29th Jul.74
Gray HeronArdea cinereaR
Purple HeronArdea purpureaX10th May.92
Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorX5th May 2001
Oriental IbisThreskiornis melanocephalusX 10th Oct.84
BrantBranta berniclaX10th Jan.89
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons X18th Oct.89
Bean GooseAnser fabalisX2ed Dec.89
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesX8th Oct.95
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusX
Whistling SwanCygnus columbianusX29th Oct.95
Ruddy DuckTadorna ferrugineaX26th Jun.77
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaX15th Jan.92
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataW21th Dec.86
MallardAnas platyrhynchosW
Spoted-billed DuckAnas poecilorhynchaR
Green-winged TealAnas creccaW
Baikal TealAnas formosaW
Falcated TealAnas falcataW
GadwallAnas streperaW
WigeonAnas penelopeW
American WingeonAnas americanaX23th Nov.92
PintailAnas acutaW
GarganeyAnas querquedulaT
ShovelerAnas clypeataW
PochardAythya ferinaW
CanvasbackAythya valisineriaX4th Nov.79
Baer's PochardAythya baeriX18th Feb.79
Tufred DuckAythya fuligulaW
Greater ScaupAythya marilaW
Black ScoterMelanitta nigraW
White-winged Scoter Melanitta fuscaW
OldsquawClangula hyemalisX3rd Feb.79
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaW
SmewMergus albellus W
Red-breasted MarganserMergus serratorW
Common MarganserMergus merganserX14th Jan.74
OspreyPandion haliaetusW
Honey buzzardPernis apivorusT
Black KiteMilvus migransR
White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicillaX 15 Jan.81
Steller's Sea-EagleHaliaeetus pelagicusXDec.92
Goshawk Accipiter gentilisW
Japanese Lesser Sparrow HawkAccipiter gularisW
Sparrow HawkAccipiter nisusX
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopusX20th Mar.97
Common BuzzardButeo buteoW
Gray-faced Buzzard-EagleButastur indicusT
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneusW
Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucosX4th Jun.89
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusR
Peregrine FalconFalco pergrinusW
HobbyFalco subbuteoT
MerlinFalco columbariusW
KestrelFalco tinnunculusW
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixX
Bamboo PartridgeBambusicola thoracicaR
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicusR
Hooded CraneGrus monachaX12th Nov.95
Water RailRallus aquaticusW
Baillon's CrakePorzana pusillaX23th Sep.84
Ruddy Creke Porzana fuscaS
MoorhenGallinula chloropusR
WatercockGallicrex cinereaX26th Oct.75
CootFulica atraR
Pheasnt-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgusX 29th Apr.84
Painted SnipeRostratula benghalensisR
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusX15th Jan.93
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaW
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusS
Long-billed Ringed PloverCharadrius placidusW
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusR
Lesser SandploverCharadrius mongolusT
Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultiiT
Caspian PloverCharadrius asiaticusX15th Apr.73
DotterelEudromias morinellusX8th Oct.2000
Lesser Golden PloverPluvialis dominicaT
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaW
Gray-headed Lapwing Microsarcops cinereusR
Lapwing Vanellus vanellusW
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpresT
Little StintCalidris minutaT
Rufous-necked StintCalidris ruficollisT
Long-toed StintCalidris subminutaT
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiT
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiX 12th Sep.88
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosX27th Apr.97
Sharp-taild SandpiperCalidris acuminataT
DunlinCalidris alpinaW
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaT
Red knotCalidris canutusT
Gerat KnotCalidris tenuirostrisT
SanderlingCrocethia albaX15th Sep.74
Spoon-billed SandpiperEurynorhynchus pygmeusX 15th Sep.91
RuffPhilomachus pugnaxT
Buff-breasted SandpiperTryngites subruficollisX 26th Sep.87
Broad-billed SandpiperLimicola falcinellusT
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusW 29th Oct.95
Asiatic DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusT 25th Aug.92
Spotted RedshankTringa euythropusT
RedshankTringa totanusT
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilisT
GreenshankTringa nebulariaT
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaX20th Aug.84
Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttiferX22th Aug.03
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusW
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaW
Wandering TattlerTringa incanaX22th Aug.92
Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipesT
Common SandpiperTringa hypoleucosR
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereusT
Bar-taild GodwitLimosa limosaT
Black-taild GodwitLimosa lapponicaT
CurlewNumenius arquataW
Australian CurlewNumenius madagascariensisT
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusT
Little WimbrelNumenius minutusX5th May.93
Wood SnipeScolopax rusticolaW15th Jan.80
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoW
Pintail SnipeGallinago stenuraX
Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megalaT
Latham's SnipeGallinago hardwickiiT
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusW
AvocetRecurvirostra avocettaXJan.83
Red PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusX5th May.76
Nothern PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusT 17th Sep.95
Indian PratincoleGlareola maldivarumS
Black-headed GullLarus ridibundusW
Herring GullLarus argentatusW
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus W
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusX17th Oct.81
Mew GullLarus canusW
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisW
Saunders's Gull Larus saundersiW
Black-legged KittiwakeLarus tridactylusX 20th Apr.91
White-winged Black TernSterna leucopteraT 8th Oct.95
Whisered TernSterna hybridaX22th Aug.74
Common TernSterna hirundoT
Sooty TernSterna fuscataX2ed Aug.82
Little TernSterna albifronsS
Rufous Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalisR
Japanese Green PigeonSphenurus sieboldiiX9th Dce.92
Common CuckooCuculus canorusT
Oriental CuckooCuculus saturatusT20th Oct.85
Little CuckooCuculus poliocephalusT 29th Apr.86
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusW
Jungle NightjarCaprimulgus indicusT 2ed Nov.75
White-throated Needle-tailded SwiftChaetura caudacutaT
House Swift Apus affinisT
White-rumped SwiftApus pacificusT
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisR
WryneckJynx torquillaW13th Dec.92
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorX 21th Oct.72
Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerDendrocopos kizukiW
Lesser Short-toed LarkCalandrella rufescens X 8th Feb.92
SkylarkAlauda arvensis R
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia T
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica S
Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica T
House MartinDelichon urbica T
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaX15th Nov.87
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreolaX
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinereaW
White WagtailMotacilla albaW
Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandisR
Indian Tree PipitAnthus hodgsoni T
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus X 15th Jan.76
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaW
Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatusX 3rd Apr.78
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis R
Thick-billed Shrike Lanius tigrinus X15th Jun.86
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalusR
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusX
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaT
Japanese RobinErithacus akahige T 19th Aug.79
Siberian Rubythroat Erithacus calliopeT
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreusW
StonechatSaxicola torquataT
Isabelline WheatearOenanthe isabellineX30th Apr.2000
Desert WheatearOenanthe desertiX19th Oct.75
Bule RockthrushMonticola solitariusT
Brown ThrushTurdus chrysolausT
Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus W
Gray-headed ThrushTurdus obscurusT
Dusky ThrushTurdus naumanni W
Bush WablerCettia diphoneW
Japanese Marsh WarblerMegalurus pryeriW 22th Nov.92
Middendorff's Grasshopper WarblerLocustella ochotensisT 14th Sep.92
Black-browned Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps T 29th Apr.95
Great Reed warblerAcrocephalus arundinaceusS
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusX23th Nov.91
Crowned Willow WarblerPhylloscopus occipitalisT
Fan-tailed WarblerCisticola juncidisR
Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissinaT
Bule-and-White FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelanaT
Sooty FlycatcherMuscicapa sibiricaT
Gray-spotted flycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta T
Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa latirostrisT
Long-taild TitAegithalos caudatus W
Panduline TitRemiz pendulinus W
Great TitParus majorW
Japanese White-eyeZosterops japonicaW
Siberian meadow BuntingEmberiza cioidesR
Japanese Reed BuntingEmberiza yessoensisW 02 Jan.96
Gray-headed BuntingEmberiza fucataW
Little BuntingEmberiza pusillaX29th Oct.76
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaW
Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaX 27th Sep.80
Japanese Yellow BuntingEmberiza sulphurata T 21th Dec.75
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephalaW
Gray BuntingEmberiza variabilisW
Pallas's Reed BuntingEmberiza pallasi X28th Nov.92
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusW
Savannah SparrowAmmodramus sandwichensisX 29th Apr.93
BramblingFringilla montifringillaW28th Oct.90
Oriental GreenfinchCarduelis sinicaR
SiskinCarduelis spinusW17th Mar.93
Rosy FinchLeucosticte arctoaW8th Dec.90
Long-tailed Rose FinchUragus sibiricusW
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaW12th Nov.90
Japanese GrosbeakEophona personataW
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesW
Russet SparrowPasser rutilansX16th Apr.03
Tree SparrowPasser montanusR
Red-cheeked MynaSturnus philippensisR
Silky StaringSturnus sericeusX2nd Apr.97
StarlingSturnus vulgarisX27th Dec.84
Gray StarlingSturnus cineraceusR
Jay Garrulus glandariusW29th Apr.75
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneR
Jungle CrowCorvus macrorhynchosR


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