CHECKLIST OF BIRDS SEEN DURING TOUR
Location
T = Tokyo
H = Hokkaido
K = Kuril Islands
S = Kamchatka, Siberia
A = Aleutians and at sea
P = Pribilofs (& St Matthew, Gambell)
N = Nome, Alaska
X = Anchorage
Abundance Scale (max. seen on 1 day)
1 = 1 – 4 individuals
2= 5 - 9
3 = 10 - 99
4 = 100 - 999
5 = 1,000 - 9,999
6= 10,000 - 99,999
No of days recorded
1 2h means seen on 1
day and heard on 2
other days
No of days recorded
SPECIES
Location
AbundanceScale
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Red-throated Diver
Black-throated Diver
Pacific Diver
White-billed Diver
Red-necked Grebe
Short-tailed Albatross
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Northern Fulmar
Mottled Petrel
Short-tailed Shearwater
Leach’s Storm-Petrel
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel
Great Cormorant
Temminck’s (Japanese) Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant
Grey Heron
Great Egret
Little Egret
Whooper Swan
Tundra Swan
Snow Goose
Emperor Goose
Canada Goose (note 1)
Brent Goose (note 2)
Mandarin Duck
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Falcated Duck
Eurasian Teal
Mallard
Spot-billed Duck
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Eider
King Eider
Spectacled Eider
Harlequin Duck
Long-tailed Duck
Black Scoter (note 3)
White-winged Scoter (note 4)
Common Goldeneye
Smew
Red-breasted Merganser
Goosander
Osprey
Black Kite
White-tailed Eagle
Bald Eagle
Steller’s Sea-Eagle
Eastern Marsh Harrier
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Northern Goshawk
Rough-legged Buzzard
Eurasian Kestrel
Eurasian Hobby
Gyr Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Willow Ptarmigan
Sandhill Crane
Red-crowned Crane
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Pacific Golden Plover
American Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Kentish Plover
Lesser Sand Plover
Latham’s Snipe
Common Snipe
Wilson’s Snipe (note 5)
Eurasian Woodcock
Short-billed Dowitcher
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Bar-tailed Godwit
Whimbrel
Eastern Curlew
Common Redshank
Greenshank
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wood Sandpiper
Common Sandpiper
Grey-tailed Tattler
Ruddy Turnstone
Great Knot
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Long-toed Stint
Least Sandpiper
6
3
6
3
1
1
8
1
16
3
9
5
7
1
1
12
11
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
3
1
2
7
2
2
2
9
1
7
3
4
6
4
2
1
11
3
4
3
3
1
8
6
1
4
4
2
4
2
1
1
4
1
1
1
6
2
3
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
4
2
-
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
5
1
1h
1h
1h
SP
SPN
KA
X
A
KSA
A
A
KSA
KA
KA
T
K
TH
T
T
HS
N
N
P
AN
S
HK
HKS
N
HK
HKS
T
SN
HKS
APN
P
P
PN
SAN
S
HKS
H
HSP
S
H
HK
AN
KS
H
S
S
KS
S
S
K
HKS
S
PN
H
S
N
N
T
PN
T
T
H
S
N
H
X
S
X
TN
KN
S
T
S
NX
S
S
TS
TN
T
N
N
T
KS
N
3
3
1
1
3
1
4
1
6
3
5
4
4
3
2
3
3
2
2
1
1
2
1
1
3
1
2
3
1
1
2
2
1
2
1
2
4
3
2
1
3
2
4
3
1
1
3
3
1
3
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
3
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
2
1
-
1
2
1
3
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
3
1
1
2
Gavia stellata
Gavia arctica
Gavia pacifica
Gavia adamsii
Podiceps grisegena
Diomedea albatrus
Diomedea immutabilis
Diomedea nigripes
Fulmarus glacialis
Pterodroma inexpectata
Puffinus tenuirostris
Oceanodroma leucorhoa
Oceanodroma furcata
Phalacrocorax carbo
Phalacrocorax capillatus
Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Phalacrocorax urile
Ardea cinerea
Egretta alba
Egretta garzetta
Cygnus cygnus
Cygnus columbianus
Chen caerulescens
Chen canagica
Branta canadensis
Branta bernicla
Aix galericulata
Anas penelope
Anas americana
Anas falcata
Anas crecca
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas poecilorhyncha
Anas acuta
Anas clypeata
Aythya fuligula
Aythya marila
Somateria mollissima
Somateria spectabilis
Somateria fischeri
Histrionicus histrionicus
Clangula hyemalis
Melanitta americana
Melanitta deglandi
Bucephala clangula
Mergellus albellus
Mergus serrator
Mergus merganser
Pandion haliaetus
Milvus migrans
Haliaeetus albicilla
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Haliaeetus pelagicus
Circus spilonotus
Accipiter nisus
Accipiter gentilis
Buteo lagopus
Falco tinnunculus
Falco subbuteo
Falco rusticolus
Falco peregrinus
Lagopus lagopus
Grus canadensis
Grus japonensis
Haematopus ostralegus
Pluvialis fulva
Pluvialis dominica
Pluvialis squatarola
Charadrius semipalmatus
Charadrius alexandrinus
Charadrius mongolus
Gallinago hardwickii
Gallinago gallinago
Gallinago delicata
Scolopax rusticola
Limnodromus griseus
Limosa limosa
Limosa haemastica
Limosa lapponica
Numenius phaeopus
Numenius madagascariensis
Tringa totanus
Tringa nebularia
Tringa flavipes
Tringa erythropus
Tringa hypoleucos
Heterosceles brevipes
Arenaria interpres
Calidris tenuirostris
Calidris pusilla
Calidris mauri
Calidris ruficollis
Calidris subminuta
Calidris minutilla