List of birds of Japan (passerine)

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

Pittidae

• Hooded pitta, Pitta sordida (rare/accidental)
• Fairy pitta, Pitta nympha - vulnerable species

Alaudidae: larks

• Bimaculated lark, Melanocorypha bimaculata (rare/accidental)
• Lesser short-toed lark, Calandrella rufescens (rare/accidental)
• Short-toed lark, Calandrella brachydactyla
• Skylark, Alauda arvensis
• Japanese skylark, Alauda japonica (endemic)
• Shore lark, Eremophila alpestris

Hirundinidae: swallows and martins

• Sand martin, Riparia riparia
• Red-rumped swallow, Hirundo daurica
• House/barn swallow, Hirundo rustica
• Pacific swallow, Hirundo tahitica
• Common house martin, Delichon urbica (rare/accidental)

Motacillidae: wagtails and pipits

• Forest wagtail, Dendronanthus indicus
• Citrine wagtail, Motacilla citreola (rare/accidental)
• Grey wagtail, Motacilla cinerea
• Japanese wagtail, Motacilla grandis
• Yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava
• White wagtail, Motacilla alba
• Blyth's pipit, Anthus godlewskii (rare/accidental)
• Pechora pipit, Anthus gustavi (rare/accidental)
• Water pipit, Anthus spinoletta
• Olive-backed pipit, Anthus hodgsoni
• Richard's pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae
• Red-throated pipit, Anthus cervinus
• Tree pipit, Anthus trivialis (rare/accidental)

Campephagidae

• Dark-grey cuckoo shrike, Coracina melaschistos (rare/accidental)
• Ashy minivet, Pericrocotus divaricatus
• Ryūkyū minivet, Pericrocotus tegimae (endemic)

Pycnonotidae

• Chinese bulbul, Pycnonotus sinensis
• Brown-eared bulbul, Ixos amaurotis

Laniidae

• Brown shrike, Lanius cristatus
• Chinese great grey shrike, Lanius sphenocercus (rare/accidental)
• Great grey shrike, Lanius excubitor
• Black-headed shrike, Lanius schach (rare/accidental)
• Tiger shrike, Lanius tigrinus
• Bull-headed shrike, Lanius bucephalus

Bombycillidae: waxwings

• Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus
• Japanese waxwing, Bombycilla japonica - near-threatened species

Cinclidae: dippers

• Brown dipper, Cinclus pallasii

Troglodytidae: wrens

• Eurasian wren, Troglodytes troglodytes

Prunellidae

• Alpine accentor, Prunella collaris
• Japanese accentor, Prunella rubida
• Siberian accentor, Prunella montanella (rare/accidental)

Turdidae: thrushes

• Siberian ground thrush, Zoothera sibirica
• Amami thrush, Zoothera major (endemic) - critically endangered species
• Bonin Islands thrush, Zoothera terrestris - extinct species
• White's thrush, Turdus dauma
• Izu thrush, Turdus celaenops (endemic) - vulnerable species
• Brown thrush, Turdus chrysolaus
• Song thrush, Turdus philomelos (rare/accidental)
• Grey-backed thrush, Turdus hortulorum (rare/accidental)
• Blackbird, Turdus merula
• Japanese grey thrush, Turdus cardis
• Pale thrush, Turdus pallidus
• Dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni
• Black-throated thrush, Turdus ruficollis (rare/accidental)
• Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris (rare/accidental)
• Eyebrowed thrush, Turdus obscurus
• Mistle thrush, Turdus viscivorus (rare/accidental)
• Redwing, Turdus iliacus (rare/accidental)

Cisticolidae: Cisticolas

• Zitting cisticola, Cisticola juncidis

Cettiidae: Cettid warblers

• Asian stubtail, Urosphena squameiceps (rare/accidental)
• Japanese bush warbler, Cettia diphone

Locustellidae: Locustellid warblers

• Gray's grasshopper warbler, Locustella fasciolata
• Pallas's grasshopper warbler, Locustella certhiola (rare/accidental)
• Middendorff's grasshopper warbler, Locustella ochotensis
• Lanceolated warbler, Locustella lanceolata
• Japanese marsh warbler, Locustella pryeri - vulnerable species

Acrocephalidae: Acrocephalid warblers

• Great reed warbler, Acrocephalus arundinaceus
• Schrenk's reed warbler, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
• Thick-billed warbler, Acrocephalus aedon (rare/accidental)

Phylloscopidae: Phylloscopid warblers

• Ijima's willow warbler, Phylloscopus ijimae (breeding endemic) - vulnerable species
• Pale-legged willow warbler, Phylloscopus tenellipes
• Pallas's leaf warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus (rare/accidental)
• Radde's warbler, Phylloscopus schwarzi (rare/accidental)
• Yellow-browed warbler, Phylloscopus inornatus
• Eastern crowned willow warbler, Phylloscopus coronatus
• Dusky warbler, Phylloscopus fuscatus (rare/accidental)
• Arctic warbler, Phylloscopus borealis

Sylviidae: Old World warblers

• Vinous-throated parrotbill, Sinosuthora webbiana (rare/accidental)

Regulidae: kinglets

• Goldcrest, Regulus regulus

Muscicapidae: flycatchers and chats

• Blue rock thrush, Monticola solitarius
• White-throated rock thrush, Monticola gularis (rare/accidental)
• Taiga flycatcher, Ficedula albicilla
• Narcissus flycatcher, Ficedula narcissina
• Yellow-rumped flycatcher, Ficedula zanthopygia
• Mugimaki flycatcher, Ficedula mugimaki
• Blue-and-white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana
• Spot-breasted flycatcher, Muscicapa griseisticta
• Brown flycatcher, Muscicapa latirostris
• Siberian flycatcher, Muscicapa sibirica
• Ferruginous flycatcher, Muscicapa ferruginea (rare/accidental)
• Japanese paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone atrocaudata
• Swinhoe's robin, Luscinia sibilans
• Bluethroat, Luscinia svecica
• Siberian rubythroat, Luscinia calliope
• Siberian blue robin, Luscinia cyane
• Ryūkyū robin, Erithacus komadori (breeding endemic)
• Japanese robin, Erithacus akahige
• Red-flanked bluetail, Tarsiger cyanurus
• Daurian redstart, Phoenicurus auroreus
• Black redstart, Phoenicurus ochruros (rare/accidental)
• Siberian stonechat, Saxicola maura
• Grey bushchat, Saxicola ferrea (rare/accidental)
• Isabelline wheatear, Oenanthe isabellina (rare/accidental)
• Desert wheatear, Oenanthe deserti (rare/accidental)
• Pied wheatear, Oenanthe pleschanka (rare/accidental)
• Common wheatear, Oenanthe oenanthe

Aegithalidae

• Long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus

Remizidae

• Penduline tit, Remiz pendulinus

Paridae: titmice

• Willow tit, Parus montanus
• Great tit, Parus major
• Marsh tit, Parus palustris
• Coal tit, Parus ater
• Varied tit, Parus varius
• Azure tit, Parus cyanus (rare/accidental)

Panuridae: bearded reedling

• Bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus (rare/accidental)

Sittidae: nuthatches

• European nuthatch, Sitta europaea

Certhiidae: treecreepers

• Common treecreeper, Certhia familiaris

Zosteropidae

• Japanese white-eye, Zosterops japonica
• Chestnut-flanked white-eye, Zosterops erythropleura (rare/accidental)

Meliphagidae

• Bonin honeyeater, Apalopteron familiare (endemic) - vulnerable species

Emberizidae: buntings

• Black-faced bunting, Emberiza spodocephala
• Reed bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus
• Rustic bunting, Emberiza rustica
• Yellowhammer, Emberiza citrinella (rare/accidental)
• Yellow-browed bunting, Emberiza chrysophrys
• Japanese grey bunting, Emberiza variabilis
• Japanese reed bunting, Emberiza yessoensis - near-threatened species
• Little bunting, Emberiza pusilla
• Pallas' reed bunting, Emberiza pallasi (rare/accidental)
• Yellow-breasted bunting, Emberiza aureola
• Chestnut bunting, Emberiza rutila
• Pine bunting, Emberiza leucocephala
• Tristram's bunting, Emberiza tristrami
• Ortolan bunting, Emberiza hortulana (rare/accidental)
• Black-headed bunting, Emberiza melanocephala (rare/accidental)
• Yellow bunting, Emberiza sulphurata (endemic) - vulnerable species
• Grey-headed bunting, Emberiza fucata
• Siberian meadow bunting, Emberiza cioides
• Yellow-throated bunting, Emberiza elegans
• Lapland bunting, Calcarius lapponicus
• Snow bunting, Plectrophenax nivalis
• Fox sparrow, Zonotrichia iliaca (rare/accidental)
• Golden-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia atricapilla (rare/accidental)
• White-crowned sparrow, Zonotrichia leucophrys (rare/accidental)
• Savannah sparrow, Passerculus sandwichensis (rare/accidental)

Fringillidae: finches

• Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla
• Oriental greenfinch, Chloris sinica
• Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus
• Arctic redpoll, Acanthis hornemanni (rare/accidental)
• Redpoll, Acanthis flammea
• Asian rosy finch, Leucosticte arctoa
• Long-tailed rosefinch, Uragus sibiricus
• Common rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus
• Pallas's rosefinch, Carpodacus roseus
• Bonin grosbeak, Chaunoproctus ferreorostris - extinct species
• Pine grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator
• Red crossbill, Loxia curvirostra
• White-winged crossbill, Loxia leucoptera (rare/accidental)
• Eurasian bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula
• Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes
• Yellow-billed grosbeak, Eophona migratoria
• Japanese grosbeak, Eophona personata

Estrildidae

• White-rumped munia, Lonchura striata (introduced species)

Passeridae

• Tree sparrow, Passer montanus
• Cinnamon sparrow, Passer rutilans

Sturnidae: starlings

• Chinese starling, Sturnus sinensis
• Silky starling, Sturnus sericeus (rare/accidental)
• Chestnut-cheeked starling, Sturnus philippensis
• Daurian starling, Sturnus sturninus (rare/accidental)
• Rosy starling, Sturnus roseus (rare/accidental)
• Common starling, Sturnus vulgaris
• Grey starling, Sturnus cineraceus
• Chinese jungle mynah, Acridotheres cristatellus (rare/accidental)

Oriolidae: orioles

• Black-naped oriole, Oriolus chinensis

Dicruridae

• Black drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus (rare/accidental)

Artamidae

• White-breasted woodswallow, Artamus leucorhynchus (rare/accidental)

Corvidae: crows

• Eurasian jay, Garrulus glandarius
• Lidth's jay, Garrulus lidthi (endemic) - vulnerable species
• Azure-winged magpie, Cyanopica cyana
• European magpie, Pica pica
• Spotted nutcracker, Nucifraga caryocatactes
• Jungle crow, Corvus macrorhynchos
• Carrion crow, Corvus corone
• Rook, Corvus frugilegus
• Common raven, Corvus corax
• Daurian jackdaw, Corvus dauuricus
• Jackdaw, Corvus monedula (rare/accidental)
• House crow, Corvus splendens (rare/accidental)

See also

• Lists of birds by region