List of birds of Japan (non-passerine)

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

Anseriformes

Anatidae: swans, geese and ducks
- Indian whistling duck, Dendrocygna javanica
- Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus
- Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus
- Mute swan, Cygnus olor (introduced)
- Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus
- Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus
- Swan goose, Anser cygnoides
- Greylag goose, Anser anser
- Snow goose, Anser caerulescens
- Bean goose, Anser fabalis
- White-fronted goose, Anser albifrons
- Emperor goose, Anser canagicus
- Brent goose, Branta bernicla
- Canada goose, Branta canadensis
- Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea
- Crested shelduck, Tadorna cristata
- Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
- Mandarin duck, Aix galericulata
- American wigeon, Anas americana
- Gadwall, Anas strepera
- Northern pintail, Anas acuta
- Spot-billed duck, Anas poecilorhyncha
- Common teal, Anas crecca
- Garganey, Anas querquedula
- Baikal teal, Anas formosa
- Northern shoveler, Anas clypeata
- European wigeon, Anas penelope
- Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos
- Falcated duck, Anas falcata
- Red-crested pochard, Netta rufina
- Baer's pochard, Aythya baeri
- Redhead, Aythya americana
- Canvasback, Aythya valisineria
- Tufted duck, Aythya fuligula
- Ring-necked duck, Aythya collaris
- Lesser scaup, Aythya affinis
- Greater scaup, Aythya marila
- Common pochard, Aythya ferina
- White-eyed pochard, Aythya nyroca
- King eider, Somateria spectabilis
- Steller's eider, Polysticta stelleri
- Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histroionicus
- Long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis
- Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata
- Common scoter, Melanitta nigra
- Velvet scoter, Melanitta fusca
- Bufflehead, Bucephala albeola
- Common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula
- Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator
- Goosander, Mergus merganser
- Chinese merganser, Mergus squamatus
- Smew, Mergellus albellus

Galliformes

Tetraonidae: grouse
- Rock ptarmigan, Lagopus mutus
- Hazel grouse, Tetrastes bonasia
Phasianidae: partridges, pheasants and quails
- Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica
- Chinese bamboo partridge, Bambusicola thoracica (introduced)
- Copper pheasant, Phasianus soemmerringi (endemic)
- Green pheasant, Phasianus versicolor (endemic)

Gaviiformes

Gaviidae: divers
- Red-throated diver, Gavia stellata
- Black-throated diver, Gavia arctica
- Pacific diver, Gavia pacifica
- White-billed diver, Gavia adamsii

Podicipediformes

Podicipedidae: grebes
- Little grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red-necked grebe, Podiceps grisegena
- Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus
- Black-necked grebe, Podiceps nigricollis
- Slavonian grebe, Podiceps auritus

Procellariiformes

Diomedeidae: albatrosses
- Short-tailed albatross, Diomedea albatrus
- Black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes
- Laysan albatross, Diomedea immutabilis
- Wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans
Procellariidae: fulmar, shearwaters, gadfly and other petrels
- Fulmar, Fulmarus glacialis
- White-necked petrel, Pterodroma externa
- Kermadec petrel, Pterodroma neglecta
- Bonin petrel, Pterodroma hypoleuca
- Black-winged petrel, Pterodroma nigripennis
- Solander's petrel, Pterodroma solandri
- Hawaiian petrel, Pterodroma phaeopygia
- Stejneger's petrel, Pterodroma longirostris
- Bulwer's petrel, Bulweria bulwerii
- Streaked shearwater, Calonectris leucomelas
- Pale-footed shearwater, Puffinus carneipes
- Wedge-tailed shearwater, Puffinus pacificus
- Christmas Island shearwater, Puffinus nativitatis
- Audubon's shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri
- Sooty shearwater, Puffinus griseus
- Short-tailed shearwater, Puffinus tenuirostris
Hydrobatidae: storm petrels
- Wilson's storm petrel, Oceanites oceanicus
- Stejneger's storm-petrel, Oceanodroma tristami
- Matsudaira's storm petrel, Oceanodroma matsudairae (breeding endemic)
- Band-rumped storm petrel, Oceanodroma castro
- Leach's storm petrel, Oceanodroma leucorhoa
- Fork-tailed storm petrel, Oceanodroma furcata
- Swinhoe's storm petrel, Oceanodroma monorhis

Pelecaniformes

Phaethontidae: tropicbirds
- Red-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon rubricauda
- White-tailed tropicbird, Phaethon lepturus
Pelecanidae: pelicans
- Dalmatian pelican, Pelecanus crispus
- Great white pelican, Pelecanus onocrotalus
- Spot-billed pelican, Pelecanus philippensis
Sulidae: boobies
- Blue-faced booby, Sula dactylatra
- Red-footed booby, Sula sula
- Brown booby, Sula leucogaster
Phalacrocoracidae: cormorants
- Japanese cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-faced cormorant, Phalacrocorax urile
- Pelagic cormorant, Phalacrocorax pelagicus
Fregatidae: frigatebirds
- Great frigatebird, Fregata minor
- Lesser frigatebird, Fregata ariel

Ciconiiformes

Ardeidae: herons and bitterns
- Grey heron, Ardea cinerea
- Purple heron, Ardea purpurea
- Cattle egret, Bubulcus ibis
- Eastern great egret, Ardea modesta
- Intermediate egret, Ardea intermedia
- Little egret, Egretta garzetta
- Chinese egret, Egretta eulophotes
- Pacific reef heron, Egretta sacra
- Chinese pond heron, Ardeola bacchus
- Striated heron, Butorides striatus
- Black-crowned night heron, Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rufous night heron, Nycticorax caledonicus
- Japanese night heron, Gorsachius goisagi
- Malayan night heron, Gorsachius melanolophus
- Chinese little bittern, Ixobrychus sinensis
- Schrenk's little bittern, Ixobrychus eurythmus
- Black bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis
- Cinnamon bittern, Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian bittern, Botaurus stellaris
Ciconiidae: storks
- White stork, Ciconia ciconia
- Black stork, Ciconia nigra
Threskiornithidae: ibises and spoonbills
- Black-headed ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus
- Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon
- Black-faced spoonbill, Platalea minor
- Common spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia

Falconiformes

Pandionidae: osprey
- Osprey, Pandion haliaetus
Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, harriers, kites and allies
- Crested honey buzzard, Pernis apivorus
- Black kite, Milvus migrans
- Steller's sea-eagle, Haliaeetus pelagicus
- White-tailed sea-eagle, Haliaeetus albicilla
- European black vulture, Aegypius monachus
- Crested serpent eagle, Spilornis cheela
- Asian marsh harrier, Circus aeruginosus
- Hen harrier, Circus cyaneus
- Pied harrier, Circus melanoleucus
- Chinese sparrowhawk, Accipiter soloensis
- Northern goshawk, Accipiter gentilis
- Japanese sparrowhawk, Accipiter gularis
- Eurasian sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus
- Grey-faced buzzard, Butastur indicus
- Upland buzzard, Buteo hemilasius
- Rough-legged buzzard, Buteo lagopus
- Common buzzard, Buteo buteo
- Golden eagle, Aquila chrysaetos
- Eastern imperial eagle, Aquila heliaca
- Greater spotted eagle, Aquila clanga
- Mountain hawk-eagle, Spizaetus nipalensis
Falconidae: falcons
- Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian hobby, Falco subbuteo
- Gyrfalcon, Falco rusticolus
- Common kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
- Lesser kestrel, Falco naumanni
- Amur falcon, Falco amurensis
- Merlin, Falco columbarius

Turniciformes

Turnicidae
- Bustard quail, Turnix suscitator

Gruiformes

Gruidae: cranes
- Red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis
- Hooded crane, Grus monacha
- White-naped crane, Grus vipio
- Sandhill crane, Grus canadensis
- Common crane, Grus grus
- Siberian crane, Grus leucogeranus
- Demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo
Rallidae: rails and crakes
- Water rail, Rallus aquaticus
- Okinawa rail, Rallus okinawae (endemic)
- Slaty-legged crake, Rallina eurizonoides
- Swinhoe's rail, Coturnicops exquisitus
- Ruddy-breasted crake, Porzana fusca
- Baillon's crake, Porzana pusilla
- White-browed rail, Porzana cinerea (extirpated)
- White-breasted waterhen, Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Watercock, Gallicrex cinerea
- Common moorhen, Gallinula chloropus
- Common coot, Fulica atra
Otidae: bustards
- Little bustard, Tetrax tetrax
- Great bustard, Otis tarda

Charadriiformes

Suborder Charadrii: waders

Jacanidae
- Pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus
Rostratulidae
- Painted snipe, Rostratula benghalensis
Haematopodidae: oystercatchers
- Common pied oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus
Charadriidae: plovers and lapwings
- Grey-headed lapwing, Vanellus cinereus
- Northern lapwing, Vanellus vanellus
- Grey plover, Pluvialis squatarola
- Pacific golden plover, Pluvialis fulva
- American golden plover, Pluvialis dominica
- Long-billed ringed plover, Charadrius placidus
- Caspian plover, Charadrius asiaticus
- Greater sand plover, Charadrius leschenaultti
- Little ringed plover, Charadrius dubius
- Kentish plover, Charadrius alexandrinus
- Ringed plover, Charadrius hiaticula
- Mongolian plover, Charadrius mongolus
- Dotterel, Eudromias morinellus
Scolopacidae: typical waders or shorebirds
- Bar-tailed godwit, Limosa lapponica
- Black-tailed godwit, Limosa limosa
- Little curlew, Numenius minutus
- Slender-billed curlew, Numenius tenuirostris
- Eurasian curlew, Numenius arquata
- Whimbrel, Numenius phaeopus
- Bristle-thighed curlew Numenius tahitiensis
- Far Eastern curlew, Numenius madagascariensis
- Greenshank, Tringa nebularia
- Common redshank, Tringa totanus
- Greater yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca
- Spotted greenshank, Tringa guttifer
- Green sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
- Marsh sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
- Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa flavipes
- Wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
- Spotted redshank, Tringa erythropus
- Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
- Common sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-rumped sandpiper, Heteroscelus brevipes
- Wandering tattler, Heteroscelus incanus
- Turnstone, Arenaria interpres
- Amami woodcock, Scolopax mira (endemic)
- Woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
- Solitary snipe, Gallinago solitaria
- Japanese snipe, Gallinago hardwickii (breeding endemic)
- Common snipe, Gallinago gallinago
- Swinhoe's snipe, Gallinago megala
- Pintail snipe, Gallinago stenura
- Jack snipe, Lymnocryptes minimus
- Short-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus griseus
- Long-billed dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Asian dowitcher, Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
- Sharp-tailed sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
- Temminck's stint, Calidris temminckii
- Great knot, Calidris tenuirostris
- Red knot, Calidris canutus
- Curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
- Rock sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
- Red-necked stint, Calidris ruficollis
- Little stint, Calidris minuta
- Dunlin, Calidris alpina
- Long-toed stint, Calidris minutilla
- Baird's sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
- Western sandpiper, Calidris mauri
- Sanderling, Calidris alba
- Spoon-billed sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
- Broad-billed sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus
- Stilt sandpiper, Micropalama himantopus
- Buff-breasted sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis
- Ruff, Philomachus pugnax
- Red-necked phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus
- Wilson's phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor
- Grey phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius
Recurvirostridae: avocets and stilts
- Australian stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus
- Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus
- Pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta
Glareolidae: coursers and pratincoles
- Oriental pratincole, Glareola meldivarum

Suborder Lari: skuas, gulls and terns

Stercorariidae: skuas
- South polar skua, Stercorarius maccormicki
- Arctic skua, Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed skua, Stercorarius longicaudus
- Pomarine skua, Stercorarius pomarinus
Laridae: gulls
- Ivory gull, Pagophila eburnea
- Franklin's gull, Larus pipixcan
- Black-tailed gull, Larus crassirostris
- Great black-headed gull, Larus ichthyaetus
- Slaty-backed gull, Larus schistisagus
- Thayer's gull, Larus thayeri
- Common gull, Larus canus
- Ring-billed gull, Larus delawarensis
- Relict gull, Larus relictus
- Glaucous gull, Larus hyperboreus
- Saunders' gull, Larus saundersi
- East Siberian herring gull, Larus vegae
- Caspian gull, Larus cachinnans
- Herring gull, Larus argentatus
- West Siberian gull, Larus heuglini
- Lesser black-backed gull, Larus fuscus
- Slender-billed gull, Larus genei
- Little gull, Larus minutus
- Bonaparte's gull, Larus philadelphia
- Black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus
- Glaucous-winged gull, Larus glaucescens
- Sabine's gull, Larus sabini
- Ross's gull, Rhodostethia rosea
- Red-legged kittiwake, Rissa brevirostris
- Black-legged kittiwake, Rissa tridactyla
Sternidae: terns
- Whiskered tern, Chlidonias hybrida
- Black tern, Chlidonias nigra
- White-winged black tern, Chlidonias leucoptera
- Gull-billed tern, Gelochelidon nilotica
- Caspian tern, Hydroprogne caspia
- Little tern, Sternula albifrons
- Common tern, Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped tern, Sterna sumatrana
- Arctic tern, Sterna paradisaea
- Aleutian tern, Sterna aleutica
- Sooty tern, Sterna fuscata
- Spectacled tern, Sterna lunata
- Roseate tern, Sterna dougallii
- Bridled tern, Sterna anaethetus
- Crested tern, Thalasseus bergii
- Blue noddy, Procelsterna cerulea
- Common noddy, Anous stolidus
- White-capped noddy, Anous minutus
- White tern, Gygis alba

Suborder Alcae: auks

Alcidae: auks
- Common guillemot, Uria aalge
- Brunnich's guillemot, Uria lomvia
- Pigeon guillemot, Cepphus columba
- Spectacled guillemot, Cepphus carbo
- Marbled murrelet, Brachyramphus marmoratus
- Ancient murrelet, Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Crested murrelet, Synthliboramphus wumizusume (breeding endemic)
- Paroquet auklet, Cyclorrhynchus psittacula
- Crested auklet, Aethia cristatella
- Least auklet, Aethia pusilla
- Whiskered auklet, Aethia pygmaea
- Rhinoceros auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata
- Horned puffin, Fratercula corniculata
- Tufted puffin, Lunda cirrhata