BIRDS OF SOUTH JAPAN
Ishigaki:
Ruddy Kingfisher (Akashoubin) Often heard and sometimes seen in Amami as well
Japanese (Black) Paradise Flycatcher (Sankocho)
Also seen once in Amami
Chetsnut-eared Bulbul (Hyodori) Seen by the hundreds or more, all over south Japan
Common Moorhen (Ban) Comon birds, nesting in a ricefield.
Ryukuy Crested Serpent Eagle (Kanmuri-washi) Defending
his prey from a crow
Only seen in Iriomote, (4 years ago) and Ishigaki
Purple Heron (Murasaki sagi)
Akashima, Kerama Retto
Blue Rock Thrush male (Isohyodori) As seen on all islands as well as mainland Kyushu
Japanese White-eye (Mejiro) Very common and so easy to capture
Okinawa main island
Blue Rock Thrush female (Isohyodori) often stopped around Alishan on the docks
Japanese Sparrowhawk female (Tsumi) Frequenting
Ginowan, also seen in Amami and Fukue
Chinese Bulbul (Shirogashira)
Abundant in Okinawa and Ishigaki, not seen much elsewhere
Japanese Sparrowhawk male (Tsumi) Ginowan
Izena
Scaly-breasted Munia (Amihara) Also seen in Ishigaki. A new Japanese resident?
Left: Common Pheasant (Kiji) Right: Zitting Cisticola (Sekka)
Both quite common
Amami Ohshima
Pygmy Woodpecker (Kogera) Often seen, hard to capture
Left: Grey Plover (Daizen) Right: Ruddy Turnstone (Kyoujo-shigi)
Pacific Reef Egret (Kurosagi)
Left: Collared Scops-Owl (Ohkonohazuku) Right: Collared Scops-Owl (Ryukuy konohazuku)
Japanese Green Woodpecker (Aogera)
Common Kingfisher (Kawasemi)
Varied Tit (Yamagara)
Kyushu, Kagoshima-ken
Blue Heron (Aosagi) Seen in most places, photos takin in Makurazaki and Akune:
Black Kite (Tombi) From Yakushima northwards, Akune and Nomaike:
Black-crowned Nightheron (Goisagi), Akune:
Waiting on the roof of the fishmarket in Akune: Black Kites, Grey Herons and a Nightheron
Left: Bull-hesded Shrike (Mozu) Right: Silky Starling (Gin mukudori)
At sea between Kagoshima and Nagasaki:
Herring Gull (Seguro kamome)
Brown Booby (Katsuodori)
Streaked Shearwater (Omizunagidori)
Mie
Left: Great Tit (Shijuu-kara) Right: Rustic Bunting (Kashiradaka)
Fukue
Grey-capped or Oriental Greenfinch (Kawara-hiwa) In flocks around ricefields.
Grey Wagtail (Ki-sekirei) Finally a decent picture
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