Friday, 14 June 2024

Q3 2010 Birds of South Japan.

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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