Birds to See in Japan in July
89 species listed for July · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
89 bird species on our list for Japan are recorded regularly in July. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow, Grey Heron and Rock Dove. New this month: Greenshank, Ruddy Turnstone, Wood Sandpiper and Pacific Golden-Plover and 6 more.
New in July10
Residents
(47)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Japanese Wagtail
Motacilla grandisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Recorded all year
Bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhulaLC
Recorded all year
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Kittiwake
Rissa tridactylaVU
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(23)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Jul
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Fulmar
Fulmarus glacialisLC
Regularly Feb–Nov
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Aug
Rock Ptarmigan
Lagopus mutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sooty Shearwater
Ardenna griseaNT
Regularly Apr–Oct
Leach's Storm-petrel
Hydrobates leucorhousVU
Regularly Apr–Nov
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Regularly Nov–Sep
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly May–Jul
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Mar–Aug
Winter visitors
(16)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Jul–May
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Red-necked Grebe
Podiceps grisegenaLC
Regularly Oct–Jul
Passage migrants
(3)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made