Uncommon Birds in Japan
Our list for Japan has 82 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 20 residents, 9 summer visitors, 46 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Japan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 82, most common first
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–May
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Nov–May
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusSummer visitorUncommon48–58 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusSummer visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
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