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trivial namelatin name
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
Common Crane Grus grus
Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
Pallass Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
Blakiston's Fish-Owl Bubo blakistoni
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
Smew Mergellus albellus
Spotted nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
Common merganser Mergus merganser
Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor
Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
Crowned-Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
White-naped crane Grus vipio
Asian Rosy-Finch Leucosticte arctoa
Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
Long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis
Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
Common raven, Northern raven Corvus corax
Eurasian winter wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Amami Woodcock Scolopax mira
White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Common or African Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Japanese white-eye Zosterops japonicus
Pale thrush Turdus pallidus
Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
Rook Corvus frugilegus
Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
Jungle Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Eurasian coot Fulica atra
House Swift Apus nipalensis
Laysan albatross Phoebastria immutabilis
Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
Long-tailed tit or bushtit Aegithalos caudatus
Tufted duck Aythya fuligula
Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
Japanese Wood-Pigeon Columba janthina
Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
Red-necked grebe Podiceps grisegena
Red-flanked bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
Sand Martin Riparia riparia
Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt Himantopus himantopus
Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus
Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
Crested Kingfischer Megaceryle lugubris
White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo
Merlin Falco columbarius
Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
Common Tern Sterna hirundo
Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis
Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
Azure-winged magpie Cyanopica cyanus
White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
Red-breasted merganser Mergus serrator
Dunlin Calidris alpina
Alpine accentor Prunella collaris
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
Willow tit Poecile montanus
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Gadwall Mareca strepera
Common goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Northern shoveler Spatula clypeata
Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
Eastern imperial eagle Aquila heliaca
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Hydrobates castro
Japanese Woodpecker Picus awokera
Common Redpoll Acanthis flammea
Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Mute swan Cygnus olor
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
Garganey Spatula querquedula
Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
Pectoral sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Western Great Egret Ardea alba
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
Steller's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus
Bohemian waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
Sanderling Calidris alba
Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida
Little Stint Calidris minuta
Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
Red Knot Calidris canutus
Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons
Ural Owl Strix uralensis
Eurasian treecreeper Certhia familiaris
Ashy or Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Common murre Uria aalge
Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
Western Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela
Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae
White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Whiskered tern Chlidonias hybrida
Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
Green Heron Butorides striata
Brant goose Branta bernicla
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia
Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Hobby Falco subbuteo
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
Mew Gull Larus canus
Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Whimbrel or Hudsonian Curlew Numenius phaeopus
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
Eurasian Great Tit Parus major
Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus
Arctic Loon Gavia arctica
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri
Red-throated loon Gavia stellata
Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
Lesser Striated Swallow Cecropis daurica
Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
Greater scaup Aythya marila
Black Scoter Melanitta americana
Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Black woodpecker Dryocopus martius
Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
Sky Lark Alauda arvensis
Carrion Crow Corvus corone
White-winged Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
Common shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Common Teal Anas crecca
Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
Grey-capped Greenfinch Chloris sinica
Greylag Goose Anser anser
Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Pygmy Woodpecker Picoides kizuki
Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
Great Crested-Tern Thalasseus bergii
Mountain or Legge's Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii
Black Stork Ciconia nigra
Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
Common pochard Aythya ferina
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea
Japanese Scops-Owl Otus semitorques
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
Tufted Puffin Fratercula cirrhata
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
Black-tailed Godwid Limosa limosa
White-bellied Green-Pigeon Treron sieboldii
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Japanese Bush-Warbler Horornis diphone
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola
Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
Short-tailed shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
Latham's snipe Gallinago hardwickii
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
Rock ptarmigan Lagopus muta
Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis
Whistling Swan Cygnus columbianus
Eurasian nuthatch Sitta europaea
Long-eared Owl Asio otus
Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
Boreal Owl / Tengmalm Aegolius funereus
Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

present - origin uncertain

trivial namelatin name
Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
Chestnut-flanked white-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata

introduced

trivial namelatin name
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
Red-billed leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
Ring-necked Parakeet Alexandrinus krameri
Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
Eurasian magpie Pica pica
Eurasian Collared-Dove Streptopelia decaocto
Yellow-crowned Bishop Euplectes afer
Black-headed Munia Lonchura malacca
Rock Pigeon Columba livia
Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus

reintroduced

trivial namelatin name
Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii

vagrant

trivial namelatin name
Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
Rainbow bee-eater / Australian bee-eater Merops ornatus
Pallas's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
Redwing Turdus iliacus
Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
Eurasian Jackdaw Corvus monedula
Northern Hawk-owl Surnia ulula
Ferruginous Pochard Aythya nyroca
Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
White-crowned sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
Black-breasted Thrush Turdus hortulorum
Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
Knob-billed Duck Sarkidiornis melanotos
European Robin Erithacus rubecula
Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus
Upland buzzard Buteo hemilasius
Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
Ruff Calidris pugnax
Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
House Crow Corvus splendens
Pallas's sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
Little Bustard Tetrax tetrax
Eurasian Dotterel Eudromias morinellus
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus
Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
Common Eider Somateria mollissima
Razorbill Alca torda
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Great Bustard Otis tarda
Stock dove Columba oenas
Ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
Greater Spotted Eagle Clanga clanga
Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo
Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca
Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica
Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
American Wigeon Mareca americana
Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
Slender-billed gull Larus genei
Siberian crane Leucogeranus leucogeranus
Wood warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Philippine Duck Anas luzonica
Lesser kestrel Falco naumanni
Little gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
Canada goose Branta canadensis
Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

possibly extinct

trivial namelatin name
Rufous Night-Heron Nycticorax caledonicus