Kiskunság National Park, Hungary
Asia / Japan
Japan is situated in the Pacific Ocean. It is comprised of several islands from which the northernmost have a boreal while the southernmost a sub-tropical climate. Because of the variable climate and ecological background, Japan's avifauna is incredibly rich. More than 600 species have been recorded and there are approximately 60 species that are either endemic or sub-regional endemic, including the Okinawa Rail, Blakiston's Fish-owl, Japanese Murrelet, Red-crowned Crane, Pryer's Woodpecker and Lidth's Jay.
Winter is a good time to visit, with famous gatherings of Cranes and Steller's Sea Eagles, and we will visit five islands, from the frozen north to the subtropical south in search of the specialties and endemics.
Our tour is offered in conjunction with Sarus Bird Tours. Sarus has been visiting Japan for many years, and the leader of this tour will be Chris Cook.
Tour to Japan
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Japan Birding Tour
15 birding daysA Far-eastern Odyssey ... Japan is seldom seen on birding tour itineraries,… Read More +
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Highlights
Pacific Diver
Pelagic Cormorant
Red-faced Cormorant
Laysan Albatross
Black-footed Albatross
Short-tailed Albatross
Streaked Shearwater
Short- tailed Shearwater
Tristram's Storm-petrel
Black-faced Spoonbill
Falcated Duck
Baikal Teal
Harlequin Duck
Steller's Eider
Steller's Sea Eagle
Japanese Sparrowhawk
Gyr Falcon
Red-crowned Crane
Hooded Crane
White-naped Crane
Sandhill Crane
Demoiselle Crane
Okinawa Rail
Copper Pheasant
Swinhoe's Snipe
Red-necked Stint
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Far-eastern Curlew
Amami Woodcock
Grey-tailed Tattler
South Polar Skua
Saunder's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Japanese Murrelet
Long-billed Murrelet
Ancient Murrelet
Spectacled Guillemot
Brünnich's Guillemot
Red-capped Green
Pigeon
Japanese Woodpigeon
Blakiston's Fish Owl
Ryukyu Scops Owl
Okinawa Woodpecker
Japanese Pygmy
Woodpecker
Japanese Skylark
Pacific Swallow
Ryukyu Minivet
Ryukyu Robin
Amami Thrush
Dusky Thrush
Pale Thrush
White's Thrush
Brown Thrushes
Stub-tailedBushWarbler
Japanese Bush Warbler
Varied Tit
Chinese Penduline Tit
Bull-headed Shrike
White-cheeked Starling
Lidth's Jay
Daurian Jackdaw
Oriental Greenfinch
Chinese Grosbeak
Japanese Grosbeak
Asian Rosy Finch
Grey-headed Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Meadow Bunting
Yellow-throated Bunting
Grey Bunting