LC
Amami Thrush
Zoothera major
Endemic to Japan
Japan
18 bird species live nowhere else on Earth but Japan.
- Endemic species
- 18
- Bird species
- 390
- Destinations
- 1
- Field guides
- 4
Found nowhere else
Endemic birds of Japan
LC 
VU
Amami Woodcock
Scolopax mira
Endemic to Japan
LC
Bonin White-eye
Apalopteron familiare
Endemic to Japan
NT
Copper Pheasant
Syrmaticus soemmerringii
Endemic to Japan
LC
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensis
Endemic to Japan
LC
Green Pheasant
Phasianus versicolor
Endemic to Japan
LC
Iriomote Tit
Sittiparus olivaceus
Endemic to Japan
VU
Izu Robin
Larvivora tanensis
Endemic to Japan
VU
Izu Thrush
Turdus celaenops
Endemic to Japan
LC
Japanese Green Woodpecker
Picus awokera
Endemic to Japan
VU
Lidth’s Jay
Garrulus lidthi
Endemic to Japan
EN
Okinawa Rail
Gallirallus okinawae
Endemic to Japan
NT
Okinawa Robin
Larvivora namiyei
Endemic to Japan
EN
Okinawa Woodpecker
Dendrocopos noguchii
Endemic to Japan
EN
Owston’s Tit
Sittiparus owstoni
Endemic to Japan
LC
Ryukyu Minivet
Pericrocotus tegimae
Endemic to Japan
NT
Ryukyu Robin
Larvivora komadori
Endemic to Japan
NE
White-backed Woodpecker
Dendrocopos leucotos
Endemic to Japan
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Birds you are likely to see in Japan
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LC
Willow Tit
Poecile montanus
NE
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
LC
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
LC
Brown-eared Bulbul
Hypsipetes amaurotis
LC
Rough-legged Buzzard
Buteo lagopus
LC
Blue Rock Thrush
Monticola solitarius
LC
Northern Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
LC
Pacific Reef Heron
Egretta sacra
LC
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
LC
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomus
LC
Common Merganser
Mergus merganser
LC
Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
