Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Japan Life List Showing Records 1 through 10 of 10 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Sean Minns British 410 (give or take) My final good birds for Japan were Amur Falcon, Forest Wagtail and an unconfirmed phylloscopus which was most likely a Willow Warbler. So very many highlights over my 10 years there, but this year finding a first for Japan in the shape of a Blunt-winged Warbler with the help of Mark Carmody on Mishima island was pretty special. Other good personal finds include Spectacled Guillemot, Marbled Murrelet, Japanese Murrelet, Tufted Puffin, South Polar Skua, Short-tailed Albatross, Bulwer's Petrel, Swinhoe's Storm Petrel, Tristram's Storm Petrel, Chinese Pond Heron, Black-naped Oriole, Baer's Pochard, Canvasback, Long-billed Dowitcher, Short-billed Dowitcher, Whiskered Tern, Swinhoe's Egret, Thayer's Gull, Iceland Gull, Steppe Gull, Pale Martin, Black Drongo, Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, Two-barred Greenish Warbler,Little Whimbrel, Dusky Warbler, Radde's Warbler, Silky Starling, White-billed Diver, Lapland Bunting, Swinhoe's Robin, Blyth's Pipit, Common Rosefinch, Little Bunting, Yellow-browed Bunting, Taiga Flyctcher, Styan's Grasshopper Warbler, Grey Nightjar and Japanese Night Heron. Still haven't seen 3 of the endemics: Okinawa Rail, Bonin Honeyeater or Japanese Marsh Warbler..but I'll save those for another day! 2 Pete Morris/Birdquest British 358 Total amounted during a few excellent tours to the country - Short-tailed Albatross, Bonin Honeyeater and nearly all goodies with the exception of Japanese Night Heron! 3 Charles Harper 334 precisely Updated September 2009 with Eurasian Starling, Little Stint and Western Sandpiper 4 Mark Carmody Irish 320+ helping Sean with the Blunt-winged Warbler 5 Susan Myers Australian 276 A long way to go to match Sean's extraordinary total! 6 David Turner British 242 A modest total for two years living and birding in Japan and one trip back. Latest additions include White's Thrush and Little Cuckoo. Particular thanks to consummate birder Charles Harper and to Watanabe-san, the perfect Hokkaido birdguide. Best bird must be Okinawa Rail, which seems to have a minimum cruising speed of about 30mph. 7 Michael K Poulsen Danish 197 1993-1994 visit only 8 Garry George US 180 including 5 endemic species 9 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 179 One trip in May only 10 Justin Wrinn USA 131 last update - 9/27/09 Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home