Wildlife List Voyage # 1223 Birding the Russian Far East 27Th May - 8Th June 2012

Wildlife List Voyage # 1223 Birding the Russian Far East 27th May - 8th June 2012

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SPECIES DayDay 1 1 DayDay 2 2 DayDay 3 3 DayDay 4 4 DayDay 5 5 DayDay 6 6 DayDay 7 7 DayDay 8 8 DayDay 9 9 DayDay 10 10 DayDay 11 11 DayDay 12 12 DayDay 13 13 DayDay 14 14 DayDay 15 15 DayDay 16 16 DayDay 17 17 DayDay 18 18 DayDay 1 1 DayDay 2 2 DayDay 3 3 DayDay 4 4 DayDay 5 5 DayDay 6 6 DayDay 7 7 DayDay 8 8 DayDay 9 9 DayDay 10 10 DayDay 11 11 DayDay 12 12 DayDay 13 13 DayDay 14 14 DayDay 15 15 DayDay 16 16 DayDay 17 17 DayDay 18 18 Bullers Shearwater Puffinus bulleri

White-billed Diver (Yellow-billed Loon ) 1 1 Gavia adamsii

Black-throated Diver (Arctic Loon ) 5 2 1 1 Gavia arctica Pacific Diver (Pacific Loon) Gavia pacifica

Red-throated Diver (Red-throated Loon) 1 A Gavia stellata Slavonian Grebe (Horned Grebe) Podiceps auritus Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Black-necked Grebe (Eared Grebe) Podiceps nigricollis

Short-Tailed Albatross 1 Phoebastria albatrus

Laysan Albatross B 2 A 5 A 1 2A A Phoebastria immutablis Black-footed Albatross Phoebastria nigripes

Northern Fulmar ABBCABDD CBBB Fulmarus glacialis

Mottled Petrel Pterodroma inexpectata

Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas

Flesh-footed Shearwater Puffinus carneipes

Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus

Short-tailed Shearwater A 4 1 1 4 A A 1 D Puffinus tenuirostris

Leach’s Storm Petrel A A 1 Oceanodroma leucorhoa Swinhoes Storm Petrel Oceanodroma castro RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel C 5 4B A 2 A 5 Oceanodroma monorhis Band-rumped Storm Petrel Oceanodroma furcata Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Japanese Cormorant 6 1 Phalacrocorax filamentosus

Pelagic Cormorant B 2 A B 3 AB 2 A A 6 1 Phalacrocorax pelagicus

Red-faced Cormorant AA B C A 1 1 Phalacrocorax urile Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris Chinese Little Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Schrenck’s Little Bittern Ixobrychus eurythmus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Sandhill Crane Grus Canadensis Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus

Whistling Swan Cygnus columbianus columbianus

Bewick’s Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii

Greylag Goose Anser anser

Bean Goose Anser fabalis

Swan Goose Anser cygnoides Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus Snow Goose Anser caerulescens RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Emperor Goose Anser canagicus Brent Goose Branta bernicla

Mallard 4 1 2 2 2 Anas platyrhynchos Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha

Northern Shoveler 2 2 2 Anas clypeata

Northern Pintail 4 4 Anas acuta Baikal Teal Anas Formosa

Eurasian Teal 2 Anas crecca Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis

Eurasian Wigeon 10 6 Anas Penelope Garganey Anas querquedula

Falcated Teal 2 2 Anas falcate

Gadwall Anas strepera

Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Greater Scaup B 2A A Aythya marila

Tufted Duck 4 Aythya fuligula

Common Eider Somateria mollissima King Eider Somateria spectablis Spectacled Eider Somateria fischeri Steller’s Eider Polysticta stelleri RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Common Goldeneye 1 Bucephala clangula

Harlequin Duck 1 B A A 4 A 1 Histrionicus histrionicus Long-tailed Duck (Oldsquaw) Clangula hyemalis

Black Scoter A 8 1 Melanitta americana

White-winged Scoter 6 4 2 Melanitta fusca stejnegeri

Goosander (Common Merganser) 3 6 1 1 Mergus merganser

Red-breasted Merganser 2 A 2 2 Mergus serrator

Smew 3 Mergellus albellus

Osprey 1 Pandion haliaetus

White-tailed Eagle 4 4 Haliaeetus albicilla

Steller’s Sea-Eagle 20 4 1 Haliaeetus pelagicus Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos

Honey Buzzard Pernis apivorus

Black Kite Milvus migrans

Hen Harrier (Northern Harrier) Circus cyaneus

Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus

Rough-legged Buzzard 1 1 1 Buteo lagopus

Common Buzzard 1 Buteo buteo

Northern Goshawk 1 Accipiter gentiles European Sparrow-hawk Accipter nisus RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Merlin Falco columbarius

Peregrine Falcon 1 2 1 2 Falco peregrinus Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus Hobby Falco subbuteo Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Willow Grouse (Willow Ptarmigan) Lagopus lagopus Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus muta Hazel Hen (Hazel Grouse) Tetrastes bonasia Capercaillie (Black-billed Capercaillie) Tetrao parvirostris Common Quail Coturnix coturnix European Coot Fulica atra Moorhen (Common Gallinule) Gallinula chloropus

Water Rail Rallus aquaticus

Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus

Eurasian Dotterel Charadrius morinellus

Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus Kentish Plover (Snowy Plover) Charadrius alexandrinus

Lesser Sand Plover (Mongolian Plover) 5 1 Charadrius mongolus RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Pacific Golden Plover 4 Pluvialis fulva RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Grey Plover (Black-bellied Plover) Pluvialis squatarola Baird’s Sandpiper Calidris bairdii Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea

Dunlin A 1 Calidris alpina sakhalina Red Knot Calidris canutus rogersi Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris

Long-toed Stint 5 3 Calidris subminuta Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritime

Rock Sandpiper 6 Calidris ptilocnemis Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri

Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii

Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis

Ruff Philomachus pugnax

Spoon-billed Sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmaeus

Greenshank Tringa nebularia

Wood Sandpiper 2 2 Tringa glareola Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Common Sandpiper Tringa hypoleucos RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

Common Snipe 5 1 Gallinago gallinago Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura

Latham’s Snipe 1 Gallinago hardwickii Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus

Far Eastern Curlew 3 1 Numenius madagascariensis Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes

Ruddy Turnstone 1 1 Arenaria interpres

Gray Phalarope (Red Phalarope) ABA C AB 1 Phalaropus fulicarius

Red-necked Phalarope 10 Phalaropus lobatus

Arctic Skua (Parasitic Jaeger) 3 1 1 1 Stercorarius parasiticus

Long-tailed Skua (Long-tailed Jaeger) 8 2 4 Stercorarius longicadus

Pomarine Skua (Pomarine Jaeger) 3 3 A Stercorarius pomarinus South Polar Skua Catharcta maccormicki

Common Gull (Kamchatka Gull) A Kamchatkensis RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Glaucous Gull 1 1 1 Larus hyperboreus

Glaucous-winged Gull ABB 1 Larus glaucescens Vega Gull Larus vegae

Slaty-backed Gull BAB2 B CBB A B Larus schistisagus

Black-tailed Gull 1 Larus crassirostris

Black-headed Gull A 1 B Larus ridibundus Sabine’s Gull Xema sabini

Black-legged Kittiwake BAB CA AC AB AA Rissa tridactyla pollicaris

Red-legged Kittiwake 4 A B Rissa brevirostris Ivory Gull Pagophila eburnea Ross’s Gull Rhodostethia rosea

Aleutian Tern 2 A Sterna aleutica

Arctic Tern 2 Sterna paradisaea

Common Tern 4 A Sterna Hirundo

White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucopterus

Common Guillemot (Common Murre) CABC AA C 1 B 5 Uria aalge

Brünnich’s Guillemot (Thick-billed Murre) A B A B 2 1 5 Uria lomvia arra Black Guillemot Cepphus grille

Pigeon Guillemot 5 A B3 A B A A A 1 Cepphus columba

Spectacled Guillemot 1 1 3 Cepphus carbo RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Snowi Kuril Guillemot Kittlitz’s Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris

Marbled Murrelet 5 2 Brachyramphus marmoratus

Ancient Murrelet A 6 1 A A A A Synthliboramphus antiquus

Crested Auklet A A 3 A E 2 Aethia cristatella Least Auklet Aethia pusilla

Parakeet Auklet 1 1 3 A 1 6 Aethia psittacula

Whiskered Auklet A 1 C Aethia pygmaea

Rhinoceros Auklet A A Cerorhinca monocerata

Horned Puffin 3 2 A A 5 A 1 A Fratercula corniculata

Tufted Puffin BBBABACB BA 2 Fratercula cirrhata

Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus

Blakinston’s Fish-Owl Ketupa blakistoni

Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus

Long-eared Owl Asio otus Ural Owl Strix uralensis Scops Owl Otus scops Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Tengmalm’s Owl (Boreal Owl) Aegolius funereus Northern Hawk Owl Surnia ulula

Oriental Turtle Dove 5 1 Streptopelia orientalis

Eurasian Cuckoo 1 HO 1 HO Cuculus canorus

Oriental Cuckoo HO 2 Cuculus saturatus White-throated Needle-tailed Swift Chaetura caudactua

White-rumped Swift 2 A Apus pacificus Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus

Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopus leucotos

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 2 Dendrocopus major

Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker 4 Dendrocopos kizuki

Lesser-spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos minor

Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus

Common Kingfisher 1 Alcedo atthis

Skylark 6 5 A A 6 5 2 Alauda arvensis pekinensis House Martin Delichon urbica

Sand Martin (Bank Swallow) A Riparia riparia RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Barn Swallow 21 1 Hirundo rustica

American Pipit (Buff-bellied Pipit) A A A 2 Anthus rubescens japonicus

Pechora Pipit 5 2 Anthus gustavi Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens

Olive-backed Pipit 1

Grey Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla cinerea

White Wagtail 2 1 4 1 A 7 4 1 5 2 Motacilla alba ocularis White Wagtail (Black-backed Wagtail) Motacilla alba lugens

Yellow Wagtail 2 2 A A 4 Motacilla flava simillima Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava tschutschensis

Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulous

Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii

Wren (Winter Wren) 2 25 1 Troglodytes troglodytes

Japanese Robin HO 5 Erithacus akahige Swinhoe’s Red-tailed Robin Erithacus sibilans

Siberian Rubythroat 1 AA A 6 A Luscinia calliope Siberian Blue Robin Erithacus cyane Bluethroat Luscinia svevica RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus

Red-flanked Bluetail (Siberian Bluechat) A Tarsiger cyanurus Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus

Dusky Thrush (Naumann’s Thrush) Turdus naumanii eunomus Siberian Thrush Turdus sibiricus

Brown Thrush 3 4 A 2 6 Turdus chrysolaus

Eye-browed Thrush 1

Wryneck 1

Japanese Accentor 1

Grey-streaked Flycatcher 4 Muscicapa sibirica

Red-throated Flycatcher A HO Ficedula parva

Asian Brown Flycatcher 1 1 1 Muscicapa latirostris

Dark-sided Flycatcher (Sooty Flycatcher) Muscicapa sibirica

Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicella

Siberian Stonechat 1 Saxicola torquata

Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler 3 2 1 Locustella ochotensis

Chestnut-cheeked Starling 2

Northern Wheatear Oenantha oenanthe

Arctic Warbler HO 3 2 A Phylloscopus borealis xanthodryas Pale-legged Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Dusky Warbler HO

Bush Warbler HO 3 2 Cettia diphone Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Lanceolated Warbler 2 Locustella lanceolata Gray’s Grasshopper Warbler Locustella fasciolata Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Siberian Tit (Gray-headed Chickadee) Poecile cinctus

Willow Tit A 4 6 Poecile montanus kamtschatkensis

Coal Tit A 8 Periparus ater

Great Tit 4 Periparus major

Marsh Tit 5 Periparus palustris

Long-tailed Tit 2 Aegithalos caudatus kamtschaticus

Common Raven 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 Corvus corax

Carrion Crow AA A Corvus corone

Jungle Crow 8 B 6 Corvus macrorhynchos

Spotted Nutcracker 8 1 1 Nucifraga caryocatactes

Common Magpie 4 Pica pica Siberian Jay Perisorius infaustus Jay Garrulus glandarius RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Eurasian Nuthatch 1 5 Sitta europaea Treecreeper (Brown Creeper) Certhia familiaris Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Great Grey Shrike (Northern Shrike) Lanius excubitor

Lapland Bunting (Lapland Longspur) A Calcarius lapponicus

Snow Bunting 3 Plectrophenax nivalis Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephala Siberian Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides

Rustic Bunting 6 6 1 Emberiza rustica Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

Black-faced Bunting AA Emberiza spodocephala

Yellow-breasted Bunting 1 Emberiza aureola

Japanese Grey Bunting 2 1 Emberiza variabilis

Reed Bunting 1 8 1 1 Emberiza schoeniclus

Pallas’s Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi

Oriental Greenfinch 4 6 64 2 4 Carduelis sinica

Siskin A Carduelius spinus

Common Redpoll (Mealy Redpoll) 2 Carduelius flammes Arctic Redpoll (Hoary Redpoll) Carduelius hornemanni RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST

Pine Grosbeak 32 HO Pinicola enucleator Common Crossbill (Red Crossbill) Loxia curvirostra Brambling Fringilla montifringilla

Asian Rosy-finch 2 Leucosticte arcota

Common Rosefinch (Scarlet Finch) 6 2 2 1 Carpodacus erythrinus Pallas’s Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus

Long-tailed Rosefinch 5 1 Uragus sibiricus

Bullfinch A 2 A Pyrrhula pyrrhula Grey-Headed Rosyfinch

Hawfinch 2 Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Tree Sparrow AA 2 Passer montanus Eurasian Masked Shrew Sorex caecutians Flat-skulled Shrew Sorex roboratus European Least Shrew Sorex minutissimus Taiga Shrew Sorex isodon Siberian Large-toothed Shrew Sorex daphaenadon Kamchatka Shrew Sorex Camtchaticus Portenko’s Shrew Sorex portenkoi Tundra Shrew Sorex tundrensis Brandt’s Bat Myotis brandtii RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST Eurasian Red Squirrel Sciuris vulgaris Black-capped Marmot Marmota camtschatica Arctic Ground Squirrel Citellus parryi Gray-sided Vole Clethrionomys rufocanus Northern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys rutilus Tundra Vole A Microtus oeconomus Lemming Vole Alticola lemminus Muskrat 1 Ondatra zibethicus Siberian Brown Lemming Lemmus sibiricus Wood Lemming Myopus schisticolor Arctic Collard Lemming Dicrostonyx torquatus Northern Pika Ochotona hyperborean

Mountain Hare Lepus timidus Caribou (Reindeer) Rangifer tarandus phylarchus

Moose (Elk) Alces alces Snow Sheep Ovis nivicola Gray Wolf Canis lupis

Arctic Fox Alopex lagopus 1 6

Red Fox 32 1 1 Vulpus vulpus RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST Polar Bear Ursus maritimus Brown Bear 3 9 Ursus arctos piscator Brown Bear Ursus arctos beringianus Eurasian Lynx Lynx lynx wrangeli Least Weasel Mustela nivalis Short-tailed Weasel (Stoat) Mustela erminea Sable Martes zibellina Wolverine (Glutton) Gulo gulo Eurasian River Otter Lutra lutra Sea Otter 1 A A 5 A B 1 1 2 Enhydra lutris Ringed Seal Pusa hispida Ribbon Seal Phoca fasciata Harbor Seal AA AA 1 Phoca vitulina Spotted Seal (Largha Seal) 1 AB Phoca larga Bearded Seal Erignathus barbatus Steller’s Sea Lion (Northern Sea Lion) A B A Eumetopias jubatus Northern Fur Seal 1 2 1 A 1 Callorhinus ursinus Walrus Odobenus rosmarus divergens Orca (Killer Whale) 20 15 5 12 27 17 17 10 40 Orcinus orca Short-finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus RUSSIAN FAR EAST SPECIES LIST Northern Rightwhale Dolphin Lissodelphis borealis Risso’s Dolphin Grampus griseus Pacific White-sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens Harbor Porpoise Phocoena phpcoena Dall’s Porpoise 4 35 5 40 5 3 32 5 50 10 Phocoenoides dalli Beluga Delphinapterus leucas Baird’s Beaked Whale Berardius bairdii Hubb’s Beaked Whale Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Stejneger’s Beaked Whale Mesoplodon stejnegeri Cuvier’s Beaked Whale Ziphius cavirostris Sperm Whale 1 1 1 1 3 Physter macrocephalus Blue Whale Balaenoptera musculus Fin Whale 8 2 Balaenoptera physalus Sei Whale Balaenoptera borealis Minke Whale 1 Balaenoptera acutorostrata Humpback Whale 21 8 14 4 Megaptera novaengliae Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus Northern Right Whale Eubalaena glacialis Bowhead Whale Balaena mysticetus Wrangel Lemming (Vinogradov’s Lemming)

Dicrostonyx vinogradovi