Nesting Birds of the Kuril Islands

Institute of Biology and Soil Sciences, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok

I. Order Gaviiformes

1. Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan), Red-throated Loon

II. Order Podicipediformes

2. Podiceps ruficollis (Pallas), Little Grebe
3. Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert), Red-necked Grebe

III. Order Procellariiformes

4. Furmalus glacialis (Linnaeus), Northern Fulmar
5. Oceanodroma leucorhoa (Vieillot), Leach's Storm Petrel
6. Oceanodroma furcata (Gmelin), Fork-tailed Storm Petrel

IV. Order Pelecaniformes

7. Phalacrocorax filamentosus (Temminck et Schlegel), Temminck's Cormorant
8. Phalacrocorax pelagicus Pallas, Pelagic Cormorant
9. Phalacrocorax urile (Gmelin), Red-faced Cormorant

V. Order Anseriformes

10. Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, Mallard
11. Anas poecilorhyncha Forster, Spot-billed Duck
12. Anas crecca Linnaeus Teal
13. Anas falcata Georgi, Falcated Teal
14. Anas acuta Linnaeus, Pintail
15. Anas querquedula Linnaeus, Garganey
16. Anas clypeata Linnaeus, Northern Shoveler
17. Aix galericulata (Linnaeus), Mandarin Duck
18. Aythya fuligula (Linnaeus), Tufted Duck
19. Aythya marila (Linnaeus), Greater Scaup
20. Histrionicus histrionicus (Linnaeus), Harlequin Duck
21. Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus), Common Goldeneye
22. Melanitta americana (Swainson), Black Scoter
23. Melanitta deglandi (Bonaparte), White-winged Scoter
24. Mergus serrator Linnaeus, Red-breasted Merganser
25. Mergus merganser Linnaeus, Common Merganser

VI. Order Falconiformes

26. Pandion haliaetus (Linnaeus), Osprey
27. Circus aeruginosus (Linnaeus), Marsh Harrier
28. Accipiter gentilis (Linnaeus), Goshawk
29. Accipiter nisus (Linnaeus), Sparrow Hawk
30. Accipiter gularis (Temminck et Schlegel), Japanese Lesser Sparrow Hawk
31. Buteo lagopus (Pontoppidan), Rough-legged Buzzard
32. Buteo buteo (Linnaeus), Common Buzzard
33. Haliaeetus albicilla (Linnaeus), White-tailed Eagle
34. Falco peregrinus Tunstall, Peregrine Falcon
35. Falco subbuteo Linnaeus, Hobby

VII. Order Galliformes

36. Lagopus mutus (Montin), Rock Ptarmigan
37. Coturnix japonica Temminck et Schlegel, Japanese Quail

VIII. Order Gruiformes

38. Grus japonensis (Muller), Japanese Crane
39. Rallus aquaticus Linnaeus, Water Rail
40. Gallinula chloropus (Linnaeus), Common Gallinule

IX. Order Charadriiformes

41. Charadrius alexandrinus Linnaeus, Kentish Plover
42. Tringa glareola Linnaeus, Wood Sandpiper
43. Tringa totanus (Linnaeus), Redshank
44. Actites hypoleucos (Linnaeus), Common Sandpiper
45. Calidris subminuta (Middendorff), Long-toed Stint
46. Calidris alpina (Linnaeus), Dunlin
47. Calidris ptilocnemis (Coues), Rock Sandpiper
48. Gallinago hardwickii (Gray), Latham's Snipe
49. Scolopax rusticola Linnaeus, European Woodcock
50. Larus schistisagus Stejneger, Slaty-backed Gull
51. Larus crassirostris Vieillot, Black-tailed Gull
52. Rissa tridactyla (Linnaeus), Black-legged Kittiwake
53. Uria aalge (Pontoppidan), Thin-billed Murre
54. Uria lomvia (Linnaeus), Thick-billed Murre
55. Cepphus columba Pallas, Pigeon Guillemot
56. Cepphus carbo Pallas, Spectacled Guillemot
57. Brachyramphus marmoratus (Gmelin), Marbled Murrelet
58. Synthliboramphus antiquuis (Gmelin), Ancient Murrelet
59. Aethia cristatella (Pallas), Crested Auklet
60. Aethia pygmaea (Gmelin), Whiskered Auklet
61. Aethia pusilla (Pallas), Least Auklet
62. Cyclorrhynchus psittacula (Pallas), Parakeet Auklet
63. Cerorhinca monocerata (Pallas), Rhinoceros Auklet
64. Fratercula corniculata (Naumann), Horned Puffin
65. Lunda cirrhata (Pallas), Tufted Puffin

X. Order Columbiformes

66. Streptopelia orientalis (Latham), Rufous Turtle Dove

XI. Order Cuculiformes

67. Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, Common Cuckoo
68. Cuculus saturatus Blyth, Oriental Cuckoo

XII. Order Strigiformes

69. Bubo bubo (Linnaeus), Eagle Owl
70. Ketupa blakistoni (Seebohm), Blakiston's Fish-owl
71. Asio flammeus (Pontoppidan), Short-eared owl
72. Otus sunia (Hodgson), Scops Owl
73. Otus bakkamoena Pennant, Collared Scops Owl
74. Aegolius funereus (Linnaeus), Boreal Owl
75. Strix uralensis Pallas, Ural owl

XIII. Order Caprimulgiformes

76. Caprimulgus indicus Latham, Jungle Nightjar

XIV. Order Apodiformes

77. Apus pacificus (Latham), White-rumped Swift

XV. Order Coraciiformes

78. Ceryle lugubris (Temminck), Greater Pied Kingfisher
79. Alcedo atthis (Linnaeus), Common Kingfisher

XVI. Order Piciformes

80. Junx torquilla Linnaeus, Wryneck
81. Dryocopus martius (Linnaeus), Black Woodpecker
82. Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus), Great Spotted Woodpecker
83. Dendrocopos leucotos (Bechstein), White-backed Woodpecker
84. Dendrocopos kizuki (Temminck), Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker

XVII. Order Passeriformes

85. Riparia riparia (Linnaeus), Bank Swallow
86. Hitundo rustica Linnaeus, Barn Swallow
87. Delichon dasypus (Bonaparte), Oriental House Martin
88. Alauda arvensis Linnaeus, Skylark
89. Alauda japonica Temminck et Schlegel, Japanese Skylark
90. Authus hodgsoni Richmond, Indian Tree Pipit
91. Authus cervinus (Pallas), Red-throated Pipit
92. Authus rubescens (Tunstall), Water Pipit
93. Motacilla flava Linnaeus Yellow Wagtail
94. Motacilla cinerea Tunstall, Gray Wagtail
95. Motacilla lugens Gloger, Japanese Pied Wagtail
96. Lanius bucephalus Temminck et Schlegel, Bull-headed Shrike
97. Sturnia philippensis (Forster), Red-cheeked Starling
98. Sturnus cineraceus Temminck, Gray Starling
99. Garrulus glandarius (Linnaeus), Jay
100. Nucifraga caryocatactes (Linnaeus), Nutcracker
101. Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, Jungle Crow
102. Corvus corone Linnaeus, Carrion Crow
103. Corvus corax Linnaeus, Raven
104. Cinclus pallasii Temminck, Brown Dipper
105. Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus), Winter Wren
106. Prunella rubida (Temminck et Schlegel), Japanese Accentor
107. Urosphena squameiceps (Swinhoe), Short-tailed Bush Warbler
108. Horeites diphone (Kittlitz), Bush Warbler
109. Locustella fasciolata (Gray) Gray's Grasshopper Warbler
110. Locustella ochotensis (Middendorff), Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler
111. Locustella lanceolata (Temminck), Lanceolated Grasshopper Warbler
112. Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Swinhoe, Black-browed Reed Warbler
113. Phylloscopus borealis (Blasius), Arctic Warbler
114. Phylloscopus borealoides Portenko, Island ("Pale-legged") Willow Warbler
115. Phylloscopus coronatus (Temminck et Schlegel), Crowned Willow Warbler
116. Regulus regulus (Linnaeus), Goldcrest
117. Ficedula narcissina (Temminck), Narcissus Flycatcher
118. Cyanoptila cyanomelana (Temminck), Blue-and-white Flycatcher
119. Muscicapa latirostris Raffles, Brown Flycatcher
120. Saxicola torquata (Linnaeus), Stonechat
121. Monticola solitarius (Linnaeus), Blue Rockthrush
122. Luscinia akahige (Temminck), Japanese Robin
123. Luscinia calliope (Pallas), Sibirian Rubythroat
124. Luscinia cyane (Pallas), Sibirian Blue Robin
125. Tarsiger cyanurus (Pallas), Red-flanked Bluetail
126. Turdus chrysolaus Temminck, Brown Thrush
127. Zoothera sibirica (Pallas), Sibirian Thrush
128. Zoothera dauma (Latham), White's Ground Thrush
129. Aegithalos caudatus (Linnaeus), Long-tailed Tit
130. Parus palustris Linnaeus, Marsh Tit
131. Parus montanus Boldenstein, Willow Tit
132. Parus ater Linnaeus, Coal Tit
133. Parus varius Temminck et Schlegel, Varied Tit
134. Parus minor Temminck et Schlegel, Great Tit
135. Sitta europaea Linnaeus, Nuthatch
136. Certhia familiaris Linnaeus, Brown Creeper
137. Passer montanus (Linnaeus), Tree Sparrow
138. Passer rutilans (Temminck), Cinnamon Sparrow
139. Chloris sinica (Linnaeus), Oriental Greenfinch
140. Spinus spinus (Linnaeus), Siskin
141. Acanthis flammea (Linnaeus), Redpoll
142. Leucosticte arctoa (Pallas), Rosy Finch
143. Uragus sibiricus (Pallas), Long-tailed Rose Finch
144. Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus), Pine Grosbeak
145. Pyrrhula griseiventris Lafreshnaye, Oriental Bullfinch
146. Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus), Hawfinch
147. Emberize variabilis Temminck, Gray Bunting
148. Emberize cioides Brandt, Long-tailed Bunting
149. Emberize fucata Pallas, Gray-headed Bunting
150. Emberize schoeniclus (Linnaeus), Reed Bunting
151. Emberize rustica Pallas, Rustic Bunting
152. Emberize spodocephala Pallas, Black-faced Bunting
153. Emberize aureola Pallas, Yellow-breasted Bunting

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