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Asian Birds Appearing in Japanese Art

Continent of Origin

Scientific FAMILY

Genus species

English name

 

Sample Picture

Asia

ANATIDAE

Anser cygnoides

domestic goose

 

Asia

ANATIDAE

 Cygnus olor

mute swan

 

Asia

ANHINGIDAE

Anhinga melanogaster

darter

 

Asia

BUCEROTIDAE

Buceros bicornis

great hornbill

 

Asia

CACATUIDAE

Cacatua sp.

cockatoo

 

Asia

CACATUIDAE

 Cacatua sulphurea

yellow-crested

cockatoo

 

Asia

CASUARIIDAE

Casuarius

unappendiculatus

northern cassowary

 

Asia

CICONIDAE

 Ciconia nigra

black stork

 

Asia

CICONIIDAE

 Leptoptilos javanicus

lesser adjutant

 

Asia

COLUMBIDAE

 Caloenas nicobarica

nicobar pigeon

 

Asia

COLUMBIDAE

 Streptopelia chinensis

spotted dove

 

Asia

CORVIDAE

 Cissa hypoleuca

yellow-breasted

magpie

 

Asia

CORVIDAE

Pica pica

black-billed magpie

 

Asia

CORVIDAE

 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

red-billed chough

 

Asia

CORVIDAE

 Urocissa caerulea

Formosan magpie

 

Asia

CORVIDAE

 Urocissa erythrorhyncha

blue magpie

 

Asia

CORVIDAE

Urocissa flavirostris

gold-billed magpie

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

 Amandava amandava

red avadavat

 

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

 Erythrura prasina

pin-tailed parrotfinch

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

 Erythrura trichroa

blue-faced parrotfinch

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

 Lonchura

 castaneothorax

chestnut-breasted

munia

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

 Lonchura maja

white-headed munia

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

Lonchura malacca

black-headed munia

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

 Lonchura striata

white-rumped munia

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

 Padda oryzivora

Java sparrow

 

Asia

ESTRILDIDAE

Taeniopygia guttata

zebra finch

 

Asia

FREGATIDAE

Fregatus sp.

frigatebird

 

Asia

GRUIDAE

 Anthropoides virgo

demoiselle crane

 

Asia

GRUIDAE

 Grus grus

common crane

 

Asia

GRUIDAE

 Grus leucogeranus

Siberian crane

 

Asia

GRUIDAE

Grus monacha

hooded crane

 

Asia

IRENIDAE

 Irena puella

Asian fairy-bluebird

 

Asia

MUSCICAPIDAE

Copsychus saularis

oriental magpie robin

 

Asia

MUSCICAPIDAE

 Luscinia pectoralis

white-tailed rubythroat

 

 

Asia

NECTARINIIDAE

Aethopyga saturata

black-throated sunbird

 

Asia

NECTARINIIDAE

 Cinnyris jugularis

olive-backed sunbird

 

Asia

OTIDIDAE

 Otis tarda

great bustard

 

Asia

PARADISAEIDAE

 Cicinnurus magnificus

magnificent

bird-of-paradise

 

 

Asia

PARADISAEIDAE

 Cicinnurus regius

king bird-of paradise

 

Asia

PARADISAEIDAE

Paradisaea apoda

greater

bird-of-paradise

 

Asia

PARADISAEIDAE

 Paradisaea raggiana

raggiana

bird-of-paradise

 

Asia

PARADISAEIDAE

 Paradisaea rudolphi

blue bird-of-paradise

 

Asia

PARIDAE

 Parus monticolus

green-backed tit

 

Asia

PELECANIDAE

 Pelecanus philippensis

spot-billed pelican

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

Bambusicola fytchii

mountain

bamboo-partridge

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

Chrysolophus amherstiae

Lady Amherst's

pheasant

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Chrysolophus pictus

golden pheasant

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

Francolinus pintadeanus

Chinese frankolin

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Gallus gallus

domestic fowl

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Lophura diardi

Siamese fireback

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Lophura nycthemera

silver pheasant

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Pavo cristatus

Indian peafowl

 

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Pavo muticus

green peafowl

 

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

Phasianus colchicus

ring-necked pheasant

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Rheinardia ocellata

crested argus

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Syrmaticus reevesii

Reeves’s pheasant

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

Tetraogallus

 himalayensis

Himalayan snowcock

 

Asia

PHASIANIDAE

 Tragopan caboti

Cabot's tragopan

 

Asia

PHOENICOPTERIDAE

 Phoenicopterus ruber

greater flamingo

 

Asia

PSITTACIDAE

 Loriculus galgulus

blue-crowned

hanging-parrot

 

Asia

PSITTACIDAE

 Lorius chlorocercus

yellow-bibbed lory

 

Asia

PSITTACIDAE

 Lorius garrulus

chattering lory

 

Asia

PSITTACIDAE

 Psittacula alexandri

red-breasted parakeet

 

Asia

PSITTACIDAE

 Psittacula derbiana

derbyan parakeet

 

Asia

PSITTACIDAE

 Psittacula eupatria

alexandrine parakeet

 

Asia

PYCNONOTIDAE

 Hypsipetes

leucocephalus

black bulbul

 

Asia

PYCNONOTIDAE

Hypsipetes thompsoni

white-headed bulbul

 

Asia

PYCNONOTIDAE

Pycnonotus jocosus

red-whiskered bulbul

 

Asia

RALLIDAE

 Porphyrio porphyrio

purple swamphen

 

Asia

RAPHIDAE

 Raphus cucullatus

dodo

 

Asia

STURNIDAE

Acridotheres

cristatellus

crested myna

 

Asia

STURNIDAE

 Gracula religiosa

common hill myna

 

Asia

TIMALIIDAE

Garrulax chinensis

black-throated

laughingthrush

 

Asia

TIMALIIDAE

Garrulax leucolophus

white-crested

laughingthrush

 

Asia

TIMALIIDAE

 Garrulax pectoralis

greater necklaced

 laughingthrush

 

Asia

TIMALIIDAE

Garrulax perspicillatus

masked laughingthrush

 

Asia

TIMALIIDAE

 Garrulax striatus

striated laughingthrush

 

Asia

TIMALIIDAE

 Leiothrix lutea

red-billed leiothrix

 

 

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