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 Reader Collection > Catalog > Bird Species 
 A-C Birds Represented in the Reader Collection of Japanese Flower-and-Bird Art 
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| Scientific FAMILY Genus species | English name | Japanese name in rōmaji and kanji syllabary | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Accipiter gentilis | northern goshawk | ōtaka 大鷹 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Accipiter gularis | Japanese sparrowhawk | tsumi 雀鷹, 雀鷂 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Accipiter nisus | Eurasian sparrowhawk | haitaka 鷂 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Aquila chrysaetos | golden eagle | inuwashi 犬鷲, 鵰 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Butastur indicus | grey-faced buzzard | sashiba 差羽, 鸇, 佐之婆 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Buteo lagopus | rough-legged hawk | keashinosuri 毛足鵟 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Haliaeetus albicilla | white-tailed eagle | ojirowashi 尾白鷲 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Milvus migrans | black kite | tobi 鴟, 鳶 | 
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| ACCIPITRIDAE Nisaetus nipalensis | mountain hawk eagle | kumataka 角鷹, 熊鷹, 鵰 | 
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| AEGITHALIDAE Aegithalos caudatus | long-tailed tit | enaga 柄長, 醫奈階 | 
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| ALAUDIDAE Alauda arvensis | sky lark | hibari 雲雀, 告天子, 樂天, 鷚 | 
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| ALCEDINIDAE Alcedo atthis | common kingfisher | kawasemi 翡翠, 川蝉, 魚狗, 鴗 | 
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| ALCEDINIDAE Dacelo novaeguineae | laughing kookaburra | waraikawasemi 笑い翡翠 | 
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| ALCEDINIDAE Megaceryle lugubris | crested kingfisher | yamasemi 山翡翠, 山魚狗, 山鳧 | 
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| ALCEDINIDAE Halcyon coromanda | ruddy kingfisher | akashōbin 赤翡翠, 紅翡翠, 魚狗 | 
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| ALCIDAE Aethia psittacula | parakeet auklet | umiōmu 海鸚鵡 | 
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| ALCIDAE Cerorhinca monocerata | rhinocercus auklet | utō 善千鳥 | 
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| ALCIDAE Fratercula cirrhata | tufted puffin | etopirika 花魁鳥 | 
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| ANATIDAE Aix galericulata | mandarin duck | oshidori 鴛鴦, 鸂, 鸂鶒, 鸂鷘 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anas acuta | northern pintail | onagagamo 尾長鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anas crecca | green-winged teal | kogamo 小鴨, 刀鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anas formosa | Baikal teal | tomoegamo 巴鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anas penelope | Eurasian wigeon | hidorigamo 緋鳥鴨, 伊勢鴨, 赤頭 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anas platyrhynchos | mallard duck | magamo 真鴨, 家鴨, 鶩, 鴨, 緑頭 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anas poecilorhyncha | spot-billed duck | karugamo 軽鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anser albifrons | white-fronted goose | magan 真雁, 雁, 鳫 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anser cygnoides | swan goose | gachō 鵝鳥, 雁, 鵞 | 
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| ANATIDAE Anser fabalis | bean goose | hishikui 菱喰,鴻 | 
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| ANATIDAE Aythya fuligula | tufted duck | kinkurohajiro 金黒鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Aythya marila | greater scaup | suzugamo 鈴鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Branta bernicla | brant | kokugan 黒雁 | 
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| ANATIDAE Branta canadensis | Canada goose | Kanadagan カナダ雁 | 
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| ANATIDAE Cairina moschata | muscovy duck | kamo 番鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Chen caerulescens | snow goose | hakugan 白雁, 候雁 | 
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| ANATIDAE Clangula hyemalis | long-tailed duck | kōrigamo 氷鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Cygnus cygnus | whooper swan | ōhakuchō 大白鳥, 鵝, 鵠 | 
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| ANATIDAE Cygnus olor | mute swan | kobuhakuchō 瘤白鳥 | 
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| ANATIDAE Melanitta nigra | black scoter | kurogamo 黒鴨 | 
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| ANATIDAE Mergellus albellus | smew | mikoaisa 巫女秋沙 | 
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| ANATIDAE Mergus serrator | red-breasted merganser | umiaisa 海秋沙 | 
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| ANATIDAE Tadorna tadorna | common shelduck | tsukushigamo 筑紫鴨 | 
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| ANHINGIDAE Anhinga melanogaster | darter | ajiahebiu アジア蛇鵜 | 
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| APODIDAE Apus pacificus | pacific swift | amatsubame 雨燕 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Ardea alba | great egret | daisagi 大鷺, 白鶴子 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Ardea cinerea | gray heron | aosagi 青鷺, 蒼鷺 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Ardea purpurea | purple heron | murasakisagi, 紫鷺, 背黒鷺 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Ardeola bacchus | Chinese pond-heron | akagashirasagi 赤頭鷺 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Botaurus stellaris | great bittern | sankanogoi 三家五位 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Bubulcus ibis | cattle egret | amasagi 黄毛鷺 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Egretta garzetta | little egret | kosagi 小鷺 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Egretta intermedia | intermediate egret | chūsagi 中鷺 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Egretta sacra | reef heron | kurosagi 岩鷺,黒鷺 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Ixobrychus eurhythmus | Shrenk's bittern | ōyoshigoi 大葦五位 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Ixobrychus sinensis | yellow bittern | yoshigoi 葦五位, 旋开 | 
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| ARDEIDAE Nycticorax nycticorax | black-crowned night-heron | goisagi 五位鷺, 鵁鶄 | 
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| BOMBYCILLIDAE Bombycilla garrulus | Bohemian waxwing | kirenjaku 黄連雀, 十二黃 | 
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| BOMBYCILLIDAE Bombycilla japonica | Japanese waxwing | hirenjaku 緋連雀, 十二紅, 練雀 | 
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| BUCEROTIDAE Buceros bicornis | great hornbill | ōsaichō 大犀鳥 | 
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| CACATUIDAE Cacatua sp. | cockatoo | ōmu 鸚鵡 | 
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| CACATUIDAE Cacatua sulphurea | yellow-crested cockatoo | kibatan 黄巴旦, 鸚鵡 | 
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| CAMPEPHAGIDAE Pericrocotus divaricatus | ashy minivet | sanshōkui 山椒喰 | 
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| CAPRIMULGIDAE Caprimulgus indicus | jungle nightjar | yotaka 蚊母鳥 | 
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| CARDINALIDAE Cardinalis cardinalis | northern cardinal | shōjōkōkanchō 猩々紅冠鳥 | 
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| CARDINALIDAE Piranga ludoviciana | western tanager | nishifūkinchō | 
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| CASUARIIDAE Casuarius unappendiculatus | northern cassowary | papuahikuidori 鴕鳥, 駝鷄 | 
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| CERTHINIDAE Certhia familiaris | Eurasian treecreeper | 
 kibashiri 木走 
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| CHARADRIIDAE Charadrius alexandrinus | snowy plover | shirochidori 白千鳥 | 
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| CHARADRIIDAE Charadrius dubius | little ringed plover | kochidori 小千鳥, 千鳥, 水喜雀, 浜千鳥, 海鵆 | 
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| CHARADRIIDAE Vanellus cinereus | gray-headed lapwing | keri 鳧, 水札 | 
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| CHARADRIIDAE Vanellus vanellus | northern lapwing | tageri 鳧, 計里 | 
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| CICONIIDAE Ciconia boyciana | oriental stork | kōnotori 鸛 | 
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| CICONIIDAE Ciconia nigra | black stork | nabekō 花頂鶴, 鍋鸛 | 
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| CICONIIDAE Leptoptilos javanicus | lesser adjutant | kohagekō 小禿鸛 | 
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| CINCLIDAE Cinclus pallasii | brown dipper | kawagarasu 川烏, 河烏, 澤鳥 | 
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| CISTICOLIDAE Cisticola juncidis | zitting cisticola | sekka 雪加, 雪下 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Caloenas nicobarica | nicobar pigeon | minobato 蓑鳩 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Chalcophaps indica | emerald dove | kinbato 金鳩, 青呼 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Columba janthina | Japanese wood-pigeon | karasubato 烏鳩 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Columba livia | rock dove | dobato 鴿, 鳩, 孔雀鳩, | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Streptopelia decaocto | Eurasian collared-dove | shirakobato 白子鳩 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Streptopelia orientalis | oriental turtle-dove | kijibato 雉鳩, 山鳩, 鳩, 斑鳩 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Streptopelia roseogrisea | African collared-dove | juzukakebato 斑鳩 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Streptopelia chinensis | spotted dove | kanokobato 鹿の子鳩 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Streptopelia tranquebarica | red collared-dove | benibato 猩々鳩 | 
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| COLUMBIDAE Treron sieboldii | white-bellied pigeon | aobato 青鳩, 青鷦, 南京鳩 | 
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| CORACIIDAE Eurystomus orientalis | dollarbird | buppōsō 仏法僧, 佛法僧 | 
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| CORVIDAE Cissa hypoleuca | yellow-breasted magpie | shinashihekisan シナシ碧鵲, 壽載鳥 | 
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| CORVIDAE Corvus dauuricus | Daurian jackdaw | kokumarugarasu 黒丸烏, 慈烏 | 
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| CORVIDAE Corvus frugilegus | rook | miyamagarasu 深山烏 | 
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| CORVIDAE Corvus macrorhynchos | large-billed crow | hashibutogarasu 嘴太烏, 宿鴉 | 
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| CORVIDAE Corvus monedula | jackdaw | nishikokumaru garasu 西黒丸鴉 | 
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| CORVIDAE Cyanopica cyana | azure-winged magpie | onaga 尾長 | 
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| CORVIDAE Garrulus glandarius | Eurasian jay | kakesu 懸巣, 橿鳥, 鷑鳩, 鶖 | 
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| CORVIDAE Garrulus lidthi | Lidth's jay | rurikakesu 瑠璃懸巣 | 
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| CORVIDAE Pica pica | black-billed magpie | kasasagi 鵲 | 
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| CORVIDAE Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | red-billed chough | benibashigarasu 紅嘴烏, 山烏 | 
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| CORVIDAE Urocissa caerulea | Formosan magpie | yamamusume 山娘 | 
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| CORVIDAE Urocissa erythrorhyncha | blue magpie | sanjaku 山鵲, 壽帯鳥, 寿載鳥, 綬帯鳥, 壽載鳥 | 
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| CORVIDAE Urocissa flavirostris | gold-billed magpie | kibashisanjaku 黄嘴山鵲 | 
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| COTINGIDAE Rupicola peruvianus | Andean cock-of-the-rock | andesuiwadori | 
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| CUCULIDAE Cuculus canorus | common cuckoo | kakkō 郭公, 鳲鳩 | 
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| CUCULIDAE Cuculus fugax | Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo | jūichi 十一, 慈悲心鳥 | 
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| CUCULIDAE Cuculus poliocephalus | lesser cuckoo | hototogisu 時鳥, 子規, 杜鵑, 不如帰 | 
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