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Eurasian Skylark	Long-tailed Tit	Snow Bunting	Common Redpoll
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Ashy Minivet   Pericrocotus divaricatus   Sanshoukui

A sighting of one male and three female Ashy Minivets on 19 May 2007 at Mamushi Rock in Shari was reported in issue #29 (2008) of the Bulletin of the Shiretoko Museum (Kenkyuu Houkoku). This represents the first confirmed sighting of an Ashy Minivet in the Okhotsk region, so we have added it to our Checklist.

The Ashy Minivet breeds in southwestern Japan and is a rare summer visitor to Hokkaido where it appears most often on Teuri Island, in the Japan Sea off the west coast.