Birds of Japan

519 species recorded at 104 public birding hotspots.

Most recorded in November

Brown-eared BulbulBrown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotisLarge-billed CrowLarge-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchosWhite WagtailWhite WagtailMotacilla albaEurasian Tree SparrowEurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusGreat CormorantGreat CormorantPhalacrocorax carboEastern Spot-billed DuckEastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhynchaGrey HeronGrey HeronArdea cinereaEurasian CootEurasian CootFulica atraCinereous TitCinereous TitParus cinereusMallardMallardAnas platyrhynchosLittle GrebeLittle GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisOriental Turtle DoveOriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalisCarrion CrowCarrion CrowCorvus coroneGreat EgretGreat EgretArdea alba

Most recorded

Rock DoveRock DoveColumba liviaWhite-cheeked StarlingWhite-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceusWarbling White-eyeWarbling White-eyeZosterops japonicusLittle EgretLittle EgretEgretta garzettaBlack KiteBlack KiteMilvus migransOriental GreenfinchOriental GreenfinchChloris sinicaJapanese Pygmy WoodpeckerJapanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizukiDusky ThrushDusky ThrushTurdus eunomusEurasian TealEurasian TealAnas creccaEurasian WigeonEurasian WigeonMareca penelopeJapanese Bush WarblerJapanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphoneBull-headed ShrikeBull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalusCommon KingfisherCommon KingfisherAlcedo atthisMasked BuntingMasked BuntingEmberiza personata

Hotspots with the most records

  1. Edogawa Ward – Kasai Rinkai Park / Kasai Kaihin ParkTokyo201 species
  2. Ota Ward – Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park (including Tidal Pond)Tokyo198 species
  3. Nerima Ward – Shakujii ParkTokyo108 species
  4. Funabashi – Funabashi Sanbanze Seaside ParkChiba Prefecture160 species
  5. Wajima – Hegurajima (island)Ishikawa Prefecture292 species
  6. Izumi – Izumi Crane Observation CenterKagoshima Prefecture200 species
  7. Kin – Kin rice paddiesOkinawa Prefecture185 species
  8. Niigata – Lake ToyanogataNiigata Prefecture172 species
  9. Katsushika Ward – Mizumoto ParkTokyo136 species
  10. Ichikawa – Gyotoku Bird SanctuaryChiba Prefecture124 species
  11. Karuizawa – Karuizawa Wild Bird SanctuaryNagano Prefecture142 species
  12. Okayama – Okayama Korakuen GardenOkayama Prefecture99 species
All 103 hotspots
  1. Kyoto – Kyoto Gyoen Garden / Kyoto Imperial Palace ParkKyoto Prefecture127 species
  2. Sakata – Tobishima (island)Yamagata Prefecture238 species
  3. Osaka – Osaka Castle ParkOsaka Prefecture131 species
  4. Shinjuku Ward – Shinjuku Gyoen National GardenTokyo103 species
  5. Yokohama – Sakai River Wetland Prefectural ParkKanagawa Prefecture114 species
  6. Izumi – East Reclamation Area (east fields)Kagoshima Prefecture153 species
  7. Osaka – Osaka Nanko Bird SanctuaryOsaka Prefecture161 species
  8. Tochigi – Watarase Retention Ponds / Yanaka LakeTochigi Prefecture157 species
  9. Saga – Daijugarami / Higashiyoka Coast / Higatayoka ParkSaga Prefecture151 species
  10. Taito Ward – Ueno Park – Shinobazu PondTokyo88 species
  11. Kawagoe – Lake Isanuma and Isanuma ParkSaitama Prefecture128 species
  12. Shibuya Ward – Meiji Jingu ShrineTokyo111 species
  13. Chiyoda Ward – Hibiya ParkTokyo83 species
  14. Atsugi – Sagami River – Sagami-ohashi BridgeKanagawa Prefecture99 species
  15. Kumamoto – Kamiezu LakeKumamoto Prefecture112 species
  16. Kawasaki – Confluence of Tama River and Nikaryo Aqueduct – Nikaryo Shukugawara WeirKanagawa Prefecture104 species
  17. Nemuro – Cape NosappuHokkaido141 species
  18. Chiyoda Ward – Imperial Palace – Sakurada MoatTokyo80 species
  19. Toyonaka – Hattori Greenbelt ParkOsaka Prefecture101 species
  20. North Lake InbanumaChiba Prefecture140 species
  21. Saku – Saku Regulating PondNagano Prefecture101 species
  22. Kumamoto – Shimoezu LakeKumamoto Prefecture109 species
  23. Kin – Kin rice paddies (south)Okinawa Prefecture125 species
  24. Niigata – Nishikaigan ParkNiigata Prefecture184 species
  25. Rausu – Rausu Fishing PortHokkaido124 species
  26. Odawara – Sakawagawa Sports PlazaKanagawa Prefecture117 species
  27. Izumi – Kogawa DamKagoshima Prefecture105 species
  28. Tochigi – Watarase GreenspaceTochigi Prefecture149 species
  29. Itabashi – Arakawa Todabashi Green Space Ecological Park – Ecological GardenTokyo74 species
  30. Tachikawa – Showa Memorial ParkTokyo115 species
  31. Mooka – Igashira ParkTochigi Prefecture108 species
  32. Bibai – Miyajimanuma Waterfowl and Wetland CenterHokkaido124 species
  33. Nagahama – Lake Biwa – Kohoku Waterfowl ParkShiga Prefecture136 species
  34. Choshi – Choshi PortChiba Prefecture132 species
  35. Chuo Ward – Hamarikyu GardensTokyo102 species
  36. Tatebayashi – Tatara MarshGunma Prefecture133 species
  37. Nakashibetsu – Yoroushi Hot SpringHokkaido84 species
  38. Hachioji – Mount TakaoTokyo99 species
  39. Odawara – Sakawa River – confluence with Karikawa to estuaryKanagawa Prefecture124 species
  40. Izumi – Euchi River reedbedsKagoshima Prefecture95 species
  41. Saitama – Akigase ParkSaitama Prefecture134 species
  42. Chiyoda Ward – Imperial Palace – East GardensTokyo88 species
  43. Yokohama – Maioka ParkKanagawa Prefecture104 species
  44. Nara – Nara Palace Site & Nara Palace Site Historical ParkNara Prefecture96 species
  45. Ota Ward – Tama River – Rokugobashi Green SpaceTokyo97 species
  46. Lake TeganumaChiba Prefecture109 species
  47. Amami – Tatsugo – Amami Nature ForestKagoshima Prefecture90 species
  48. Ebina – Sagami River – Sagami Big WeirKanagawa Prefecture91 species
  49. Takaharu – Lake Miike – Lake Miike CampgroundMiyazaki Prefecture96 species
  50. Taito Ward – Ueno ParkTokyo80 species
  51. Musashino – Inokashira ParkTokyo78 species
  52. Nagoya – Fujimae Tidal Flats IBA – Inae Park / Nagoya Wild Bird Observation CenterAichi Prefecture116 species
  53. Osaki – Kabukuri MarshMiyagi Prefecture126 species
  54. Nikko – Senjogahara MoorTochigi Prefecture121 species
  55. Miyakejima – Tairo-ikeTokyo122 species
  56. Inashiki – Kasumigaura – Ukishima Marsh and Myoginohana Bird BlindIbaraki Prefecture142 species
  57. Suginami Ward – Wadabori ParkTokyo67 species
  58. Chiyoda Ward – Imperial Palace – Hibiya MoatTokyo62 species
  59. Kusatsu – Lake Biwa – Karasuma Peninsula – Lake Biwa MuseumShiga Prefecture124 species
  60. Kashihara – Fujiwara Palace Site & surrounding fieldsNara Prefecture84 species
  61. Hirakata – Yamadaike ParkOsaka Prefecture89 species
  62. Niigata – Fukushimagata WetlandsNiigata Prefecture164 species
  63. Matsusaka – Kumozu River estuary / Gonushi CoastMie Prefecture116 species
  64. Seto – Kaisho ForestAichi Prefecture102 species
  65. Kaga – Katano Kamoike / Kamoike Observation CenterIshikawa Prefecture131 species
  66. Nagano – Togakushi Forest ParkNagano Prefecture102 species
  67. Setagaya Ward – Hyogojima ParkTokyo70 species
  68. Fukuoka – Imazu tidal flats / Zuibaiji River estuaryFukuoka Prefecture135 species
  69. Shibuya Ward – Yoyogi ParkTokyo83 species
  70. Nara – Nara ParkNara Prefecture103 species
  71. Chiyoda Ward – Imperial Palace – Kitanomaru ParkTokyo79 species
  72. Kumamoto – Mount TatsudaKumamoto Prefecture78 species
  73. Tsurui – Otowa BridgeHokkaido85 species
  74. Fukuoka – Ohori ParkFukuoka Prefecture87 species
  75. Naha – Lake Man – Manko Waterbird and Wetland CenterOkinawa Prefecture106 species
  76. Betsukai – Notsuke Peninsula Nature CenterHokkaido140 species
  77. Itabashi Ward – Ukima Park / Ukima PondTokyo62 species
  78. Sapporo – Hokkaido UniversityHokkaido95 species
  79. Hamanaka – Cape KiritappuHokkaido121 species
  80. Shiroishi – Shiroishi Reclamation AreaSaga Prefecture116 species
  81. Haboro – Teuri Island IBA (island)Hokkaido201 species
  82. Nemuro – Shunkunitai Nature CenterHokkaido119 species
  83. Ota Ward – Tama River – Maruko Weir (Tokyo)Tokyo88 species
  84. Minato Ward – Meguro Institute for Nature StudyTokyo81 species
  85. Nagoya – Shonai Ryokuchi ParkAichi Prefecture102 species
  86. Betsukai – Notsuke Peninsula – NarawaraHokkaido135 species
  87. Saga – Kosegawa Regulating PondSaga Prefecture84 species
  88. Kitamoto – Kitamoto Nature PreserveSaitama Prefecture104 species
  89. Nemuro – Shunkunitai Wild Bird SanctuaryHokkaido168 species
  90. Nemuro – Hanasaki PortHokkaido87 species
  91. Yatomi – Yatomi Wild Bird SanctuaryAichi Prefecture107 species

View hotspots on the map

All species recorded · 519