Japan · Chiba Prefecture
Choshi – Choshi Port
132 species and 5,015 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March, with up to 60 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
Vega GullLarus vegae
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Common GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian CootFulica atra
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Inashiki – Kasumigaura – Ukishima Marsh and Myoginohana Bird Blind43 km142 species
- North Lake Inbanuma55 km140 species
- Lake Teganuma76 km109 species
All 132 species recorded here
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Fork-tailed Storm Petrel Hydrobates furcatus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Yellow-billed Loon Gavia adamsii
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Pigeon Guillemot Cepphus columba
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Choshi – Choshi Port?
February–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 60 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Choshi – Choshi Port?
132 species, from 5,015 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Choshi – Choshi Port in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-tailed Gull, Slaty-backed Gull, Black-headed Gull, Japanese Cormorant and Vega Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.