Japan · Fukuoka Prefecture
Fukuoka – Imazu tidal flats / Zuibaiji River estuary
135 species and 3,190 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and March, with up to 54 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
OspreyPandion haliaetus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Rock DoveColumba livia
Great EgretArdea alba
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fukuoka – Ohori Park11 km87 species
- Saga – Kosegawa Regulating Pond34 km84 species
- Saga – Daijugarami / Higashiyoka Coast / Higatayoka Park47 km151 species
- Shiroishi – Shiroishi Reclamation Area50 km116 species
All 135 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Fukuoka – Imazu tidal flats / Zuibaiji River estuary?
November–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 54 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Fukuoka – Imazu tidal flats / Zuibaiji River estuary?
135 species, from 3,190 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Fukuoka – Imazu tidal flats / Zuibaiji River estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, Osprey, Mallard, Great Cormorant and Eastern Spot-billed Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.