Japan · Okinawa Prefecture
Kin – Kin rice paddies
185 species and 16,359 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–March, with up to 80 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Great EgretArdea alba
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis80 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 185 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kin – Kin rice paddies (south)1 km125 species
- Naha – Lake Man – Manko Waterbird and Wetland Center39 km106 species
All 185 species recorded here
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Black-backed Swamphen Porphyrio indicus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bimaculated Lark Melanocorypha bimaculata
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Ryukyu Scops Owl Otus elegans
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kin – Kin rice paddies?
October–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 80 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kin – Kin rice paddies?
185 species, from 16,359 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kin – Kin rice paddies in November?
The most recorded in November: White Wagtail, Great Egret, Oriental Turtle Dove, Little Egret and Medium Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.