Japan · Saitama Prefecture
Kitamoto – Kitamoto Nature Preserve
104 species and 2,753 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January and March, with up to 48 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Masked BuntingEmberiza personata
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Varied TitSittiparus varius
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kawagoe – Lake Isanuma and Isanuma Park10 km128 species
- Saitama – Akigase Park20 km134 species
- Tochigi – Watarase Retention Ponds / Yanaka Lake27 km157 species
- Tatebayashi – Tatara Marsh27 km133 species
- Tochigi – Watarase Greenspace28 km149 species
- Itabashi – Arakawa Todabashi Green Space Ecological Park – Ecological Garden28 km74 species
All 104 species recorded here
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kitamoto – Kitamoto Nature Preserve?
December–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 48 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kitamoto – Kitamoto Nature Preserve?
104 species, from 2,753 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kitamoto – Kitamoto Nature Preserve in November?
The most recorded in November: Cinereous Tit, Brown-eared Bulbul, Masked Bunting, Daurian Redstart 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.