Bird AlbumJapan · Kumamoto Prefecture
Kumamoto – Kamiezu Lake
112 species and 7,391 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 63 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian CootFulica atra
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Carrion CrowCorvus corone49 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 112 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kumamoto – Shimoezu Lake2 km109 species
- Kumamoto – Mount Tatsuda5 km78 species
- Saga – Daijugarami / Higashiyoka Coast / Higatayoka Park63 km151 species
- Shiroishi – Shiroishi Reclamation Area66 km116 species
- Saga – Kosegawa Regulating Pond70 km84 species
All 112 species recorded here
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kumamoto – Kamiezu Lake?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 63 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kumamoto – Kamiezu Lake?
112 species, from 7,391 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kumamoto – Kamiezu Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Wigeon, Common Kingfisher, Little Egret, Eurasian Coot and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.