Japan · Kyoto Prefecture
Kyoto – Kyoto Gyoen Garden / Kyoto Imperial Palace Park
127 species and 12,586 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October, with up to 58 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Varied TitSittiparus varius
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Rock DoveColumba livia
Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kusatsu – Lake Biwa – Karasuma Peninsula – Lake Biwa Museum17 km124 species
- Hirakata – Yamadaike Park23 km89 species
- Nara – Nara Palace Site & Nara Palace Site Historical Park37 km96 species
- Toyonaka – Hattori Greenbelt Park37 km101 species
- Nara – Nara Park38 km103 species
- Osaka – Osaka Castle Park43 km131 species
All 127 species recorded here
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kyoto – Kyoto Gyoen Garden / Kyoto Imperial Palace Park?
April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 58 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kyoto – Kyoto Gyoen Garden / Kyoto Imperial Palace Park?
127 species, from 12,586 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kyoto – Kyoto Gyoen Garden / Kyoto Imperial Palace Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown-eared Bulbul, Warbling White-eye, Cinereous Tit, Large-billed Crow and Varied Tit.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.