Bird AlbumJapan · Hokkaido
Nemuro – Shunkunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary
168 species and 2,739 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, with up to 56 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nemuro – Shunkunitai Nature Center1 km119 species
- Nemuro – Hanasaki Port9 km87 species
- Nemuro – Cape Nosappu31 km141 species
- Hamanaka – Cape Kiritappu32 km121 species
- Betsukai – Notsuke Peninsula Nature Center37 km140 species
- Betsukai – Notsuke Peninsula – Narawara40 km135 species
All 168 species recorded here
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Sakhalin Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes amnicola
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Spectacled Guillemot Cepphus carbo
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Red-faced Cormorant Urile urile
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Hazel Grouse Tetrastes bonasia
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis
- Japanese Accentor Prunella rubida
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nemuro – Shunkunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary?
May–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 56 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nemuro – Shunkunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary?
168 species, from 2,739 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nemuro – Shunkunitai Wild Bird Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, Northern Pintail, Whooper Swan, Slaty-backed Gull and Red-breasted Merganser.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.