Japan · Niigata Prefecture
Niigata – Fukushimagata Wetlands
164 species and 3,612 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and October, with up to 63 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicus
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Niigata – Lake Toyanogata18 km172 species
- Niigata – Nishikaigan Park19 km184 species
All 164 species recorded here
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Copper Pheasant Syrmaticus soemmerringii
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Niigata – Fukushimagata Wetlands?
January and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 63 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Niigata – Fukushimagata Wetlands?
164 species, from 3,612 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Niigata – Fukushimagata Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Great Cormorant, Tundra Swan, Eurasian Teal and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.