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Ota Ward – Tama River – Maruko Weir (Tokyo)
88 species and 2,836 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and March–April, with up to 47 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Great EgretArdea alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Rock DoveColumba livia
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Setagaya Ward – Hyogojima Park5 km70 species
- Ota Ward – Tama River – Rokugobashi Green Space7 km97 species
- Minato Ward – Meguro Institute for Nature Study7 km81 species
- Ota Ward – Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park (including Tidal Pond)9 km198 species
- Kawasaki – Confluence of Tama River and Nikaryo Aqueduct – Nikaryo Shukugawara Weir9 km104 species
- Shibuya Ward – Yoyogi Park10 km83 species
All 88 species recorded here
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Japanese Green Woodpecker Picus awokera
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Green Pheasant Phasianus versicolor
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ota Ward – Tama River – Maruko Weir (Tokyo)?
January and March–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 47 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ota Ward – Tama River – Maruko Weir (Tokyo)?
88 species, from 2,836 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ota Ward – Tama River – Maruko Weir (Tokyo) in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Cormorant, Little Egret, White Wagtail, Eurasian Coot and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.