Japan · Yamagata Prefecture
Sakata – Tobishima (island)
238 species and 12,080 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 161 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Masked BuntingEmberiza personata
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black Wood PigeonColumba janthina
Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
BramblingFringilla montifringilla
Rustic BuntingEmberiza rustica
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 238 species recorded here
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Masked Bunting Emberiza personata
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black Wood Pigeon Columba janthina
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Varied Tit Sittiparus varius
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pelagic Cormorant Urile pelagicus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Grey Bunting Emberiza variabilis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rhinoceros Auklet Cerorhinca monocerata
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus kizuki
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques
- Asian Rosy Finch Leucosticte arctoa
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sakata – Tobishima (island)?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 161 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sakata – Tobishima (island)?
238 species, from 12,080 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sakata – Tobishima (island) in November?
The most recorded in November: Warbling White-eye, Brown-eared Bulbul, Large-billed Crow, Masked Bunting and Blue Rock Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.