Japan Ramsar wetland
Fujimae-higata
161 bird species recorded; the most in April.
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This month here
93 species in January.84 species in February.95 species in March.118 species in April.101 species in May.67 species in June.63 species in July.87 species in August.107 species in September.104 species in October.92 species in November.87 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
161 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 161Speciesrecorded more than once
- 91Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 8ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 15,873Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 1Owls
- 46Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 18Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 48Songbirds
- 11Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 161 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders46 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Common GullLarus canus
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CraneGrus monachaVU
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
Songbirds48 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Japanese RobinErithacus akahige
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WryneckJynx torquilla
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan8°/1°73 mm
- Feb9°/1°80 mm
- Mar13°/4°118 mm
- Apr18°/8°146 mm
- May23°/14°164 mm
- Jun26°/18°198 mm
- Jul29°/23°225 mm
- Aug30°/24°161 mm
- Sep27°/20°215 mm
- Oct22°/14°189 mm
- Nov16°/8°90 mm
- Dec10°/3°81 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Fujimae-higata.
Tidal flat in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Fujimae-higata is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
161 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 15,873 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Sandpiper, the Great Cormorant and the Grey Heron.
44 species come for the summer, 45 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
8 are threatened worldwide, including Grey Plover, Common Pochard and Black-faced Spoonbill.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- センチュリースクエア木場place to stay · 7.3 km · 28 within 10 km
- Tobishimanearest town · 4.1 km in a straight line
- Nagoya Airport / JASDF Komaki Air Base (NKM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 23 km in a straight lineCar hire at NGO airport (Tokoname)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1observation towers within 6 km展望塔
- 255car parks within 3 km
- 13restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 28places to stay within 10 kmセンチュリースクエア木場, 大生, ニュー ひろみ and 25 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Fujimae-higata.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas6 mountains within 25 kmMount Aioi60 m · 13 kmMount Futamura72 m · 16 kmMount Gokuraku (Nagoya)112 m · 20 kmMount Roba-no-se · 20 kmMount Tado403 m · 21 kmMount Ontake131 m · 21 km
Riveryasthe river nearbyShōnai River96 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Fujimae-higata
Japan
- 78Birdyas Score
- 161Species
- 91Migrants
- 8Threatened
Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary
Japan · 139 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 162Species
- 100Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5507434) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 15,873 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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