Japan Ramsar wetland
Izumi crane migration grounds
204 bird species recorded; the most from January to February.
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This month here
165 species in January.173 species in February.125 species in March.19 species in April.48 species in May.0 species in June.24 species in July.38 species in August.53 species in September.100 species in October.134 species in November.145 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
204 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).
- 204Speciesrecorded more than once
- 139Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 43,045Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 11Raptors
- 1Owls
- 35Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 33Ducks & geese
- 17Herons, ibises & grebes
- 8Storks & cranes
- 72Songbirds
- 17Other 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 204 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders35 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Solitary SnipeGallinago solitaria
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNT
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese33 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Scaly-sided MerganserMergus squamatus
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Storks & cranes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hooded CraneGrus monachaVU
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
- Common CraneGrus grus
- Sandhill CraneGrus canadensis
- Siberian CraneGrus leucogeranus
- Demoiselle CraneAnthropoides virgo
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
Songbirds72 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensisNT
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Brown DipperCinclus pallasii
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Ryukyu MinivetPericrocotus tegimae
- Grey BuntingEmberiza variabilis
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Red-billed LeiothrixLeiothrix lutea
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaNT
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Asian StubtailUrosphena squameiceps
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Chinese Bamboo-PartridgeBambusicola thoracicus
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- Japanese Green WoodpeckerPicus awokera
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan12°/9°78 mm
- Feb13°/10°97 mm
- Mar15°/11°126 mm
- Apr18°/15°159 mm
- May22°/18°195 mm
- Jun24°/22°385 mm
- Jul28°/25°312 mm
- Aug29°/27°187 mm
- Sep27°/24°206 mm
- Oct23°/20°106 mm
- Nov19°/16°112 mm
- Dec14°/11°94 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Izumi crane migration grounds.
Bird migration field in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan
Izumi crane migration grounds is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
204 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 43,045 open records.
The most recorded are the Hooded Crane, the White-naped Crane and the Black Kite.
21 species come for the summer, 104 for the winter and 14 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Hooded Crane, White-naped Crane and Black-faced Spoonbill.
The most species are recorded from January to February.
Get there and watch
- 松ケ平キャンプ場campsite · 13 km · 1 within 10 km
- HOTEL R9 The Yardplace to stay · 6.7 km · 6 within 10 km
- Izuminearest town · 9.0 km in a straight line
- Amakusa Airport (AXJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 44 km in a straight lineCar hire at KOJ airport (Kagoshima)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
- 1viewpoints within 5 kmCrane Observation Center
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km松ケ平キャンプ場
- 6places to stay within 10 kmHOTEL R9 The Yard, ロイヤルイン桃晃, ロイヤルイン ステーションプラザ and 3 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 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 Izumi crane migration grounds.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas19 mountains within 25 kmGyōnin-dake394 m · 13 kmAtago-yama · 13 kmMount Shibi1,067 m · 16 kmNakao Yama · 17 kmBanoki-san · 18 kmKunjin Yama · 20 kmYajiro Yama586 m · 22 kmKajiki Dake · 24 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Izumi crane migration grounds
Japan
- 88Birdyas Score
- 204Species
- 139Migrants
- 10Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11395670) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 43,045 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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