Japan Ramsar wetland
Kiritappu Wetland
158 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Miya.m · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
62 species in January.73 species in February.53 species in March.27 species in April.86 species in May.74 species in June.33 species in July.68 species in August.51 species in September.23 species in October.45 species in November.60 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
158 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).
- 158Speciesrecorded more than once
- 92Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 11ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,047Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 1Owls
- 38Waders
- 16Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 9Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 47Songbirds
- 13Other 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 158 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders38 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaCR
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Grey (Red) PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Bristle-thighed CurlewNumenius tahitiensisNT
Gulls & seabirds16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Common GullLarus canus
- Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
- Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Spectacled GuillemotCepphus carbo
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Leach's Storm PetrelOceanodroma leucorhoaVU
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
- Brent GooseBranta bernicla
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Long-tailed duckClangula hyemalisVU
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Stejneger's ScoterMelanitta stejnegeri
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- American WigeonMareca americana
- SmewMergellus albellus
- BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Herons, ibises & grebes9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
Songbirds47 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper-warblerLocustella ochotensis
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Asian Rosy-finchLeucosticte arctoa
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Sakhalin Grasshopper WarblerLocustella amnicola
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis
- Japanese RobinErithacus akahige
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Shore LarkEremophila alpestris
Other birds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- CootFulica atra
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Cuculus hyperythrusCuculus hyperythrus
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 May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-1°/-6°41 mm
- Feb-1°/-7°35 mm
- Mar2°/-3°63 mm
- Apr6°/1°71 mm
- May10°/5°101 mm
- Jun14°/9°104 mm
- Jul18°/14°123 mm
- Aug20°/16°133 mm
- Sep19°/14°131 mm
- Oct14°/9°116 mm
- Nov8°/3°76 mm
- Dec2°/-3°64 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kiritappu Wetland.
Protected wetland in Japan
Kiritappu Wetland is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
158 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,047 open records.
The most recorded are the Slaty-backed Gull, the Whooper Swan and the Red-necked Stint.
50 species come for the summer, 40 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
11 are threatened worldwide, including Steller's Sea-eagle, Red-crowned Crane and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- きりたっぷ岬キャンプ場campsite · 6.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- Hamanaka-sakuraminaminearest town · 8.0 km in a straight line
- Nakashibetsu Airport (SHB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 56 km in a straight lineCar hire at KUH airport (Kushiro)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
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 2viewpoints within 5 km琵琶瀬展望台, アゼチ岬展望台
- 2car parks within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmきりたっぷ岬キャンプ場, MO-TTOかぜてキャンプ場
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay 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 Kiritappu Wetland.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmMount Taka · 20 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.
Kiritappu Wetland
Japan
- 82Birdyas Score
- 158Species
- 92Migrants
- 11Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6415346) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,047 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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