Japan Ramsar wetland
Kushiro-shitsugen National Park
121 bird species recorded; the most from May to June.
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This month here
19 species in January.39 species in February.34 species in March.50 species in April.70 species in May.71 species in June.56 species in July.45 species in August.58 species in September.41 species in October.38 species in November.38 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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VUVU
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VUVU
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VUVU
VUVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
121 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).
- 121Speciesrecorded more than once
- 59Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 2,439Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 8Raptors
- 4Waders
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 18Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 62Songbirds
- 19Other 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 121 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusVU
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Waders4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
- Common CraneGrus grus
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
Songbirds62 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Marsh TitPoecile palustris
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Passer cinnamomeusPasser cinnamomeus
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Middendorff's Grasshopper-warblerLocustella ochotensis
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- Sakhalin Grasshopper WarblerLocustella amnicola
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Japanese RobinErithacus akahige
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Grey BuntingEmberiza variabilis
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- Asian Rosy-finchLeucosticte arctoa
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Other birds19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Needle-tailed SwiftHirundapus caudacutus
- Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Hazel GrouseTetrastes bonasia
- Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
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 May to June.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-2°/-9°40 mm
- Feb-2°/-9°32 mm
- Mar2°/-4°57 mm
- Apr7°/0°71 mm
- May12°/5°100 mm
- Jun16°/10°111 mm
- Jul20°/14°122 mm
- Aug22°/16°140 mm
- Sep20°/13°130 mm
- Oct14°/7°113 mm
- Nov8°/1°71 mm
- Dec1°/-5°62 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Kushiro-shitsugen National Park.
National park of Japan
Kushiro-shitsugen National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
121 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 2,439 open records.
The most recorded are the Marsh Tit, the Stejneger's Stonechat and the Large-billed Crow.
36 species come for the summer, 20 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Red-crowned Crane, Steller's Sea-eagle and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from May to June.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- 達古武オートキャンプ場campsite · 7.1 km · 3 within 10 km
- Kushiro shitsugen Touro Youth Hostelplace to stay · 9.1 km · 4 within 10 km
- Kushironearest town · 15 km in a straight line
- Kushiro Airport (KUH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 18 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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 1visitor centres within 6 km温根内木道ビジターセンター
- 2viewpoints within 5 km細岡展望台 Kushiro Marsh Hosooka Observatory, 展望広場
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 km達古武オートキャンプ場, 鶴の里キャンプフィールド, 塘路元村キャンプ場
- 4places to stay within 10 kmKushiro shitsugen Touro Youth Hostel, ホテル愛, ピュア and 1 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Kushiro-shitsugen National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmMount Iwabokki119 m · 4.7 kmMount Oboro · 23 km
Lakeyas4 lakes within 15 kmLake Takkobu1.3 km² · 6.6 kmLake Shirarutoro1.8 km² · 12 kmLake Tōro6.2 km² · 14 kmLake Harutori0.3 km² · 15 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.
Kushiro-shitsugen National Park
Japan
- 61Birdyas Score
- 121Species
- 59Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1156690) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 2,439 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, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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