Japan Ramsar wetland
Nagura Anparu
192 bird species recorded; the most in March.
Paipateroma · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
108 species in January.61 species in February.135 species in March.111 species in April.99 species in May.65 species in June.65 species in July.76 species in August.108 species in September.76 species in October.93 species in November.112 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
192 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).
- 192Speciesrecorded more than once
- 87Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 12,108Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 10Raptors
- 4Owls
- 40Waders
- 14Gulls & seabirds
- 23Ducks & geese
- 19Herons, ibises & grebes
- 58Songbirds
- 24Other 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 192 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
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Elegant Scops-OwlOtus elegansNT
- Northern BoobokNinox japonica
- Japanese Scops OwlOtus semitorques
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders40 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Oriental DotterelCharadrius veredus
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
Ducks & geese23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Malay Night-heronGorsachius melanolophus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosa
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Songbirds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Ryukyu MinivetPericrocotus tegimae
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Japanese Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Ryukyu RobinErithacus komadori
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Daurian StarlingAgropsar sturninus
- Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaNT
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Japanese TitParus minor
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Great titParus major
Other birds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Taiwan Green-pigeonTreron formosaeNT
- CootFulica atra
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Black Wood PigeonColumba janthina
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
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 March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan21°/19°73 mm
- Feb21°/20°70 mm
- Mar22°/20°80 mm
- Apr24°/23°106 mm
- May26°/25°161 mm
- Jun28°/28°182 mm
- Jul29°/29°120 mm
- Aug29°/29°199 mm
- Sep29°/28°195 mm
- Oct27°/26°125 mm
- Nov25°/24°99 mm
- Dec22°/21°82 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Nagura Anparu.
Nagura Anparu is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
192 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 12,108 open records.
The most recorded are the Large-billed Crow, the Brown-eared Bulbul and the Oriental Turtle Dove.
26 species come for the summer, 53 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Black-faced Spoonbill, Sharp-tailed Sandpiper and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in March.
Get there and watch
- 竹富島campsite · 9.2 km · 1 within 10 km
- お宿 やまさしplace to stay · 6.2 km · 63 within 10 km
- Ishigakinearest town · 5.7 km in a straight line
- New Ishigaki Airport (ISG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at ISG airport (Ishigaki)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
- 10viewpoints within 5 kmエメラルドの海を見る展望台, バンナ岳南口, 前勢岳展望台 and 7 more
- 16car parks within 3 km
- 6restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km竹富島
- 63places to stay within 10 kmお宿 やまさし, イーストチャイナシー, 民宿まつや and 60 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 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 Nagura Anparu.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas9 mountains within 25 kmMount Buzama321 m · 3.7 kmMount Omoto525 m · 5.4 kmMount Fukaiomoto477 m · 7.4 kmYarabu-dake216 m · 7.7 kmMount Karadake136 m · 11 kmNozoko-dake · 15 kmMount Nosoko282 m · 15 kmUfudaki99 m · 18 km
Darkskyas2 dark-sky places within 30 kmIshigakijima Astronomical ObservatoryBortle 4 · 2.4 kmIriomote-Ishigaki National ParkBortle 2 · 28 km↗
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmShiraho Saonetabaru Cave Ruins · 10 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.
Nagura Anparu
Japan
- 75Birdyas Score
- 192Species
- 87Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11415548) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 12,108 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, Darkskyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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