Japan bird sanctuary
Tokyo Wild Bird Park
178 bird species recorded; the most in April and in October.
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This month here
91 species in January.86 species in February.94 species in March.123 species in April.99 species in May.63 species in June.66 species in July.94 species in August.106 species in September.116 species in October.100 species in November.91 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
VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
178 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).
- 178Speciesrecorded more than once
- 108Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 6ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 42,953Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 8Raptors
- 36Waders
- 9Gulls & seabirds
- 22Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 67Songbirds
- 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 178 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
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Waders36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
Gulls & seabirds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNT
Ducks & geese22 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
Songbirds67 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- HwameiGarrulax canorus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Ryukyu MinivetPericrocotus tegimae
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaNT
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Japanese Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata
- Crested mynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensisNT
- Grey BuntingEmberiza variabilis
- Japanese RobinErithacus akahige
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- White-crowned sparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Japanese Green WoodpeckerPicus awokera
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
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 and in October.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan9°/1°80 mm
- Feb10°/1°75 mm
- Mar13°/4°124 mm
- Apr18°/9°135 mm
- May23°/14°148 mm
- Jun26°/18°185 mm
- Jul29°/22°152 mm
- Aug30°/23°134 mm
- Sep27°/20°211 mm
- Oct22°/14°246 mm
- Nov17°/9°120 mm
- Dec11°/3°83 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Tokyo Wild Bird Park.
Park in Japan
Tokyo Wild Bird Park is a bird sanctuary in Japan.
178 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 42,953 open records.
The most recorded are the Great Cormorant, the Grey Heron and the Large-billed Crow.
43 species come for the summer, 59 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
6 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Grey Plover and Chinese Egret.
The most species are recorded in April and in October.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- 第二キャンプ場campsite · 2.1 km · 4 within 10 km
- 東横イン 南品川place to stay · 3.3 km · 442 within 10 km
- Minami-ōinearest town · 2.6 km in a straight line
- Tokyo Haneda International Airport (HND)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 4 km in a straight lineCar hire at HND airport (Tokyo)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
- 1marked trails within 4 km歴史と文化の散歩道 品川池上コース
- 21visitor centres within 6 kmお休み所, Information Office (Aiport), ほっとスポット戸越銀座 and 18 more
- 33viewpoints within 5 kmテレコムセンター展望室, 首都圏4000万人の生活と産業を支える東京港, 救命艇 and 30 more
- 419car parks within 3 km
- 188restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 4campsites within 10 km第二キャンプ場, オートキャンプ場, 第一キャンプ場 and 1 more
- 442places to stay within 10 km東横イン 南品川, アーヴェストホテル蒲田, ストリングスホテル東京インターコンチネンタル and 439 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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 Tokyo Wild Bird Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmGoten-yama · 4.6 kmMount Atago26 m · 9.0 kmMount Hakone45 m · 14 kmDōkanyama · 16 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Tokyo Wild Bird Park
Japan
- 76Birdyas Score
- 178Species
- 108Migrants
- 6Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11525002) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 42,953 open bird records within 4 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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