Japan bird sanctuary
Yonago Waterbird Sanctuary
89 bird species recorded; the most from December to January.
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This month here
59 species in January.52 species in February.57 species in March.50 species in April.35 species in May.0 species in June.11 species in July.10 species in August.33 species in September.34 species in October.35 species in November.63 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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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
89 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).
- 89Speciesrecorded more than once
- 54Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,342Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 5Raptors
- 9Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 28Ducks & geese
- 12Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 24Songbirds
- 5Other 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 89 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
Waders9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
Ducks & geese28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
Herons, ibises & grebes12 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
Songbirds24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Other birds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
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 December to January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan7°/4°132 mm
- Feb8°/4°108 mm
- Mar11°/6°124 mm
- Apr16°/10°116 mm
- May20°/14°124 mm
- Jun24°/19°182 mm
- Jul27°/23°221 mm
- Aug29°/24°125 mm
- Sep25°/21°204 mm
- Oct20°/16°138 mm
- Nov15°/11°111 mm
- Dec10°/6°154 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Yonago Waterbird Sanctuary.
Bird sanctuary and park in Japan
Yonago Waterbird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Japan.
89 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,342 open records.
The most recorded are the Northern Pintail, the Mallard and the Tufted Duck.
13 species come for the summer, 39 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Horned Grebe and Black-faced Spoonbill.
The most species are recorded from December to January.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- 境港公共マリーナ キャンプ場campsite · 8.7 km · 1 within 10 km
- ホテル アジェンダ駅前館place to stay · 4.5 km · 52 within 10 km
- Yonagonearest town · 4.2 km in a straight line
- Yonago Kitaro Airport / JASDF Miho Air Base (YGJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 7 km in a straight lineCar hire in HiroshimaDiscover 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
- 4viewpoints within 5 km
- 22car parks within 3 km
- 14restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km境港公共マリーナ キャンプ場
- 52places to stay within 10 kmホテル アジェンダ駅前館, ホテル アルファーワン, スマイルホテル米子 and 49 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 Yonago Waterbird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas14 mountains within 25 kmMount Hiba331 m · 15 kmTakatsuka Yama · 16 kmMount Korei751 m · volcano · 17 kmKamakura Yama · 21 kmYakumo Yama · 23 kmTsubanuki-yama · 23 kmŌshibi Yama · 24 kmDaisen1,729 m · volcano · 25 km
Coastya1 beaches within 10 kmYumiga-hama · 6.2 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmDaikonjima Island No. 1 Lava Tube Tunnel · 11 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Yonago Waterbird Sanctuary
Japan
- 55Birdyas Score
- 89Species
- 54Migrants
- 3Threatened
Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary
Japan · 212 km
- 79Birdyas Score
- 162Species
- 100Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11604109) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,342 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, Coastya, Lakeyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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