Japan Ramsar wetland
Hotokenuma
80 bird species recorded; the most in May.
あおもりくま ( Aomorikuma ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
10 species in January.10 species in February.0 species in March.21 species in April.64 species in May.48 species in June.33 species in July.13 species in August.33 species in September.1 species in October.20 species in November.0 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.
VU
VU
No records for this month.
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No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
80 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).
- 80Speciesrecorded more than once
- 40Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 829Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 4Raptors
- 16Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 8Herons, ibises & grebes
- 27Songbirds
- 8Other 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 80 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
Waders16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GadwallMareca strepera
Herons, ibises & grebes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Songbirds27 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Marsh grassbirdLocustella pryeri
- Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensisNT
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Yellow BuntingEmberiza sulphurata
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
Other birds8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
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.
- Jan1°/-2°103 mm
- Feb1°/-2°78 mm
- Mar5°/0°83 mm
- Apr10°/4°80 mm
- May15°/9°84 mm
- Jun19°/13°87 mm
- Jul23°/18°139 mm
- Aug25°/20°146 mm
- Sep22°/18°136 mm
- Oct17°/12°120 mm
- Nov10°/6°115 mm
- Dec4°/1°126 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Hotokenuma.
Wetland in Japan
Hotokenuma is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
80 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 829 open records.
The most recorded are the Red-necked Stint, the Marsh grassbird and the Whooper Swan.
30 species come for the summer, 9 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- わかさぎ公園 浜台キャンプ場campsite · 7.3 km · 5 within 10 km
- 玉勝温泉 別館place to stay · 14 km · 1 within 10 km
- Toyotanearest town · 14 km in a straight line
- Misawa Airport / Misawa Air Base (MSJ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at AOJ airport (Aomori)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
- 1car parks within 3 km
- 5campsites within 10 kmわかさぎ公園 浜台キャンプ場, 小川原湖畔キャンプ場, 小川原湖公園キャンプ場 and 2 more
- 1places to stay within 10 km玉勝温泉 別館
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Hotokenuma.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
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.
Hotokenuma
Japan
- 50Birdyas Score
- 80Species
- 40Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3141155) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 829 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 | 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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