Japan Ramsar wetland
Katano Kamoike
129 bird species recorded; the most in February.
藤谷良秀 · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
84 species in January.107 species in February.51 species in March.10 species in April.11 species in May.26 species in June.11 species in July.5 species in August.14 species in September.69 species in October.61 species in November.79 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
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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
129 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).
- 129Speciesrecorded more than once
- 70Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 4ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 5,167Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 9Raptors
- 1Owls
- 5Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 28Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 44Songbirds
- 14Other 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 129 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- White-tailed EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Sunda Scops-owlOtus lempiji
Waders5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Common GullLarus canus
- Pacific LoonGavia pacifica
- Red-throated LoonGavia stellata
- Black-throated DiverGavia arctica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Brünnich's GuillemotUria lomvia
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNT
- Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdixNT
Ducks & geese28 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Lesser white-fronted gooseAnser erythropusVU
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- American ScoterMelanitta americanaNT
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Pelagic CormorantPhalacrocorax pelagicus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Songbirds44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Willow TitPoecile montanus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
- Great titParus major
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Green PheasantPhasianus versicolor
- Japanese Green WoodpeckerPicus awokera
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
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 February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan8°/5°213 mm
- Feb8°/4°136 mm
- Mar10°/6°142 mm
- Apr14°/10°132 mm
- May18°/15°125 mm
- Jun22°/19°147 mm
- Jul26°/24°229 mm
- Aug28°/26°158 mm
- Sep25°/22°211 mm
- Oct20°/18°169 mm
- Nov16°/12°179 mm
- Dec10°/8°260 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Katano Kamoike.
Katano Kamoike is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
129 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 5,167 open records.
The most recorded are the Mallard, the Baikal Teal and the Taiga Bean Goose.
14 species come for the summer, 53 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
4 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Lesser white-fronted goose and Black-legged kittiwake.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- 十楽の森campsite · 11 km · 2 within 10 km
- ホテルアルファplace to stay · 5.6 km · 52 within 10 km
- Kaganearest town · 4.8 km in a straight line
- Komatsu Airport / JASDF Komatsu Air Base (KMQ)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 13 km in a straight lineCar hire at TOY airport (Toyama)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
- 1visitor centres within 6 km
- 41car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km十楽の森, オートキャンプ場
- 52places to stay within 10 kmホテルアルファ, 加賀まるや, リブマックスリゾート 加賀山代 and 49 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- viewpoints within 5 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 Katano Kamoike.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas13 mountains within 25 kmKyōzuka Yama · 9.2 kmKariyasu-yama · 11 kmFujishaga-dake942 m · 16 kmMount Hitomoshi803 m · 19 kmYurugi Yama604 m · 19 kmTakaochi-yama494 m · 19 kmMount Takekurabe1,045 m · 23 kmMount Jōhōji1,053 m · 24 km
Lakeyas3 lakes within 15 kmLake Kitagata1.9 km² · 7.3 kmShibayamagata1.8 km² · 8.5 kmKibagata1.2 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.
Katano Kamoike
Japan
- 64Birdyas Score
- 129Species
- 70Migrants
- 4Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11569976) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 5,167 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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