Japan Ramsar wetland
Lake Man
154 bird species recorded; the most from January to April.
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This month here
102 species in January.101 species in February.106 species in March.100 species in April.83 species in May.54 species in June.54 species in July.72 species in August.84 species in September.96 species in October.93 species in November.95 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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NTVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
154 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).
- 154Speciesrecorded more than once
- 73Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 7ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 19,311Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 6Raptors
- 1Owls
- 45Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 17Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Flamingos
- 43Songbirds
- 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 154 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern BoobokNinox japonica
Waders45 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Japanese SnipeGallinago hardwickiiNT
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNT
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Flamingos1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseus
Songbirds43 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Japanese Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
- Ryukyu MinivetPericrocotus tegimae
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Great titParus major
Other birds14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- CootFulica atra
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Taiwan Green-pigeonTreron formosaeNT
- Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- 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 from January to April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan20°/18°61 mm
- Feb20°/18°50 mm
- Mar21°/19°81 mm
- Apr23°/21°124 mm
- May25°/24°209 mm
- Jun28°/27°293 mm
- Jul29°/28°125 mm
- Aug30°/28°174 mm
- Sep29°/28°186 mm
- Oct27°/26°126 mm
- Nov24°/23°83 mm
- Dec22°/20°67 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Lake Man.
Lake in Japan
Lake Man is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Japan.
154 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 19,311 open records.
The most recorded are the Common Sandpiper, the Brown-eared Bulbul and the Grey Heron.
19 species come for the summer, 49 for the winter and 5 only pass through.
7 are threatened worldwide, including Black-faced Spoonbill, Grey Plover and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded from January to April.
Get there and watch
- ルートイン那覇旭橋駅東place to stay · 1.6 km · 211 within 10 km
- Tomigusukunearest town · 1.2 km in a straight line
- Naha International Airport (OKA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 4 km in a straight lineCar hire at OKA airport (Naha)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
- 3observation towers within 6 km三重城タワー, 浦添大公園ポケット広場前展望台
- 3visitor centres within 6 km沖縄観光情報センター, 那覇市首里金城村屋, 琉球かすり会館
- 23viewpoints within 5 km石門, 西のアザナ, 海軍壕公園 and 20 more
- 1,470car parks within 3 km
- 384restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km
- 211places to stay within 10 kmルートイン那覇旭橋駅東, 那覇東急REIホテル, 民宿月桃 and 208 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Lake Man.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas3 mountains within 25 kmMount Bengadake · 5.7 kmMount Yoza168 m · 8.1 kmMount Yaese163 m · 8.2 km
Cavernyas4 caves within 20 kmYamashita First Cave Site Park · 1.2 kmMakiminato Terabu Cave · 8.8 kmGyokusendō · 9.5 kmFutenma Shrine Cave · 14 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Lake Man
Japan
- 72Birdyas Score
- 154Species
- 73Migrants
- 7Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q3070222) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 19,311 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, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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