Japan bird sanctuary
Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary
162 bird species recorded; the most in April.
U-ichiro Murakami ( Murambo ) · Public domain
This month here
77 species in January.74 species in February.88 species in March.116 species in April.99 species in May.48 species in June.58 species in July.81 species in August.94 species in September.96 species in October.78 species in November.83 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
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VUVU
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
162 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).
- 162Speciesrecorded more than once
- 100Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 8ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 12,488Recordsopen records within 4 km
- 7Raptors
- 1Owls
- 44Waders
- 10Gulls & seabirds
- 18Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 58Songbirds
- 9Other 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 162 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidus
- Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
Gulls & seabirds10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Common GullLarus canus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNT
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
Ducks & geese18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- SmewMergellus albellus
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- GoosanderMergus merganser
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusVU
Songbirds58 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Masked buntingEmberiza personata
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Poecile variusPoecile varius
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Crested mynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Asian StubtailUrosphena squameiceps
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Japanese RobinErithacus akahige
- HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Japanese Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus xanthodryas
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
Other birds9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus kizuki
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- WryneckJynx torquilla
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.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan6°/-1°66 mm
- Feb8°/-1°80 mm
- Mar12°/2°116 mm
- Apr18°/7°135 mm
- May22°/12°159 mm
- Jun25°/17°213 mm
- Jul29°/21°220 mm
- Aug30°/22°178 mm
- Sep26°/18°225 mm
- Oct21°/12°192 mm
- Nov15°/6°93 mm
- Dec9°/1°76 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary.
Park in Japan
Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Japan.
162 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 12,488 open records.
The most recorded are the Grey Heron, the Great Cormorant and the Brown-eared Bulbul.
48 species come for the summer, 46 for the winter and 6 only pass through.
8 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Grey Plover and Sharp-tailed Sandpiper.
The most species are recorded in April.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- ホテルグラッドワン南大阪place to stay · 6.5 km · 510 within 10 km
- Tsumorinearest town · 7.6 km in a straight line
- Kobe Airport (UKB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 16 km in a straight lineCar hire at KIX airport (Osaka)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総合案内所
- 2viewpoints within 5 km大阪府咲洲庁舎展望台, 新夕陽ヶ丘
- 101car parks within 3 km
- 46restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 510places to stay within 10 kmホテルグラッドワン南大阪, コンフォートホテル堺, スーパーホテル 堺マリティナ and 507 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- campsites within 10 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 Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas36 mountains within 25 kmMount Higashiotafuku697 m · 19 kmMount Iwakura488 m · 20 kmMount Rokkō931 m · 20 kmMount Ushirohachimaki898 m · 20 kmMount Nagamine688 m · 20 kmMount Maya699 m · 20 kmMount Iwahara573 m · 20 kmMount Nakayama478 m · 23 km
Darkskyas1 dark-sky places within 30 kmOsaka Science MuseumBortle 9 · 10 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Osaka Nanko Bird Sanctuary
Japan
- 79Birdyas Score
- 162Species
- 100Migrants
- 8Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q11440090) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 12,488 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, Darkskyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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