What birds can I see in Japan in September?

113 species on our list for Japan are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Grey Heron, Carrion Crow, Great White Egret and Pied Wagtail.

What are the most common birds in Japan?

Of the birds on our list, the ones birdwatchers record most often in Japan are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Grey Heron, Barn Swallow, Carrion Crow and Pied Wagtail.

Birds in Japan

Q: How many birds are on Birdfact's list for Japan?

176 species, each recorded regularly in Japan (in at least 3 of the 6 years 2019–2024): 47 residents, 23 summer visitors, 74 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors. The list includes only birds with a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur in Japan, and rarer vagrants are not listed.

176 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024

Our list for Japan has 176 bird species recorded regularly there: 47 residents, 23 summer visitors, 74 winter visitors, 28 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors.

The list comes from 2.4 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.

Birds to see in Japan in September

113 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.

All 113 birds in September

Arriving in September: Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Tufted Duck, Northern Shoveler, Vega Gull, Whooper Swan, Black-necked Grebe, Oriental Honey-buzzard and 11 more.

Through the year

Species recorded regularly in Japan each month: most in April (141), fewest in July (89). Choose a month to see its birds.

141 113

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GoldcrestSmallest · 8.5cm

Whooper SwanLargest · 165cm

From the Goldcrest (8.5 cm) to the Whooper Swan (165 cm)49 families

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All 176 birds on the list

Showing 47–69 of 176 species

Steller's Sea-eagle

Haliaeetus pelagicusVU

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–Mar

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaeaLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

Smew

Mergellus albellusLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Nov–Apr

Little Tern

Sternula albifronsLC

Summer visitorUncommon

Regularly Apr–Aug

Reed Bunting

Emberiza schoeniclusLC

ResidentUncommon

Regularly Oct–Aug

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpresLC

Passage migrantUncommon

Regularly Jan–Oct

Brambling

Fringilla montifringillaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Oct–May

Vega Gull

Larus vegaeLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Sep–May

Pluvialis fulvaLC

Winter visitorUncommon

Regularly Jul–May

Kentish Plover

Charadrius alexandrinusLC

ResidentUncommon

Recorded all year

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Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made

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