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Karuizawa is well-known as a popular birding spot and is one of the 3 major bird watching sites in Honshu (Karuizawa, Oku-nikko, Mt.Fuji). The variety of habitats here, including firest, grassland and wetlands, makes it a haven for many and resident and migrant species. Throughout the year, it is possible to observe around 130 different kinds of birds, with half of them journeying here from the southern islands in order to raise their offspring. From April to June you can enjoy the best season for bird watching, as the numbers of species increases and with less foliage on the trees they are easier to spot!
Main birds living in the Karuizawa area
- Honey buzzard
- Copper pheasant
- Shrike
- Japanese woodpecker
- Narcissus flycatcher
- Brown dipper
- Barn swallow
- and many many more..
Bird list
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Endemic | Season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Pheasant | Syrmaticus soemmerringii | 〇 | Resident |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Resident | |
| Mondarin Duck | Aix galericulata | Resident | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Resident/Winter migrant | |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | Resident | |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Resident | |
| Japanese Green Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | Resident | |
| Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | Resident | |
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus fugax | Summer migrant | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | Summer migrant | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo/Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | Summer migrant | |
| (Common)Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Summer migrant | |
| Solitary Snipe | Gallinago solitaria | Winter migrant | |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | Summer migrant | |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Resident | |
| Japanese Lesser Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | Resident | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | Resident | |
| Northern Goshark | Accipiter gentilis | Resident | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | Resident | |
| Ural Owl | Strix uralensis | Resident | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | Resident | |
| Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | Resident | |
| White-Backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | Resident | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | Resident | |
| Japanese Green Woodpecker | Picus awokera | 〇 | Resident |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | Summer migrant | |
| Japanese Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | Summer migrant | |
| Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | Resident | |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | Resident | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | Resident | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | Resident | |
| Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | Resident | |
| Varied Tit | Parus varius | Resident | |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | Resident | |
| Japanese Tit | Parus minor | Resident | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Summer migrant | |
| House Martin | Delichon urbica | Summer migrant | |
| Brown-eared Bulbul | Hypsipetes amaurotis | Resident | |
| Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone | Resident | |
| Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | Summer migrant | |
| Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | Resident | |
| (Eastern) Crowned Willow Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus | Summer migrant | |
| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | Summer migrant | |
| Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | Winter migrant | |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | Resident | |
| Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | Resident | |
| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | Resident | |
| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | Resident | |
| Siberian Thrush | Turdus sibiricus | Summer migrant | |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | Winter migrant | |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | Migrant | |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | Winter migrant | |
| Japanese Robin | Luscinia akahige | Summer migrant | |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Luscinia cyane | Summer migrant | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | Winter migrant | |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | Winter migrant | |
| Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | Summer migrant | |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | Summer migrant | |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | Summer migrant | |
| Japanese Accentor | Prunella rubida | Winter migrant | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | Resident | |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba lugens | Resident | |
| Japanese Wagtail | Motacilla grandis | 〇 | Resident |
| Brambing | Fringilla montifringilla | Winter migrant | |
| Oriental Greenfinch | Carduelis sinica | Resident | |
| Eurasian Siskin | Carduelis spinus | Winter migrant | |
| Long-tailed Rose Finch | Uragus sibiricus | Winter migrant | |
| Pallas's Rosy Finch | Carpodacus roseus | Winter migrant | |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | Winter migrant | |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | Winter migrant | |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | Resident | |
| Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | Resident | |
| Rustic Bunting | Emberiza rustica | Winter migrant | |
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Emberiza elegans | Winter migrant | |
| Japanese Yellow Bunting | Emberiza sulphurata | Summer migrant | |
| Black-faced Bunting | Emberiza spodocephala | Summer migrant |
