Site Report: Manko Wetland

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)

Wetlands with mangroves in the city of Naha.

Visits

2024-02-21: After settling in to our hotel, we tried to go to the nearby Manko Wetland Center. Unfortunately, it closed at 4PM. We were able to get a good overlook of the wetland from the bridge over the river, though.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (12 records)

Phylum: Chordates (12 records)

Class: Birds (12 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (1 record)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

Order: Pelicans (6 records)
- Family: Herons
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago)
- Common Redshank (Tringa totanus)
- Common Sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)

Order: Perching Birds (2 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Light-vented Bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)
- Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (2 records)
- Family: Plovers
- Pacific Golden-Plover (Pluvialis fulva)
- Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)

Lifelists

Trips

Japan