Site Report: Kyoto - Kamo River

Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
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Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
River running through Kyoto
Visits
- 2024-02-28: We walked from our hotel into the Kamo river toward the Higashiama neighborhood. The river was ok, but that neighborhood was the worst kind of tourist trap. Instead of eating totally overpriced Japanese food, we ate overpriced falafels in a bar. After that nightmare, we found ourselves on a bus back toward Kyoto Station. We walked around in that place for a good 45 minutes trying to find the right exit.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (22 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(22 records)
Class: Birds
(22 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(9 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo)
- Order: Perching Birds
(7 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- Family: Shrikes
- Bull-headed Shrike (Lanius bucephalus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)