Site Report: Kyoto - Kamo River, Japan

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
- Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)
- Common Pochard (Aythya ferina)
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)
- Eurasian Wigeon (Mareca penelope)
- Gadwall (Mareca strepera)
- Green-winged Teal (Anas crecca)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Northern Pintail (Anas acuta)
- Tufted Duck (Aythya fuligula)
- 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
- Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)