Site Report: Kyoto - Osawa Pond

Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)



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Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)

Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)

Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
Pond next to an ancient temple
Visits
- 2024-02-29: We walked for awhile, and we were finally able to shake the annoying tourist traps. We found yet another ancient temple, but I guess this one isn't in the Lonely Planet guidebook. Or, maybe the tourists weren't there due to the rainy and cold weather.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (25 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(25 records)
Class: Birds
(25 records)
- Order: Anseriformes (6 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Grebes
- Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(14 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Brown-eared Bulbul (Hypsipetes amaurotis)
- Family: Bushtits
- Long-tailed Tit (Aegithalos caudatus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Oriental Greenfinch (Chloris sinica)
- Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes)
- Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Carrion Crow (Corvus corone)
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- White-cheeked Starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Pale Thrush (Turdus pallidus)
- Daurian Redstart (Phoenicurus auroreus)
- Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- White Wagtail (Motacilla alba)
- Japanese Wagtail (Motacilla grandis)
- Family: White-eyes
- Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)