Osaka Castle Park

34.68688 , 135.52703

Japan

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• geographic/ biogeographic location
• habitat and vegetation
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Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 34.6869/135.5270 (2020-12-28 21:25:52 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "Osaka Castle Park" (2020-12-28 21:25:52 )

Edited by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) on 2021-08-06 13:35:33
- Birding at forests and moats in the park. - Best season: September to May Here we have chance to see Mandarin Duck (winter), Gadwall (winter), Falcated Duck (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Mallard (winter), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Shoveler (winter), Northern Pintail (winter), Garganey (migrant), Baikal Teal (winter), Eurasian Teal/Common Teal (winter), Red-crested Pochard (winter), Pochard (winter), Baer's Pochard (winter), Ferruginous Pochard (winter), Ring-necked Duck (winter), Tufted Duck (winter), Greater Scaup (American) (winter), Smew (winter), Little Grebe (winter), Holboll's Grebe (migrant), Great Crested Grebe (winter), Horned Grebe (winter), Striated Heron (amurensis) (summer), Japanese Night-Heron (migrant), Black-crowned Night Heron (winter), Eastern Cattle Egret (migrant), Grey Heron, Eastern Great Egret (A.modesta)(migrant), Little Egret, Great Cormorant (winter), Common Kestrel (winter), Eastern Peregrine Falcon (winter), Siberian Honey-buzzard (migrant), Black Kite (migrant), Japanese Sparrowhawk (winter), Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), Goshawk (winter), Grey-faced Buzzard (migrant), Japanese Buzzard (winter), Eurasian Moorhen (winter), Common Coot (winter), Grey-headed Lapwing (migrant), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Western Little Ringed Plover (migrant), European Woodcock (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Common Sandpiper (migrant), Black-tailed Gull (migrant), Kamchatka Gull (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Slaty-backed Gull (winter), Siberian Black-headed Gull (winter), Little Tern (summer), Whiskered Tern (migrant), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, White-bellied Green-Pigeon (migrant), Northern Hawk-Cuckoo (migrant), Eastern Common Cuckoo (migrant), Oriental Cuckoo/Horsfield's Cuckoo (migrant), Lessor Cuckoo (migrant), Oriental Scope-Owl (migrant), Ural Owl (migrant), Northern Boobook (migrant), Grey Nightjar (migrant), Pacific Swift (kanoi) (migrant), House Swift, Oriental Dollarbird/Dollarbird (migrant), Ruddy Kingfisher (migrant), Common Kingfisher (winter), Eurasian Eurasian Hoopoe (migrant), Japanese Wryneck (migrant), Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (winter), Japanese Woodpecker (winter), Ashy Minivet (migrant), Ryukyu Minivet (winter), Tiger Shrike (migrant), Bull-headed Shrike (winter), Black-naped Oriole (migrant), Black Paradise-Flycatcher (migrant), Japanese Jay (migrant), South Asian Carrion Crow, Japanese Jungle Crow, Bohemian Waxwing (migrant), Japanese Waxwing (migrant), Japanese Tit, Coal Tit (winter), Varied Tit (winter), Willow Tit (winter), Kamchatka Sand Martin (migrant), Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer), Red-rumped Swallow (migrant), Brown-eared Bulbul, Asian Stubtail (migrant), Japanese Bush Warbler, Lanceolated Warbler (migrant), Middendorff's Warbler (migrant), Sakhalin grasshopper warbler (migrant), Oriental Reed Warbler (migrant), Black-browed Reed Warbler (migrant), Yellow-browed Warbler (winter), Japanese Leaf Warbler/Pacific Leaf Warbler (migrant), Kamchatka Leaf Warbler (migrant), Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (migrant), Eastern Crowned Warbler (migrant), Honshu White-eye, Goldcrest (migrant), Eurasian Wren (fumigatus) (winter), Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), White-cheeked Starling, Siberian Common Starling (winter), Siberian Thrush (migrant), White's Thrush (winter), Grey-backed Thrush (migrant), Japanese Thrush (migrant), Eyebrowed Thrush (migrant), Pale Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Dusky Thrush (winter), Song Thrush (migrant), Japanese Robin (migrant), Greater Kamchatkan Rubythroat (migrant), Siberian Blue Robin (migrant), Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (migrant), Daurian Redstart (winter), Stejneger's Stonechat (migrant), Red-bellied Rock Thrush (migrant), Grey-streaked Flycatcher (migrant), Dark-sided Flycatcher (migrant), Asian Brown Flycatcher (migrant), Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (migrant), Narcissus Flycatcher (migrant), Mugimaki Flycatcher (migrant), Red-breasted Flycatcher (winter), Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher (migrant), Russet Sparrow (migrant), Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Japanese Accentor (migrant), Grey Wagtail (winter), Black-backed Wagtail (winter), Japanese Wagtail (winter), Olive-backed Pipit (migrant), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (A.a.kawarahiba)(winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (A.a.minor), Eurasian Siskin (winter), Long-tailed Rosefinch (migrant), Grey-bellied Bullfinch (migrant), Japanese Hawfinch (winter), Chinese Grosbeak/Yellow-billed Grosbeak (winter), Japanese Grosbeak (winter), Meadow Bunting (winter), Rustic Bunting (migrant), Yellow-headed Bunting (migrant), Chestnut Bunting (migrant), Yellow Bunting (migrant), Masked Bunting (winter), Grey Bunting (migrant)
Edited by Masayuki Shimada on 2021-08-06 10:01:32
- Birding at forests and moats in the park. - Best season: September to May Here we have chance to see Mandarin Duck (winter), Gadwall (winter), Falcated Duck (winter), Eurasian Wigeon (winter), Mallard (winter), Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Northern Shoveler (winter), Northern Pintail (winter), Garganey (migrant), Baikal Teal (winter), Eurasian Teal/Common Teal (winter), Red-crested Pochard (winter), Pochard (winter), Baer's Pochard (winter), Ferruginous Pochard (winter), Ring-necked Duck (winter), Tufted Duck (winter), Greater Scaup (American) (winter), Smew (winter), Little Grebe (winter), Holboll's Grebe (migrant), Great Crested Grebe (winter), Horned Grebe (winter), Striated Heron (amurensis) (summer), Japanese Night-Heron (migrant), Black-crowned Night Heron (winter), Eastern Cattle Egret (migrant), Grey Heron, Eastern Great Egret (A.modesta)(migrant), Little Egret, Great Cormorant (winter), Common Kestrel (winter), Eastern Peregrine Falcon (winter), Siberian Honey-buzzard (migrant), Black Kite (migrant), Japanese Sparrowhawk (winter), Siberian Eurasian Sparrowhawk (winter), Goshawk (winter), Grey-faced Buzzard (migrant), Japanese Buzzard (winter), Eurasian Moorhen (winter), Common Coot (winter), Grey-headed Lapwing (migrant), Pacific Golden-Plover (migrant), Western Little Ringed Plover (migrant), European Woodcock (migrant), Whimbrel (migrant), Common Sandpiper (migrant), Black-tailed Gull (migrant), Kamchatka Gull (winter), Vega Gull (winter), Slaty-backed Gull (winter), Siberian Black-headed Gull (winter), Little Tern (summer), Whiskered Tern (migrant), Eastern Oriental Turtle-Dove, White-bellied Green-Pigeon (migrant), Northern Hawk-Cuckoo (migrant), Eastern Common Cuckoo (migrant), Oriental Cuckoo/Horsfield's Cuckoo (migrant), Lessor Cuckoo (migrant), Oriental Scope-Owl (migrant), Ural Owl (migrant), Northern Boobook (migrant), Grey Nightjar (migrant), Pacific Swift (kanoi) (migrant), House Swift, Oriental Dollarbird/Dollarbird (migrant), Ruddy Kingfisher (migrant), Common Kingfisher (winter), Eurasian Eurasian Hoopoe (migrant), Japanese Wryneck (migrant), Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker, Great Spotted Woodpecker (winter), Japanese Woodpecker (winter), Ashy Minivet (migrant), Ryukyu Minivet (winter), Tiger Shrike (migrant), Bull-headed Shrike (winter), Black-naped Oriole (migrant), Black Paradise-Flycatcher (migrant), Japanese Jay (migrant), South Asian Carrion Crow, Japanese Jungle Crow, Bohemian Waxwing (migrant), Japanese Waxwing (migrant), Japanese Tit, Coal Tit (winter), Varied Tit (winter), Willow Tit (winter), Kamchatka Sand Martin (migrant), Barn Swallow (gutturalis) (summer), Red-rumped Swallow (migrant), Brown-eared Bulbul, Asian Stubtail (migrant), Japanese Bush Warbler, Lanceolated Warbler (migrant), Middendorff's Warbler (migrant), Sakhalin grasshopper warbler (migrant), Oriental Reed Warbler (migrant), Black-browed Reed Warbler (migrant), Yellow-browed Warbler (winter), Japanese Leaf Warbler/Pacific Leaf Warbler (migrant), Kamchatka Leaf Warbler (migrant), Sakhalin Leaf Warbler (migrant), Eastern Crowned Warbler (migrant), Honshu White-eye, Goldcrest (migrant), Eurasian Wren (fumigatus) (winter), Chestnut-cheeked Starling (migrant), White-cheeked Starling, Siberian Common Starling (winter), Siberian Thrush (migrant), White's Thrush (winter), Grey-backed Thrush (migrant), Japanese Thrush (migrant), Eyebrowed Thrush (migrant), Pale Thrush (winter), Brown-headed Thrush (winter), Dusky Thrush (winter), Song Thrush (migrant), Japanese Robin (migrant), Greater Kamchatkan Rubythroat (migrant), Siberian Blue Robin (migrant), Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-Robin (migrant), Daurian Redstart (winter), Stejneger's Stonechat (migrant), Red-bellied Rock Thrush (migrant), Grey-streaked Flycatcher (migrant), Dark-sided Flycatcher (migrant), Asian Brown Flycatcher (migrant), Yellow-rumped Flycatcher (migrant), Narcissus Flycatcher (migrant), Mugimaki Flycatcher (migrant), Red-breasted Flycatcher (winter), Japanese Blue-and-white Flycatcher (migrant), Russet Sparrow (migrant), Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Japanese Accentor (migrant), Grey Wagtail (winter), Black-backed Wagtail (winter), Japanese Wagtail (winter), Olive-backed Pipit (migrant), Brambling (winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (A.a.kawarahiba)(winter), Grey-capped Greenfinch (A.a.minor), Eurasian Siskin (winter), Long-tailed Rosefinch (migrant), Grey-bellied Bullfinch (migrant), Japanese Hawfinch (winter), Chinese Grosbeak/Yellow-billed Grosbeak (winter), Japanese Grosbeak (winter), Meadow Bunting (winter), Rustic Bunting (migrant), Yellow-headed Bunting (migrant), Chestnut Bunting (migrant), Yellow Bunting (migrant), Masked Bunting (winter), Grey Bunting (migrant)

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