China · Xinjiang
Aweitan Reservoir
110 species and 462 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 36 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kelan River Valley15 km107 species
- Hualin Park25 km57 species
- Platform 64034 km53 species
- Alaqaq40 km61 species
- Xiaodonggou Forest Park43 km62 species
- Shatirbeyit Wetlands48 km80 species
All 110 species recorded here
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Corn Crake Crex crex
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Common Quail Coturnix coturnix
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Great Grey Shrike Lanius excubitor
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- European Greenfinch Chloris chloris
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Grey-necked Bunting Emberiza buchanani
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Little Bittern Botaurus minutus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Savi's Warbler Locustella luscinioides
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aweitan Reservoir?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 36 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aweitan Reservoir?
110 species, from 462 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.