China · Yunnan
Beihai Wetlands
150 species and 1,522 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, with up to 36 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laifengshan National Forest Park14 km293 species
- Linjiazhai14 km142 species
- Hongmu Village14 km127 species
- Heshun Old Town – Outskirt Wetlands15 km77 species
- Heshun Old Town – Mallard Lake16 km106 species
- Hetouzhai16 km105 species
All 150 species recorded here
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Brown-winged Parrotbill Suthora brunnea
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Beihai Wetlands?
January–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 36 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Beihai Wetlands?
150 species, from 1,522 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Beihai Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Shelduck, Grey-headed Swamphen, Medium Egret, Indian Spot-billed Duck and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.