China · Zhejiang
Bihu Plains
174 species and 466 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 16 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri15 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 174 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jiulong National Wetland Park5 km207 species
- Baifeng10 km71 species
- Songyin River - Shimen Section34 km120 species
- Yunhe Terrace Scenic Area47 km79 species
- Ruoliao Primeval Forest47 km129 species
- Tongling Mountain58 km115 species
All 174 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Bihu Plains?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 16 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Bihu Plains?
174 species, from 466 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Bihu Plains in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Starling, Eurasian Spoonbill, Little Egret, White Wagtail and Long-tailed Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.