China · Guizhou
Caohai NNR
148 species and 1,478 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 61 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Common CraneGrus grus
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 148 species recorded here
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Crane Grus grus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Caohai NNR?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 61 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Caohai NNR?
148 species, from 1,478 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Caohai NNR in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Shelduck, Bar-headed Goose, Oriental Magpie, Eurasian Coot and Black-headed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.