Bird AlbumChina · Qinghai
Chaka Salt Lake
155 species and 1,266 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 57 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
- Chaka – Outskirt Marsh8 km86 species
- Arid Country W of Chaka15 km106 species
- Chaka Valley30 km111 species
- Rubber Mountain Pass46 km140 species
- Halihatu Forest Park52 km35 species
- Qinghai Lake – K11 hill52 km119 species
All 155 species recorded here
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus stoliczkae
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramus pylzowi
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Gansu Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus kansuensis
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Giant Grey Shrike Lanius giganteus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Himalayan Snowcock Tetraogallus himalayensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chaka Salt Lake?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 57 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chaka Salt Lake?
155 species, from 1,266 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.