China · Qinghai
Chaka Valley
111 species and 419 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 27 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
- Arid Country W of Chaka20 km106 species
- Chaka Salt Lake30 km155 species
- Chaka – Outskirt Marsh31 km86 species
- Przevalski’s Site32 km79 species
- Lake Xiligou34 km77 species
- Halihatu Forest Park43 km35 species
All 111 species recorded here
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus
- Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna
- White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramus pylzowi
- Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chaka Valley?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 27 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chaka Valley?
111 species, from 419 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.