China · Hubei
Chen Lake
181 species and 3,653 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 79 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Oriental MagpiePica serica
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great EgretArdea alba
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Common CraneGrus grus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach66 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 181 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Yayuan Lake5 km112 species
- Bafen Hil43 km104 species
- Guishan Park49 km49 species
- Shouyi Park52 km97 species
- Huazhong Agricultural University52 km172 species
- Jiefang Park54 km77 species
All 181 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chen Lake?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 79 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chen Lake?
181 species, from 3,653 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chen Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Eurasian Spoonbill, Grey Heron, Great Cormorant and Oriental Magpie.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.