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Chongming Beihu Wetlands
108 species and 376 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 18 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Reed ParrotbillParadoxornis heudei
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Falcated DuckMareca falcata
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chongming Island [General Area]7 km127 species
- Dongping National Forest Park14 km77 species
- Beibayao23 km165 species
- Wusong Cannon Bay Wetland Park33 km159 species
- Binjiang Forest Park34 km165 species
- Dongtan Wetland Park35 km185 species
All 108 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chongming Beihu Wetlands?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 18 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chongming Beihu Wetlands?
108 species, from 376 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chongming Beihu Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Little Egret, Great Cormorant, Eastern Spot-billed Duck and Black-winged Kite.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.