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Chongming Dongtan NNR
304 species and 22,430 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October, with up to 159 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Great EgretArdea alba
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
Oriental MagpiePica serica115 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 304 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chongming Dongtan NNR – Outskirts2 km224 species
- Dongtan Wetland Park4 km185 species
- Beibayao16 km165 species
- Hengsha Dongtan23 km108 species
- Hengsha Nantan24 km170 species
- Jiuduansha Wetland NNR31 km103 species
All 304 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chongming Dongtan NNR?
April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 159 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chongming Dongtan NNR?
304 species, from 22,430 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chongming Dongtan NNR in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Grey Heron, Long-tailed Shrike, Little Grebe and Eastern Spot-billed Duck.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.