China · Jiangsu
Chongyuan Temple
91 species and 617 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June and December, with up to 24 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
Vinous-throated ParrotbillSuthora webbiana
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Yancheng Lake – Peninsula Fields1 km66 species
- Xianyinghu Park2 km87 species
- Yangcheng Lake – South Shore4 km114 species
- Bacheng Eco-Wetland Park6 km104 species
- Dongshahu Eco-Park7 km77 species
- Baitang Arboretum9 km102 species
All 91 species recorded here
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chongyuan Temple?
June and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 24 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chongyuan Temple?
91 species, from 617 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chongyuan Temple in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Spotted Dove, Little Egret and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.