China · Hainan
Danzhou Bay [historical – General Area]
167 species and 4,714 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January and March, with up to 80 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Great EgretArdea alba
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Heneng Village1 km127 species
- Huangyu Village8 km110 species
- Guangcun Silver Beach29 km78 species
- Xinying Wetland35 km72 species
- Songtao Reservoir48 km94 species
- Haiwei Wetland Park52 km122 species
All 167 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Danzhou Bay [historical – General Area]?
December–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 80 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Danzhou Bay [historical – General Area]?
167 species, from 4,714 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Danzhou Bay [historical – General Area] in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Chinese Pond Heron, Black Drongo, Great Egret and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.