China · Zhejiang
Dongji Island [Miaozihu]
137 species and 450 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 47 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Yellow BuntingEmberiza sulphurata
Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
Japanese Scops OwlOtus semitorques
Japanese RobinLarvivora akahigeSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zhujiajian-Shengshan Island ferry route33 km47 species
- Mount Putuo36 km70 species
- Liangheng Coast42 km192 species
- Haifeng Fishery Village45 km90 species
- Zhoushan International Cruise Port45 km70 species
- Xiaogan Island52 km155 species
All 137 species recorded here
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dongji Island [Miaozihu]?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 47 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dongji Island [Miaozihu]?
137 species, from 450 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dongji Island [Miaozihu] in November?
The most recorded in November: Peregrine Falcon, Common Kestrel, Eurasian Siskin, Eyebrowed Thrush and Brown-eared Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.