Bird AlbumChina · Shanghai
Dongtan Wetland Park
185 species and 1,368 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September and December, with up to 47 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eurasian CootFulica atraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chongming Dongtan NNR – Outskirts2 km224 species
- Chongming Dongtan NNR4 km304 species
- Beibayao12 km165 species
- Hengsha Dongtan25 km108 species
- Hengsha Nantan26 km170 species
- Jiuduansha Wetland NNR34 km103 species
All 185 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Dongtan Wetland Park?
September and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 47 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Dongtan Wetland Park?
185 species, from 1,368 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Dongtan Wetland Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Daurian Redstart, Red-flanked Bluetail, Little Egret, Long-tailed Shrike and Oriental Magpie.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.