China · Hunan
East Dongting Lake NNR
193 species and 2,114 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 102 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoriaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Caisang Lake Wetlands32 km112 species
All 193 species recorded here
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at East Dongting Lake NNR?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 102 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at East Dongting Lake NNR?
193 species, from 2,114 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at East Dongting Lake NNR in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Eurasian Teal, Taiga Bean Goose, Spotted Redshank and Common Greenshank.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.