China · Qinghai
E'La Mountain Pass
113 species and 1,799 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 56 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 113 species recorded here
- Tibetan Rosefinch Carpodacus roborowskii
- Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crested Tit-warbler Leptopoecile elegans
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramus pylzowi
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at E'La Mountain Pass?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 56 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at E'La Mountain Pass?
113 species, from 1,799 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.