Bird AlbumChina · Yunnan
Erhai Lake – West Shore
122 species and 616 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and September, with up to 15 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax15 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 122 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dali Old Town4 km59 species
- Erhai Lake – SSW Lakeshore6 km96 species
- Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple6 km78 species
- Gantong Temple7 km96 species
- Zhonghe Temple8 km168 species
- Cangshan – Baihe Brook8 km112 species
All 122 species recorded here
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris
- Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Erhai Lake – West Shore?
November–January and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 15 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Erhai Lake – West Shore?
122 species, from 616 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Erhai Lake – West Shore in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Great Crested Grebe, Ruddy Shelduck, White Wagtail and Common Moorhen.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.