China · Yunnan
Erhai Moon Wetland Park
177 species and 2,728 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 45 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CootFulica atra
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Little EgretEgretta garzettaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Erhai Park2 km70 species
- Erhai Lake – SSW Lakeshore4 km96 species
- Gantong Temple6 km96 species
- Cangshan – Qingbi Brook10 km100 species
- Erhai Lake – West Shore10 km122 species
- Cangshan [General Area]11 km188 species
All 177 species recorded here
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Erhai Moon Wetland Park?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 45 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Erhai Moon Wetland Park?
177 species, from 2,728 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Erhai Moon Wetland Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Coot, White Wagtail, Ruddy Shelduck, Common Moorhen and Little Grebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.