China · Yunnan
Er'yuan West Lake
91 species and 441 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 41 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Common HoopoeUpupa epops
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Haishe Park19 km95 species
- Wuwei Temple33 km190 species
- Three Pagodas of Chongsheng Temple35 km78 species
- Dali Old Town37 km59 species
- Zhonghe Temple37 km168 species
- Erhai Lake – West Shore39 km122 species
All 91 species recorded here
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Er'yuan West Lake?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 41 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Er'yuan West Lake?
91 species, from 441 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Er'yuan West Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Shelduck, White Wagtail, Little Grebe, Black-winged Kite and Common Hoopoe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.