Bird AlbumChina · Gansu
Gahai Lake
121 species and 1,181 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 47 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Langmusi – Kirti Monastery & Lhamo Gorge31 km138 species
- Zecha NNR34 km71 species
- Flower Lake56 km164 species
- Watland National Park60 km75 species
- Zhasage Gorge63 km86 species
All 121 species recorded here
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Giant Grey Shrike Lanius giganteus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gahai Lake?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 47 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gahai Lake?
121 species, from 1,181 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.