China · Guangdong
Goukou Mudflats
98 species and 878 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 53 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
DunlinCalidris alpina
Greater Crested TernThalasseus bergii
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Common RedshankTringa totanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Dongli Mudflats10 km146 species
- Paisha Sandbar20 km81 species
- Lutingsha Mudflats26 km105 species
- Beipo North29 km53 species
- Baishamen Park77 km101 species
- Hainan University - Haidian Campus79 km49 species
All 98 species recorded here
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Goukou Mudflats?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 53 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Goukou Mudflats?
98 species, from 878 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Goukou Mudflats in November?
The most recorded in November: Sandwich Tern, Black-headed Gull, Little Egret, Caspian Tern and Dunlin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.