Bird AlbumChina · Qinghai
Heimahe
159 species and 1,049 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 35 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
- Qinghai Lake – K11 hill11 km119 species
- Rubber Mountain Pass15 km140 species
- Qinghai Lake – Southside Canyon16 km126 species
- Garila Temple28 km96 species
- Qinghai Lake – Bird Island30 km122 species
- Chaka Salt Lake61 km155 species
All 159 species recorded here
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
- Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramus pylzowi
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Smoky Warbler Phylloscopus fuligiventer
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Mongolian Ground Jay Podoces hendersoni
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Heimahe?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 35 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Heimahe?
159 species, from 1,049 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.