Hong Kong (China)
Ho Chung Valley
182 species and 6,596 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 107 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythroryncha
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ho Man Tin8 km150 species
- Yung Shue O9 km186 species
- Kowloon Park10 km177 species
- Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve10 km284 species
- Shing Mun11 km188 species
- Lai Chi Kok11 km177 species
All 182 species recorded here
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Alström's Warbler Phylloscopus soror
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ho Chung Valley?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 107 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ho Chung Valley?
182 species, from 6,596 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ho Chung Valley in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-whiskered Bulbul, Common Tailorbird, Spotted Dove, Black-collared Starling and Crested Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.