China · Shanghai
Houtan Park
142 species and 3,909 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 44 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
Cinereous TitParus cinereusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Expo Culture Park1 km49 species
- Shanghai Expo Park2 km66 species
- Yanzhong Square Park5 km54 species
- Shanghai Botanical Garden5 km145 species
- Shanghai [General Area]5 km83 species
- Yuyuan Garden5 km34 species
All 142 species recorded here
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Houtan Park?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 44 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Houtan Park?
142 species, from 3,909 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Houtan Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Light-vented Bulbul, Spotted Dove, Chinese Blackbird, Oriental Magpie and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.