China · Inner Mongolia
Hur Chagan Nur
170 species and 2,188 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August, with up to 110 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
- Enger Reservoir16 km93 species
- Bayin Gacha Wetland20 km81 species
All 170 species recorded here
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hur Chagan Nur?
August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 110 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hur Chagan Nur?
170 species, from 2,188 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.