Myanmar (Burma) · Shan State
Inle Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary
265 species and 2,200 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and March, with up to 65 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Jerdon's Bush ChatSaxicola jerdoni
Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Inle Lake6 km325 species
- Thein Taung Monastery-Kalaw Reserved Forest36 km252 species
- Kalaw36 km280 species
- Kalaw Reserved Forest39 km233 species
- Yay Aye Kan Reservoir39 km353 species
All 265 species recorded here
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Chinese Grassbird Graminicola striatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Burmese Myna Acridotheres burmannicus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Burmese Nuthatch Sitta neglecta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Burmese Collared Dove Streptopelia xanthocycla
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi
- Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
- Burmese Yuhina Yuhina humilis
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Dark-rumped Swift Apus acuticauda
- Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Inle Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary?
November–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 65 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Inle Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary?
265 species, from 2,200 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Inle Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Barn Swallow, Little Cormorant, Jerdon's Bush Chat, Great Myna and Greater Coucal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.