China · Yunnan
Jianhu Wetlands
139 species and 1,131 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February, June and December, with up to 36 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey-headed SwamphenPorphyrio poliocephalus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
GadwallMareca strepera
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Medium EgretArdea intermediaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shaxi21 km125 species
- Laojunshan – Ninty-Nine Dragon Ponds27 km135 species
- Caohai Wetlands, Heqing28 km121 species
- Laojunshan – Liju Village42 km122 species
- Shigu Town43 km115 species
- Lashihai Lake – South Shore47 km200 species
All 139 species recorded here
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Jianhu Wetlands?
February, June and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 36 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Jianhu Wetlands?
139 species, from 1,131 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Jianhu Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey-headed Swamphen, Little Grebe, Eurasian Coot, Little Egret and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.