Hong Kong (China)
Kam Tin
249 species and 8,424 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–January, with up to 103 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nam Sang Wai Wetland3 km220 species
- Shek Kong Airfield Road3 km192 species
- Pat Heung Catchwater, Tai Lam4 km241 species
- Fung Lok Wai5 km228 species
- Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road6 km223 species
- Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed6 km272 species
All 249 species recorded here
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kam Tin?
October–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 103 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kam Tin?
249 species, from 8,424 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kam Tin in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey-headed Lapwing, Black-winged Stilt, Eurasian Teal, White Wagtail 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.