China · Xinjiang
Kanas Lake Scenic Area
104 species and 592 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 38 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
All 104 species recorded here
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus
- Northern Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Ortolan Bunting Emberiza hortulana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Fieldfare Turdus pilaris
- Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata
- Great Tit Parus major
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Song Thrush Turdus philomelos
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Common Whitethroat Curruca communis
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler Phylloscopus griseolus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rock Bunting Emberiza cia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Hooded Crow Corvus cornix
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-crowned Penduline Tit Remiz coronatus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Common Linnet Linaria cannabina
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Black-throated Accentor Prunella atrogularis
- Common Gull Larus canus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kanas Lake Scenic Area?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 38 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kanas Lake Scenic Area?
104 species, from 592 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.