Bird AlbumChina · Fujian
Kinmen – Lake Ci Fishponds Birding Area
214 species and 79,903 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and October–December, with up to 128 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great EgretArdea alba
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kinmen – Lake Ci Shuangli Wetlands Nature Center1 km202 species
- Kinmen – Lake Ci1 km209 species
- Kinmen – Shagang Ranch1 km189 species
- Kinmen – Ci Causeway1 km169 species
- Kinmen – Lake Ci Wusatou2 km210 species
- Kinmen – Wujiang River Estuary5 km181 species
All 214 species recorded here
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kinmen – Lake Ci Fishponds Birding Area?
April–May and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 128 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kinmen – Lake Ci Fishponds Birding Area?
214 species, from 79,903 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kinmen – Lake Ci Fishponds Birding Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Grey Heron, Little Grebe, Little Egret and Great 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.