China · Fujian
Kinmen – Lake Ci
209 species and 27,994 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–February and April, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great EgretArdea alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Oriental MagpiePica serica109 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 209 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kinmen – Ci Causeway1 km169 species
- Kinmen – Lake Ci Fishponds Birding Area1 km214 species
- Kinmen – Lake Ci Shuangli Wetlands Nature Center1 km202 species
- Kinmen – Lake Ci Wusatou1 km210 species
- Kinmen – Shagang Ranch2 km189 species
- Kinmen – Wujiang River Estuary4 km181 species
All 209 species recorded here
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kinmen – Lake Ci?
October–February and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 112 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kinmen – Lake Ci?
209 species, from 27,994 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kinmen – Lake Ci in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Great Cormorant, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Little Grebe 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.