China · Yunnan
Kunming Xi Shan
256 species and 3,821 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 76 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Blue-winged MinlaActinodura cyanouroptera
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus
Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubius
Spectacled FulvettaFulvetta ruficapilla
Mountain BulbulIxos mcclellandii
Blue-fronted RedstartPhoenicurus frontalis
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Haigeng Embankment3 km72 species
- Dianchi Caohai Lakefront Wetlands5 km86 species
- Haihong Wetland Park6 km50 species
- Yuyuan Park7 km121 species
- Sanjiacun Reservoir9 km158 species
- Kunming Country Park10 km147 species
All 256 species recorded here
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Spectacled Fulvetta Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Yunnan Fulvetta Alcippe fratercula
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
- Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Spotted Elachura Elachura formosa
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kunming Xi Shan?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 76 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kunming Xi Shan?
256 species, from 3,821 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kunming Xi Shan in November?
The most recorded in November: Green-backed Tit, Blue-winged Minla, Brown-breasted Bulbul, Black-throated Bushtit and Indian White-eye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.