China · Henan
Longmen Grottoes
88 species and 416 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, April and July, with up to 12 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
- Sui-Tang City Ruins & Botanical Garden9 km73 species
- Mengjin Yellow River Wetlands – Xixiayuan Section36 km120 species
All 88 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Longmen Grottoes?
January, April and July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 12 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Longmen Grottoes?
88 species, from 416 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Longmen Grottoes in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis