Hong Kong (China)
Ma Tso Lung
198 species and 7,985 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 88 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great EgretArdea alba
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus88 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 198 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Long Valley3 km329 species
- San Tin4 km284 species
- Bijiashan Park4 km101 species
- Lianhuashan Park4 km98 species
- Honghu Park5 km108 species
- Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road5 km223 species
All 198 species recorded here
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Indochinese Green Magpie Cissa hypoleuca
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ma Tso Lung?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 88 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ma Tso Lung?
198 species, from 7,985 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ma Tso Lung in November?
The most recorded in November: Chinese Pond Heron, Great Cormorant, White Wagtail, Crested Myna and Spotted Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.