Bird AlbumHong Kong (China)
Mai Po Nature Reserve – mudflat hide
200 species and 11,109 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Great EgretArdea alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Common RedshankTringa totanus74 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 200 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mai Po Boardwalk0 km116 species
- Mai Po Nature Reserve1 km436 species
- Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed1 km272 species
- Mai Po NR #8b Reedbed Ringing1 km158 species
- Futian Mangrove Ecological Park2 km159 species
- Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road3 km223 species
All 200 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes pleskei
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Short-billed Gull Larus brachyrhynchus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Glaucous-winged Gull Larus glaucescens
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mai Po Nature Reserve – mudflat hide?
March–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 Mai Po Nature Reserve – mudflat hide?
200 species, from 11,109 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mai Po Nature Reserve – mudflat hide in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Curlew, Common Greenshank, Chinese Pond Heron, Grey Heron 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.