Hong Kong (China)
Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed
272 species and 44,500 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and October–December, with up to 141 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliope
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Masked LaughingthrushPterorhinus perspicillatus
Great EgretArdea alba
Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
White WagtailMotacilla albaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mai Po NR #8b Reedbed Ringing0 km158 species
- Mai Po Nature Reserve0 km436 species
- Mai Po Nature Reserve – mudflat hide1 km200 species
- Mai Po Boardwalk1 km116 species
- Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road2 km223 species
- Futian Mangrove Ecological Park2 km159 species
All 272 species recorded here
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Blyth's Reed Warbler Acrocephalus dumetorum
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes pleskei
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed?
April and October–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 141 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed?
272 species, from 44,500 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed in November?
The most recorded in November: Siberian Rubythroat, Grey Heron, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Dusky Warbler and Black-browed Reed Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.