Hong Kong (China)
Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road
223 species and 9,694 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, March–April and November, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Great EgretArdea alba
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mai Po NR #8b Reedbed Ringing2 km158 species
- Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed2 km272 species
- San Tin2 km284 species
- Mai Po Nature Reserve2 km436 species
- Mai Po Nature Reserve – mudflat hide3 km200 species
- Mai Po Boardwalk3 km116 species
All 223 species recorded here
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Alström's Warbler Phylloscopus soror
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Rosy-faced Lovebird Agapornis roseicollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road?
January, March–April and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road?
223 species, from 9,694 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Grebe, Great Cormorant, Little Egret, Grey Heron and Crested Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.