China · Fujian
Minjiang River Estuary
230 species and 6,848 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January and April–May, with up to 104 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Great EgretArdea alba
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Niaozui8 km94 species
- Drum Mountain24 km101 species
- Fuzhou Huahai Park28 km73 species
- Tajiao Shoal29 km137 species
- Jinjishan Park32 km73 species
- Wuhu Mountain33 km63 species
All 230 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Minjiang River Estuary?
January and April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 104 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Minjiang River Estuary?
230 species, from 6,848 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Minjiang River Estuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Grey Heron, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Great Egret and Daurian Redstart.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.