Bird AlbumHong Kong (China)
Nam Sang Wai Wetland
220 species and 26,329 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 115 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta97 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 220 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fung Lok Wai2 km228 species
- Kam Tin3 km249 species
- Hong Kong Wetland Park3 km256 species
- Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed4 km272 species
- Mai Po Nature Reserve4 km436 species
- Mai Po NR #8b Reedbed Ringing4 km158 species
All 220 species recorded here
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Nam Sang Wai Wetland?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 115 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Nam Sang Wai Wetland?
220 species, from 26,329 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Nam Sang Wai Wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Chinese Pond Heron, Grey Heron, Little Egret, Great Cormorant 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.