Bird AlbumChina · Tibet Autonomous Region
Namtso Lake
79 species and 433 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June and October, with up to 29 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
All 79 species recorded here
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Tibetan Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon harmani
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Namtso Lake?
June and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 29 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Namtso Lake?
79 species, from 433 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.