Hong Kong (China)
Pak Nai
236 species and 6,873 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January and October, with up to 78 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Collared CrowCorvus torquatus
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Great EgretArdea alba
Masked LaughingthrushPterorhinus perspicillatus
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shenzhen Bay Park – Sunrise Theatre8 km109 species
- Hong Kong Wetland Park8 km256 species
- Fung Lok Wai9 km228 species
- Shenzhen Talent Park9 km119 species
- Shenzhen Bay – Northwest Corner9 km134 species
- Nam Sang Wai Wetland10 km220 species
All 236 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pak Nai?
December–January and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 78 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pak Nai?
236 species, from 6,873 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pak Nai in November?
The most recorded in November: Spotted Dove, Little Ringed Plover, Kentish Plover, Little Egret and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.