Hong Kong (China)
Pat Heung Catchwater, Tai Lam
241 species and 29,937 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and October–November, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinae
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cucullatus126 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 241 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shek Kong Airfield Road2 km192 species
- Tai Lam Country Park2 km212 species
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden4 km204 species
- Kam Tin4 km249 species
- Ng Tung Chai5 km185 species
- Lam Tsuen Valley6 km256 species
All 241 species recorded here
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Indochinese Green Magpie Cissa hypoleuca
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Alström's Warbler Phylloscopus soror
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Pat Heung Catchwater, Tai Lam?
February–March and October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Pat Heung Catchwater, Tai Lam?
241 species, from 29,937 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Pat Heung Catchwater, Tai Lam in November?
The most recorded in November: Red-whiskered Bulbul, Spotted Dove, Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Tailorbird and Warbling White-eye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.