China · Xinjiang
Platform 640
53 species and 319 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 30 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kelan River Valley32 km107 species
- Aweitan Reservoir34 km110 species
- Ulungur Lake – Northeast52 km139 species
- Hualin Park56 km57 species
- Alaqaq68 km61 species
- Ulungur Lake – East69 km120 species
All 53 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- European Roller Coracias garrulus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Common Nightingale Luscinia megarhynchos
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Great Tit Parus major
- Stock Dove Columba oenas
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Lesser Grey Shrike Lanius minor
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- European Bee-eater Merops apiaster
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Platform 640?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 30 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Platform 640?
53 species, from 319 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.