China · Yunnan
Potatso National Park
129 species and 633 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June, with up to 27 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey-crested TitLophophanes dichrous
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensis
Rufous-fronted BushtitAegithalos iouschistos
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Rufous-vented TitPeriparus rubidiventris
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Sichuan TitPoecile weigoldicus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticeps
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shudu Lake11 km104 species
- Ganden Sumtseling Monastery18 km111 species
- Lamuyangtso Lake18 km93 species
- Napa Lake25 km200 species
- Shangri-La Alpine Botanical Garden26 km176 species
- Black Snub-nosed Monkey NP55 km139 species
All 129 species recorded here
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Sichuan Tit Poecile weigoldicus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Potatso National Park?
June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 27 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Potatso National Park?
129 species, from 633 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Potatso National Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey-crested Tit, Mallard, Large-billed Crow, Little Grebe and Chestnut-vented Nuthatch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.