China · Jiangxi
Poyang Lake National Wetland Park
204 species and 4,438 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Common CraneGrus grus
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Baihezhou4 km86 species
- Chaqizhou6 km126 species
- Kangshan Embankment7 km86 species
- Jishan Island11 km160 species
- Nanjishan11 km189 species
- Nanji Birding Platform13 km90 species
All 204 species recorded here
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Swinhoe's Rail Coturnicops exquisitus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Poyang Lake National Wetland Park?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Poyang Lake National Wetland Park?
204 species, from 4,438 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Poyang Lake National Wetland Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Spotted Redshank, Little Grebe, Eurasian Spoonbill and Long-tailed Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.