China · Guangdong
Qi'ao Island
165 species and 1,763 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 85 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Oriental MagpiePica serica
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sun Yat-sen University - Zhuhai Campus10 km83 species
- Yakou Village10 km175 species
- BNU-HKBU United International College15 km48 species
- Yeli Island16 km53 species
- Nansha Wetland Park20 km135 species
- Longxue Island – Southernmost Ponds21 km72 species
All 165 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Qi'ao Island?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 85 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Qi'ao Island?
165 species, from 1,763 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Qi'ao Island in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, Crested Myna, Little Egret, Sooty-headed Bulbul and Light-vented Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.