Bird AlbumChina · Qinghai
Qinghai Lake – Eastern End
108 species and 536 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July and September, with up to 25 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
- Xiaobohu Protection Station8 km82 species
- Xiaobeihu Freshwater Marsh9 km186 species
- Qinghai Lake – Er'langjian Scenic Area24 km73 species
- Sun-Moon Mountain Pass [3500m]38 km86 species
- Longyangxia50 km123 species
- Scrubland S of Gonghe51 km102 species
All 108 species recorded here
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Mongolian Finch Bucanetes mongolicus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Qinghai Lake – Eastern End?
July and September. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 25 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Qinghai Lake – Eastern End?
108 species, from 536 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.