Bird AlbumChina · Qinghai
Qinghai Lake – Southside Canyon
126 species and 436 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 8 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
- Heimahe16 km159 species
- Qinghai Lake – K11 hill27 km119 species
- Rubber Mountain Pass31 km140 species
- Qinghai Lake – Bird Island36 km122 species
- Garila Temple43 km96 species
- Qinghai Lake – Er'langjian Scenic Area48 km73 species
All 126 species recorded here
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Pere David's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Giant Grey Shrike Lanius giganteus
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Przevalski's Finch Urocynchramus pylzowi
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Gansu Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus kansuensis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Qinghai Lake – Southside Canyon?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 8 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Qinghai Lake – Southside Canyon?
126 species, from 436 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.