China · Fujian
Quanzhou Bay
141 species and 677 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 35 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shishi Wetland Park2 km129 species
- Chidian Tianyang12 km103 species
- Weitou Bay Wetlands26 km106 species
- Xiamen University - Xiang'an Campus41 km130 species
- Dadeng Qiaotou Reservoir43 km73 species
- Kinmen – Jinsha Houshuitou Farmland44 km155 species
All 141 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Quanzhou Bay?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 35 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Quanzhou Bay?
141 species, from 677 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Quanzhou Bay in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Pied Avocet and Common Greenshank.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.