Hong Kong (China)
San Tin
284 species and 63,113 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 141 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Great EgretArdea alba
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Black KiteMilvus migrans141 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 284 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mai Po – Tam Kon Chau Road2 km223 species
- Mai Po NR #8b Reedbed Ringing3 km158 species
- Mai Po NR – #8b Reedbed3 km272 species
- Ma Tso Lung4 km198 species
- Mai Po Nature Reserve4 km436 species
- Long Valley4 km329 species
All 284 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Booted Warbler Iduna caligata
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- Monk Parakeet Myiopsitta monachus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Mongolian Lark Melanocorypha mongolica
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at San Tin?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 141 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at San Tin?
284 species, from 63,113 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at San Tin in November?
The most recorded in November: White Wagtail, Great Cormorant, Little Egret, Little Grebe and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.