Bird AlbumChina · Yunnan
Shigu Town
115 species and 748 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 38 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common MerganserMergus merganser
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Eurasian GoshawkAstur gentilis
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Striated HeronButorides striata
Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Oriental MagpiePica sericaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lashihai Lake – South Shore17 km200 species
- Lashihai Lake – East Shore19 km130 species
- Heilongtan Park, Lijiang27 km246 species
- Laojunshan – Liju Village32 km122 species
- Laojunshan – Ninty-Nine Dragon Ponds35 km135 species
- Laojunshan – Bomiluo35 km157 species
All 115 species recorded here
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Eye-ringed Parrotbill Suthora ricketti
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Spectacled Fulvetta Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
- Yunnan Fulvetta Alcippe fratercula
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shigu Town?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 38 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shigu Town?
115 species, from 748 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shigu Town in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Kestrel, Little Egret, Great Cormorant, Common Merganser and Mallard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.