China · Yunnan
Shilin Scenic Area
120 species and 506 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November, with up to 12 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
Chestnut-flanked White-eyeZosterops erythropleurus
Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Liangwang Mountain44 km134 species
- Guanshan Reservoir49 km108 species
- Dounan Wetlands57 km62 species
- Haidong Wetland Park60 km122 species
- Jindian Park63 km95 species
- Haihong Wetland Park66 km50 species
All 120 species recorded here
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Ashy-throated Parrotbill Suthora alphonsiana
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Mountain Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola fytchii
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shilin Scenic Area?
November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 12 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shilin Scenic Area?
120 species, from 506 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shilin Scenic Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Oriental Magpie, Brown-breasted Bulbul, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Long-tailed Shrike and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.