Hong Kong (China)
Shing Mun
188 species and 10,123 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 104 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Chestnut BulbulHemixos castanonotus
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinae
Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Grey-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solaris
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lai Chi Kok6 km177 species
- Tai Lam Country Park6 km212 species
- Ng Tung Chai6 km185 species
- Tai Po Kau Nature Reserve6 km284 species
- Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden6 km204 species
- Lung A Pai7 km160 species
All 188 species recorded here
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Alström's Warbler Phylloscopus soror
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shing Mun?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 104 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shing Mun?
188 species, from 10,123 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shing Mun in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Kite, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Cinereous Tit, Chestnut Bulbul and Warbling White-eye.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.