Hong Kong (China)
Shui Hau
226 species and 15,894 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–December, with up to 95 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Cinereous TitParus cinereusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Pui O6 km253 species
- Outer Lingding Island18 km86 species
- Mount Davis22 km202 species
- Pak Nai24 km236 species
- Lai Chi Kok26 km177 species
- Tai Lam Country Park27 km212 species
All 226 species recorded here
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus borealoides
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Shui Hau?
September–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 95 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Shui Hau?
226 species, from 15,894 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Shui Hau in November?
The most recorded in November: White Wagtail, Kentish Plover, Dusky Warbler, Daurian Redstart and Common Sandpiper.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.