China · Qinghai
Songba Canyon
79 species and 416 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 24 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Qianzi Wetland Park13 km144 species
- Qunjia National Forest Park13 km66 species
- Hills S of Lejiawan46 km42 species
- Xining Ning Hu Wetland49 km171 species
- Nanshan Park50 km59 species
- Xining [urban area]53 km73 species
All 79 species recorded here
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Przevalski's Partridge Alectoris magna
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Songba Canyon?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 24 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Songba Canyon?
79 species, from 416 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.