China · Beijing
Summer Palace – Tuancheng Lake
89 species and 961 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 38 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black SwanCygnus atratus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Common MerganserMergus merganser
Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Eurasian CootFulica atraSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Summer Palace1 km242 species
- Haidian Park3 km53 species
- Old Summer Palace [Yuanming Yuan]4 km245 species
- Peking University4 km188 species
- Institute of Botany, CAS4 km67 species
- Baiwangshan Forest Park5 km190 species
All 89 species recorded here
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Summer Palace – Tuancheng Lake?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 38 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Summer Palace – Tuancheng Lake?
89 species, from 961 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Summer Palace – Tuancheng Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Chinese Blackbird, Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Great Cormorant and Black Swan.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.