Bird AlbumChina · Beijing
Temple of Heaven
208 species and 16,545 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 106 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Yellow-bellied TitPeriparus venustulus44 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 208 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Temple of Heaven – The Arboretum1 km93 species
- Longtan West Lake Park2 km63 species
- Longtan Central Lake Park2 km70 species
- Longtan Park2 km46 species
- Taoranting Park3 km44 species
- The Forbidden City4 km40 species
All 208 species recorded here
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- European Robin Erithacus rubecula
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa
- Siberian Thrush Geokichla sibirica
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Alström's Warbler Phylloscopus soror
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Japanese Scops Owl Otus semitorques
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Redwing Turdus iliacus
- Beijing Babbler Rhopophilus pekinensis
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus davidianus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Temple of Heaven?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 106 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Temple of Heaven?
208 species, from 16,545 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Temple of Heaven in November?
The most recorded in November: Azure-winged Magpie, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Oriental Magpie, Spotted Dove and Large-billed Crow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.