China · Yunnan
Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge
159 species and 527 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, with up to 15 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
- Jade Dragon Snow Mountain14 km212 species
- Lashihai Lake – East Shore35 km130 species
- Heilongtan Park, Lijiang35 km246 species
- Lashihai Lake – South Shore36 km200 species
- Shigu Town39 km115 species
- Azalea Forest48 km102 species
All 159 species recorded here
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Eye-ringed Parrotbill Suthora ricketti
- Spectacled Fulvetta Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Upland Pipit Anthus sylvanus
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
- Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta
- Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- 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 Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge?
March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 15 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge?
159 species, from 527 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Upper Tiger Leaping Gorge in November?
The most recorded in November: Brown-breasted Bulbul, Grey-backed Shrike, House Swift, Alpine Accentor and Hodgson's Redstart.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
House SwiftApus nipalensis
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Hodgson's RedstartPhoenicurus hodgsoni
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica