China · Xinjiang
White Lake
99 species and 1,055 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 51 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
- Urumqi Botanical Garden12 km31 species
- Yongxin Village25 km64 species
- Wulapo Wetlands29 km102 species
- Gan'gou40 km58 species
- West Aspen Valley51 km120 species
- Tianshan Heaven Lake Scenic Area54 km86 species
All 99 species recorded here
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Red-tailed Shrike Lanius phoenicuroides
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Western House Martin Delichon urbicum
- Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Spanish Sparrow Passer hispaniolensis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Azure Tit Cyanistes cyanus
- Tawny Pipit Anthus campestris
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- European Nightjar Caprimulgus europaeus
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Chukar Partridge Alectoris chukar
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Isabelline Shrike Lanius isabellinus
- Common Blackbird Turdus merula
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Great Tit Parus major
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
- Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Barred Warbler Curruca nisoria
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Western Jackdaw Coloeus monedula
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Desert Wheatear Oenanthe deserti
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at White Lake?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 51 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at White Lake?
99 species, from 1,055 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.