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Wild Duck Lake
290 species and 30,369 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–November, with up to 151 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Vinous-throated ParrotbillSuthora webbiana
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Silver-throated BushtitAegithalos glaucogularis
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
GadwallMareca strepera
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kangxi Grassland2 km208 species
- Ma Chang3 km295 species
- Guanting Reservoir – Pump Station4 km114 species
- Kangcao Road4 km78 species
- Guanting Reservoir [Hebei]8 km125 species
- Songshan NNR12 km96 species
All 290 species recorded here
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Marsh Tit Poecile palustris
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Beijing Babbler Rhopophilus pekinensis
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Stejneger's Scoter Melanitta stejnegeri
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Crested Lark Galerida cristata
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black-throated Loon Gavia arctica
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis
- Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Water Rail Rallus aquaticus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Marsh Grassbird Helopsaltes pryeri
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Wild Duck Lake?
April–May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 151 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Wild Duck Lake?
290 species, from 30,369 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Wild Duck Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Oriental Magpie, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Cinereous Tit and Great Crested Grebe.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.