Bird AlbumChina · Yunnan
Xiang'e Lake
148 species and 1,757 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 53 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Indian Spot-billed DuckAnas poecilorhyncha
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
White WagtailMotacilla alba
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Siberian StonechatSaxicola maurus
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Daying River – Mangbie Section4 km84 species
- Daying River10 km205 species
- Daying River – Pingyuan Bridge East11 km55 species
- Zhanda River13 km56 species
- Yingjiang Wetland Park14 km248 species
- Zhanda River15 km166 species
All 148 species recorded here
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Xiang'e Lake?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 53 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Xiang'e Lake?
148 species, from 1,757 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Xiang'e Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Indian Spot-billed Duck, Little Egret, White Wagtail, White-throated Kingfisher and Plain Prinia.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.