China · Zhejiang
Xianshan Forest
90 species and 354 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–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
- Qiandao Lake [General Area]15 km191 species
- Tongshanyuan Reservoir54 km76 species
- Shunxi Valley55 km61 species
- Fenkou Town [General Area]57 km117 species
- Longyouhu Wetlands58 km117 species
- Lanhu Resort Area59 km83 species
All 90 species recorded here
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Short-tailed Parrotbill Suthora davidiana
- Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Xianshan Forest?
February–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 Xianshan Forest?
90 species, from 354 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.