China · Tianjin
Xixihai Wetlands
158 species and 3,197 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March, August and December, with up to 51 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Great EgretArdea alba
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
MallardAnas platyrhynchosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Gupan Water Town8 km99 species
- Biancun Wetlands12 km209 species
- Meijiang Park14 km119 species
- Nankai University - Jinnan Campus15 km71 species
- Nancuiping Park18 km96 species
- Tianjin Zoo18 km54 species
All 158 species recorded here
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Reed Parrotbill Paradoxornis heudei
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Xixihai Wetlands?
March, August and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 51 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Xixihai Wetlands?
158 species, from 3,197 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Xixihai Wetlands in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Coot, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Great Egret, Great Cormorant and Long-tailed Shrike.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.