Bird AlbumChina · Zhejiang
Xuanmen Bay – Reclamation Area
168 species and 2,892 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 115 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Falcated DuckMareca falcata
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
GadwallMareca strepera
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Common GreenshankTringa nebulariaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Xuanmen Bay National Wetland Park12 km202 species
- Dongpu Farm31 km194 species
- Dongtou – Aonei Stream39 km124 species
- Lingkun Island42 km104 species
- Tantian Fields53 km44 species
- Qidu Island [General Area]53 km124 species
All 168 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Grass Owl Tyto longimembris
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Xuanmen Bay – Reclamation Area?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 115 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Xuanmen Bay – Reclamation Area?
168 species, from 2,892 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Xuanmen Bay – Reclamation Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-winged Kite, Eurasian Spoonbill, Eurasian Coot, Tundra Swan and Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.