China · Tibet Autonomous Region
Yamdrok Lake
81 species and 606 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: July, with up to 34 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Rufous-necked SnowfinchPyrgilauda ruficollis
Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescens
Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Godlewski's BuntingEmberiza godlewskii
Güldenstädt's RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Shugseb Nunnery72 km101 species
All 81 species recorded here
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Tibetan Blackbird Turdus maximus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Hume's Short-toed Lark Calandrella acutirostris
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush Trochalopteron henrici
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Giant Grey Shrike Lanius giganteus
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Giant Babax Pterorhinus waddelli
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla henrici
- Great Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilla
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Long-legged Buzzard Buteo rufinus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda blanfordi
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yamdrok Lake?
July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 34 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yamdrok Lake?
81 species, from 606 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yamdrok Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Ruddy Shelduck, Bar-headed Goose, Rufous-necked Snowfinch, Brown Accentor and Upland Buzzard.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.