China · Jiangxi
Yaohu Lake
99 species and 514 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 25 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Black-faced BuntingEmberiza spodocephala
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Grey HeronArdea cinereaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Aixihu Forest Wetland Park5 km108 species
- Jiangxi Agricultural University22 km74 species
- Five-Star Farm28 km161 species
- Jishan Island36 km160 species
- Nanji Birding Platform37 km90 species
- Nanjishan42 km189 species
All 99 species recorded here
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Masked Laughingthrush Pterorhinus perspicillatus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Brown Crake Zapornia akool
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yaohu Lake?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 25 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yaohu Lake?
99 species, from 514 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yaohu Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Crested Myna, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe, Black-collared Starling and Red-billed Starling.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.