China · Qinghai
Yaozigou Scenic Area
135 species and 4,239 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: June–July, with up to 67 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
- Laoye Hill17 km121 species
- Jilakou21 km141 species
- Niang Niang Shan Scenic Area22 km87 species
- Xishan Village28 km46 species
- Shi'erpanpo37 km88 species
- Chahanhe Forest Park38 km69 species
All 135 species recorded here
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Gansu Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus kansuensis
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Crested Tit-warbler Leptopoecile elegans
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Willow Tit Poecile montanus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Qilian Bluetail Tarsiger albocoeruleus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Little Owl Athene noctua
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Black-throated Thrush Turdus atrogularis
- Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
- White-rumped Snowfinch Onychostruthus taczanowskii
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Pine Bunting Emberiza leucocephalos
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus stoliczkae
- Eurasian Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs
- Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Zappey's Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yaozigou Scenic Area?
June–July. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 67 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yaozigou Scenic Area?
135 species, from 4,239 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.