Bird AlbumChina · Hainan
Yinggehai Saltpans
117 species and 1,360 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November, with up to 51 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Yellow BitternBotaurus sinensis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Great EgretArdea alba
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Fengtang Wetlands1 km107 species
- Jianfeng Town20 km57 species
- Jianfengling NNR – Nanya23 km100 species
- Jianfengling NNR – Mingfenggu Loop27 km122 species
- Jianfengling NNR27 km213 species
- Jianfengling NNR – Tianchi Botanical Garden27 km63 species
All 117 species recorded here
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Pale Martin Riparia diluta
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Styan's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes pleskei
- Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Chinese Barbet Psilopogon faber
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yinggehai Saltpans?
March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 51 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yinggehai Saltpans?
117 species, from 1,360 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yinggehai Saltpans in November?
The most recorded in November: Barn Swallow, Chinese Pond Heron, Little Egret, Common Kingfisher 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.