China · Zhejiang
Yushan Islands
137 species and 1,207 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 75 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Pacific Reef HeronEgretta sacra
Great EgretArdea alba
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliope
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Jiushan Islands NNR61 km238 species
- Linhai – Baisha Lake64 km55 species
- Damu Bay66 km29 species
- Moon Lake & Taizhou Bay Coast75 km150 species
- Taizhou Fantawild Park Surroundings75 km68 species
- Daorenshan Coast79 km169 species
All 137 species recorded here
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Flesh-footed Shearwater Ardenna carneipes
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Pallas's Rosefinch Carpodacus roseus
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Yushan Islands?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 75 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Yushan Islands?
137 species, from 1,207 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Yushan Islands in November?
The most recorded in November: Bohemian Waxwing, Pacific Reef Heron, Great Egret, Siberian Rubythroat and Eyebrowed Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.