China · Yunnan
Zixi Mountain PNR
247 species and 5,477 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, June and August, with up to 80 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Black-headed SibiaHeterophasia desgodinsi
Chestnut-vented NuthatchSitta nagaensis
Yunnan NuthatchSitta yunnanensis
Black-throated BushtitAegithalos concinnus
Blue-winged MinlaActinodura cyanouroptera
Red-tailed MinlaMinla ignotincta
Rufous-fronted BushtitAegithalos iouschistos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Rusty-capped FulvettaSchoeniparus dubius
Brown-breasted BulbulPycnonotus xanthorrhous
White-browed Shrike-babblerPteruthius aeralatus
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Speckled PiculetPicumnus innominatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Zixi Mountain PNR – North Gate Area4 km90 species
- Ailaoshan Dujuanhu Reservoir66 km114 species
All 247 species recorded here
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
- Yunnan Nuthatch Sitta yunnanensis
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Yunnan Fulvetta Alcippe fratercula
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Black-faced Warbler Abroscopus schisticeps
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Spectacled Fulvetta Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- Manipur Fulvetta Fulvetta manipurensis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Gould's Shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown Fish Owl Ketupa zeylonensis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
- David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi
- Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Grey-cheeked Warbler Phylloscopus poliogenys
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Himalayan Thrush Zoothera salimalii
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Zixi Mountain PNR?
April, June and August. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 80 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Zixi Mountain PNR?
247 species, from 5,477 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Zixi Mountain PNR in November?
The most recorded in November: Green-backed Tit, Black-headed Sibia, Chestnut-vented Nuthatch, Yunnan Nuthatch and Black-throated Bushtit.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.