Birds to See in China in August
157 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
157 bird species on our list for China are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Pied Wagtail and Little Grebe. New this month: Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Snipe, Garganey and Lesser Black-backed Gull and 3 more.
New in August7
Leaving after last month40
- Northern Goshawk
- Common Crane
- Eurasian Siskin
- Bluethroat
- Blackbird
- Mistle Thrush
- European Bee-eater
- Long-eared Owl
- Whitethroat
- Yellow Wagtail
- Greenfinch
- Linnet
- Mute Swan
- Water Rail
- Black Tern
- Fieldfare
- Golden Oriole
- Cetti's Warbler
- Savi's Warbler
- Short-toed Lark
- Eurasian Scops-owl
- Eurasian Stone-curlew
- Great Grey Shrike
- Woodpigeon
- Chiffchaff
- European Turtle-dove
- Reeves's Pheasant
- Common Quail
- Corn Bunting
- Grasshopper Warbler
- Rock Ptarmigan
- Black Lark
- Sulphur-bellied Warbler
- Yellowhammer
- Common Reed-warbler
- Dotterel
- Corncrake
- Moustached Warbler
- Song Thrush
- Budgerigar
Residents
(69)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Recorded all year
Cinereous Vulture
Aegypius monachusNT
Regularly Oct–Aug
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Feb
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebsLC
Regularly Oct–Aug
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(58)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Recorded all year
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Common Swift
Apus apusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Wheatear
Oenanthe oenantheLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Chrysolophus amherstiaeLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush
Monticola saxatilisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Feb
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoletaLC
Regularly Jan–Aug
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Golden Pheasant
Chrysolophus pictusLC
Recorded all year
House Martin
Delichon urbicumLC
Regularly May–Aug
Little Bittern
Ixobrychus minutusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Nightingale
Luscinia megarhynchosLC
Regularly May–Aug
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly May–Aug
Stock Dove
Columba oenasLC
Regularly May–Dec
Common Redstart
Phoenicurus phoenicurusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Tree Pipit
Anthus trivialisLC
Regularly May–Aug
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Nightjar
Caprimulgus europaeusLC
Regularly May–Aug
Winter visitors
(25)Present outside the breeding season
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Recorded all year
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Recorded all year
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made