Common Birds in China
Our list for China has 38 common birds recorded regularly there: 25 residents, 6 summer visitors and 7 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Aug–May
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
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