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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon44–51 cmRecorded all year
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 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