Birds to See in China in July
190 bird species on our list for China are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Pied Wagtail, Little Egret and Black-crowned Night-heron. New this month: Dunlin, Osprey, Common Crane and Temminck's Stint and 7 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From China’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 190 birds in July
190 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jul
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Jul
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Jul
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Jul
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Jul
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jul
CuckooCuculus canorusSummer visitorCommon32–34 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.75% in Jul
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.56% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jul
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Jul
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Jul
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Common SwiftApus apusSummer visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.42% in Jul
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.39% in Jul
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Jul
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Jul
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.26% in Jul
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jul
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jul
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Jul
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Jul
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
HobbyFalco subbuteoSummer visitorCommon28–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.10% in Jul
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorUncommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.09% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.07% in Jul
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.06% in Jul
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.05% in Jul
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.05% in Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.05% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jul
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Jul
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.04% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorRare32–34 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.03% in Jul
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Jul
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.03% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusSummer visitorUncommon90–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiaeSummer visitorUncommon100–120 cmRegularly Dec–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorRare34–39 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentRare31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.02% in Jul
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Jul
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
FieldfareTurdus pilarisSummer visitorRare22–27 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorRare40–42 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jul
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly Jul · 0.01% in Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiSummer visitorRare100–210 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
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