Birds to See in China in November
172 bird species on our list for China are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Grebe, Pied Wagtail, Little Egret and Grey Heron. New this month: Smew, Bohemian Waxwing, Japanese Waxwing and Grey Phalarope and 6 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 172 birds in November
172 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
CootFulica atraResidentCommon36–42 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboResidentCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusResidentCommon46–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorCommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.76% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusResidentCommon32–39 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.71% in Nov
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.60% in Nov
Marsh TitPoecile palustrisResidentCommon12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.58% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusResidentCommon38–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneResidentCommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaResidentCommon58–70 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.41% in Nov
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.39% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.37% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaResidentCommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.30% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentUncommon41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.26% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.25% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusWinter visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesResidentUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.21% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserResidentUncommon75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.19% in Nov
Common CraneGrus grusWinter visitorUncommon100–130 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.14% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Nov
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorUncommon55–67 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnusWinter visitorUncommon140–165 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaResidentUncommon58–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Willow TitPoecile montanusResidentUncommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Nov
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxSummer visitorUncommon39–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Nov
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.06% in Nov
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisSummer visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.06% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusSummer visitorUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentRare31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusWinter visitorUncommon27–31 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.02% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
TwiteLinaria flavirostrisSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantRare120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorUncommonRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusSummer visitorUncommon90–105 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
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