Rare Birds in China
Our list for China has 101 rare birds recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 35 summer visitors, 11 winter visitors, 39 passage migrants and 6 scarce 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 101, most common first
WhitethroatCurruca communisSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Jul
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flavaSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaSummer visitorRare11–13 cmRegularly May–Nov
GreenfinchChloris chlorisSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentRare42–75 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
LinnetLinaria cannabinaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striataSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Sep
Rufous-tailed Rock-thrushMonticola saxatilisSummer visitorRare16–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Water RailRallus aquaticusWinter visitorRare23–28 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Little BitternIxobrychus minutusSummer visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioSummer visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhulaWinter visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusResidentRare31–38 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentRare20–23 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Steller's Sea-eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusPassage migrantRare85–105 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Stock DoveColumba oenasSummer visitorRare32–34 cmRegularly May–Dec
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