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
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoletaSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Aug
JackdawColoeus monedulaSummer visitorRare34–39 cmRegularly May–Sep
Tree PipitAnthus trivialisSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
Common RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurusSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrinaResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Jul
BuzzardButeo buteoSummer visitorRare51–57 cmRegularly May–Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
FieldfareTurdus pilarisSummer visitorRare22–27 cmRegularly May–Feb
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDryobates minorResidentRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Mar
Golden OrioleOriolus oriolusSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jul
Cetti's WarblerCettia cettiSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
NightjarCaprimulgus europaeusSummer visitorRare24–28 cmRegularly May–Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov
RedwingTurdus iliacusPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
Savi's WarblerLocustella luscinioidesSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
Blossom-headed ParakeetPsittacula roseataPassage migrantRare33–36 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRecorded all year
Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactylaSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian Scops-owlOtus scopsSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly May–Jul
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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