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
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusPassage migrantRare120–145 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-breasted GooseBranta ruficollisPassage migrantRare53–56 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentRare48–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
Eurasian Stone-curlewBurhinus oedicnemusSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly May–Jul
Great Grey ShrikeLanius excubitorSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep
Arctic LoonGavia arcticaPassage migrantRare58–77 cmRegularly Jan–Apr
WoodpigeonColumba palumbusSummer visitorRare40–45 cmRegularly May–Jul
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybitaSummer visitorRare10–12 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
European Turtle-doveStreptopelia turturSummer visitorRare26–28 cmRegularly May–Jul
Reeves's PheasantSyrmaticus reevesiiSummer visitorRare100–210 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataResidentRare65–72 cmRecorded all year
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensisWinter visitorRare14–15 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Common QuailCoturnix coturnixPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Corn BuntingEmberiza calandraPassage migrantRare16–19 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naeviaPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantRare10–11 cmRegularly Oct–May
Spotted CrakePorzana porzanaPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Jun
Western Marsh-harrierCircus aeruginosusSummer visitorRare48–56 cmRegularly May–Sep
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