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
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriPassage migrantRare38–42 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Rock PtarmiganLagopus mutaPassage migrantRare34–36 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Black LarkMelanocorypha yeltoniensisSummer visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
European RobinErithacus rubeculaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Dec
Sulphur-bellied WarblerPhylloscopus griseolusSummer visitorRare11–12 cmRegularly May–Jul
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinellaSummer visitorRare16–17 cmRegularly May–Dec
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Common Reed-warblerAcrocephalus scirpaceusSummer visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly May–Jul
DotterelEudromias morinellusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusScarceRare25–30 cm
Black GrouseLyrurus tetrixPassage migrantRare40–55 cmRegularly May–Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusScarceRare28–30 cmRegularly Dec
CorncrakeCrex crexPassage migrantRare22–30 cmRegularly Jul
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisScarceRare58–70 cm
Moustached WarblerAcrocephalus melanopogonPassage migrantRare12–13 cmRegularly Jul
Song ThrushTurdus philomelosPassage migrantRare20–23 cmRegularly Jun–Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusPassage migrantRare86–230 cmRegularly Nov
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Mar–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