Birds to See in China in September
167 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
167 bird species on our list for China are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Pied Wagtail, Barn Swallow and Little Grebe. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Northern Shoveler and Northern Pintail and 23 more.
New in September27
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Northern Shoveler
- Northern Pintail
- Hen Harrier
- Northern Goshawk
- Common Crane
- Bluethroat
- White-crested Laughingthrush
- Common Gull
- Blackbird
- Mistle Thrush
- European Bee-eater
- Long-eared Owl
- Yellow Wagtail
- Greenfinch
- Linnet
- Mute Swan
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Fieldfare
- Short-toed Lark
- Arctic Jaeger
- Chiffchaff
- Little Gull
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Black Lark
- Pomarine Jaeger
Residents
(68)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Marsh Tit
Poecile palustrisLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Recorded all year
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Collared Dove
Streptopelia decaoctoLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Willow Tit
Poecile montanusLC
Recorded all year
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Recorded all year
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Black Swan
Cygnus atratusLC
Recorded all year
Red-crested Pochard
Netta rufinaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicusLC
Recorded all year
Bearded Tit
Panurus biarmicusLC
Recorded all year
Little Owl
Athene noctuaLC
Recorded all year
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Golden Eagle
Aquila chrysaetosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Recorded all year
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Recorded all year
Orange-headed Thrush
Geokichla citrinaLC
Recorded all year
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Recorded all year
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Recorded all year
Treecreeper
Certhia familiarisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Bonelli's Eagle
Aquila fasciataLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Chukar
Alectoris chukarLC
Recorded all year
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Recorded all year
Horned Grebe
Podiceps auritusVU
Regularly Apr–Feb
Mute Swan
Cygnus olorLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Dryobates minorLC
Regularly May–Mar
Summer visitors
(56)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly May–Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Apr–Jan
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Recorded all year
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Recorded all year
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Recorded all year
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Recorded all year
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly May–Sep
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocoraxLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Mar–Jan
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Raven
Corvus coraxLC
Recorded all year
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochrurosLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Booted Eagle
Hieraaetus pennatusLC
Regularly Mar–Dec
Magpie
Pica picaLC
Regularly May–Feb
Horned Lark
Eremophila alpestrisLC
Regularly Apr–Feb
Great Tit
Parus majorLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Twite
Linaria flavirostrisLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Crag Martin
Ptyonoprogne rupestrisLC
Regularly Mar–Jan
Blackbird
Turdus merulaLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculusLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Chiffchaff
Phylloscopus collybitaLC
Regularly Jan–Oct
Dipper
Cinclus cinclusLC
Recorded all year
Lady Amherst's Pheasant
Chrysolophus amherstiaeLC
Regularly Dec–Oct
Western Marsh-harrier
Circus aeruginosusLC
Regularly May–Sep
European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelisLC
Regularly May–Oct
European Bee-eater
Merops apiasterLC
Regularly May–Sep
Jackdaw
Coloeus monedulaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Mistle Thrush
Turdus viscivorusLC
Regularly May–Dec
Lesser Whitethroat
Curruca currucaLC
Regularly May–Nov
Black Lark
Melanocorypha yeltoniensisLC
Regularly May–Sep
Buzzard
Buteo buteoLC
Regularly May–Jan
Golden Pheasant
Chrysolophus pictusLC
Recorded all year
Short-toed Lark
Calandrella brachydactylaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Greenfinch
Chloris chlorisLC
Regularly May–Oct
Linnet
Linaria cannabinaLC
Regularly May–Sep
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striataLC
Regularly May–Sep
Yellow Wagtail
Motacilla flavaLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Fieldfare
Turdus pilarisLC
Regularly May–Feb
Winter visitors
(35)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Recorded all year
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Recorded all year
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Recorded all year
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Sep–May
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Recorded all year
Common Merganser
Mergus merganserLC
Regularly Jun–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Aug–May
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Recorded all year
Whooper Swan
Cygnus cygnusLC
Recorded all year
Common Crane
Grus grusLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-tailed Tit
Aegithalos caudatusLC
Recorded all year
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Long-eared Owl
Asio otusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Passage migrants
(8)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Sep
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Little Gull
Hydrocoloeus minutusLC
Regularly Feb–Sep
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly 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