Uncommon Birds in China
Our list for China has 127 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 36 residents, 41 summer visitors, 49 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
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 127, most common first
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorUncommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Water PipitAnthus spinolettaWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaResidentUncommon42–45 cmRecorded all year
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorUncommon81–94 cmRecorded all year
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Sep–May
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaSummer visitorUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorUncommon46–61 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
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