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
Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestrisSummer visitorUncommon14–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusResidentUncommon45–47 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisResidentUncommon69–81 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisResidentUncommon28–34 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common RavenCorvus coraxSummer visitorUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year
Little OwlAthene noctuaResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-crested PochardNetta rufinaResidentUncommon53–57 cmRecorded all year
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatusWinter visitorUncommon13–16 cmRecorded all year
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–May
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusResidentUncommon68–78 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–May
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorUncommon66–94 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
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