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
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusSummer visitorUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
WheatearOenanthe oenantheSummer visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Great TitParus majorSummer visitorUncommonRegularly Feb–Dec
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentUncommon21–23 cmRecorded all year
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaResidentUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophusWinter visitorUncommon27–31 cmRegularly Sep–May
Common GullLarus canusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May
BlackbirdTurdus merulaSummer visitorUncommon24–25 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
NightingaleLuscinia megarhynchosSummer visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly May–Aug
DipperCinclus cinclusSummer visitorUncommon17–20 cmRecorded all year
Bearded TitPanurus biarmicusResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
MagpiePica picaSummer visitorUncommon44–46 cmRegularly May–Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Lady Amherst's PheasantChrysolophus amherstiaeSummer visitorUncommon100–120 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
House MartinDelichon urbicumSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisSummer visitorUncommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Oct
Golden PheasantChrysolophus pictusSummer visitorUncommon90–105 cmRecorded all year
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorusSummer visitorUncommon26–29 cmRegularly May–Dec
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May
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