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
Alpine ChoughPyrrhocorax graculusSummer visitorUncommon36–39 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Black SwanCygnus atratusResidentUncommon110–142 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly May–Sep
Cinereous VultureAegypius monachusResidentUncommon98–120 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Long-eared OwlAsio otusWinter visitorUncommon35–40 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
TreecreeperCerthia familiarisResidentUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusResidentUncommon14–16 cmRecorded all year
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
ChaffinchFringilla coelebsResidentUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Aug
Booted EagleHieraaetus pennatusSummer visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
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