Common Birds in Macao SAR China
Our list for Macao SAR China has 30 common birds recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors, 16 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Macao SAR China in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 30, most common first
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantCommon28–35 cmRegularly Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisPassage migrantCommon43–51 cmRegularly Mar
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Yellow-browed Warbler 10–11 cm
- Scaly-breasted Munia 11–12 cm
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13–14 cm
- Red-flanked Bluetail 13–14 cm
- Little Ringed Plover 14–17 cm
- Kentish Plover 15–17 cm
- Common Kingfisher 16–17 cm
- Pied Wagtail 17–19 cm
- Barn Swallow 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Blue Rock-thrush 21–23 cm
- Crested Myna 24–27 cm
- Little Grebe 23–29 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Hobby 28–35 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Moorhen 30–38 cm
- Kestrel 32–39 cm
- Eurasian Teal 34–38 cm
- Coot 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Avocet 42–45 cm
- Black-tailed Gull 43–51 cm
- Little Egret 55–65 cm
- Black-crowned Night-heron 58–65 cm
- Red-billed Blue Magpie 65–68 cm
- Great White Egret 80–104 cm
- Grey Heron 90–98 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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