Birds to See in Macao SAR China in December
39 bird species on our list for Macao SAR China are recorded regularly in December
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Crested Myna, Pied Wagtail, Yellow-browed Warbler and Little Egret. New this month: White-tailed Robin, Grey Plover, Pacific Golden-Plover and Tufted Duck.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Macao SAR China’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 39 birds in December
39 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Dec
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Dec
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 1.62% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.44% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.30% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisWinter visitorCommon16–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 1.11% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusWinter visitorCommon30–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.99% in Dec
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.99% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.96% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisWinter visitorCommon23–29 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.66% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorCommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.63% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.56% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.53% in Dec
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.48% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.46% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.43% in Dec
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythrorynchaWinter visitorCommon65–68 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.43% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaPassage migrantUncommon29–37 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.43% in Dec
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.41% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataPassage migrantCommon11–12 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.36% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.31% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.30% in Dec
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.30% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.28% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.23% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Dec · 0.18% in Dec
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaPassage migrantUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.18% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusPassage migrantCommon15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.15% in Dec
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusPassage migrantUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaPassage migrantUncommon78–90 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.15% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.13% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.13% in 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