China Ramsar wetland
Zhalong Nature Reserve
137 bird species recorded; the most in May.
Amarespeco · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
14 species in January.14 species in February.6 species in March.60 species in April.112 species in May.57 species in June.48 species in July.40 species in August.32 species in September.58 species in October.7 species in November.0 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
137 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 137Speciesrecorded more than once
- 58Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,279Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 144 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 7Raptors
- 2Owls
- 16Waders
- 6Gulls & seabirds
- 16Ducks & geese
- 10Herons, ibises & grebes
- 4Storks & cranes
- 59Songbirds
- 17Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 137 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Waders16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Gulls & seabirds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Common GullLarus canus
Ducks & geese16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
- Baer's PochardAythya baeriCR
- SmewMergellus albellus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Herons, ibises & grebes10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegena
Storks & cranes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensisVU
- White-naped CraneGrus vipioVU
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
- Common CraneGrus grus
Songbirds59 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Reed ParrotbillParadoxornis heudei
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Pallas's Reed HuntingEmberiza pallasi
- Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus
- Ochre-rumped BuntingEmberiza yessoensisNT
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Rustic BuntingEmberiza rusticaNT
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Asian Short-toed LarkAlaudala cheleensis
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
- Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus
- Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Manchurian Reed WarblerAcrocephalus tangorumVU
- Daurian JackdawColoeus dauuricus
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
- Turdus naumanniTurdus naumanni
Other birds17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- CootFulica atra
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Band-bellied CrakePorzana paykulliiNT
- Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan-14°/-24°3 mm
- Feb-9°/-21°4 mm
- Mar2°/-10°8 mm
- Apr13°/0°21 mm
- May22°/8°42 mm
- Jun28°/15°94 mm
- Jul30°/18°130 mm
- Aug28°/16°85 mm
- Sep21°/8°51 mm
- Oct11°/-1°18 mm
- Nov-2°/-11°7 mm
- Dec-13°/-21°6 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Zhalong Nature Reserve.
Protected area
Zhalong Nature Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in China.
137 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,279 open records.
The most recorded are the Red-crowned Crane, the Oriental Magpie and the Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
46 species come for the summer, 10 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Red-crowned Crane, White-naped Crane and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded in May.
Get there and watch
- 齐齐哈尔市中小学示范性综合实践基地campsite · 12 km · 1 within 10 km
- Tiefengnearest town · 24 km in a straight line
- Qiqihar Sanjiazi Airport (NDG)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 26 km in a straight line
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km齐齐哈尔市中小学示范性综合实践基地
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- places to stay within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Zhalong Nature Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmKeqin Hu9.7 km² · 12 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q197132) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,279 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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