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    Siberian Cranes at Poyang Hu by Jon Hornbuckle.

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  • EASTERN CHINA

    Best Birds and other wildlife in Eastern China

    Birds
    The lists below are for the northern winter months of November and December.

    Specialities
    Oriental Stork, Hooded, Siberian and White-naped Cranes, and Marsh Grassbird. Also a chance of Lesser White-fronted Goose, Baikal Teal and Falcated Duck, and an outside chance of Swinhoe’s Rail.

    Others
    Bewick’s Swan, Taiga and Tundra Bean, Greylag, Greater White-fronted and Swan Geese, ducks including Chinese Spot-billed Duck, Japanese Quail, Eurasian (Great) Bittern, Eurasian Spoonbill, Eastern Marsh-harrier, Brown Crake, Common Crane, Pied Avocet, Spotted Redshank, Pied and White-breasted Kingfishers, Oriental Skylark, Chinese Penduline-tit, Sooty-headed Bulbul, Plain Prinia, Black-collared and Red-billed Starlings, Crested Myna, buntings including Pallas’s (Reed) and Yellow-browed Buntings, Chinese (Yellow-billed) Grosbeak and Scaly-breasted Munia. Also a chance of Smew, Black Stork and Eastern Imperial Eagle.

    Mammals
    An outside chance of Yangtze Finless Porpoise and Chinese Water Deer.

    Best Sites for Birds and other wildlife in Eastern China