China
What is recorded in China
- Species
- 6,409
- Grid cells
- 44,953
- Records
- 3,876,754
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 3,931
- Birds 1,076
- Bony fish 650
- Reptiles 265
- Amphibians 247
- Mammals 223
- Sharks and rays 17
These are species with at least one recorded territory in China, not a national checklist: a bird list from eBird or Avibase is more complete. The counts follow recording effort as much as wildlife, so a country with more visitors and more naturalists will show more of both.
Most recorded here
The species with the most open occurrence records in China, among those a photograph exists for. Most recorded is not most numerous: it rewards animals that are common, conspicuous and live where people go.
Light-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus sinensis
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Oriental Magpie
Pica serica
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellus
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Chinese Blackbird
Turdus mandarinus
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Little Egret
Egretta garzetta
Long-tailed Shrike
Lanius schach
Japanese White-eye
Zosterops japonicus
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under China.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers China on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.