Hong Kong SAR China
What is recorded in Hong Kong SAR China
- Species
- 3,214
- Grid cells
- 8,853
- Records
- 1,453,221
- Years covered
- 1980-2026
- Insects 2,363
- Birds 430
- Bony fish 284
- Reptiles 80
- Amphibians 31
- Mammals 24
- Sharks and rays 2
These are species with at least one recorded territory in Hong Kong SAR 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 Hong Kong SAR 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.
Red-whiskered Bulbul
Pycnonotus jocosus
Spotted Dove
Spilopelia chinensis
Light-vented Bulbul
Pycnonotus sinensis
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Japanese White-eye
Zosterops japonicus
Black Kite
Milvus migrans
Common Tailorbird
Orthotomus sutorius
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanus
Black-collared Starling
Gracupica nigricollis
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellus
Cinereous Tit
Parus cinereus
Masked Laughingthrush
Garrulax perspicillatus
No regions recorded yet
The reference database has no regions filed under Hong Kong SAR China.
Nothing written up here yet
The field guide covers Hong Kong SAR China on the map, but none of its species have an entry written for them yet.