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This checklist includes all bird species found in Tianjin , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .

The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).

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Country or region: Tianjin [map]

Other names: Tientsin, Tianjin Shi

Number of species: 421
Number of breeding endemics: 5
Last modified: 2022-10-22
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ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae

White-headed DuckOxyura leucocephala
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
Brent GooseBranta bernicla
Canada GooseBranta canadensisRare/Accidental
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensRare/Accidental
Bar-headed GooseAnser indicus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Swan GooseAnser cygnoid
Bean GooseAnser fabalis
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
Lesser White-fronted GooseAnser erythropus
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalis
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
SmewMergellus albellus
GoosanderMergus merganser
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
Common PochardAythya ferina
Baer's PochardAythya baeri
Ferruginous DuckAythya nyroca
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Greater ScaupAythya marila
GarganeySpatula querquedula
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
Falcated DuckMareca falcata
GadwallMareca strepera
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Common TealAnas crecca
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata

 
GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae

Japanese QuailCoturnix japonica
Chukar PartridgeAlectoris chukar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
Daurian PartridgePerdix dauurica
Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolopha

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Phoenicopteridae

Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus roseusRare/Accidental

 
PHOENICOPTERIFORMES: Podicipedidae

Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Slavonian GrebePodiceps auritus
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollis

 
COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae

Rock DoveColumba livia
Hill PigeonColumba rupestris
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Spotted-necked DoveStreptopelia chinensis

 
PTEROCLIFORMES: Pteroclidae

Pallas's SandgrouseSyrrhaptes paradoxus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae

Grey NightjarCaprimulgus indicus

 
CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae

White-throated NeedletailHirundapus caudacutus
Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
Fork-tailed SwiftApus pacificus
Common SwiftApus apus

 
CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
Large Hawk CuckooHierococcyx sparverioides
Northern Hawk CuckooHierococcyx hyperythrus
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
Common CuckooCuculus canorus
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus

 
GRUIFORMES: Rallidae

Western Water RailRallus aquaticus
Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
Ruddy-breasted CrakeZapornia fusca
Band-bellied CrakeZapornia paykullii
Baillon's CrakeZapornia pusilla
White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
WatercockGallicrex cinerea
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Common CootFulica atra

 
GRUIFORMES: Gruidae

Siberian CraneLeucogeranus leucogeranus
White-naped CraneAntigone vipio
Red-crowned CraneGrus japonensis
Common CraneGrus grus

 
OTIDIFORMES: Otididae

Great BustardOtis tarda

 
GAVIIFORMES: Gaviidae

Red-throated DiverGavia stellata
Black-throated DiverGavia arctica

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae

Swinhoe's Storm-petrelHydrobates monorhis

 
PROCELLARIIFORMES: Procellariidae

Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelas

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ciconiidae

Black StorkCiconia nigra
Oriental White StorkCiconia boyciana

 
PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae

Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispus

 
PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae

Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
Little BitternIxobrychus minutus
Yellow BitternIxobrychus sinensis
Schrenck's BitternIxobrychus eurhythmus
Cinnamon BitternIxobrychus cinnamomeus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Striated HeronButorides striata
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Great EgretArdea alba
Intermediate EgretArdea intermedia
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotes

 
PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae

Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minor

 
PELECANIFORMES: Sulidae

Brown BoobySula leucogaster

 
PELECANIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae

Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Japanese CormorantPhalacrocorax capillatus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae

Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
IbisbillIbidorhyncha struthersii

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae

Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae

Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Long-billed PloverCharadrius placidus
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubius
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand PloverCharadrius mongolus
Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
Oriental PloverCharadrius veredus
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellus
Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae

Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Little CurlewNumenius minutus
Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquata
Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponica
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
Red KnotCalidris canutus
RuffCalidris pugnax
Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellus
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminata
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
SanderlingCalidris alba
DunlinCalidris alpina
Little StintCalidris minuta
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosRare/Accidental
Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatus
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusRare/Accidental
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Grey-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae

Yellow-legged ButtonquailTurnix tanki

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae

Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Alcidae

Long-billed MurreletBrachyramphus perdix
Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus

 
CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae

Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Saunders's GullSaundersilarus saundersi
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutus
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanRare/Accidental
Relict GullIchthyaetus relictus
Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Mew GullLarus canus
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreus
Little TernSternula albifrons
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
Common TernSterna hirundo

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae

OspreyPandion haliaetus

 
ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae

Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Oriental Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Greater Spotted EagleClanga clanga
Steppe EagleAquila nipalensis
Eastern Imperial EagleAquila heliaca
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetos
Eastern Marsh HarrierCircus spilonotus
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
Chinese SparrowhawkAccipiter soloensis
Japanese SparrowhawkAccipiter gularis
BesraAccipiter virgatus
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
Northern GoshawkAccipiter gentilis
Pallas's Fish EagleHaliaeetus leucoryphus
White-tailed Sea EagleHaliaeetus albicilla
Black KiteMilvus migrans
Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
Rough-legged BuzzardButeo lagopus
Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius

 
STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae

Eastern Grass OwlTyto longimembris

 
STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae

Northern BoobookNinox japonica
Little OwlAthene noctua
Oriental Scops OwlOtus sunia
Collared Scops OwlOtus bakkamoena
Northern Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
Ural OwlStrix uralensis
Eurasian Eagle OwlBubo bubo
Blakiston's Eagle OwlBubo blakistoni

 
BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae

Common HoopoeUpupa epops

 
PICIFORMES: Picidae

Northern WryneckJynx torquilla
Grey-headed WoodpeckerPicus canus
Black WoodpeckerDryocopus martius
Japanese Pygmy WoodpeckerDendrocopos kizuki
Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerDendrocopos canicapillus
Lesser Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos minor
White-backed WoodpeckerDendrocopos leucotos
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
Rufous-bellied WoodpeckerDendrocopos hyperythrus

 
CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae

DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis

 
CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae

Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Crested KingfisherMegaceryle lugubris
Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileata

 
FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae

Lesser KestrelFalco naumanni
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Amur FalconFalco amurensis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Eurasian HobbyFalco subbuteo
Saker FalconFalco cherrug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae

Long-tailed MinivetPericrocotus ethologus
Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
Swinhoe's MinivetPericrocotus cantonensisBreeding endemic
Black-winged CuckooshrikeLalage melaschistos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae

Black-naped OrioleOriolus chinensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae

Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae

Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Chinese Grey ShrikeLanius sphenocercus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae

Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Red-billed Blue MagpieUrocissa erythroryncha
Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Eurasian MagpiePica pica
Daurian JackdawCorvus dauuricus
RookCorvus frugilegus
Common RavenCorvus corax
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
Collared CrowCorvus pectoralis
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos

 
PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae

Amur Paradise-flycatcherTerpsiphone incei

 
PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae

Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella

 
PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae

Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeus
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae

Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta
Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
Blyth's PipitAnthus godlewskii
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
Green-headed WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba

 
PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae

BramblingFringilla montifringilla
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes
Yellow-billed GrosbeakEophona migratoria
Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata
Common RosefinchErythrina erythrina
Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus
Pallas's RosefinchCarpodacus roseus
Grey-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythaca
Asian Rosy FinchLeucosticte arctoa
Grey-capped GreenfinchChloris sinica
Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Calcariidae

Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae

Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
Jankowski's BuntingEmberiza jankowskii
Meadow BuntingEmberiza cioides
Godlewski's BuntingEmberiza godlewskii
Pine BuntingEmberiza leucocephalos
Yellow-throated BuntingSchoeniclus elegans
Japanese Reed BuntingSchoeniclus yessoensis
Pallas's Reed BuntingSchoeniclus pallasi
Eurasian Reed BuntingSchoeniclus schoeniclus
Black-faced BuntingSchoeniclus spodocephala
Rustic BuntingSchoeniclus rusticus
Chestnut BuntingSchoeniclus rutilus
Little BuntingSchoeniclus pusillus
Yellow-breasted BuntingSchoeniclus aureolus
Yellow-browed BuntingSchoeniclus chrysophrys
Tristram's BuntingSchoeniclus tristrami

 
PASSERIFORMES: Paridae

Yellow-bellied TitPardaliparus venustulusEndemic (country/region)
Coal TitPeriparus ater
Marsh TitPoecile palustris
Willow TitPoecile montanus
Cinereous TitParus cinereus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Remizidae

Eastern Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Asian Short-toed LarkAlaudala cheleensis
Mongolian LarkMelanocorypha mongolica
Greater Short-toed LarkCalandrella brachydactyla
Eurasian Sky LarkAlauda arvensis
Crested LarkGalerida cristata

 
PASSERIFORMES: Panuridae

Bearded ReedlingPanurus biarmicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae

Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae

Gray's WarblerLocustella fasciolata
Japanese Swamp WarblerLocustella pryeri
Rusty-rumped WarblerLocustella certhiola
Middendorff's WarblerLocustella ochotensis
Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
Chinese Bush WarblerLocustella tacsanowskia
Baikal Bush WarblerLocustella davidi

 
PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae

Thick-billed WarblerArundinax aedon
Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
Blunt-winged WarblerAcrocephalus concinens
Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae

Northern House MartinDelichon urbicum
Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Eurasian Crag MartinPtyonoprogne rupestris
Sand MartinRiparia riparia

 
PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae

Brown-eared BulbulHypsipetes amaurotis
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis

 
PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae

Chinese Leaf WarblerAbrornis yunnanensisBreeding endemic
Yellow-browed WarblerAbrornis inornatus
Hume's Leaf WarblerAbrornis humei
Pallas's Leaf WarblerAbrornis proregulus
Dusky WarblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
Yellow-streaked WarblerPhylloscopus armandii
Radde's WarblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
Grey-crowned Leaf WarblerSeicercus tephrocephalus
Alström's Leaf WarblerSeicercus sororBreeding endemic
Bianchi's Leaf WarblerSeicercus valentini
Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerSeicercus coronatus
Two-barred Leaf WarblerSeicercus plumbeitarsus
Arctic WarblerSeicercus borealis
Kamtschatka Leaf WarblerSeicercus examinandus
Pale-legged Leaf WarblerSeicercus tenellipes
Ticehurst's Leaf WarblerSeicercus claudiae

 
PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae

Asian StubtailUrosphena squameiceps
Manchurian Bush WarblerHorornis canturiansRare/Accidental

 
PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae

Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Silver-throated TitAegithalos glaucogularisEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae

Chinese Hill WarblerRhopophilus pekinensisEndemic (country/region)
Reed ParrotbillParadoxornis heudei
Vinous-throated ParrotbillSinosuthora webbiana

 
PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae

Chestnut-flanked White-eyeZosterops erythropleurus
Japanese White-eyeZosterops japonicus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae

Melodious Laughing-thrushGarrulax canorus
Plain Laughing-thrushGarrulax davidiEndemic (country/region)

 
PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae

GoldcrestRegulus regulus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Bombycillidae

Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonica

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae

Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaea
Chinese NuthatchSitta villosa
WallcreeperTichodroma muraria

 
PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae

Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes

 
PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae

Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Purple-backed StarlingAgropsar sturninus
Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeusEndemic (country/region)
White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellus

 
PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae

Brown DipperCinclus pallasii

 
PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae

Oriental Magpie RobinCopsychus saularis
Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica
Brown-breasted FlycatcherMuscicapa muttui
Fujian NiltavaNiltava davidi
Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
Rufous-tailed RobinLarvivora sibilans
Siberian Blue RobinLarvivora cyane
BluethroatLuscinia svecica
White-bellied RedstartLuscinia phaenicuroides
Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliope
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
Red-breasted FlycatcherFicedula parvaRare/Accidental
Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
Rufous-gorgetted FlycatcherFicedula strophiata
Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
Narcissus FlycatcherFicedula narcissina
Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
Slaty-backed FlycatcherFicedula sordida
Plumbeous Water RedstartRhyacornis fuliginosa
Przevalski's RedstartPhoenicurus alaschanicusEndemic (country/region)
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Güldenstädt's RedstartPhoenicurus erythrogastrus
White-throated Rock ThrushMonticola gularis
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
Eastern StonechatSaxicola maurus
Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
Pied WheatearOenanthe pleschanka

 
PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae

White's ThrushZoothera aurea
Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica
Chinese ThrushOtocichla mupinensisBreeding endemic
Eastern BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
Grey-winged BlackbirdTurdus boulboul
Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
Eyebrowed ThrushTurdus obscurus
Grey-sided ThrushTurdus feaeBreeding endemic
Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
Naumann's ThrushTurdus naumanni
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomus
Red-throated ThrushTurdus ruficollis

 

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