Macau bird checklist
349 bird species in 62 families have been recorded in Macau, according to eBird; about 296 of them are seen regularly, and the rest are rarities, vagrants and escaped or introduced birds. Download the full list as a PDF, or tick birds off on your phone, with counts and notes, even without signal.
Species data: eBird.org, updated · How these lists are made
The most common birds in Macau right now
1Barn Swallow
2Black Kite
3Pacific Swift
4Spotted Dove
5Swinhoe's White-eye
6Asian Brown Flycatcher
7Red-whiskered Bulbul
8Amur Falcon
9Richard's Pipit
10Oriental Honey-buzzard
Macau bird checklist
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Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
- Garganey
- Northern Shoveler
- Gadwall
- Falcated Duck
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck
- Mallard
- Northern Pintail
- Green-winged Teal
- Tufted Duck
- Red-breasted Merganser
Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon
- Oriental Turtle-Dove
- Red Collared-Dove
- Spotted Dove
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove
- Asian Emerald Dove
Cuckoos
- Greater Coucal
- Lesser Coucal
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
- Asian Koel
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo
- Plaintive Cuckoo
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
- Lesser Cuckoo
- Indian Cuckoo
- Common Cuckoo
- Oriental Cuckoo
Nightjars and Allies
- Gray Nightjar
- Savanna Nightjar
Swifts
- White-throated Needletail
- Himalayan Swiftlet
- White-nest Swiftlet
- Pacific Swift
- House Swift
Rails, Gallinules, and Coots
- Brown-cheeked Rail
- Slaty-breasted Rail
- Eurasian Moorhen
- Eurasian Coot
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Slaty-legged Crake
- Ruddy-breasted Crake
Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt
- Pied Avocet
Plovers and Lapwings
- Black-bellied Plover
- Pacific Golden-Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Northern Lapwing
- Gray-headed Lapwing
- Siberian Sand-Plover
- Tibetan Sand-Plover
- Greater Sand-Plover
- Kentish Plover
- White-faced Plover
Painted-Snipes
- Greater Painted-Snipe
Jacanas
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Sandpipers and Allies
- Eurasian Whimbrel
- Eurasian Curlew
- Bar-tailed Godwit
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Asian Dowitcher
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Swinhoe's Snipe
- Pin-tailed Snipe
- Common Snipe
- Red-necked Phalarope
- Terek Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Green Sandpiper
- Gray-tailed Tattler
- Marsh Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Nordmann's Greenshank
- Spotted Redshank
- Common Greenshank
- Ruddy Turnstone
- Great Knot
- Red Knot
- Broad-billed Sandpiper
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Long-toed Stint
- Red-necked Stint
- Sanderling
- Dunlin
- Little Stint
Buttonquail
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail
- Barred Buttonquail
Pratincoles and Coursers
- Oriental Pratincole
Skuas and Jaegers
- Parasitic Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Black-headed Gull
- Relict Gull
- Black-tailed Gull
- Common Gull
- Mongolian Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Bridled Tern
- Gull-billed Tern
- Caspian Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- White-winged Tern
- Common Tern
- Roseate Tern
- Great Crested Tern
Grebes
- Little Grebe
- Great Crested Grebe
Frigatebirds
- Lesser Frigatebird
Cormorants and Shags
- Great Cormorant
Ibises and Spoonbills
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Black-faced Spoonbill
Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns
- Eurasian Bittern
- Black Bittern
- Cinnamon Bittern
- Schrenck's Bittern
- Yellow Bittern
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Malayan Night Heron
- Pacific Reef-Heron
- Chinese Egret
- Little Egret
- Little Heron
- Chinese Pond-Heron
- Eastern Cattle-Egret
- Great Egret
- Medium Egret
- Gray Heron
- Purple Heron
Osprey
- Osprey
Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black-winged Kite
- Jerdon's Baza
- Black Baza
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Crested Serpent-Eagle
- Greater Spotted Eagle
- Crested Goshawk
- Besra
- Japanese Sparrowhawk
- Chinese Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Eurasian Goshawk
- Eastern Marsh Harrier
- Pied Harrier
- Black Kite
- White-bellied Sea-Eagle
- Gray-faced Buzzard
- Eastern Buzzard
Owls
- Collared Scops-Owl
- Oriental Scops-Owl
- Asian Barred Owlet
- Short-eared Owl
- Northern Boobook
Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe
Bee-eaters
- Blue-throated Bee-eater
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater
Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher
- White-throated Kingfisher
- Black-capped Kingfisher
Rollers
- Dollarbird
Woodpeckers
- Eurasian Wryneck
Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel
- Amur Falcon
- Eurasian Hobby
- Peregrine Falcon
Cockatoos
- Cockatiel
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Pittas
- Fairy Pitta
Cuckooshrikes
- Gray-chinned Minivet
- Scarlet Minivet
- Ashy Minivet
- Brown-rumped Minivet
- Rosy Minivet
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis
- White-bellied Erpornis
Old World Orioles
- Black-naped Oriole
Drongos
- Black Drongo
- Ashy Drongo
- Crow-billed Drongo
- Hair-crested Drongo
Monarch Flycatchers
- Black-naped Monarch
- Black Paradise-Flycatcher
- Amur Paradise-Flycatcher
Shrikes
- Tiger Shrike
- Bull-headed Shrike
- Brown Shrike
- Long-tailed Shrike
Crows, Jays, and Magpies
- Red-billed Blue-Magpie
- Oriental Magpie
- Rook
- Large-billed Crow
- Collared Crow
Fairy Flycatchers
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher
Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice
- Asian Tit
Penduline-Tits
- Chinese Penduline-Tit
Larks
- Eurasian Skylark
- Oriental Skylark
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark
Cisticolas and Allies
- Common Tailorbird
- Yellow-bellied Prinia
- Plain Prinia
- Zitting Cisticola
Reed Warblers and Allies
- Thick-billed Warbler
- Black-browed Reed Warbler
- Oriental Reed Warbler
Grassbirds and Allies
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
- Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler
- Lanceolated Warbler
- Baikal Bush Warbler
- Russet Bush Warbler
Swallows
- Bank Swallow
- Barn Swallow
- Siberian House-Martin
- Asian House-Martin
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow
Bulbuls
- Chestnut Bulbul
- Black Bulbul
- Light-vented Bulbul
- Red-whiskered Bulbul
- Red-vented Bulbul
- Sooty-headed Bulbul
Leaf Warblers
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Hume's Warbler
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler
- Radde's Warbler
- Dusky Warbler
- Eastern Crowned Warbler
- White-spectacled Warbler
- Bianchi's Warbler
- Martens's Warbler
- Alström's Warbler
- Two-barred Warbler
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
- Sakhalin Leaf Warbler
- Arctic Warbler
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler
- Hartert's Leaf Warbler
- Kloss's Leaf Warbler
Bush Warblers and Allies
- Pale-footed Bush Warbler
- Asian Stubtail
- Rufous-faced Warbler
- Mountain Tailorbird
- Manchurian Bush Warbler
- Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies
- Indochinese Yuhina
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye
- Swinhoe's White-eye
Laughingthrushes and Allies
- Huet's Fulvetta
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Silver-eared Mesia
- Chinese Hwamei
- Masked Laughingthrush
Starlings
- Common Hill Myna
- European Starling
- Rosy Starling
- Daurian Starling
- Black-collared Starling
- White-shouldered Starling
- Red-billed Starling
- White-cheeked Starling
- Common Myna
- Crested Myna
Thrushes and Allies
- White's Thrush
- Siberian Thrush
- Orange-headed Thrush
- Chinese Thrush
- Chinese Blackbird
- Gray-backed Thrush
- Japanese Thrush
- Pale Thrush
- Eyebrowed Thrush
- Brown-headed Thrush
- Dusky Thrush
- Naumann's Thrush
Old World Flycatchers
- Gray-streaked Flycatcher
- Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Ferruginous Flycatcher
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher
- Oriental Magpie-Robin
- Small Niltava
- Fujian Niltava
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher
- Verditer Flycatcher
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher
- Pale Blue Flycatcher
- Hill Blue Flycatcher
- Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher
- Lesser Shortwing
- Rufous-tailed Robin
- Japanese Robin
- Siberian Blue Robin
- Bluethroat
- Blue Whistling-Thrush
- Siberian Rubythroat
- White-tailed Robin
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
- Green-backed Flycatcher
- Narcissus Flycatcher
- Ryukyu Flycatcher
- Mugimaki Flycatcher
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
- Taiga Flycatcher
- Red-breasted Flycatcher
- Blue-fronted Redstart
- Plumbeous Redstart
- Daurian Redstart
- White-throated Rock-Thrush
- Blue Rock-Thrush
- Amur Stonechat
- Gray Bushchat
Flowerpeckers
- Plain Flowerpecker
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
Sunbirds and Spiderhunters
- Ornate Sunbird
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
- Fork-tailed Sunbird
Leafbirds
- Blue-winged Leafbird
Waxbills and Allies
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- White-rumped Munia
Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Wagtails and Pipits
- Forest Wagtail
- Gray Wagtail
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Richard's Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Siberian Pipit
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
- Yellow-billed Grosbeak
- Common Rosefinch
- Oriental Greenfinch
- Yellow-fronted Canary
Old World Buntings
- Chestnut-eared Bunting
- Yellow-throated Bunting
- Yellow-breasted Bunting
- Little Bunting
- Yellow Bunting
- Black-faced Bunting
- Chestnut Bunting
- Yellow-browed Bunting
- Tristram's Bunting
Most common birds in Macau
Ranked by how recently and how widely each was reported to eBird in the 30 days to 2026-10-13, and whether it is one of Macau’s regular birds. The list follows the seasons: migrants rise in spring and autumn.
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
- Asian Brown FlycatcherMuscicapa dauurica
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Eastern BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Japanese SparrowhawkTachyspiza gularis
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Largest bird families in Macau
Among its regular birds.
- Sandpipers and Allies32
- Old World Flycatchers27
- Hawks, Eagles, and Kites17
- Leaf Warblers17
- Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns17
- Cuckoos14
- Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers12
- Plovers and Lapwings10
Reported in the last 30 days
121 species reported to eBird in Macau in the 30 days to 2026-10-13. The 40 most recently reported:
Pacific Swift, Asian Brown Flycatcher, Barn Swallow, Swinhoe's White-eye, Black Kite, Spotted Dove, Richard's Pipit, Red-whiskered Bulbul, Amur Falcon, Asian Tit, Eastern Buzzard, Oriental Honey-buzzard, Chinese Hwamei, Common Tailorbird, Crested Goshawk, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Light-vented Bulbul, Large-billed Crow, House Swift, Eurasian Hobby, Besra, Japanese Sparrowhawk, Great Cormorant, Blue Whistling-Thrush, Eurasian Kestrel, Crested Serpent-Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Two-barred Warbler, Black Drongo, Ashy Drongo, Lanceolated Warbler, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Orange-headed Thrush, Scaly-breasted Munia, White Wagtail, Yellow-browed Warbler, Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher, Gray-faced Buzzard, Blue Rock-Thrush, …
Get to know some of them
Large-billed Crow
Great Cormorant
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Common Tailorbird
Black Drongo
White Wagtail
Scaly-breasted Munia
Great Egret
Eurasian Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Cattle-Egret
Green-winged Teal
Little Egret
Black-winged Stilt
Eurasian Moorhen
Rock Pigeon
Common Greenshank
Gray Heron
Asian Koel
White-breasted Waterhen