CR – critically endangered; EN – endangered; VU – vulnerable; NT – near threatened. Ww – birds on Wildwings checklist.

Status codes refer to the Beidaihe region: e, m and l represent early, middle and late spring - `Spring' is from March to the beginning of June: 1 – rare; 2 – scarce; 3 – uncommon; 4 - fairly common; 5 – common; 6 - abundant. Most mid or late Spring birds might be seen. (E.g. Daurian Starling, lSpr 3-4, is present in late Spring – May – uncommonly to fairly commonly, with a good chance of being seen.)

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 Species Status
2001
   
(CD) Hooded Crane Grus monacha eSpr 4      
Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis ? eSpr 4      
(VU) White-naped Crane Grus vipio eSpr 2-3      
(EN) Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus eSpr 3-5      
Demoiselle Crane Anthropoides virgo        
Water Rail Rallus aquaticus ??? lSpr 1      
Slaty-breasted Rail Rallus striatus ?? lSpr 1-2      
Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla lSpr 3-5      
Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca lSpr 3      
(NT) Band-bellied Crake Porzana paykullii lSpr 1-2      
(VU) Asian Yellow Rail Coturnicops exquisitus lSpr 1-2      
White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus m-lSpr 1-2      
Watercock Gallicrex cinerea ? lSpr 2      
Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus ? lSpr 3-4      
Eurasian Coot Fulica atra lSpr 3      
(VU) Great Bustard Otis tarda ?? eSpr 4      
Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis ? m-lSpr 2-3      
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus osculans e-lSpr 3      
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus m-lSpr 4-5      
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta e-mSpr 3      
Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum m-lSpr 3-5      
Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius e-lSpr 5      
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula mSpr 1-2      
(NT) Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus ?? eSpr 2      
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus ? e-lSpr 6      
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus m-lSpr 4-5      
Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii m-lSpr 3-4      
Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus m-lSpr 1-2      
Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva m-lSpr 4-6      
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola e-lSpr 5      
(NT) Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus mSpr 4      
Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus eSpr 5-6      
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris ?? mSpr 3      
Red Knot Calidris canutus ? m-lSpr 3      
Sanderling Calidris alba m-lSpr 3      
Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis lSpr 5      
Little Stint Calidris minuta ? m-lSpr 1-2      
Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii m-lSpr 4      
Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta ? m-lSpr 3-4      
Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos ? 17-21.5.1993      
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata ? m-lSpr 4      
Rock Sandpiper Calidris ptilocnemis ? 6.5.1989      
Dunlin Calidris alpina e-lSpr 4      
Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea lSpr 5      
Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus lSpr 3      
Ruff Philomachus pugnax mSpr 1-2      
Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minima        
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago m-lSpr 5      
Pintail Snipe Gallinago stenura lSpr 3-4      
Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala lSpr 2-3      
(NT) Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus ? mSpr 2-3      
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola mSpr 3-4      
Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa ? e-mSpr 3-4      
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica ? m-lSpr 4      
Little Whimbrel Numenius minutus m-lSpr 3-4      
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus variegatus m-lSpr 5-6      
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata e-mSpr 4      
(NT) Far-Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis mSpr 4-5      
Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus ??? e-lSpr 4      
Common Redshank Tringa totanus e-lSpr 4      
Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis m-lSpr 4-5      
Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia m-lSpr 5      
(EN) Nordmann's Greenshank Tringa guttifer        
Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus m-lSpr 4      
Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola m-lSpr 5-6      
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus m-lSpr 4      
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos m-lSpr 4      
Grey-tailed Tattler Heteroscelus brevipes lSpr 3      
Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres ??? m-lSpr 3-4      
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus        
Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius        
Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus        
Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus        
(NT) Relict Gull Larus relictus mSpr 2-3      
Little Gull Larus minutus m-lSpr 1-2      
(EN) Saunders's Gull Larus saundersi ??? e-lSpr 3      
Common Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus e-mSpr 6      
Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus m-lSpr 2      
Slender-billed Gull Larus genei ? 24.4.1994      
Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris ? m-lSpr 3-4      
Kamchatka Gull Larus kamtschatschensis e-mSpr 5      
Common Gull Laru canus heinei e-mSpr 2      
Vega Gull Larus vegae e-mSpr 5-6      
Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus eSpr 2      
Heuglin's Gull Larus heuglini taimyrensis m-lSpr 4      
Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus e-mSpr 2      
Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus eSpr 2      
Pacific (Black-legged) Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla pollicaris mSpr 1-2      
Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica m-lSpr 3      
Caspian Tern Hydroprogne tschegrava e-lSpr 3      
(CR) Chinese Crested Tern Sterna bernsteini 10.6.1978: 3      
(Eastern) Common Tern Sterna hirundo longipennis lSpr 3-4      
Little Tern Sterna albifrons sinensis m-lSpr 4-5      
Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida ? m-lSpr 3-4      
Black Tern Chlidonias nigra        
White-winged Black Tern Chlidonias leucoptera lSpr 5      
Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus?? 6-9.4.1985      
Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus lSpr 1      
Eastern Rock Pigeon Columba rupestris Ww OP        
Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto e-lSpr 3      
Red Turtle-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica? lSpr 2-3      
Rufous Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis ? e-lSpr 4-5      
Spotted Dove Streptopelis chinensis Ww        
Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax Ww        
Large Hawk Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides ?? m-lSpr 1-2      
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus m-lSpr 1-2      
Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus lSpr 2-3      
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus lSpr 4      

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