by Daniel Bengtsson, with additions, editing, and layout by Craig Brelsford and Elaine Du
For ease of access and richness of birds, no park in Shanghai excels Century Park in Pudong. That’s why Century Park is the most birded park in Shanghai, the park with the most detailed history, and the most accurate indicator of the birds one is likely to find in urban Shanghai.
Our searchable Century Park All Time List is below. If you would like to add a species to the list, then reach Craig Brelsford at info@shanghaibirding.com. Please document your record.
| English | Latin | Chinese |
|---|---|---|
| Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | 鸳鸯 (yuānyāng) |
| Cotton Pygmy Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | 棉凫 (miánfú) |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | 斑嘴鸭 (bānzuǐyā) |
| Eurasian Teal | Anas crecca | 绿翅鸭 (lǜchì yā) |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | 凤头潜鸭 (fèngtóu qiányā) |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | 雉鸡 (zhìjī) |
| Black-throated Loon | Gavia arctica | 黑喉潜鸟 (hēihóu qiánniǎo) |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 小䴙䴘 (xiǎo pìtī) |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | 凤头䴙䴘 (fèngtóu pìtī) |
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | 黄苇鳽 (huáng wěiyán) |
| Black Bittern | Dupetor flavicollis | 黑鳽 (hēiyán) |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 夜鹭 (yè lù) |
| Striated Heron | Butorides striata | 绿鹭 (lǜ lù) |
| Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | 池鹭 (chílù) |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | 牛背鹭 (niúbèi lù) |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | 苍鹭 (cāng lù) |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | 大白鹭 (dàbáilù) |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 白鹭 (báilù) |
| Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis | 凤头蜂鹰 (fèngtóu fēngyīng) |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | 凤头鹰 (fèngtóu yīng) |
| Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | 赤腹鹰 (chìfù yīng) |
| Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | 日本松雀鹰 (rìběn sōngquèyīng) |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | 雀鹰 (quèyīng) |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | 苍鹰 (cāngyīng) |
| Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | 普通鵟 (pǔtōng kuáng) |
| Brown Crake | Amaurornis akool | 红脚苦恶鸟 (hóngjiǎo kǔ'ě'niǎo) |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | 白胸苦恶鸟 (báixiōng kǔ'ě'niǎo) |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | 黑水鸡 (hēi shuǐjī) |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | 骨顶鸡 (gǔdǐng jī) |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | 金眶鸻 (jīnkuàng héng) |
| Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | 水雉 (shuǐ zhì) |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | 丘鹬 (qiū yù) |
| Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | 扇尾沙锥 (shànwěi shāzhuī) |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | 林鹬 (lín yù) |
| Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | 白腰草鹬 (báiyāo cǎoyù) |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | 矶鹬 (jī yù) |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | 普通燕鸥 (pǔtōng yàn'ōu) |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | 须浮鸥 (xū fú'ōu) |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | 白翅浮鸥 (báichì fú'ōu) |
| Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) | Columba livia | 原鸽 (yuángē) |
| Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | 山斑鸠 (shān bānjiū) |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | 珠颈斑鸠 (zhūjǐng bānjiū) |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | 红翅凤头鹃 (hóngchì fèngtóujuān) |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | 四声杜鹃 (sìshēng dùjuān) |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | 北方中杜鹃 (běifāng zhōngdùjuān) |
| Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | 鹰鸮 (yīngxiāo) |
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | 普通夜鹰 (pǔtōng yèyīng) |
| Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | 三宝鸟 (sānbǎo niǎo) |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | 蓝翡翠 (lán fěicuì) |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | 普通翠鸟 (pǔtōng cuìniǎo) |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | 戴胜 (dàishèng) |
| Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | 蚁䴕 (yǐ liè) |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | 大斑啄木鸟 (dà bānzhuómùniǎo) |
| Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | 红隼 (hóng sǔn) |
| Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | 红脚隼 (hóngjiǎo sǔn) |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | 游隼 (yóusǔn) |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | 灰山椒鸟 (huī shānjiāoniǎo) |
| Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | 牛头伯劳 (niútóu bóláo) |
| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | 虎纹伯劳 (hǔwén bóláo) |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | 红尾伯劳 (hóngwěi bóláo) |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | 棕背伯劳 (zōngbèi bóláo) |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | 黑枕黄鹂 (hēizhěn huánglí) |
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | 黑卷尾 (hēi juǎnwěi) |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | 灰卷尾 (huī juǎnwěi) |
| Japanese Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | 紫寿带 (zǐ shòudài) |
| Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyanus | 灰喜鹊 (huī xǐquè) |
| Oriental Magpie | Pica serica | 喜鹊 (xǐquè) |
| Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | 小太平鸟 (xiǎo tàipíngniǎo) |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater | 煤山雀 (méi shānquè) |
| Yellow-bellied Tit | Pardaliparus venustulus | 黄腹山雀 (huángfù shānquè) |
| Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | 沼泽山雀 (zhǎozé shānquè) |
| Japanese Tit | Parus minor | 远东山雀 (yuǎndōng shānquè) |
| Chinese Penduline Tit | Remiz consobrinus | 中华攀雀 (zhōnghuá pānquè) |
| Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | 白头鹎 (báitóu bēi) |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 家燕 (jiā yàn) |
| Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | 烟腹毛脚燕 (yānfù máojiǎoyàn) |
| Japanese/Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis diphone canturians/H. borealis borealis | 日本/远东树莺 (rìběn/yuǎndōng shùyīng) |
| Brown-flanked Bush Warbler | Horornis fortipes | 强脚树莺 (qiángjiǎo shùyīng) |
| Asian Stubtail | Urosphena squameiceps | 鳞头树莺 (líntóu shùyīng) |
| Black-throated Bushtit | Aegithalos concinnus | 红头长尾山雀 (hóngtóu chángwěishānquè) |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | 褐柳莺 (hè liǔyīng) |
| Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus proregulus | 黄腰柳莺 (huángyāoliǔyīng) |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | 黄眉柳莺 (huángméi liǔyīng) |
| Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | 极北柳莺 (jíběi liǔyīng) |
| Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | 灰脚柳莺 (huījiǎo liǔyīng) |
| Sakhalin Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus borealoides | 库页岛柳莺 (kùyèdǎo liǔyīng) |
| Eastern Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus | 冕柳莺 (miǎn liǔyīng) |
| Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | 东方大苇莺 (dōngfāng dàwěiyīng) |
| Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | 黑眉苇莺 (hēiméi wěiyīng) |
| Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | 小蝗莺 (xiǎo huángyīng) |
| Gray's Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes fasciolatus | 苍眉蝗莺 (cāngméi huángyīng) |
| Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | 褐头鹪莺 (hètóu jiāoyīng) |
| Chinese Hwamei | Garrulax canorus | 画眉 (huàméi) |
| Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | 红嘴相思鸟 (hóngzuǐ xiāngsīniǎo) |
| Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Sinosuthora webbiana | 棕头鸦雀 (zōngtóu yāquè) |
| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | 暗绿绣眼鸟 (ànlǜ xiùyǎnniǎo) |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | 戴菊 (dàijú) |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | 八哥 (bāgē) |
| Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | 丝光椋鸟 (sīguāng liángniǎo) |
| White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | 灰椋鸟 (huī liángniǎo) |
| Black-collared Starling | Gracupica nigricollis | 黑领椋鸟 (hēilǐng liángniǎo) |
| White's Thrush | Zoothera aurea | 怀氏虎鸫 (huáishì hǔdōng) |
| Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | 白眉地鸫 (báiméi dìdōng) |
| Grey-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | 灰背鸫 (huībèi dōng) |
| Japanese Thrush | Turdus cardis | 乌灰鸫 (wūhuī dōng) |
| Chinese Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | 乌鸫 (wū dōng) |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | 白眉鸫 (báiméi dōng) |
| Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | 白腹鸫 (báifù dōng) |
| Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis | 赤颈鸫 (chìjǐng dōng) |
| Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | 红尾鸫 (hóngwěi dōng) |
| Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | 斑鸫 (bān dōng) |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | 鹊鸲 (quèqú) |
| Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | 灰斑鹟 (huībān wēng) |
| Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | 乌鹟 (wū wēng) |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa latirostris | 北灰鹟 (běihuī wēng) |
| Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | 白腹姬鹟 (báifù jīwēng) |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | 蓝歌鸲 (lán gēqú) |
| Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | 红尾歌鸲 (hóngwěi gēqú) |
| Japanese Robin | Larvivora akahige | 日本歌鸲 (rìběn gēqú) |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | 红喉歌鸲 (hónghóu gēqú) |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | 红胁蓝尾鸲 (hóngxié lánwěiqú) |
| Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | 白眉姬鹟 (báiméi jīwēng) |
| Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | 黄眉姬鹟 (huángméi jīwēng) |
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | 鸲姬鹟 (qú jīwēng) |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | 红喉姬鹟 (hónghóu jīwēng) |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | 北红尾鸲 (běi hóngwěiqú) |
| White-throated Rock Thrush | Monticola gularis | 白喉矶鸫 (báihóu jīdōng) |
| Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | 东亚石䳭 (dōngyà shíjí) |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | 树麻雀 (shù máquè) |
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | 白腰文鸟 (báiyāo wénniǎo) |
| Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | 山鹡鸰 (shān jílíng) |
| Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | 黄鹡鸰 (huáng jílíng) |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 灰鹡鸰 (huī jílíng) |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | 白鹡鸰 (bái jílíng) |
| Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | 田鹨 (tián liù) |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | 树鹨 (shù liù) |
| Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | 红喉鹨 (hónghóu liù) |
| Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | 燕雀 (yànquè) |
| Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | 锡嘴雀 (xīzuǐ què) |
| Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | 黑头蜡嘴雀 (hēitóu làzuǐquè) |
| Chinese Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | 黑尾蜡嘴雀 (hēiwěi làzuǐquè) |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus | 普通朱雀 (pǔtōng zhūquè) |
| Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | 金翅雀 (jīnchìquè) |
| Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | 黄雀 (huángquè) |
| Tristram's Bunting | Emberiza tristrami | 白眉鹀 (báiméi wū) |
| Little Bunting | Emberiza pusilla | 小鹀 (xiǎo wū) |
| Yellow-browed Bunting | Emberiza chrysophrys | 黄眉鹀 (huángméi wū) |
| Yellow-throated Bunting | Emberiza elegans | 黄喉鹀 (huánghóu wū) |
| Chestnut Bunting | Emberiza rutila | 栗鹀 (lì wū) |
| Black-faced Bunting | Emberiza spodocephala | 灰头鹀 (huītóu wū) |
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Featured image: Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige is among the rarities recorded at Century Park, the most popular park for birding in Shanghai. (Craig Brelsford)
