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Birding Sites Around Shanghai: Use this page to help you find the right spots for birding in Shanghai and further afield in east-central China. The Shanghai region encompasses the city-province of Shanghai plus parts of neighboring Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Habitats range from mudflats on the coast to wooded parks in the inner city and forested hills and mountains inland.
Birding Cape Nanhui: Despite manic development and a complete lack of protection, the coastal area 85 km (53 mi.) southeast of People’s Square remains the premier spot for birding in Shanghai and one of the most famous birding sites in China. The microforests at Cape Nanhui are astonishingly effective migrant traps for woodland species such as Japanese Paradise Flycatcher and Siberian Blue Robin. The wetlands offer East Asian specialties Black-faced Spoonbill and Asian Dowitcher.
Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher, Microforest 1 (30.923889, 121.971635), 4 Sept. Cyornis brunneatus is a very scarce vagrant to the Shanghai coast. The species breeds in southeast China and has been recorded breeding on Tianma Mountain in western Shanghai. The species winters in Malaysia and Indonesia. (Craig Brelsford)I shoot in manual mode for fuller control. Here, using my Nikon D3S and Nikon 600 mm f/4, I chose the following settings: 1/160, f/11, ISO 1250. I used no tripod; instead, I steadied my rig on my knee. (Craig Brelsford)
After nearly 10 years in Shanghai and countless visits to Cape Nanhui, I still occasionally score life birds there, a testament to the richness of the hot spot. Such was the case 4 Sept. with Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher. The bird, an adult, was in Microforest 1 (30.923889, 121.971635).
Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher is a scarce vagrant to the Shanghai coast. Cyornis brunneatus breeds in southeast China, including interior Shanghai and the Tianmu Mountains, and spends the winter in peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo.
The IUCN lists the species as Vulnerable because of the loss of mature primary lowland forest throughout its range.
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