Vivid Photo Visual | Birding in China - Birds and Butterflies of Guangzhou. @VividPhotoVisual | Uploaded 4 years ago | Updated July 26 2023
I was fortunate to work in Southern China for a couple of weeks. Whilst I was working I kept my eye open for anything that moved, mainly birds. I also managed a couple of 'un-planned' trips to local parks.

The main locations were;

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
Liuhua Park - Guangzhou
Yuexiu Park - Guangzhou
Guanzhou Gymnasium Park
Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall - Foshan

If I can answer any questions about basic birding in China, please just ask. The underground system was brilliant; very cheap, punctual and clean...oh and it can get very busy :)

Everything was filmed hand-held on a Panasonic FZ2000, no award winning shots here I'm afraid! I filmed things purely to help with the identification of anything I saw, I find this the easiest way to figure out what I've seen in new locations. If I can grab a small bit of footage and play them back frame by frame, hopefully I can use these for ID. I thought I would upload them in case they assist anybody else. I have added the species name to each as I believe are correct, but there are a couple of the butterflies that I was not 100% sure of. Please comment below if you think any of my ID's are wrong, thanks.

Species List & Timings

Sooty-headed Bulbul (0:00-0:08)(4:55-5:07)(6:02-6:08)
Long-tailed Shrike (0:09-0:34)(5:29-5:40)
Purple Sapphire (0:35-0:40)
White-edged Blue Baron F(0:41-0:46) M(8:35-8:40)
Red-based Jezebel (0:47-0:54)(8:41-9:03)
Three-Spotted Grass Yellow (0:55-0:59)(5:40-5:48)(8:20-8:25)
Oriental Magpie-Robin (1:00-1:05)(4:33-4:54)(5:48-5:55)
Daurian Redstart (1:05-1:06)(5:08-5:28)(5:56-6:01)(6:09-6:15)
Black-crowned Night Heron (1:06-1:15)(1:30-1:36)
White Wagtail (1:15-1:19)
Red-whiskered Bulbul (1:20-1:29)(1:44-1:51)(3:00-3:05)(3:49-4:04)
Chinese Pond-Heron (1:36-1:43)
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (1:51-1:55)(4:20-4:25)
Japanese White-eye (1:55-1:59)(2:47-3:00)(3:11-3:17)
Yellow-billed Grosbeak (1:59-2:12)
Blue-Whistling Thrush (2:12-2:18)
Grey-headed Woodpecker (2:18-2:28)
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler (2:28-2:41)
Japanese Tit (2:42-2:47)(3:05-3:11)(10:01-10:16)
Fork-tailed Sunbird (3:18-3:33)
Grey-backed Thrush (3:33-3:37)
Spotted Dove (3:38-3:49)
Common Tailorbird (4:04-4:19)(9:04-9:15)
Manchurian Bush Warbler (4:25-4:32)
Light-vented Bulbul (6:16-6:39)(10:17-end)
Dusky Warbler (6:40-6:45)
Olive-backed Pipit (6:46-6:54)
False Tiger Moth (6:55-7:25)
Slate Flash (7:26-7:52)
Marbled White Moth (7:53-8:02)
Formosan Swift (8:03-8:12)(8:26-8:34)
Cabbage White (8:13-8:19)
Red-eared Slider (9:16-9:25)
Maritime Striped Squirrel (9:26-9:32)
Eurasian Tree Sparrow (9:33-9:38)
Scarlet Minivet (9:39-10:00)