【eBird Hong Kong Language pack is officially online!】

Exciting news for Hong Kong birders! The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society and eBird have launched two new language packs on the eBird app: Chinese (Hong Kong) and English (Hong Kong) that match the official "Hong Kong Bird List"! 

To get started, simply head to “Settings” > “Common Name Language” and pick your preferred pack. Now you can select “Grey Plover” instead of “Black-bellied Plover” and “Chinese Bulbul” instead of “Light-vented Bulbul” while composing your checklist! 

One more thing: the HKBWS will now officially include public data from eBird in the upcoming 《Hong Kong Bird Report》, so birders can easily submit data by making their checklists public on eBird. We hope this makes it easier for all Hong Kong birders and citizen scientists to share their observations.

Setting Steps:

1. Go to “Settings”

2. Select “Common name language”

3. “English (Hong Kong)”

4. Press confirm and you are done!