BabblerVille
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I’m planning a trip to South East China this late July or early August for about 2 weeks. Primary destinations in mind are Wuyuan in eastern Jiangxi Province and Wuyishan in NW Fujian. Not 100% decided yet, but may venture to the Minjiang River Estuary near Fuzhou, or Shanghai.
I will be starting from Taiwan, via Kinmen (Jinmen) Island (will bird for a day or two), and Xiamen. Will be returning to Taiwan, possibly via Fuzhou/Matsu Islands (may bird for a day). Contact me, Richard, at [email protected] if interested in meeting at some/every stage and sharing costs. Plans still evolving.
I speak/read Chinese well, know Taiwan birds well, and have some modest experience birding in Fujian and Zhejiang. Most travel will be by public transport, with some private vehicles/local guides, standard-grade accommodation usually. Aim to get a good feel for each area - as well as viewing it’s (common/star) birds, flora, infrastructure, and entomology.
Priority, and ‘of great interest’ birds. [excuse the rough editing, some rogue species]:
At Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province
Courtois's (or Blue-crowned) Laughingthrush, Mandarin Duck, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Masked Laughingthrush, Swinhoe's Minivet. Pied Falconet, Brown Crake, Long-billed Plover, Swinhoe’s Minivet , Elliot’s Pheasant.
Silky Starling, Black Bitterns, Chinese Blackbird, Common Pheasant, Black-backed Wagtail, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Chinese (Yellow-beaked) Grosbeak, Chestnut-faced Bunting, Crested Goshawk, Black-winged Cuckooshrike, White-crowned Forktail, Garganey, Crested Kingfisher, Yellow-browed Bunting, Lesser Shortwings, White-rumped Munia, Rufous-faced Warbler, Red-billed Starling, Oriental Turtle Dove, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Crested Kingfisher, White-browed Laughingthrush, Brown Shrike, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, White-winged Black Tern, Black Baza. White-browed Laughingthrush, Masked Laughingthrush, Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler (split from Spot-breasted), Fork-tailed Sunbird, David’s Fulvetta, Chinese Pond-heron, Grey-headed Lapwing, Crested Serpent-eagle, Dollarbird, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush. Blue-throated Bee-eaters, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey-capped Woodpecker, Ashy Drongo, Grey Treepie, Brown-breasted Bulbul, Chinese Hwamei, Russet Sparrows, Asian Barred Owlet, Japanese Grosbeak, White-throated Needletails, Tiger Shrike, Silver Pheasant, Short-tailed Parrotbill, Cinnamon Bittern, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Black-collared Starling, Black-winged Cuckooshrike, Black-naped Orioles, Grey-faced Woodpecker, Chinese Sparrowhawk, Large Hawk-cuckoo, Indian Cuckoo, Grey-chinned Minivets, Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher, Narcissus Flycatcher, Japanese White-eye, Fujian Niltava, Chinese and Chestnut Bulbuls, Dusky Fulvetta, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Collared Finchbill, Olive-backed Pipit, Grey-headed Parrotbill, Chinese Hwamei, Streak-breasted Scimitar-babblers, Moustached Laughingthrushe, Black-throated Tit, Spotted Wren Babbler
At Wuiyishan, Fujian Province
Cabot's Tragopan, Rickett's Partridge, Hartert's Leaf-Warbler (split from Blyth’s Leaf-warbler), Buffy Laughingthrush, Pere David's Fulvetta, Kloss’s Leaf Warblers, White-spectacled Warbler, Russet Bush Warbler, Brown Bush-Warblers, Fujian Niltava, Spotted Wren-Babbler, Grey-sided Scimitar-Babbler Grey-hooded Fulvetta.
Streak-throated Fulvetta, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Dusky Fulvetta, Striated Yuhina, Little Forktail, Short-tailed Parrotbill, Silver Pheasant, Koklass Pheasant, Upland Pipits, Russet Bush-warbler, Buff-throated Warbler, Barred Cuckoo-dove, Speckled Piculet, Bay Woodpecker, White-backed Woodpecker, Great Barbet, Chestnut-vented Nuthatch, Brown Dipper, Bull-headed Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Ferruginous Flycatcher, Small Niltava, Lesser Shortwing, Black Bulbuls, Green Shrike-babblers, Red-flanked Bluetail, Daurian Redstart, Vinous-throated Parrotbills, Grey-throated Minivet, Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler, Sulphur-breasted, Bianchi’s, White-spectacled, Alstrom’s, Rusty Laughingthrush, Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush, Yellow-browed Tit, Brown Bullfinch Oriental Greenfinch. Mountain Scops-owl, Collared Alstrom’s Warbler, White-spectacled Warbler, Bianchi’s Warbler. Mountain Hawk Eagle, Golden Parrotbill, Asian House Martin, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Rosy Pipit, Siberian Stonechat, Buff-throated Warbler. Chinese Spot-billed Ducks, Crested Bunting. Chinese Blackbird, Rufous-faced Warbler, Chestnut-crowned warbler, Sulphur-breasted Warbler, Red-billed Leiothrix, White-bellied Erpornis, White-backed Woodpecker, White-necklaced Partridge, Asian House-martins, Fork-tailed Swift, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Pygmy Wren-babbler, Blyth’s Shrike-babblers (now split from White-browed Shrike-babbler), Collared Finchbill, White-spectacled Warbler, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Black-chinned Yuhina, White-browed Shortwing, Indochinese Yuhina, Spotted Forktail, Red-billed Blue Magpies, Mountain Bulbul, Pallas’s Warbler, Yellow-bellied Tit. Yellow-cheeked Tits, Black-chinned Yuhinas, Red-billed Leiothrix, Buff-throated Warbler, Siberian Rubythroat, Upland Pipit, Common Rosefinch, Verditer Flycatcher, Blunt-winged Warbler, Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher, Jay, Greater Coucal, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Crested Kingfisher, Drongo Cuckoo, Black-throated Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Lesser Cuckoo, Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike, Elliot's Pheasant, Grey Bushchat, Plain-tailed Warbler, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Grey Treepie, Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Violet Whistling Thrush,, Lesser Shortwing, White-crowned Forktail, Chestnut Bulbul, Rufus-capped Babbler, White Wagtail, Richard’s Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Lesser Yellownape, White-tailed Leaf-Warbler, Plumbeous Redstart, White-browed Laughingthrush, White-browed Shrike-Babbler, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Fire-breasted Flowerpecker.
If birding in Shanghai and Fuzhou I would be interested in chasing (or at least having a good look at the habitats of):
Any lingering Waders, Reed Parrotbill, Saunders’s Gulls, Chinese Crested Tern, Swinhoe’s Plover, Chinese Egret, Masked Laughingthrush, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Rufous Woodpecker, Large Woodshrike, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Chinese Grosbeak, Great Barbet, Chestnut Bulbul, Bay Woodpecker, Rufous Woodpeckers, Grey-headed Parrotbills, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Indochinese Yuhinas, Chestnut Bulbul Grey-sided, Scarlet Minivet, Slaty-backed Forktail.
I will be starting from Taiwan, via Kinmen (Jinmen) Island (will bird for a day or two), and Xiamen. Will be returning to Taiwan, possibly via Fuzhou/Matsu Islands (may bird for a day). Contact me, Richard, at [email protected] if interested in meeting at some/every stage and sharing costs. Plans still evolving.
I speak/read Chinese well, know Taiwan birds well, and have some modest experience birding in Fujian and Zhejiang. Most travel will be by public transport, with some private vehicles/local guides, standard-grade accommodation usually. Aim to get a good feel for each area - as well as viewing it’s (common/star) birds, flora, infrastructure, and entomology.
Priority, and ‘of great interest’ birds. [excuse the rough editing, some rogue species]:
At Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province
Courtois's (or Blue-crowned) Laughingthrush, Mandarin Duck, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Masked Laughingthrush, Swinhoe's Minivet. Pied Falconet, Brown Crake, Long-billed Plover, Swinhoe’s Minivet , Elliot’s Pheasant.
Silky Starling, Black Bitterns, Chinese Blackbird, Common Pheasant, Black-backed Wagtail, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Chinese (Yellow-beaked) Grosbeak, Chestnut-faced Bunting, Crested Goshawk, Black-winged Cuckooshrike, White-crowned Forktail, Garganey, Crested Kingfisher, Yellow-browed Bunting, Lesser Shortwings, White-rumped Munia, Rufous-faced Warbler, Red-billed Starling, Oriental Turtle Dove, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Crested Kingfisher, White-browed Laughingthrush, Brown Shrike, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, White-winged Black Tern, Black Baza. White-browed Laughingthrush, Masked Laughingthrush, Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler (split from Spot-breasted), Fork-tailed Sunbird, David’s Fulvetta, Chinese Pond-heron, Grey-headed Lapwing, Crested Serpent-eagle, Dollarbird, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush. Blue-throated Bee-eaters, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Grey-capped Woodpecker, Ashy Drongo, Grey Treepie, Brown-breasted Bulbul, Chinese Hwamei, Russet Sparrows, Asian Barred Owlet, Japanese Grosbeak, White-throated Needletails, Tiger Shrike, Silver Pheasant, Short-tailed Parrotbill, Cinnamon Bittern, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Black-collared Starling, Black-winged Cuckooshrike, Black-naped Orioles, Grey-faced Woodpecker, Chinese Sparrowhawk, Large Hawk-cuckoo, Indian Cuckoo, Grey-chinned Minivets, Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher, Narcissus Flycatcher, Japanese White-eye, Fujian Niltava, Chinese and Chestnut Bulbuls, Dusky Fulvetta, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Collared Finchbill, Olive-backed Pipit, Grey-headed Parrotbill, Chinese Hwamei, Streak-breasted Scimitar-babblers, Moustached Laughingthrushe, Black-throated Tit, Spotted Wren Babbler
At Wuiyishan, Fujian Province
Cabot's Tragopan, Rickett's Partridge, Hartert's Leaf-Warbler (split from Blyth’s Leaf-warbler), Buffy Laughingthrush, Pere David's Fulvetta, Kloss’s Leaf Warblers, White-spectacled Warbler, Russet Bush Warbler, Brown Bush-Warblers, Fujian Niltava, Spotted Wren-Babbler, Grey-sided Scimitar-Babbler Grey-hooded Fulvetta.
Streak-throated Fulvetta, Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Dusky Fulvetta, Striated Yuhina, Little Forktail, Short-tailed Parrotbill, Silver Pheasant, Koklass Pheasant, Upland Pipits, Russet Bush-warbler, Buff-throated Warbler, Barred Cuckoo-dove, Speckled Piculet, Bay Woodpecker, White-backed Woodpecker, Great Barbet, Chestnut-vented Nuthatch, Brown Dipper, Bull-headed Shrike, Long-tailed Shrike, Blue-throated Flycatcher, Ferruginous Flycatcher, Small Niltava, Lesser Shortwing, Black Bulbuls, Green Shrike-babblers, Red-flanked Bluetail, Daurian Redstart, Vinous-throated Parrotbills, Grey-throated Minivet, Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler, Sulphur-breasted, Bianchi’s, White-spectacled, Alstrom’s, Rusty Laughingthrush, Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush, Yellow-browed Tit, Brown Bullfinch Oriental Greenfinch. Mountain Scops-owl, Collared Alstrom’s Warbler, White-spectacled Warbler, Bianchi’s Warbler. Mountain Hawk Eagle, Golden Parrotbill, Asian House Martin, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Rosy Pipit, Siberian Stonechat, Buff-throated Warbler. Chinese Spot-billed Ducks, Crested Bunting. Chinese Blackbird, Rufous-faced Warbler, Chestnut-crowned warbler, Sulphur-breasted Warbler, Red-billed Leiothrix, White-bellied Erpornis, White-backed Woodpecker, White-necklaced Partridge, Asian House-martins, Fork-tailed Swift, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Pygmy Wren-babbler, Blyth’s Shrike-babblers (now split from White-browed Shrike-babbler), Collared Finchbill, White-spectacled Warbler, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Black-chinned Yuhina, White-browed Shortwing, Indochinese Yuhina, Spotted Forktail, Red-billed Blue Magpies, Mountain Bulbul, Pallas’s Warbler, Yellow-bellied Tit. Yellow-cheeked Tits, Black-chinned Yuhinas, Red-billed Leiothrix, Buff-throated Warbler, Siberian Rubythroat, Upland Pipit, Common Rosefinch, Verditer Flycatcher, Blunt-winged Warbler, Brown-chested Jungle-flycatcher, Jay, Greater Coucal, Coal Tit, Great Tit, Crested Kingfisher, Drongo Cuckoo, Black-throated Tit, Eurasian Nuthatch, Lesser Cuckoo, Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike, Elliot's Pheasant, Grey Bushchat, Plain-tailed Warbler, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Grey Treepie, Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Violet Whistling Thrush,, Lesser Shortwing, White-crowned Forktail, Chestnut Bulbul, Rufus-capped Babbler, White Wagtail, Richard’s Pipit, Olive-backed Pipit, Lesser Yellownape, White-tailed Leaf-Warbler, Plumbeous Redstart, White-browed Laughingthrush, White-browed Shrike-Babbler, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Fire-breasted Flowerpecker.
If birding in Shanghai and Fuzhou I would be interested in chasing (or at least having a good look at the habitats of):
Any lingering Waders, Reed Parrotbill, Saunders’s Gulls, Chinese Crested Tern, Swinhoe’s Plover, Chinese Egret, Masked Laughingthrush, Fork-tailed Sunbird, Rufous Woodpecker, Large Woodshrike, Orange-bellied Leafbird, Chinese Grosbeak, Great Barbet, Chestnut Bulbul, Bay Woodpecker, Rufous Woodpeckers, Grey-headed Parrotbills, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Indochinese Yuhinas, Chestnut Bulbul Grey-sided, Scarlet Minivet, Slaty-backed Forktail.
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