Here's the list from that last trip - it was a bit of a bird race. In just 12 days, 272 birds seen with another 10 species heard - and a lot of miles covered!!!!!
And of course the big prizes of Blackthroat and Przewalski's Parrotbill.
The one big dip was Rufous-headed Robin - although, when we arrived on 4th of May, Indian Blue Robin were in full song, we couldn't hear or see any sign of RH. I think we might have missed that one by a day or so. Roland is out at the moment doing our route in reverse - his group, which includes Alan Lewis who's been posting on the thread - got their Blackthroat yesterday.
The Sichuan Jay were fairly easy to find on Mengbi - they showed twice - while a cock Monal was displaying to a female up on Balang.
I'm off again today - for a two week trip.
Bird List Sichuan 12 day spring trip - April 27th – May 8 2013
Rob Holmes, Jonny Price, Terry Townshend, Sid Francis
Locations visited –
Dujiangyan – DJ
Balang - B
Mengbishan - MG
Ruoergai Grasslands – RG
Baxi Forest - BX
Jiuzhaiggou – JZ
Tangjiahe – TJ
Changqing - CH
1. Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa - B
2. Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola thoracica - CH
3. Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae – RG
4. Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus – B with Snow Partridge
5. Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus – B, TJ
6. Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha - B
7. Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscures – B, and pass between JZ and Wanglang
8. Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii – B, male on road, and TJ
9. Chinese Monal Pheasant Lophophorus lhuysii – B male displaying to female, interacting with White-eared Ph
10. White Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon – B
11. Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum - BX
12. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus – BX, JZ, CH
13. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus – TJ, CH
14. Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi – BX up in the conifers
15. Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus - RG
16. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea - RG
17. Gadwall Anas strepera - RG
18. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos – RG, JZ
19. Pintail Anas acuta - RG
20. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha - CH
21. Common Teal Anas crecca – RG
22. Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca - RG
23. Common Merganser Mergus merganser – RG
24. Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquil – JZ area
25. Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus - CH
26. Grey-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus - CH
27. Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis – TJ
28. Greater-spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major – MG, TJ
29. Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus – several locations
30. Black Woodpecker - BX
31. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops – many sightings
32. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis - CH
33. Black-capped kingfisher Halcyon pileata - CH
34. Crested kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris – TJ, CH
35. Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioide - constantly heard seen well in TJ area
36. Hodgson’s Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus nisicolor – heard only TJ
37. Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus – heard only CH
38. Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus – heard only CH
39. Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturates – heard only JZ
40. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea – heard many locations seen DJ and CH
41. Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus - CH
42. Salim Ali’’s Swift Apus salimalii - JZ
43. Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei- heard JZ
44. Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides - CH
45. Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes – TJ
46. Little Owl Athene noctua - RG
47. Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris – MG area
48. Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota – B
49. Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis - widespread
50. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis – DJ
51. Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis – RG recently arrived birds in small flocks
52. Common Crane Grus grus – RG, one imm with Black-necked
53. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus – MG area, CH
54. Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - JZ
55. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago – CH
56. Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus - RG single bird
57. Temminck’s Stint Calidris temmincki - RG
58. Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus – CH
59. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus - CH
60. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola - CH
61. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos – RG, CH
62. Common Redshank Tringa tetanus – RG
63. Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva– CH, 2 birds one male in breeding plumage
64. Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus - RG
65. Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus – RG
66. Common Tern Sterna hirundo - RG
67. Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus – B, RG
68. Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis – B, MG, RG
69. Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus – RG
70. Osprey Pandion haliaetus - RG
71. Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes – TJ area, CH
72. Black-eared Kite. Milvus linaetus – RG
73. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus - TJ
74. Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus – RG ringtail
75. Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicas – RG (passage), TJ, CH
76. Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus – MG, BX
77. Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius – MG, RG
78. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos – B, JZ
79. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis – RG
80. Grey-faced Buzzard Batastur indicus – TJ area
81. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus – TJ, CH
82. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus – B
83. Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis – CH
84. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus – RG
85. Northern Hobby Falco subbuteo – RG chasing a lark
86. Amur Falcon Falco amurebsis – RG three birds flying over town
87. Saker Falcon Falco cherrug – RG
88. Little Grebe – Tachybaptus ruficollis - JZ
89. Little Egret Egretta garzetta - widespread
90. Great Egret Casmerodius albus - RG
91. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus – Rilong area, RG, CH
92. Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus - widespread
93. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax – RG, CH
94. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea – RG, CH
95. Striated Heron Butorides striata - CH
96. Crested Ibis Nipponia Nippon – CH, including one un-ringed bird.
97. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach – widespread at lower farmland sites
98. Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus – widespread at higher elevations
99. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius - CH
100. Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans –MG, flock of around 4 birds at first big bend
101. Black-billed Magpie Pica pica – RG, TJ, CH
102. Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana - RG
103. Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha - widespread
104. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax – B, RG
105. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus - B
106. Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauurica – RG
107. Carrion Crow Corvus corone – B, RG, TJ, CH
108. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos - widespread
109. Collared Crow Corvus torquatus –TJ town outside park
110. Common Raven Corvus corax - RG
111. Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis – D, CH
112. Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus – JZ, TJ, CH
113. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis – very widespread mostly heard
114. Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii – B, TJ, CH
115. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus – B, MG, JZ area
116. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus – TJ, CH
117. Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus – DJ, TJ, CH
118. Ashy Drongo - CH
119. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitaries – Rilong area
120. Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus – MG, TJ, CH
121. Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima – pass between JZ and Wanglang
122. Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma - CH
123. Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus – TJ, CH
124. ChestnutThrush Turdus rubrocanus – B, MG, RG, JZ
125. Kessler's Thrush Turdus kessleri – B, MG, RG, BX
126. Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis – B, JZ
127. Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica –MG
128. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia – CH
129. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata – JZ, CH
130. Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla – JZ, CH
131. Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra - JZ
132. Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina – close to Pingwu
133. Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii - JZ
134. Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor -JZ
135. Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea – JZ, TJ, CH
136. Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus – widespread except CH
137. White-browed Bush Robin Tarsinger indicus – TJ heard only
138. Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus – B, TJ
139. Himalayan Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis – B
140. Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope – JZ area
141. Firethroat Luscinia pectardens – TJ, CH
142. Blackthroat Luscinia obscura - CH
143. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis – DJ, TJ
144. White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus – B, MG, BX, JZ
145. Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni – B, MG, RG, JZ
146. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus – TJ, CH
147. Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis – B, MG, JZ area
148. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - RG
149. White-capped Water-Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus - widespread
150. Plumbeous Water-Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus - widespread
151. White-bellied Redstart Hodgsonius phoenicuroides –TJ heard only
152. White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaultia – JZ, CH
153. Little Forktail - TJ
154. Grandala Grandala coelicolor – B
155. Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus – DJ, RG, TJ, CH
156. Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea – B, TJ, CH
157. White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus – RG
158. Red-billed Starling - CH
159. Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus – DJ, CH
160. Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis - TJ
161. Przewalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii – B
162. Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa – JZ
163. Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria – B nest Rilong
164. Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni – MG
165. Bar-tailed Tree-Creeper Certhia himalayana - JZ
166. Sichuan Tree-Creerper Certhia tianquanensis – TJ heard only
167. Wren Troglodytes troglodytes - TJ
168. Sichuan Tit Parus weigoldicus – B, MG, RG
169. White-browed Tit Parus superciliosus – RG
170. Rufous-vented Tit Parus rubidiventris – B, MG, JZ
171. Coal Tit Parus ater – DJ, B, MG, JZ, TJ, CH
172. Yellow-bellied Tit Parus venustulus – DJ, B, MG, JZ, TJ, CH
173. Grey-crested Tit Parus dichrous – MG, JZ
174. Eastern Great Tit Parus minor - widespread
175. Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus - widespread
176. Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus - widespread
177. Sooty Tit Aegithalos fuliginosus – JZ (outside park on bend7), CH
178. Songar (Willow) Tit Parus montanus - CH
179. Silver-throated Tit Aegithalos glaucogularis - CH
180. Hume’s Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis - RG
181. Eurasian Crag-Martin Hirundo rupestris – B, MG, JZ, TJ
182. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica - widespread
183. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica - widespread
184. Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus – B, MG, JZ, TJ
185. Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques – JZ, TJ, CH
186. Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous – JZ, TJ, CH
187. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis – DJ, CH
188. Himalayan Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus - DJ
189. Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus – TJ, CH
190. Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus – JZ
191. Brownish-flanked Bush-War Cettia fortipes – DJ, JZ, TJ, CH
192. Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler Cettia acanthizoides – BX, JZ, TJ, CH
193. Aberrant Bush-Warbler Cettia flavolivaceus – RG (one passage bird found in a quarry), TJ
194. Russet Bush-Warbler Bradypterus seebohmi – TJ, CH heard only
195. Spotted Bush Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus – TJ heard only
196. Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata – TJ heard only
197. Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus – MG, RG
198. Alpine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus occisinensis – B, MG
199. Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis – Pingwu area
200. Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii – B, MG, BX, JZ, TJ
201. Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher – B, MG
202. Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti – DJ, B, MG, RG, BX
203. Chinese Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis – TJ, CH
204. Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei – MG, BX, JZ, TJ, CH
205. Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis - CH
206. Large-billed Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris – B, JZ, TJ, CH
207. Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus - CH
208. Emei Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus emeiensis – TJ (one bird in tree close to a Claudia’s), CH heard going up track to Blackthroat site
209. Claudia's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus Claudia – widespread
210. Plain-tailed Warbler Seicercus soror – TJ, CH
211. Marten’s warbler Seicercus omeiensis – JZ, CH
212. Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps - TJ
213. Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis – MG area
214. Goldcrest Regulus regulus – MG, BX, CH
215. Sukatschev's Laughing thrush Garrulax sukatschewi - BX
216. Barred Laughingthrush Garrulax lunulatus – TJ
217. Giant Laughingthrush Garrulax maximus – B, MG, BX, JZ area
218. Hwamei Garrulax canorus - CH
219. Plain Laughingthrush Garrulax davidi – RG, BX
220. White-browed Laughingthrush Garrulax sannio – DJ, TJ, CH
221. Elliot's Laughingthrush Garrulax elliotii – B, MG, RG, BX, JZ, TJ, CH
222. Red-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax formosus – pass between JZ and Wanglang, heard only
223. White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis - TJ
224. Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus gravivox – JZ, CH
225. Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis - CH
226. Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer – B, TJ, heard only
227. Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla – B, TJ, CH, heard only
228. Chinese Babax Babax lanceolatus – B, TJ
229. Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea - TJ
230. Golden-breasted Fulvetta Alcippe chrysotis – TJ, CH
231. Spectacled Fulvetta Alcippe ruficapilla – JZ, CH
232. White-browed Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus – B
233. Chinese Fulvetta Alcippe striaticollis – B
234. Dusky Fulvetta Alcippe brunnea – JZ area
235. White-collared Yuhina Yuhina diademata – B, JZ, TJ, CH
236. Great Parrotbill Conostoma aemodium – pass between JZ and Wanglang, CH
237. Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis – Pingwu area
238. Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus - widespread
239. Spectacled Parrotbill Paradoxornis conspicillat – JZ (also outside park), TJ
240. Przewalski’s Parrotbill Paradoxornis przewalskii - TJ
241. Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima - RG
242. Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula - RG
243. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris - RG
244. Mrs Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae – Pingwu area
245. Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans – TJ, CH
246. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus - widespread
247. House Sparrow Passer domesticus – small flock in MG area (Lianghe)
248. Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia - RG
249. White-rumped Snowfinch Pyrgilauda taczanowskii - RG
250. Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis - RG
251. Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus – CH
252. White Wagtail Motacilla alba – widespread, leucopsis, alboides, ocularis
253. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea - widespread
254. Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava – slurry lagoon Rilong area, TJ
255. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola – slurry lagoon Rilong area, TJ
256. Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni - widespread
257. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta- JZ, TJ
258. Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus – B, MG, Road between RG and JZ
259. Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi – CH
260. Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii – RG, and JZ area, passage flocks
261. Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris - B
262. Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides – B (single bird)
263. Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata - widespread
264. Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculate – pass between JZ and Wanglang
265. Grey-capped Greenfinch Carduelis sinica – DJ, RG, JZ, TJ, CH
266. Twite Carduelis flavirost - RG
267. Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola - B
268. Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti – B
269. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra – B, heard only
270. Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis - B
271. Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus eos – B, MG
272. Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus - JZ
273. Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius – B, MG, BX
274. Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides – B
275. Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus – B
276. Long-tailed Rosefinch Uragus sibiricus –JZ area
277. White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes – B, MG, JZ area
278. Slaty Bunting Latoucheornis siemsseni – TJ (single f)
279. Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla – DJ, JZ area, TJ
280. Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala – JZ, CH
281. Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii – MG, JZ area
282. Elegant bunting Emberiza elegans - CH