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Jeff, We dropped the plan as you already reached the states.8-P

I became a victim to the modern day slavery. All weekend work has sabotaged the plan.:-C
 
Hi Marmot - thanks so much for your concern, I'm happy to report we're fine, It was quite a rumble today. The epicenter was close to Labahe - the road out there is supposed to be blocked - but luckily none of our birders were in the vicinity, although Roland had planned to take his guests there tomorrow. We were at home when it struck - we've just got back from meeting up with the first spring customers who had been driving with my brother in law - we so easily could have been in that area!!!! But we've made one discovery - my son is earthquake proof - Saker easily slept through a rumbling, highly vibrating home, and was well narked when he was swept, out of his beauty sleep, into safety.

One small bit of cheery news from Balang - Monal Pheasant was nicely seen 4 days ago, while a male Temminck's Tragopan was a roadside bird about 2/3 of the way up to the monal stakeout.

Will keep folk informed of the consequences of this quake for the chances of getting to Labahe - but it already looks like Roland will have scrubbed Labahe from tomorrow's itinerary.
 
Oooh Sid, what a relief it was to find you'd updated this thread when I logged on, after hearing the news this morning.

Take care.
 
Thanks for all the concern - this isn't a major headache - we already got in touch with friends in Wolong today and they're all fit and sound, the road is open - they didn't even get a blackout when the quake came.
I also think Labahe will be open as soon as the road is cleared - the major problem is the alternative route to Balang and Wolong that goes over Jiajang Mountain - that's where the worse has hit and will be probably closed for some time for emergency work.
My next trip was scheduled to go north north north - plenty of birds out that way - on a recent trip to the NE we got Yellow-browed Bunting - thought it was the first modern Sichuan record and then discovered some local birders had got one a few days before us, a 100 or so km to the west!!!!!
 
Hey Sid,

Good to hear that you and the family are all OK. I've been in a 5.0, so I can't imagine a 6.5 or 7.0. Must be terrifying. Stay safe.

And thanks for the birding updates. I'll be birding with you (and Birdfinders) in June, so all the news is appreciated.

Jeff

PS. The news here in the US is "All Boston, all the time", so the earthquake didn't even make the radar. Good to know Birdforum is a little more cosmopolitan.
 
Glad to hear its business as usual Sid.

Less glad to be gripped, again, on the Monal!

At least this time I'm being gripped in Phuket (for work) and am racking up a nice little list of garden birds with Indian Roller topping the charts at present.

Cheers
Mike
 
Request for Info.

Labahe
Sid and Roland are both on tour at present, but does anyone esle have any update on the roads around Labahe? We think this has been pretty badly hit but do not have details. With Wawu closed, it will be pretty hard (eg for LAP) if Labahe is also off limits this year.

Jiuzhaigou
Does anyone know if a hostel has actually opened up in the park? A rumour that I heard today - perhaps seems unlikely but maybe true?

cheers, alan
 
Hi Alan - I'll be out in a couple of days time - so I'm still here to answer questions
The worse hit road is that goes through Baoxin - which is the alternative route to Wolong.
It seems that the road from Ya'an to Kanding, that takes you up to Labahe is still passable - but at the moment all these roads will have police on them and for extremely sensible reasons only emergency vehicles and others that have good reason to go up these routes will be permitted - I don't think birders will be included in this category, and by the number of ambulances we saw yesterday rushing off the Ya'an road to the Chengdu hospitals, I don't think anyone knows when that area will again enjoy normality, and free access. By the time you guys arrive I think some of this stuff will be a lot clearer - but at the moment it's just too early to ask.

The alternative for Lady A will be the West side of Wawu - Longchangou, which is 4 hours from Chengdu.

As for the accommodation in JZ - this I believe is a so-called eco-tourism area that i think was opened up a year or two back - but I'm pretty sure it doesn't give you dawn access to known areas of the RH robin - and if you're supposed to take a park guide the chances of exploring are probably not very forthcoming!!!! If prices are anything to go by in JZ it will probably be very expensive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiuzhaigou_Valley
Zharu Valley is the home of eco-tourism in Jiuzhaigou.[7] The valley has recently been opened to a small number of ecotourists wishing to go hiking and camping off the beaten track. Visitors can choose from day walks and multiple day hikes, depending on their time availability. Knowledgeable guides accompany ecotourists through the valley, sharing their knowledge about the unique biodiversity and local culture of the national park. The Zharu Valley has 40% of all the plant species that exist in China and it is the best place to spot wildlife inside the national park.

The main hike follows the pilgrimage of the local Benbo Buddhists circumnavigating the sacred 4,528 m Zha Yi Zha Ga Mountain
 
Sid

Great, thanks - fingers crossed!

I also suspect that the Jiuzhagou hotel story to come to nothing (nothing useful!). I'm not sure the knowledgeable guides would be up for a dawn start for Rufous-headed Robin!

good luck on the next trip,
cheers, alan
 
Feeling rather lucky at the moment I think, was due to be working in Ya'an from the 22nd, for the Chinese, thoughts go out to all those affected. It's been cancelled, but wishing Al and Sid luck with forthcoming trips.
 
Hi all,

Glad to hear you are all safe and I trust Zeng Zhang is too. Many thanks for a cracking trip Sid. I will do a seperate post shortly but so glad to hear you are all ok.

Best wishes
Jake
 
A brief note on our first trip of the season - today we, the team being made up of Terry Townshend, Jonny Price and Rob Holmes, got, at Changqing reserve in Shaanxi, one of the ultimate China ticks - Blackthroat. We saw 2 definite males - with 2 other possibles - and heard around 5 singing birds.
One interesting observation was a Firethroat - which was in the same habitat, and completely threw us as we tried the spot our first Blackthroat. This has already been confirmed as the most northern record of this species.

3 days ago we got another mega - Przewalski's Parrotbill at Tangjiahe. In rain Terry and I climbed the mountain to the sleeping hut around which the Parrotbill are found, and got back down within a day. It was a very wet and slippery experience - not a climb for the fainthearted!

photos
1 - one of the Blackthroats - picture by Rob Holmes
2 - A Przewalski's Parrotbill obscured by mist and rain - it was so wet that Terry's AF ceased to function - picture by Terry Townshend

I'll write up more on this trip when I get back home in a couple of days
 

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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
 
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