CHINA:  CRESTED IBIS, TERRACOTTA WARRIORS AND MUCH MORE 2007

 

“The coach screeched to a halt, we piled out and there, feeding in the paddy field below us was our reward…our first Crested Ibis, and what a magnificent creature.  Un-ringed it was an old bird, one of the genuinely native, non-captive bred, stock.  It was gorgeous and its on-lookers were delighted.  As the day unfolded we saw seven more of these superb creatures, four more adults and three recently fledged youngsters near their nest.  It was day nine of the tour and we were at Yangxian in western China’s Shaanxi Province.  We’d already seen an impressive array of the Middle Kingdom’s cultural sites (Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace in Beijing and the Terracotta Warriors on the edge of Xi’an), along with an even more impressive array of China’s avian delights.

 

We explored the gardens and lakes of the Summer Palace on our first full day, it was an area that yielded a few quality birds with a singing Manchurian Reed Warbler being the best.  We’d have to wait until we revisited this site in mid-June before we caught up with the site’s other premier specialities – Yellow Bittern and Ruddy-breasted Crake, however the views that we then had of these two species made the 10-day wait well worthwhile.

 

Our ensuing overnight journey from the capital north into what used to be Manchuria went flawlessly as, thanks to Qingyu, did all the ground arrangements.  Here we were met by Mr Sun, our knowledgeable local guide, and scurried off in search of Jankowski’s Bunting.  I was fretting -  on each of my previous eight visits this severely threatened species had become harder and harder to find and sooner or later it would no longer be there.  Our good fortune continued and the group’s perseverance earned a reward - we eventually found a pair of what appeared to be territorial birds.  We were just about to focus in on them when a Great Bustard flushed from our feet.  It was almost certainly nesting here and we simply had to withdraw.  Fortunately the gargantuan bustard soon returned.  But where were the buntings?  In our desire to leave the bustard alone and unhindered we’d lost our primary quarry.  It took us almost an hour to find another bird, this time a solitary male, and even then this individual was elusive.  Nevertheless we all saw it.  What a relief, only then could we relax and relish the other things that we’d already seen.  This superb grassland had yielded up a few more jewels in the shape of a fine Daurian Partridge, some fly-over Oriental Pratincoles, good numbers of Mongolian Larks and even a few Pallas’s Buntings.

 

The following day we enjoyed a fantastic full day’s birding at Xianghai NNR – a day that started with a Brown Accentor, possibly the first record for Jilin Province, spotted from one of the hotel bedrooms!  This was soon followed by another local rarity in the shape of an elusive Japanese Waxwing and we soon realised that the reserve, although clearly still suffering from an acute shortage of water, was thronged with migrant passerines and waders and we spent good part of the day searching for these.  Of course we didn’t neglect for the region’s specialities, these were the birds we’d travelled north to see, and we found most of them remarkably easily.  Mr Sun took us to a site he knew for Oriental Stork and promptly found one within minutes of us arriving (this site also held a couple of Ferruginous Pochards, yet another local rarity).  Moving on our next port of call was a marsh that held a seemingly solitary Red-crowned Crane, sadly our only Grus of the entire tour.  Other goodies here included three tumbling Eastern Marsh Harriers, impressive numbers of Amur Falcons and a couple of cooperative Great Bitterns.  We also found the reed beds alive with vociferous Oriental Reed Warblers while the surrounding African-style acacia scrub yielded several Chinese Grey Shrikes, breeding Chinese Penduline Tits and even a female Tiger Shrike. 

 

Water birds included a party of eight Falcated Duck and quite a few Swan Geese while we added a single female Siberian Rubythroat and Siberian Blue Robin, several Thick-billed Warblers and numerous phylloscopus warblers to our burgeoning list of passerine migrants.  Elsewhere we scoured pool edges and built up an impressive list of shorebirds – a list that included local specialities such as Grey-headed Lapwing and a single breeding plumaged Asian Dowitcher as well as good numbers of north-bound migrants (over 100 Red-necked Stints, 115 Sharp-tailed and 350 Curlew Sandpipers being the pick of the bunch).

 

Heading back to Beijing and then south down to Xi’an a cultural interlude took the form of Xi’an’s Terracotta Warriors.  An outstanding and an rewarding detour.  After another comfortable overnight train and a short coach ride we arrived in Yangxian and our quest to see Crested Ibis was reaching its climax.  Our multiple encounters with this, easily the rarest species we saw on the tour, left no-one disappointed and almost as a bonus we stumbled across a fine Eurasian Eagle Owl and several Swinhoe’s Minivets.

 

Moving back north we headed to the bird rich forests at Taibaishan in the northern Qinling Mountains.  No Giant Pandas for us (but we didn’t expect any and most had to make do with a handful of squirrels) but the birds were a fantastic compensation.  Second place in our post tour ‘Bird of the Trip’ poll was Temminck’s Tragopan – a species that ‘fell’ at dawn on our third full day on the mountain as a male flew to within 50 feet of us, perched in full view, shuffled, turned through 180°, shuffled again and moments later flew to a better lit perch.  It stayed there, in full view, for almost a full hour.  Spectacular and appreciated all the more because of the previous morning’s events when we’d been surrounded by three close range calling tragopans and, other than a fleeting fly-by, had been unable to successfully lure one out.  Almost as spectacular were the two pairs of Blood Pheasants that we encountered shortly after our tragopan fest.  Other goodies on this attractively forested mountain included several well seen Lesser Cuckoos, Brown Dippers, a single Ferruginous Flycatcher, a juvenile Little Forktail, several bush warblers with David’s, Spotted and Yellowish-bellied putting on outstanding ‘in-our-face’ performances. 

 

And then of course there were the phylloscopus warblers.  None made it in to the top ten poll – was this a reflection that we couldn’t decide which of the 16 species we’d seen to vote for?  Or was it a reflection of the fact that many of us thought they all looked the same in any case?  Other Taibaishan jewels included several vociferous Sichuan Treecreepers (China’s most recently described species), a couple of massively confiding Golden Bush Robins, an equally showy pair of Spectacled Parrotbills, multiple Vinaceous Rosefinches, some truly exquisite Grey-headed Bullfinches & several Slaty Buntings.  It was a lengthy list…

 

Returning to Beijing we spent part of the next day admiring the Great Wall at Badaling – but not before the site had yielded a number of new birds – an elusive Forest Wagtail, several endemic White-browed Chinese Warblers, a pair of Plain Laughingthrushes, some stunning male Yellow-rumped Flycatchers and a couple of cripplingly close Eurasian Crag Martins being among the most memorable.  In all our tour finished with us having encountered 262 species, hardly a high count by Peruvian standards but the quality was there and this represents a very, very satisfying tally nevertheless.

 

And then, all too soon it was all over.  We’d seen so much in the two weeks we’d been in China. We’d marvelled at downtown Beijing and the massive construction projects that were underway; we’d gawped at the contrast between there and rural China where fields were still being ploughed by bullocks and grain dried on the roads.  We been treated to some outstanding food, met some delightful people and basically had a thoroughly good time.  Now is clearly the time to be visiting China and we’d timed this trip perfectly…”  Paul Holt

 

Bird List:

 

Taxonomy, nomenclature and order follow those used in the preferred regional field guide, A Field Guide to the Birds of China. MacKinnon, J. and Phillipps, K. (2000). Oxford University Press. Except where marked with an asterisk *

 

No leader or participant only species are included on this list. Only species that were seen, or heard, by the leader and at least one participant are included.

 

Key to the status codes:

 

Column 1   =  total number of days that the species was recorded

Column 2   =  maximum daily count for that particular species

H                =  denotes a species that was heard but was not seen

(H)              =  denotes a species that was heard more often than it was seen

I                  =  denotes a species that was introduced to Taiwan

 

Globally threatened species as defined by BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-Rom Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International are identified as follows:  EN = Endangered; VU = Vulnerable; NT = Near-threatened.

 

Chinese endemics and endemic breeders are also highlighted.

 

 

Daurian Partridge

2

4

 

Perdix dauurica

Japanese Quail               

1

3

(H)

Coturnix japonica

Chinese Bamboo Partridge

1

10

H

Bambusicola thoracica

Blood Pheasant

1

4

 

Ithaginis cruentus

Temminck's Tragopan

4

4

(H)

Tragopan temminckii

Koklass Pheasant             

3

1

 

Pucrasia macrolopha

Common Pheasant              

7

6

 

Phasianus colchicus

Golden Pheasant (endemic)

5

10

 

Chrysolophus pictus

Swan Goose   EN

3

12

 

Anser cygnoides

Greylag Goose

3

5

 

Anser anser

Common Shelduck              

3

30

 

Tadorna tadorna

Gadwall                      

3

40

 

Anas strepera

Falcated Teal                

1

8

 

Anas falcata

Eurasian Wigeon              

1

8

 

Anas penelope

Mallard                      

4

50

 

Anas platyrhynchos

Chinese Spot-billed Duck*

4

15

 

Anas zonorhyncha

Northern Shoveler            

3

10

 

Anas clypeata

Common Pochard               

3

40

 

Aythya ferina

Ferruginous Pochard   NT

2

2

 

Aythya nyroca

Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker       

1

1

 

Dendrocopos canicapillus

Darjeeling Woodpecker

2

2

 

Dendrocopos darjellensis

Great Spotted Woodpecker     

8

3

 

Dendrocopos major

Grey-headed Woodpecker       

4

1

 

Picus canus

Eurasian Hoopoe              

5

4

 

Upupa epops

Common Kingfisher            

3

2

 

Alcedo meninting

Black-capped Kingfisher      

1

5

 

Halcyon pileata

Crested Kingfisher

2

4

 

Megaceryle lugubris

Large Hawk Cuckoo            

4

2

 

Hierococcyx sparverioides

Indian Cuckoo                

4

7

(H)

Cuculus micropterus

Common Cuckoo                

7

10

(H)

Cuculus canorus

Oriental Cuckoo              

3

3

(H)

Cuculus saturatus

Lesser Cuckoo                

5

4

(H)

Cuculus poliocephalus

Asian Koel

4

8

 

Eudynamys scolopacea

Common Swift                 

6

150

 

Apus apus

Fork-tailed Swift

5

50

 

Apus pacificus

Eurasian Eagle Owl

1

1

 

Bubo bubo

Himalayan Wood Owl*

1

1

H

Strix nivicola

Little Owl

2

4

 

Athene noctua

Grey Nightjar              

2

1

 

Caprimulgus indicus

Rock Pigeon

11

50

 

Columba livia

Hill Pigeon

1

1

 

Columba rupestris

Speckled Wood Pigeon

1

10

 

Columba hodgsonii

Oriental Turtle Dove         

9

20

 

Streptopelia orientalis

Spotted Dove                 

6

6

 

Streptopelia chinensis

Red Collared Dove              

1

2

 

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Eurasian Collared Dove                

1

2

 

Streptopelia decaocto

Great Bustard   VU

1

2

 

Otis tarda

Red-crowned Crane   EN

1

1

 

Grus japonensis

Ruddy-breasted Crake         

1

2

 

Porzana fusca

Common Moorhen               

3

10

 

Gallinula chloropus

Black-tailed Godwit          

3

10

 

Limosa limosa

Eurasian Curlew              

3

20

 

Numenius arquata

Spotted Redshank             

1

2

 

Tringa erythropus

Common Redshank              

3

30

 

Tringa totanus

Marsh Sandpiper              

3

5

 

Tringa stagnatilis

Wood Sandpiper               

2

1

 

Tringa glareola

Common Sandpiper             

2

5

 

Actitis hypoleucos

Ruddy Turnstone              

2

12

 

Arenaria interpres

Asian Dowitcher   NT

1

1

 

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Red Knot                   

1

1

 

Calidris canutus

Sanderling                    

1

1

 

Calidris alba

Red-necked Stint             

3

100

 

Calidris ruficollis

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper       

3

115

 

Calidris acuminata

Curlew Sandpiper             

2

350

 

Calidris ferruginea

Black-winged Stilt           

3

100

 

Himantopus himantopus

Pied Avocet              

3

40

 

Recurvirostra avosetta

Pacific Golden Plover        

1

1

 

Pluvialis fulva

Grey Plover                  

1

13

 

Pluvialis squatarola

Little Ringed Plover

2

10

 

Charadrius dubius

Kentish Plover                

2

50

 

Charadrius alexandrinus

Greater Sand Plover          

1

1

 

Charadrius leschenaultii

Northern Lapwing

3

60

 

Vanellus vanellus

Grey-headed Lapwing          

3

60

 

Vanellus cinereus

Oriental Pratincole          

3

15

 

Glareola maldivarum

Yellow-legged Gull   

3

4

 

Larus cachinnans mongolicus

Black-headed Gull     

2

80

 

Larus ridibundus

Gull-billed Tern             

2

6

 

Sterna nilotica

Common Tern                  

3

60

 

Sterna hirundo

Little Tern                  

3

6

 

Sterna albifrons

Whiskered Tern               

3

100

 

Chlidonias hybridus

White-winged Black Tern      

1

50

 

Chlidonias leucopterus

Eastern Marsh Harrier

2

3

 

Circus spilonotus

Chinese Sparrowhawk              

1

1

 

Accipiter soloensis

Japanese Sparrowhawk         

1

1

 

Accipiter gularis

Common Buzzard               

1

2

 

Buteo buteo

Mountain Hawk Eagle

1

1

 

Spizaetus nipalensis

Common Kestrel             

5

1

 

Falco tinnunculus

Amur Falcon                  

3

50

 

Falco amurensis

Eurasian Hobby               

1

1

 

Falco subbuteo

Little Grebe                 

4

15

 

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Great Crested Grebe          

3

20

 

Podiceps cristatus

Black-necked Grebe           

2

20

 

Podiceps nigricollis

Great Cormorant               

2

8

 

Phalacrocorax carbo

Little Egret                 

3

30

 

Egretta garzetta

Grey Heron

4

30

 

Ardea cinerea

Purple Heron     

3

6

 

Ardea purpurea

Great Egret

2

3

 

Casmerodius albus

Cattle Egret                 

5

200

 

Bubulcus ibis

Chinese Pond Heron           

6

10

 

Ardeola bacchus

Black-crowned Night Heron    

4

10

 

Nycticorax nycticorax

Yellow Bittern               

1

6

 

Ixobrychus sinensis

Great Bittern

2

3

 

Botaurus stellaris

Crested Ibis   EN

1

8

 

Nipponia nippon

Eurasian Spoonbill

2

17

 

Platalea leucorodia

Oriental Stork   EN

1

1

 

Ciconia boyciana

Tiger Shrike                 

2

1

 

Lanius tigrinus

Brown Shrike                 

7

15

 

Lanius cristatus

Chinese Grey Shrike          

3

3

 

Lanius sphenocercus

Eurasian Jay                 

3

3

 

Garrulus glandarius

Red-billed Blue Magpie                  

8

8

 

Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Azure-winged Magpie          

5

40

 

Cyanopica cyanus

Black-billed Magpie          

8

150

 

Pica pica

Spotted Nutcracker

4

15

 

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Daurian Jackdaw              

1

1

 

Corvus dauuricus

Rook                         

1

9

 

Corvus frugilegus

Carrion Crow

4

4

 

Corvus corone

Large-billed Crow            

8

10

 

Corvus macrorhynchos

Black-naped Oriole           

3

4

 

Oriolus chinensis

Swinhoe's Minivet (endemic br.)

1

4

 

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Long-tailed Minivet

5

12

 

Pericrocotus ethologus

Black Drongo                 

5

10

 

Dicrurus macrocercus

Ashy Drongo

2

2

 

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Hair-crested Drongo           

3

4

 

Dicrurus hottentottus

Asian Paradise-flycatcher     

1

1

 

Terpsiphone paradisi

Japanese Waxwing   NT

1

1

 

Bombycilla japonica

Brown Dipper

3

4

 

Cinclus pallasii

Blue Rock Thrush             

1

12

 

Monticola solitarius pandoo

Blue Whistling Thrush        

3

8

 

Myophonus caeruleus

Plain-backed Thrush

1

2

 

Zoothera mollissima

Eurasian Blackbird

5

10

 

Turdus merula mandarinus

Chestnut Thrush

4

5

 

Turdus rubrocanus

Chinese Thrush (endemic br.)

1

1

H

Turdus mupinensis

Dark-sided Flycatcher       

1

2

 

Muscicapa sibirica

Asian Brown Flycatcher        

1

2

 

Muscicapa latirostris

Ferruginous Flycatcher

1

1

 

Muscicapa ferruginea

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher     

3

6

 

Ficedula zanthopygia

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

4

3

 

Ficedula strophiata

Red-throated Flycatcher*

1

1

 

Ficedula albicilla

Slaty-blue Flycatcher

2

3

H

Ficedula tricolor

Blue-and-white Flycatcher     

1

2

 

Ficedula cyanomelana

Fujian Niltava

1

1

H

Niltava davidi

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher        

2

2

 

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Siberian Rubythroat          

1

1

 

Luscinia calliope

Indian Blue Robin

2

3

 

Luscinia brunnea

Siberian Blue Robin          

1

1

 

Luscinia cyane

Himalayan Orange-flanked Bush Robin*

1

4

 

Tarsiger rufilatus

Golden Bush Robin

2

4

 

Tarsiger chrysaeus

Daurian Redstart             

6

20

 

Phoenicurus auroreus

White-capped Water Redstart

5

8

 

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

Plumbeous Water Redstart           

4

20

 

Rhyacornis fuliginosus

White-bellied Redstart

5

10

(H)

Hodgsonius phaenicuroides

Little Forktail

1

1

 

Enicurus scouleri

White-crowned Forktail

1

1

H

Enicurus leschenaulti

Common Stonechat                    

2

2

 

Saxicola torquata stejnegeri

Grey Bushchat                

1

1

 

Saxicola ferrea

Red-billed Starling (endemic br.)

2

2

 

Sturnus sericeus

White-cheeked Starling       

8

15

 

Sturnus cineraceus

Crested Myna (escape)

1

2

 

Acridotheres cristatellus

Eurasian Nuthatch

1

2

 

Sitta europaea

Eurasian Treecreeper

1

2

 

Certhia familiaris

Sichuan Treecreeper   VU (edndemic)

2

3

 

Certhia tianquanensis

Winter Wren

3

15

 

Troglodytes troglodytes

Chinese Penduline Tit (endemic br.)

2

12

 

Remiz consobrinus

Fire-capped Tit

1

11

 

Cephalopyrus flammiceps

Songar Tit*

2

4

 

Parus songarus

Rusty-breasted Tit (endemic)

1

2

 

Parus davidi

Rufous-vented Tit

3

15

 

Parus rubidiventris

Coal Tit         

1

1

 

Parus ater

Yellow-bellied Tit            

8

30

 

Parus venustulus

Grey-crested Tit

4

6

 

Parus dichrous

Great Tit                     

4

6

 

Parus major

Green-backed Tit

2

4

 

Parus monticolus

Black-throated Tit

3

20

 

Aegithalos concinnus

Sooty Tit

2

22

 

Aegithalos fuliginosus

Sand Martin                  

3

50

 

Riparia riparia

Eurasian Crag Martin

1

2

 

Hirundo rupestris

Barn Swallow                 

11

50

 

Hirundo rustica

Red-rumped Swallow            

9

40

 

Hirundo daurica

Asian House Martin

5

100

 

Delichon dasypus

Goldcrest                    

1

1

 

Regulus regulus

Collared Finchbill

4

20

 

Spizixos semitorques

Brown-breasted Bulbul

3

20

 

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Light-vented Bulbul                

5

15

 

Pycnonotus sinensis

White-browed Chinese Warbler (endemic)

2

3

 

Rhopophilus pekinensis

Striated Prinia

2

4

 

Prinia criniger

Japanese White-eye            

1

10

 

Zosterops japonica

Asian Stubtail 

1

3

H

Cettia squameiceps

Manchurian Bush Warbler

3

2

(H)

Cettia canturians

Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler

3

7

(H)

Cettia fortipes

Aberrant Bush Warbler

2

1

 

Cettia flavolivacea

Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler

4

10

(H)

Cettia acanthizoides

David's Bush Warbler*

4

9

(H)

Bradypterus davidi

Spotted Bush Warbler*

2

1

 

Bradypterus thoracicus

Lanceolated Warbler          

1

3

 

Locustella lanceolata

Rusty-rumped Warbler 

3

2

H

Locustella certhiola

Black-browed Reed Warbler    

4

10

 

Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

Manchurian Reed Warbler VU (endemic br.)

1

1

 

Acrocephalus tangorum

Oriental Reed Warbler        

5

30

 

Acrocephalus orientalis

Thick-billed Warbler         

2

2

 

Acrocephalus aedon

Dusky Warbler                

5

2

 

Phylloscopus fuscatus

Buff-throated Warbler (endemic br.)

1

3

 

Phylloscopus subaffinis

Yellow-streaked Warbler      

3

10

(H)

Phylloscopus armandii

Radde's Warbler              

1

1

 

Phylloscopus schwarzi

Pallas's Warbler        

1

1

 

Phylloscopus proregulus

Sichuan Leaf Warbler (endemic br.)*

2

3

(H)

Phylloscopus forresti

Chinese Leaf Warbler (endemic br.)

5

80

 

Phylloscopus yunnanensis

Yellow-browed Warbler        

2

2

 

Phylloscopus inornatus

Hume's Warbler

2

30

 

Phylloscopus humei

Arctic Warbler               

3

15

(H)

Phylloscopus borealis

Greenish Warbler

2

25

 

Phylloscopus trochiloides

(Two-barred) Greenish Warbler

3

3

(H)

P. trochiloides plumbeitarsus

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler     

1

1

 

Phylloscopus tenellipes

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

5

60

 

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Eastern Crowned Warbler       

3

7

(H)

Phylloscopus coronatus

La Touche's Leaf Warbler         

4

8

(H)

Phylloscopus [reguloides] claudiae

Ogilvie-Grant's Leaf Warbler

4

7

(H)

Phylloscopus [davisoni] oguilviegranti

Grey-crowned Warbler*

3

30

(H)

Seicercus tephrocephalus

Bianchi's Warbler*

4

30

(H)

Seicercus valentini

Plain-tailed Warbler (endemic br.)*

3

5

(H)

Seicercus soror

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

1

1

 

Seicercus castaniceps

Rufous-faced Warbler

2

2

H

Abroscopus albogularis

Plain Laughingthrush  

1

2

 

Garrulax davidi

Hwamei

2

2

 

Garrulax canorus

White-browed Laughingthrush

2

2

 

Garrulax sannio

Elliot's Laughingthrush

2

8

 

Garrulax elliotii

Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler

1

4

 

Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler

1

2

 

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

Red-billed Leiothrix

4

6

(H)

Leiothrix lutea

Spectacled Fulvetta

2

1

 

Alcippe ruficapilla

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta

1

2

 

Alcippe morrisonia

White-collared Yuhina

4

10

 

Yuhina diademata

Spectacled Parrotbill (endemic)

1

2

 

Paradoxornis conspicillatus

Vinous-throated Parrotbill   

2

20

 

Paradoxornis webbianus

Mongolian Lark

1

12

 

Melanocorypha mongolica

Asian Short-toed Lark        

3

20

 

Calandrella cheleensis

Eurasian Skylark             

1

30

 

Alauda arvensis

Russet Sparrow

3

4

 

Passer rutilans

Eurasian Tree Sparrow         

12

100

 

Passer montanus

Forest Wagtail

1

2

 

Dendronanthus indicus

White Wagtail

7

6

 

Motacilla alba

White Wagtail

4

3

 

Motacilla alba leucopsis

Yellow Wagtail

2

3

 

Motacilla flava

Grey Wagtail

6

14

 

Motacilla cinerea

Richard's Pipit

2

40

 

Anthus richardi

Olive-backed Pipit

1

2

 

Anthus hodgsoni

Rufous-breasted Accentor

1

1

 

Prunella strophiata

Brown Accentor

1

1

 

Prunella fulvescens

Grey-capped Greenfinch           

5

30

 

Carduelis sinica

Common Rosefinch              

3

6

 

Carpodacus erythrinus

Vinaceous Rosefinch

4

8

 

Carpodacus vinaceus

Grey-headed Bullfinch

4

10

 

Pyrrhula erythaca

Yellow-billed Grosbeak              

3

3

 

Eophona migratoria

White-winged Grosbeak

1

1

H

Mycerobas carnipes

Slaty Bunting (endemic)

2

3

 

Latoucheornis siemsseni

Godlewski's Bunting           

2

10

 

Emberiza godlewskii

Meadow Bunting                

3

2

 

Emberiza cioides

Jankowski's Bunting   VU

1

3

 

Emberiza jankowskii

Little Bunting                

2

1

 

Emberiza pusilla

Yellow-throated Bunting       

2

1

 

Emberiza elegans

Chestnut Bunting              

1

3

 

Emberiza rutila

Black-faced Bunting           

2

1

 

Emberiza spodocephala

Pallas's Bunting         

1

15

 

Emberiza pallasi