SICHUAN 2007

 

“‘Kwai kan, kwai kan’, Mr He, driver of vehicle number one, gesticulated frantically, pointing behind us and shouting to ‘Look quickly, look quickly’.  We did as required, interrupted our picnic lunch and whipped around and there, gingerly picking it’s was across the mud pool that WAS the road was a gorgeous Red Panda.  Smack in the middle of the almost impassable highway it also paused, looked at us and then continued its tentative, mud-free progress.  This fantastic beast, the third such Red Panda we’ve seen on the four Sunbird Sichuan tours, was the undoubted mammalian highlight of the entire trip – though we also spotted a herd of 23 magnificent Takin, a (swimming!)  Tibetan Fox and a frantically fleeing porcupine to mention but a few of the critter competition.

 

Our Red Panda encounter occurred mid-slope on the mighty Balangshan Pass, in the world renown Wolong Panda Reserve.  Here, surrounded by large scale road works, we even managed to find a few birds.  The hoped-for Chinese Monals were well gone, frightened, no-doubt, by the workmen who were in the process of blasting a tunnel through their hillside.  What was equally disappointing was the fact that, despite a couple of 03:00 starts, slow progress through the road works meant that we never made it to the ‘Wood Snipe hillside’ anywhere near the required dawn time slot.  Nevertheless Wolong did produce as respectable number of its most prized avian jewels.  Some of us will undoubtedly long remember the immaculate Grandalas high on the pass, the long-time co-operative Tibetan Snowcocks, the pair of Snow Partridges trudging in the snow that clearly didn’t want to leave, the entertaining, roadside Brandt’s Mountain Finch and Red-fronted Rosefinches.  

 

Lower down this mighty 4500 metre pass we lured out an obliging party of three Chestnut-throated Partridges, umpteen Giant Laughingthrushes and spotted impressive numbers of White Eared Pheasants.  Three of us stayed out later one evening and were even treated to stupendous views of a male Firethroat.  All these birds, some superb mountain and forest scenery, equally delightful alpine meadows replete with a profusion of flowers including global rarities such as Slipper and Spider Orchids almost compensated for the horrors of the road.

 

However, Wolong wasn’t our first port of call.  We’d all flown in to Chengdu, Sichuan’s bustling provincial capital, and had driven south from there.  I’d started to write that ‘apart from a brief sojourn around some beautiful gardens in down town Chengdu the birding had started in earnest at Emei Shan where we’d been treated to a decent raptor fest right outside our one of our most comfortable hotels’.  But then I dug in to my notes and remembered the gargantuan ‘Chinese’ Blackbirds, the hyperactive Rufous-faced Warblers, the vociferous White-browed Laughingthrushes and the myriad busy parties of both Black-throated Tits and Vinous-throated Parrotbills.  Du Fu’s Cottage provided a nice start and one that was followed by a comfortable night in one of Chengdu’s best hotels.

 

Back to Emei Shan where were the aforementioned raptor fest produced up to five Black Bazas, a pair of tumbling Oriental Honey-buzzards, a couple of displaying Chinese Sparrowhawks and even a Rufous-winged Buzzard (the latter perhaps only the second ever record for Sichuan!)  Elsewhere near the base of this, one of China's five sacred Buddhist mountains, we found Swinhoe’s Minivet, two species of forktail, both Spot- and Streak-breasted Scimitar-babblers and that fabulous songster, the Hwamei.  And then of course there was the Collared Scops Owl in the car park not far from the hotel.  Several of us even explored the hotel’s hot spring pool complex.

 

As on all of the previous Sunbird Sichuan tours we spent time at four different areas, at four different elevations on Emei Shan.  The sites we explored on this mighty peak ranged from altitudes of 500 metres near the base to over 3000 metres close to the summit and enabled us to effectively sample the mountain's rich avifauna.  We explored the base where we obviously started and finished; the summit where, despite the ever present low cloud, highlights included Spotted Bush Warbler at almost zero feet; Streak-throated Fulvetta, Grey-headed Bullfinch, Golden and our first White-browed Bush Robins.  On route to the summit we’d also found Plain-tailed and Ogilvie-Grant’s Leaf Warbler, three species of cuckoo, two very elusive Ashy-throated Parrotbills, a fine male Yellow-throated Bunting and innumerable others.

 

Descending from the Summit we spent part of the following afternoon digging out a couple specialities near our two night base at Leidongping – a pair of Darjeeling Woodpeckers and a fine male Slaty Bunting.  The following day we had a full 12 hours to negotiate the seven kilometre, 300 metre descent down the steep, stepped trail to the monastery Xixiangchi and there were so many birds on route that we used virtually all of our allotted time to do the walk.  Numerous stops – we watched a remarkably cooperative White-browed Shortwing and scoured several active mixed species feeding flocks that contained, among others, Ashy-throated Warblers and Grey-crested Tits.  Later we spent time searching for specialities such as Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler and the demure Chestnut-headed Tesia and it was during one such ‘bamboo watch’ that we encountered our first gem-like Golden Parrotbills.  Close to our destination we were blessed with fine looks at a couple of fabulous Red-winged Laughingthrushes and heard a distant Emei Shan Liocichla.  All too soon however it was time to return to Leidongping – that same 300 metre ascent and the same seven kilometre trek (but this time up hill) beckoned.  A daunting task for sure though one of the slimmest among us took the sensible option and was carried!

 

Changing the itinerary (we did this several times on this year’s rain drenched, mud bath of a tour) meant we only spent a few hours around the temple at Wannian – just enough time to find the area’s two premier avian specialities - the Chinese endemic breeding glaucicomans form of Blue-throated Flycatcher and a vociferous Dusky Fulvetta.  We then returned to the hardship of the luxury of our hotel at the mountain’s base.

 

The following day we headed back to Chengdu (just for the night) before continuing up to the world famous Wolong National Nature Reserve the next day.  If we thought that the forest scenery at Emei Shan had been impressive it sure was fabulous at Wolong.  Gorgeous, old-growth forests filled the valleys while spectacularly jagged mountain peaks and rolling, flower-filled meadows dominated the higher elevations.  The rich biota almost compensated for the horrendous road conditions we were to encounter.  We’d planned to spend four days here but the horrendous road works mentioned earlier put paid to this and we settled for one day less.  This increased freedom allowed us to spend two days on the Zhe Gu Shan Pass where, effectively replaced by a tunnel, the traffic-free road over this pass is a perfect birding road enabling quiet, trouble-free access to a variety of altitudes.  We had a great time here with ornithological highlights including Chestnut-throated, Blood (elusive and not seen by everyone) and White Eared Pheasants, a fantastic Black Woodpecker performance, good numbers of confiding redstarts with nest building White-throated’s perhaps being the best.  A gorgeous little Przewalsky’s Nuthatch appeared as if it had come in from miles down the forested hillside to greet us, while the Songar and Rufous-vented Tits put on equally admirable shows.  Additional Zhe Gu Shan highlights included Bar-tailed Treecreeper, an elusive pair of White-browed Tit-warblers and a couple of additional phylloscopus warblers.

 

Sadly we all missed the roadside Eurasian Eagle Owl seen by the Chinese staff occupants of the temporarily debilitated second vehicle as they headed on to the Tibetan Plateau proper.  Up on the Plateau we’re normally in the rain shadow, and, to a degree, this was true of this year’s tour.  Parties of majestic Common Ravens checked us out, as did Black Kites of the distinctive lineatus Black-eared form, while Himalayan Griffons seemed to trail us in an ominous fashion.  We mused that perhaps the vultures knew there were further road blockages ahead or that the altitude might cause some of us to suffer more than it actually did.

 

Moving on we couldn’t find Sichuan Jay at Paul’s first site (nor sadly at his second, third or fourth) but a party of inquisitive White-browed Tit-warblers and several Daurian Jackdaws offered some compensation.  We reached Hongyuan earlier than ever, had a tasty evening meal and retired early.  The same early-to-bed routine ensued at Ruoergai the following day by which time we’d also added a good number of the Plateau’s premier avian specialities - Black-necked Crane, Saker Falcon, White-browed Tit, three species of snowfinch and Pink-rumped Rosefinch to our burgeoning list.  And who could forget the thousands upon thousands of feral yaks!  The Ba Xi road, the minor road linking Ruoergai with Jiuzhaigou National Park, also gave up a few of its jewels – a couple of aptly named Plain and then a superb pair of Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrushes, two Long-tailed Thrushes and a well spotted Wallcreeper.  And then it was on to the ‘wonderland’ that is Jiuzhaigou National Park.

 

Its easy to see why Jiuzhaigou receives an immense three million visitors a year, the scenery is truly spectacular with charming babbling brooks, myriad multicoloured lakes, some spectacular waterfalls all with a back drop of forest clad, massive mountains.  Stunning.  And what’s more the forests hold some truly world class birds.  We spent much of our first morning in the Primeval Forest where a couple of Sichuan Treecreepers, China's most recently described endemic, performed well, as did an impressive number of Maroon-backed Accentors.  From there most of us went to Reed Lake where a fabulous party of Spectacled Parrotbills, an elusive Fujian Niltava and equally recalcitrant Chinese Nuthatch awaited.  We spent much of the morning of our second day walking up the Pearl Shoal Waterfall Valley where one of us obtained views of a male niltava.  We all got wet, horribly wet and, other than a bolting porcupine some of us saw very, very little.  Tired, wet and dejected we headed prematurely back to the comfort of our hotel.  We explored the 'Helipad hillside' just outside the National Park on our final morning at Jiuzhaigou and here several singing Indian Blue Robins, a vociferous Barred Laughingthrush, Chinese Thrush, three Sooty Tits and a Green Shrike-babbler we all welcome.  All too soon however it was time to start our journey back to Chengdu.

 

The drive was uneventful, no shorter than expected but thankfully no longer either.  Five hours, via some of the tour’s most spectacular mountain scenery, to Maoxian.  We spent the night there before another drive of four hours or more back to Chengdu the following morning.

 

Historically remote and difficult to access Sichuan is still blessed with rich and varied ecosystems ranging from subtropical lowlands at the base of Emei Shan through cool temperate forests to alpine grasslands on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau.  Equally importantly Sichuan is the heart of China’s astonishingly rich ‘endemic zone’ and harbours about two-thirds of China’s endemic birds.  Sichuan offers what I firmly believe is the very best birding in the whole of China.

 

Despite the poor weather and the rigours of the massive road works at Wolong the tour had been a success…we'd failed to find a few of the region’s specialities but had experienced some truly memorable scenic drives though spectacular gorges and over impressive passes.  Many of us will long remember the hillsides full of fluttering prayer flags and the tremendous hospitality we'd been shown throughout.  As always the list of highlights goes on and on…”  Paul Holt.

 

 

Bird List:

 

Taxonomy, nomenclature and order mostly 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.

 

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

 

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.

 

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.

 

Snow Partridge

1

9

 

Lerwa lerwa

Tibetan Snowcock

1

4

 

Tetraogallus tibetanus

Chestnut-throated Partridge (Endem.)

3

7

(H)

Tetraophasis obscurus

Chinese Bamboo Partridge

3

4

H

Bambusicola thoracica

Blood Pheasant

2

4

(H)

Ithaginis cruentus

White Eared Pheasant (Endem.)

4

18

 

Crossoptilon crossoptilon

Common Pheasant              

4

6

 

Phasianus colchicus

Chinese Grouse (Endem.)(NT)

1

1

H

Tetrastes sewerzowi

Ruddy Shelduck               

1

3

 

Tadorna ferruginea

Mallard                       

3

11

 

Anas platyrhynchos

Ferruginous Pochard (NT)

1

2

 

Aythya nyroca

Darjeeling Woodpecker

3

2

 

Dendrocopos darjellensis

Great Spotted Woodpecker     

2

2

 

Dendrocopos major

Black Woodpecker

2

1

 

Dryocopus martius

Grey-headed Woodpecker        

4

3

 

Picus canus

Great Barbet

3

1

(H)

Megalaima virens

Eurasian Hoopoe              

1

5

 

Upupa epops

Common Kingfisher            

4

2

 

Alcedo meninting

Large Hawk Cuckoo            

12

3

(H)

Hierococcyx sparverioides

Common Cuckoo                 

11

13

(H)

Cuculus canorus

Oriental Cuckoo              

3

4

(H)

Cuculus saturatus

Lesser Cuckoo                

12

3

(H)

Cuculus poliocephalus

Asian Koel

2

1

H

Eudynamys scolopacea

Himalayan Swiftlet

6

50

 

Collocalia brevirostris

White-throated Needletail    

2

6

 

Hirundapus caudacutus

Fork-tailed Swift                

7

100

 

Apus pacificus

House Swift

3

4

 

Apus affinis

Collared Scops Owl           

1

1

 

Otus bakkamoena

Asian Barred Owlet

1

1

H

Glaucidium cuculoides

Little Owl

1

4

 

Athene noctua

Brown Hawk Owl               

1

1

H

Ninox [scutulata] japonica

Rock Pigeon

8

50

 

Columba livia

Snow Pigeon

2

4

 

Columba leuconota

Speckled Wood Pigeon

4

20

 

Columba hodgsonii

Oriental Turtle Dove         

2

2

 

Streptopelia orientalis

Spotted Dove                 

4

10

 

Streptopelia chinensis

Red Collared Dove              

3

5

 

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

1

1

H

Treron sphenura

Black-necked Crane   (VU)

2

64

 

Grus nigricollis

White-breasted Waterhen      

1

2

 

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Common Redshank              

2

5

 

Tringa totanus

Brown-headed Gull

1

30

 

Larus brunnicephalus

Common Tern                  

1

10

 

Sterna hirundo

Black Baza

3

5

 

Aviceda leuphotes

Oriental Honey-buzzard        

3

2

 

Pernis ptilorhyncus

Black Kite

4

60

 

Milvus migrans lineatus

Lammergeier

2

1

 

Gypaetus barbatus

Himalayan Griffon

7

70

 

Gyps himalayensis

Cinereous Vulture (NT)

1

1

 

Aegypius monachus

Chinese Sparrowhawk              

3

3

 

Accipiter soloensis

Besra

1

1

 

Accipiter virgatus

Eurasian Sparrowhawk         

1

1

 

Accipiter nisus

Rufous-winged Buzzard

1

1

 

Butastur liventer

Grey-faced Buzzard           

1

1

 

Butastur indicus

Himalayan Buzzard               

6

1

 

Buteo [buteo] burmanicus

Upland Buzzard                

2

50

 

Buteo hemilasius

Mountain Hawk Eagle

2

2

 

Spizaetus nipalensis

Common Kestrel             

1

1

 

Falco tinnunculus

Eurasian Hobby               

1

1

 

Falco subbuteo

Saker Falcon (EN)

1

3

 

Falco cherrug

Little Egret                  

3

30

 

Egretta garzetta

Cattle Egret                 

1

2

 

Bubulcus ibis

Chinese Pond Heron           

1

8

 

Ardeola bacchus

Black-crowned Night Heron    

4

1

 

Nycticorax nycticorax

Brown Shrike                 

1

1

 

Lanius cristatus

Long-tailed Shrike

4

5

 

Lanius schach

Grey-backed Shrike

9

20

 

Lanius tephronotus

Eurasian Jay                 

4

3

 

Garrulus glandarius

Red-billed Blue Magpie                  

7

4

 

Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Azure-winged Magpie          

1

8

 

Cyanopica cyanus

Black-billed Magpie          

2

4

 

Pica pica

Hume's Groundpecker

1

150

 

Pseudopodoces humilis

Spotted Nutcracker

2

1

 

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Red-billed Chough            

3

6

 

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Daurian Jackdaw              

3

4

 

Corvus dauuricus

Carrion Crow

1

6

 

Corvus corone

Large-billed Crow            

13

10

 

Corvus macrorhynchos

Common Raven

2

30

 

Corvus corax

Swinhoe's Minivet (Endem. Br.)

3

2

(H)

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Long-tailed Minivet

11

6

 

Pericrocotus ethologus

Hair-crested Drongo          

4

10

 

Dicrurus hottentottus

Brown Dipper

2

4

 

Cinclus pallasii

Blue Rock Thrush             

1

2

 

Monticola solitarius

Blue Whistling Thrush        

8

5

 

Myophonus caeruleus

Plain-backed Thrush

1

1

 

Zoothera mollissima

Long-tailed Thrush

2

3

(H)

Zoothera dixoni

Eurasian 'Chinese' Blackbird

5

6

 

Turdus merula mandarinus

Chestnut Thrush

13

10

(H)

Turdus rubrocanus

Kessler's Thrush (Endem. br.)

4

20

 

Turdus kessleri

Chinese Thrush (Endem. br.)   

1

1

 

Turdus mupinensis

White-browed Shortwing

2

1

 

Brachypteryx montana

Dark-sided Flycatcher      

3

2

 

Muscicapa sibirica

Asian Brown Flycatcher        

1

1

 

Muscicapa latirostris

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

9

20

(H)

Ficedula hodgsoni

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

6

10

 

Ficedula strophiata

Slaty-blue Flycatcher

10

13

 

Ficedula tricolor

Verditer Flycatcher           

3

2

 

Eumyias thalassina

Fujian Niltava

2

1

 

Niltava davidi

Blue-throated Flycatcher

1

2

 

Cyornis rubeculoides glaucicomans

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

5

3

(H)

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Firethroat (NT)

1

1

 

Luscinia pectardens

Indian Blue Robin

6

8

(H)

Luscinia brunnea

Himalayan Orange-flanked Bush Robin

5

10

(H)

Tarsiger [cyanurus] rufilatus

Golden Bush Robin

2

2

(H)

Tarsiger chrysaeus

White-browed Bush Robin

3

5

(H)

Tarsiger indicus

Oriental Magpie Robin

7

8

 

Copsychus saularis

Black Redstart               

2

50

 

Phoenicurus ochruros

Hodgson's Redstart (Endem. br.)

3

4

 

Phoenicurus hodgsoni

White-throated Redstart

3

15

 

Phoenicurus schisticeps

Daurian Redstart             

1

3

 

Phoenicurus auroreus

Blue-fronted Redstart

4

10

 

Phoenicurus frontalis

White-capped Water Redstart

9

10

 

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

Plumbeous Water Redstart           

12

30

 

Rhyacornis fuliginosus

White-bellied Redstart

11

6

(H)

Hodgsonius phaenicuroides

Grandala

1

4

 

Grandala coelicolor

Slaty-backed Forktail

2

1

 

Enicurus schistaceus

White-crowned Forktail

3

1

 

Enicurus leschenaulti

Common Stonechat                    

2

3

 

Saxicola torquata

Grey Bushchat                 

3

1

 

Saxicola ferrea

Crested Myna

1

2

 

Acridotheres cristatellus

Eurasian Nuthatch

2

4

 

Sitta europaea

Chinese Nuthatch

2

1

H

Sitta villosa

Przewalsky's Nuthatch (Endem.)

3

1

 

Sitta (leucopsis) przewalskii

Wallcreeper

1

1

 

Tichodroma muraria

Eurasian Treecreeper

3

2

H

Certhia familiaris

Bar-tailed Treecreeper

2

2

(H)

Certhia himalayana

Sichuan Treecreeper (Endem.)(VU)

1

2

 

Certhia tianquanensis

Winter Wren

8

8

(H)

Troglodytes troglodytes

Songar Tit

1

6

 

Parus songarus weigoldicus

White-browed Tit (Endem.)

1

3

 

Parus superciliosus

Rusty-breasted Tit (Endem.)

1

4

 

Parus davidi

Rufous-vented Tit

5

8

 

Parus rubidiventris

Coal Tit         

4

4

 

Parus ater

Yellow-bellied Tit (Endem.)   

4

6

 

Parus venustulus

Grey-crested Tit

4

3

 

Parus dichrous

Great Tit                     

5

4

 

Parus major

Green-backed Tit

6

6

 

Parus monticolus

Yellow-browed Tit

2

10

 

Sylviparus modestus

Black-throated Tit

3

40

 

Aegithalos concinnus

Sooty Tit (Endem.)

1

3

 

Aegithalos fuliginosus

Pale Martin                   

1

4

 

Riparia diluta

Eurasian Crag Martin

4

8

 

Hirundo rupestris

Barn Swallow                 

8

40

 

Hirundo rustica

Red-rumped Swallow           

7

80

 

Hirundo daurica

Asian House Martin

14

50

 

Delichon dasypus

Goldcrest                    

5

8

 

Regulus regulus

Collared Finchbill

5

6

 

Spizixos semitorques

Light-vented Bulbul               

7

20

 

Pycnonotus sinensis

Black Bulbul

4

8

 

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Chestnut-flanked White-eye    

3

4

 

Zosterops erythropleurus

Japanese White-eye            

4

10

 

Zosterops japonica

Chestnut-headed Tesia

2

4

 

Tesia castaneocoronata

Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler

4

17

(H)

Cettia fortipes

Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler

3

2

H

Cettia major

Aberrant Bush Warbler

6

10

(H)

Cettia flavolivacea

Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler

4

7

(H)

Cettia acanthizoides

Spotted Bush Warbler         

2

3

(H)

Bradypterus thoracicus

David's Bush Warbler

3

3

(H)

Bradypterus davidi

White-browed Tit Warbler

2

10

 

Leptopoecile sophiae

Dusky Warbler                

2

1

H

Phylloscopus fuscatus

Tickell's Leaf Warbler

1

4

 

Phylloscopus affinis

Buff-throated Warbler (Endem. br.)

4

2

(H)

Phylloscopus subaffinis

Yellow-streaked Warbler      

8

10

(H)

Phylloscopus armandii

Buff-barred Warbler

9

20

(H)

Phylloscopus pulcher

Ashy-throated Warbler

3

2

 

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Sichuan Leaf Warbler

13

20

(H)

Phylloscopus forresti

Chinese Leaf Warbler (Endem. br.)

6

70

(H)

Phylloscopus yunnanensis

Hume's Warbler

5

20

(H)

Phylloscopus humei mandellii

Greenish Warbler

10

20

(H)

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

13

15

(H)

Phylloscopus magnirostris

La Touche's Leaf Warbler         

13

30

(H)

Phylloscopus claudiae

Ogilvie-Grant's Leaf Warbler

2

1

(H)

Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

Martens's Warbler (Endem.)

1

1

 

Seicercus omeiensis

Grey-crowned Warbler

3

15

(H)

Seicercus tephrocephalus

Plain-tailed Warbler (Endem. br.)

1

4

(H)

Seicercus soror

Bianchi's Warbler

11

15

(H)

Seicercus valentini

Rufous-faced Warbler

2

2

 

Abroscopus albogularis

Plain Laughingthrush (Endem.)

2

2

 

Garrulax davidi

Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush (Endem.)(VU)

1

2

 

Garrulax sukatschewi

Barred Laughingthrush (Endem.)

2

2

(H)

Garrulax lunulatus

Giant Laughingthrush (Endem.)

6

15

 

Garrulax maximus

Spotted Laughingthrush

2

1

H

Garrulax ocellatus

Hwamei

3

2

(H)

Garrulax canorus

White-browed Laughingthrush

6

20

 

Garrulax sannio

Elliot's Laughingthrush

12

15

 

Garrulax elliotii

Black-faced Laughingthrush

2

3

 

Garrulax affinis

Red-winged Laughingthrush

2

4

 

Garrulax formosus

Emei Shan Liocichla (Endem.)(VU)

1

5

(H)

Liocichla omeiensis

Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler

6

2

(H)

Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler

1

3

 

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler

2

5

(H)

Pnoepyga albiventer

Bar-winged Wren Babbler

1

1

 

Spelaeornis troglodytoides

Rufous-capped Babbler

5

4

 

Stachyris ruficeps

Chinese Babax

4

2

 

Babax lanceolatus

Red-billed Leiothrix

4

8

 

Leiothrix lutea

Green Shrike Babbler

1

1

 

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

Chinese Fulvetta (Endem.)

3

6

 

Alcippe striaticollis

Streak-throated Fulvetta

4

6

 

Alcippe cinereiceps

Dusky Fulvetta

3

2

 

Alcippe brunnea

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta

3

4

 

Alcippe morrisonia

White-collared Yuhina

7

10

 

Yuhina diademata

Great Parrotbill

1

3

H

Conostoma oemodium

Spectacled Parrotbill (Endem.)

1

5

 

Paradoxornis conspicillatus

Vinous-throated Parrotbill   

3

50

 

Paradoxornis webbianus

Ashy-throated Parrotbill (Endem.)

1

3

 

Paradoxornis alphonsianus

Golden Parrotbill

2

6

 

Paradoxornis verreauxi

Tibetan Lark

1

10

 

Melanocorypha maxima

Oriental Skylark

3

200

 

Alauda gulgula

Horned Lark

3

30

 

Eremophila alpestris

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

4

2

 

Dicaeum ignipectus

Mrs Gould's Sunbird

7

3

 

Aethopyga gouldiae

Fork-tailed Sunbird

2

3

 

Aethopyga christinae

Russet Sparrow

2

6

 

Passer rutilans

Eurasian Tree Sparrow         

11

150

 

Passer montanus

Rock Sparrow

1

30

 

Petronia petronia

Tibetan Snowfinch

1

4

 

Montifringilla adamsi

White-rumped Snowfinch

1

60

 

Pyrgilauda taczanowskii

Rufous-necked Snowfinch

1

1

 

Pyrgilauda ruficollis

White Wagtail

17

20

 

Motacilla alba

     "         "

16

6

 

M. alba alboides

Citrine Wagtail

1

3

 

Motacilla citreola

Grey Wagtail

14

5

 

Motacilla cinerea

Olive-backed Pipit

5

8

 

Anthus hodgsoni

Rosy Pipit

4

10

 

Anthus roseatus

Alpine Accentor

1

4

 

Prunella collaris

Rufous-breasted Accentor

6

4

 

Prunella strophiata

Maroon-backed Accentor

2

10

(H)

Prunella immaculata

White-rumped Munia

3

5

 

Lonchura striata

Grey-capped Greenfinch           

1

1

 

Carduelis sinica

Tibetan Siskin

5

10

 

Carduelis thibetana

Twite

1

4

 

Carduelis flavirostris

Plain Mountain Finch

2

10

 

Leucosticte nemoricola

Brandt's Mountain Finch

1

2

 

Leucosticte brandti

Dark-breasted Rosefinch

2

4

 

Carpodacus rubescens

Common Rosefinch              

7

15

(H)

Carpodacus erythrinus

Pink-rumped Rosefinch (Endem.)

2

8

(H)

Carpodacus eos

Vinaceous Rosefinch

3

3

 

Carpodacus vinaceus

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch (Endem.)

5

15

(H)

Carpodacus [thura] dubius

Streaked Rosefinch

1

1

 

Carpodacus rubicilloides

Red-fronted Rosefinch

1

3

 

Carpodacus puniceus

Crimson-browed Finch

1

2

 

Propyrrhula subhimachala

Brown Bullfinch

1

3

 

Pyrrhula nipalensis

Grey-headed Bullfinch

9

4

(H)

Pyrrhula erythaca

Yellow-billed Grosbeak              

1

1

 

Eophona migratoria

Collared Grosbeak

2

2

 

Mycerobas affinis

White-winged Grosbeak

6

6

 

Mycerobas carnipes

Slaty Bunting (Endem.)

4

5

(H)

Latoucheornis siemsseni

Godlewski's Bunting           

6

10

(H)

Emberiza godlewskii

Yellow-throated Bunting       

1

2

 

Emberiza elegans

 

 

Mammals:

 

Tibetan Stump-tailed Macaque

1

20

 

Macaca thibetana

Tibetan Fox

1

1

 

Vulpes ferrilata

Red Panda

1

1

 

Ailurus fulgens

Serow  

1

6

 

Capricornis sumatraensis

Takin

1

23

 

Budorcas taxicolor

Woolly Hare

1

3

 

Lepus oiostolus

hare sp.

1

1

 

lepus sp.

Black-lipped Pika

1

500

 

Ochotona curzonae

Pika sp.

2

1

 

Ochotona curzonae

Red-bellied Squirrel

2

2

 

Callosciurus erythraeus

Swinhoe’s Striped Squirrel

1

2

 

Tamiops swinhoii

Squirrrel sp.

3

2

 

 

Himalayan Marmot

4

10

 

Marmota himalayana

Brown Rat

1

2

 

Rattus norvegicus