“The
following sentence opened last year’s Northern China Tour Report ‘So there we
have it, 278 species, a respectable tally in anyone’s book, some truly
outstanding birds and some undoubtedly long lasting memories’. It applies equally well as an introduction
to this year’s trip – we encountered almost exactly the same number of species
(273 and again including a few leader only birds) and certainly had some
fabulous encounters and a myriad of long-lasting memories. However, this year’s bird list was
surprisingly different to that of 2005.
In 2006 we did extremely well up on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau seeing
virtually all of the area’s specialities while last year we had more migrants
on the coast at Beidaihe.
This year it wasn’t a game bird that headed the end
of tour ‘Bird of the Trip’ poll - it was the first of the two species of
sandgrouse that we saw. We saw both
species well but the first, a scattered party of Tibetan Sandgrouse, were among
the biggest surprises of the entire tour.
(The accolade for biggest surprise must surely go to the Eurasian Golden
Plover we saw on one of the excursions we made south of Beidaihe). Waddling up to a desert drinking hole the
fragmented flock of no less than 22 Tibetan Sandgrouse treated us to
outstanding and prolonged views!
Pallas’s, the other species of sandgrouse we encountered in the same
desert near Chaka, garnered just one quarter as many votes in our poll and
finished a lowly seventh despite the fact that we also had excellent views of
birds in flight and an equally prolonged encounter with a cooperative pair at
rest.
Other ornithological highlights of the Plateau
included both Rusty-necklaced (a roadside covey close to the sandgrouse pool)
and Tibetan Partridges, an elusive Eurasian Eagle Owl, numerous majestic
Black-necked and one distant flying flock of Demoiselle Cranes, good numbers of
Upland Buzzards and perhaps as many as five different Saker Falcons. The most memorable raptor encounter wasn’t
either of these nor the Pallas’s Fish or Steppe Eagle however but a fantastic
roadside adult Lammergeier that treated us to a circus performer-like bone
swallowing act before joining its mate for an equally enthralling sequence of
aerial acrobatics! Songbirds weren’t
neglected either – a pair of Wallcreepers put on a stupendous performance as,
eventually, did a couple of male Kessler’s Thrushes, all six species of
snowfinch and that taxonomic enigma the Pink-tailed Bunting. We also saw three Rufous-tailed Shrikes and
our first male Desert Wheatear near the gloomy Chaka Salt Works and three of
Mongolian Ground Jays on our drive out.
The first two Ground Jays were spotted sitting on top of an earth bank
way off in the distance, we approached and they did their usual vanishing act –
tunnelling perhaps? Our later encounter
with this notoriously difficult species was truly superb.
Soon enough it was time to move to Huzhu
Beishan. On most of our previous visits
we’ve camped here, but we opted not to do that this year – and inclement
weather (that kept us from seeing the mountains that the Tibetan
Snowcocks were on last year let alone the snowcocks themselves!) proved that
we’d made the right decision. The guest
house (not, incidentally, the one we’d planned to stay at) proved OK after a few
adjustments and a spot of digging and there were of course lots of birds. We had three primary targets at Huzhu
Beishan - Blue Eared Pheasant, Chinese Grouse and Gansu Leaf Warbler and by the
end of our first day in the reserve we’d seen all three! The pheasant’s put on an even better
performance at their usual site when we left two days later and we tallied an
impressive 24 individuals. Other
goodies included Black Woodpecker, Siberian Rubythroat, umpteen ‘Himalayan’
Orange-flanked Bush Robins and very large numbers of redstarts with our
White-throated and White-bellied encounters perhaps being the most
memorable. Both nuthatches (Chinese and
Przewalsky’s) cooperated and put on fine performances, as did both Grey-headed
Bullfinch and White-winged Grosbeak.
Sadly however we didn’t hear a peep from the Blood Pheasants we’d seen
so well on our last two visits to the reserve and the Chestnut-throated
Partridges called once and then slunk away before we had a hope of seeing them.
Our time on the Hebei coast at Beidaihe well to the
east of Beijing was a change of pace and a markedly different avifauna. We stopped off on the Sand Flats and added
Relict Gull to our already burgeoning list even before we’d reached the comfortable
Jin Shan hotel. Umpteen new birds
ensued over the next four days with highlights including gaudy Red-billed Blue
Magpies and a fine male Siberian Rubythroat right outside the hotel’s dining
room; an immature Grey-backed Thrush and several Rufous-tailed Robins minutes
further away. Our explorations took us
quite well away from Beidaihe and one particular excursion, on the 28th
September, took us south in search of ducks.
It didn’t yield any and we’d have to wait a couple of days longer for a
truly memorable duck fest back at Beidaihe and instead we had to be satisfied
with China’s first Eurasian Golden Plover and close range encounters with a
Grey-tailed Tattler. At the end of a
busy day and while heading back to Mr San’s coach we spotted an ‘Eastern’ Water
Rail and moments later our only Baillon’s Crake of the tour. Both were unusually obliging.
Beidaihe’s early morning movements of passerines are
often impressive, as are its days of raptor passage but perhaps our most
memorable experience locally was the 20 minutes we had besides the town
reservoir that gave our waterfowl list a much needed boost. 15 Falcated Duck, ten Baikal Teal a single
Mandarin and last, but far from least, a Baer’s Pochard all within the space of
20 minutes left us rocking. The latter
is now East Asia’s most difficult duck.
There were so many other highlights – the close range, diminutive
Pallas’s Warbler and the fly-bye Little Curlew being just two.
There were numerous surprises during the tour – the
Parasitic Jaeger (Arctic Skua to a couple of us) over Qinghai Hu, the massive
flock of House Sparrows (yep House Sparrows!) outside our comfortable Niao Dao
guest house and the two Long-billed Plovers south of Beidaihe. There were some equally memorable spectacles
– ranking high among the latter were the myriad larks on the Qinghai-Tibetan
Plateau and the early morning flights of passerines over the Sand Flats at
coastal Beidaihe.
Once again however we experienced much more than just
an impressive tally of birds and mammals.
We experienced the real China.
Yes there was the starring and the spitting (but both in significantly
lesser doses than was the case ten years ago) but there was also the warm
hospitality, the friendliness of our guides and agents and of course the
food. The varied and plentiful food is,
for many, a particularly appealing feature of Sunbird’s China tours and, even
at remote Huzhu Beishan, the culinary delights never ceased. Despite a typically busy schedule we even
found time to do the tourist route around Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden
City in a rapidly changing Beijing.
Even though we experienced some heavy rain during our
last day up on the Plateau and our first day at Huzhu Beishan the weather was
mostly kind to us and I doubt that the rain cost us many birds.
The views we had up on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau
were often truly spectacular. Distant
snow capped peaks, rolling Tibetan steppe grassland dotted with domesticated
yaks, goats and sheep and with the turquoise waters of Qinghai Hu as a
back-drop. Who wouldn’t have been impressed…”
Paul Holt.
Bird List:
This is a list of all the species seen
during the last three tours to Northern China.
Column A = Number of tours on which
this species has been recorded.
Column B = Number of days this species
was seen on the last tour.
Column C = Maximum daily count for this
species on the last tour.
H =
Heard only
(H) =
Heard but not seen
A B C
|
1 |
Tibetan Snowcock
|
|
|
|
Tetraogallus tibetanus |
|
1 |
Chestnut-throated Partridge |
1 |
1 |
H |
Tetraophasis obscurus |
|
1 |
Rusty-necklaced Partridge |
1 |
7 |
|
Alectoris magna |
|
1 |
Daurian Partridge
|
|
|
|
Perdix dauurica |
|
3 |
Tibetan Partridge
|
1 |
5 |
|
Perdix hodgsoniae |
|
3 |
Japanese Quail
|
2 |
1 |
|
Coturnix japonica |
|
2 |
Blood Pheasant
|
|
|
|
Ithaginis cruentus |
|
3 |
Blue Eared Pheasant |
2 |
24 |
|
Crossoptilon auritum |
|
3 |
Common Pheasant
|
6 |
40 |
|
Phasianus colchicus |
|
3 |
Chinese Grouse
|
1 |
3 |
H |
Tetrastes sewerzowi |
|
3 |
Whooper Swan |
3 |
4 |
|
Cygnus cygnus |
|
2 |
Greylag Goose |
1 |
30 |
|
Anser anser rubrirostris |
|
3 |
Bar-headed Goose
|
4 |
60 |
|
Anser indicus |
|
3 |
Ruddy Shelduck
|
5 |
200 |
|
Tadorna ferruginea |
|
2 |
Common Shelduck
|
2 |
7 |
|
Tadorna tadorna |
|
1 |
Mandarin Duck |
2 |
2 |
|
Aix galericulata |
|
2 |
Gadwall |
2 |
10 |
|
Anas strepera |
|
3 |
Falcated Duck
|
2 |
16 |
|
Anas falcata |
|
3 |
Eurasian Wigeon
|
5 |
1500 |
|
Anas penelope |
|
3 |
Mallard |
8 |
100 |
|
Anas platyrhynchos |
|
3 |
Chinese Spot-billed Duck |
5 |
150 |
|
Anas (poecilorhyncha) zonorhyncha |
|
2 |
Northern Shoveler
|
4 |
310 |
|
Anas clypeata |
|
3 |
Northern Pintail
|
8 |
1200 |
|
Anas acuta |
|
3 |
Garganey |
5 |
32 |
|
Anas querquedula |
|
3 |
Baikal Teal |
2 |
11 |
|
Anas formosa |
|
3 |
Common Teal
|
8 |
3000 |
|
Anas crecca |
|
3 |
Red-crested Pochard |
4 |
4000 |
|
Rhodonessa rufina |
|
3 |
Common Pochard
|
4 |
400 |
|
Aythya ferina |
|
1 |
Baer's Pochard
|
1 |
1 |
|
Aythya baeri |
|
1 |
Ferruginous Pochard |
2 |
8 |
|
Aythya nyroca |
|
3 |
Tufted Duck
|
4 |
800 |
|
Aythya fuligula |
|
1 |
White-winged Scoter |
|
|
|
Melanitta fusca stejnegeri |
|
3 |
Common Goldeneye
|
2 |
7 |
|
Bucephala clangula |
|
1 |
Smew |
|
|
|
Mergus albellus |
|
3 |
Goosander |
4 |
12 |
|
Mergus merganser |
|
1 |
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker |
|
|
|
Dendrocopos canicapillus |
|
3 |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
4 |
3 |
|
Dendrocopos major |
|
1 |
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker |
|
|
|
Dendrocopos hyperythrus |
|
3 |
Black Woodpecker
|
2 |
1 |
|
Dryocopus martius |
|
3 |
Grey-headed Woodpecker |
1 |
3 |
H |
Picus canus |
|
3 |
Common Hoopoe
|
9 |
5 |
|
Upupa epops |
|
3 |
Common Kingfisher
|
4 |
4 |
|
Alcedo atthis |
|
2 |
Black-capped Kingfisher |
|
|
|
Halcyon pileata |
|
1 |
Eurasian Cuckoo
|
|
|
|
Cuculus canorus |
|
1 |
Common Swift
|
|
|
|
Apus apus pekinensis |
|
1 |
Fork-tailed Swift
|
|
|
|
Apus pacificus |
|
1 |
White-throated Needletail |
|
|
|
Hirundapus caudacutus |
|
1 |
Oriental Scops Owl |
|
|
|
Otus sunia |
|
2 |
Eurasian Eagle Owl
|
1 |
1 |
|
Bubo bubo |
|
3 |
Little Owl |
4 |
3 |
|
Athene noctua |
|
3 |
Rock Dove/Feral Rock Pigeon |
14 |
200 |
|
Columba livia |
|
3 |
Hill Pigeon
|
7 |
80 |
|
Columba rupestris |
|
3 |
Oriental Turtle Dove |
5 |
50 |
|
Streptopelia orientalis |
|
2 |
Spotted Dove
|
2 |
7 |
|
Streptopelia chinensis |
|
2 |
Red Collared Dove |
1 |
4 |
|
Streptopelia tranquebarica |
|
3 |
Eurasian Collared Dove |
2 |
5 |
|
Streptopelia decaocto |
|
2 |
Demoiselle Crane |
1 |
300 |
|
Grus virgo |
|
1 |
Common Crane
|
1 |
1 |
|
Grus grus |
|
3 |
Black-necked Crane
|
3 |
31 |
|
Grus nigricollis |
|
2 |
Water Rail |
2 |
1 |
|
Rallus aquaticus indicus |
|
3 |
Baillon’s Crake
|
1 |
1 |
|
Porzana pusilla |
|
3 |
Common Moorhen
|
2 |
13 |
|
Gallinula chloropus |
|
3 |
Common Coot
|
2 |
1000 |
|
Fulica atra |
|
1 |
Tibetan Sandgrouse |
1 |
22 |
|
Syrrhaptes tibetanus |
|
2 |
Pallas’s Sandgrouse |
1 |
14 |
|
Syrrhaptes paradoxus |
|
2 |
Eurasian Woodcock |
|
|
|
Scolopax rusticola |
|
1 |
Solitary Snipe |
|
|
|
Gallinago solitaria |
|
2 |
Pintail or Swinhoe's Snipe |
3 |
2 |
|
Gallinago stenura/megala |
|
3 |
Common Snipe
|
5 |
30 |
|
Gallinago gallinago |
|
2 |
Black-tailed Godwit |
|
|
|
Limosa limosa |
|
3 |
Bar-tailed Godwit |
3 |
6 |
|
Limosa lapponica |
|
2 |
Little Curlew
|
1 |
1 |
|
Numenius minutus |
|
3 |
Whimbrel |
3 |
6 |
|
Numenius phaeopus |
|
3 |
Eurasian Curlew
|
5 |
20 |
|
Numenius arquata |
|
3 |
Far Eastern Curlew |
4 |
15 |
|
Numenius madagascariensis |
|
3 |
Curlew sp. |
2 |
400 |
|
Numenius sp. |
|
3 |
Spotted Redshank
|
5 |
14 |
|
Tringa erythropus |
|
3 |
Common Redshank
|
5 |
35 |
|
Tringa totanus |
|
3 |
Marsh Sandpiper
|
3 |
20 |
|
Tringa stagnatilis |
|
3 |
Common Greenshank
|
7 |
50 |
|
Tringa nebularia |
|
3 |
Green Sandpiper
|
6 |
6 |
|
Tringa ochropus |
|
3 |
Wood Sandpiper
|
6 |
20 |
|
Tringa glareola |
|
3 |
Terek Sandpiper
|
3 |
3 |
|
Xenus cinereus |
|
3 |
Common Sandpiper
|
4 |
3 |
|
Actitis hypoleucos |
|
2 |
Ruddy Turnstone
|
|
|
|
Arenaria interpres |
|
1 |
Asian Dowitcher
|
|
|
|
Limnodromus semipalmatus |
|
2 |
Grey-tailed Tattler |
1 |
1 |
|
Tringa brevipes |
|
2 |
Great Knot |
|
|
|
Calidris tenuirostris |
|
1 |
Little Stint |
|
|
|
Calidris minuta |
|
3 |
Red-necked Stint
|
2 |
20 |
|
Calidris ruficollis |
|
3 |
Temminck’s Stint
|
7 |
18 |
|
Calidris temminckii |
|
1 |
Long-toed Stint
|
|
|
|
Calidris subminuta |
|
3 |
Dunlin |
3 |
25 |
|
Calidris alpina |
|
3 |
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper |
1 |
1 |
|
Calidris acuminata |
|
3 |
Curlew Sandpiper
|
1 |
1 |
|
Calidris ferruginea |
|
3 |
Broad-billed Sandpiper |
1 |
15 |
|
Limicola falcinellus |
|
3 |
Ruff |
2 |
4 |
|
Philomachus pugnax |
|
3 |
Black-winged Stilt
|
3 |
10 |
|
Himantopus himantopus |
|
3 |
Pied Avocet
|
2 |
54 |
|
Recurvirostra avosetta |
|
1 |
Eurasian Golden Plover |
1 |
1 |
|
Pluvialis apricaria |
|
3 |
Pacific Golden Plover |
4 |
10 |
|
Pluvialis fulva |
|
3 |
Grey Plover |
3 |
20 |
|
Pluvialis squatarola |
|
1 |
Common Ringed Plover |
|
|
|
Charadrius hiaticula |
|
1 |
Long-billed Plover |
2 |
5 |
|
Charadrius placidus |
|
3 |
Little Ringed Plover |
4 |
40 |
|
Charadrius dubius |
|
3 |
Kentish Plover
|
10 |
85 |
|
Charadrius alexandrinus |
|
2 |
Lesser Sand Plover
|
|
|
|
Charadrius mongolus |
|
1 |
Greater Sand Plover |
|
|
|
Pluvialis squatarola |
|
2 |
Northern Lapwing
|
4 |
34 |
|
Vanellus vanellus |
|
3 |
Grey-headed Lapwing |
2 |
18 |
|
Vanellus cinereus |
|
2 |
Oriental Pratincole |
|
|
|
Glareola maldivarum |
|
1 |
Parasitic Jaeger |
1 |
1 |
|
Stercorarius parasiticus |
|
3 |
Black-tailed Gull |
5 |
450 |
|
Larus crassirostris |
|
3 |
Common Gull |
2 |
10 |
|
Larus canus |
|
3 |
Vega Gull |
5 |
50 |
|
Larus vegae |
|
3 |
Siberian Gull |
1 |
1 |
|
Larus heuglini taimyrensis |
|
3 |
Yellow-legged Gull |
2 |
2 |
|
Larus cachinnans mongolicus |
|
3 |
Pallas’s Gull
|
5 |
150 |
|
Larus ichthyaetus |
|
3 |
Brown-headed Gull
|
2 |
21 |
|
Larus brunnicephalus |
|
3 |
Black-headed Gull
|
8 |
1000 |
|
Larus ridibundus |
|
2 |
Relict Gull |
2 |
2 |
|
Larus relictus |
|
3 |
Gull-billed Tern
|
2 |
6 |
|
Gelochelidon nilotica |
|
3 |
Caspian Tern |
1 |
56 |
|
Sterna caspia |
|
3 |
Common Tern
|
4 |
2 |
|
Sterna hirundo |
|
2 |
Little Tern
|
2 |
7 |
|
Sterna albifrons |
|
3 |
Whiskered Tern
|
2 |
2 |
|
Chlidonias hybridus |
|
3 |
White-winged Tern
|
3 |
46 |
|
Chlidonias leucopterus |
|
2 |
Osprey |
|
|
|
Pandion haliaetus |
|
3 |
Oriental Honey Buzzard |
2 |
5 |
|
Pernis ptilorhyncus |
|
3 |
Black Kite |
3 |
5 |
|
Milvus migrans lineatus |
|
2 |
Pallas's Fish Eagle |
1 |
1 |
|
Haliaeetus leucoryphus |
|
3 |
Lammergeier
|
1 |
2 |
|
Gypaetus barbatus |
|
3 |
Himalayan Griffon
|
4 |
32 |
|
Gyps himalayensis |
|
1 |
Cinereous Vulture |
|
|
|
Aegypius monachus |
|
3 |
Eastern Marsh Harrier |
4 |
10 |
|
Circus spilonotus |
|
3 |
Eurasian Marsh Harrier |
2 |
2 |
|
Circus aeruginosus |
|
2 |
Hen Harrier |
3 |
2 |
|
Circus cyaneus |
|
3 |
Pied Harrier
|
1 |
1 |
|
Circus melanoleucos |
|
3 |
Japanese Sparrowhawk |
1 |
1 |
|
Accipiter gularis |
|
3 |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
6 |
4 |
|
Accipiter nisus |
|
2 |
Northern Goshawk
|
|
|
|
Accipiter gentilis |
|
3 |
Himalayan Buzzard
|
2 |
2 |
|
Buteo (buteo) burmanicus |
|
3 |
Upland Buzzard
|
6 |
41 |
|
Buteo hemilasius |
|
1 |
Steppe Eagle
|
1 |
1 |
|
Aquila nipalensis |
|
3 |
Golden Eagle
|
1 |
2 |
|
Aquila chrysaetos |
|
1 |
Booted Eagle |
|
|
|
Hieraaetus pennatus |
|
3 |
Common Kestrel
|
12 |
6 |
|
Falco tinnunculus |
|
3 |
Amur Falcon
|
4 |
15 |
|
Falco amurensis |
|
2 |
Merlin |
2 |
1 |
|
Falco columbarius |
|
3 |
Eurasian Hobby
|
4 |
3 |
|
Falco subbuteo |
|
3 |
Saker Falcon
|
5 |
2 |
|
Falco cherrug |
|
3 |
Peregrine |
1 |
1 |
|
Falco peregrinus |
|
2 |
'Red-capped' Falcon |
2 |
3 |
|
Falco peregrinus babylonicus |
|
3 |
Little Grebe
|
7 |
30 |
|
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
|
3 |
Great Crested Grebe |
8 |
180 |
|
Podiceps cristatus |
|
3 |
Black-necked Grebe
|
2 |
55 |
|
Podiceps nigricollis |
|
3 |
Great Cormorant
|
7 |
200 |
|
Phalacrocorax carbo |
|
3 |
Little Egret
|
5 |
220 |
|
Egretta garzetta |
|
2 |
Chinese Egret |
|
|
|
Falco peregrinus |
|
3 |
Grey Heron |
8 |
200 |
|
Ardea cinerea |
|
3 |
Purple Heron
|
3 |
2 |
|
Ardea purpurea |
|
3 |
Great Egret
|
6 |
45 |
|
Casmerodius albus |
|
1 |
Intermediate Egret |
3 |
5 |
|
Mesophoyx intermedia |
|
2 |
Cattle Egret
|
3 |
21 |
|
Bubulcus ibis |
|
3 |
Chinese Pond Heron
|
4 |
2 |
|
Ardeola bacchus |
|
3 |
Black-crowned Night Heron |
3 |
10 |
|
Nycticorax nycticorax |
|
3 |
Yellow Bittern
|
3 |
3 |
|
Ixobrychus sinensis |
|
1 |
Great Bittern
|
|
|
|
Botaurus stellaris |
|
1 |
Eurasian Spoonbill
|
|
|
|
Platalea leucorodia |
|
3 |
Rufous-tailed Shrike |
1 |
3 |
|
Lanius isabellinus |
|
3 |
Brown Shrike
|
2 |
1 |
|
Lanius cristatus |
|
2 |
Grey-backed Shrike
|
1 |
3 |
|
Lanius tephronotus |
|
3 |
Chinese Grey Shrike |
5 |
2 |
|
Lanius sphenocercus |
|
3 |
Chinese
Grey Shrike |
4 |
2 |
|
Lanius s. sphenocercus |
|
1 |
'Tibetan'
[Chinese] Grey Shrike |
|
|
|
Lanius sphenocercus giganteus |
|
3 |
Eurasian Jay
|
3 |
7 |
|
Garrulus glandarius |
|
3 |
Red-billed Blue Magpie |
5 |
10 |
|
Urocissa erythrorhyncha |
|
3 |
Azure-winged Magpie |
5 |
50 |
|
Cyanopica cyanus |
|
3 |
Black-billed Magpie |
9 |
100 |
|
Pica pica |
|
2 |
Mongolian Ground-Jay |
1 |
3 |
|
Podoces hendersoni |
|
3 |
Hume's Groundpecker |
5 |
100 |
|
Pseudopodoces humilis |
|
3 |
Red-billed Chough
|
9 |
360 |
|
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax |
|
1 |
Daurian Jackdaw
|
|
|
|
Corvus dauuricus |
|
2 |
Common Raven |
|
|
|
Corvus corax |
|
1 |
Rook |
1 |
38 |
|
Corvus frugilegus |
|
1 |
Carrion Crow
|
|
|
|
Corvus corone |
|
3 |
Large-billed Crow
|
4 |
6 |
|
Corvus macrorhynchos |
|
1 |
Eurasian Golden Oriole |
|
|
|
Oriolus oriolus |
|
1 |
Black-naped Oriole
|
|
|
|
Oriolus chinensis |
|
1 |
Black Drongo
|
|
|
|
Dicrurus macrocercus |
|
1 |
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher |
|
|
|
Terpsiphone paradisi |
|
3 |
White-throated Dipper |
2 |
2 |
|
Cinclus cinclus |
|
2 |
White's Thrush |
|
|
|
Zoothera dauma |
|
2 |
Grey-backed Thrush |
1 |
1 |
|
Turdus hortulorum |
|
1 |
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush |
|
|
|
Monticola saxatilis |
|
3 |
Kessler's Thrush
|
2 |
3 |
|
Turdus kessleri |
|
1 |
Eyebrowed Thrush
|
1 |
1 |
|
Turdus obscurus |
|
2 |
Dark-throated Thrush |
4 |
4 |
|
Turdus ruficollis |
|
2 |
'Red-throated Thrush' |
2 |
1 |
|
Turdus ruficollis ruficollis |
|
2 |
Chinese Thrush
|
1 |
2 |
|
Turdus mupinensis |
|
1 |
Dark-sided Flycatcher |
|
|
|
Muscicapa sibirica |
|
2 |
Asian Brown Flycatcher |
|
|
|
Muscicapa dauurica |
|
3 |
Taiga Flycatcher |
3 |
2 |
|
Ficedula albicilla |
|
2 |
Rufous-tailed Robin |
2 |
3 |
|
Luscinia sibilans |
|
3 |
Siberian Rubythroat |
2 |
2 |
|
Luscinia calliope |
|
2 |
Bluethroat |
2 |
2 |
|
Luscinia svecica |
|
3 |
Himalayan Orange-flanked Bush Robin |
2 |
15 |
|
Tarsiger (cyanurus) rufilatus |
|
2 |
Northern Orange-flanked Bush Robin |
3 |
6 |
|
Tarsiger cyanurus |
|
3 |
Ala Shan Redstart
|
1 |
2 |
|
Phoenicurus alaschanicus |
|
3 |
Black Redstart
|
3 |
4 |
|
Phoenicurus ochruros |
|
2 |
Hodgson’s Redstart
|
2 |
12 |
|
Phoenicurus hodgsoni |
|
3 |
White-throated Redstart |
2 |
45 |
|
Phoenicurus schisticeps |
|
3 |
Daurian Redstart
|
4 |
1 |
|
Phoenicurus auroreus |
|
2 |
White-winged Redstart |
1 |
3 |
|
Phoenicurus erythrogaster |
|
3 |
Blue-fronted Redstart |
4 |
6 |
|
Phoenicurus frontalis |
|
3 |
White-capped Water Redstart |
3 |
3 |
|
Chaimarrornis leucocephalus |
|
2 |
Plumbeous Water Redstart |
|
|
|
Rhyacornis fuliginosus |
|
3 |
White-bellied Redstart |
1 |
1 |
|
Hodgsonius phaenicuroides |
|
3 |
Common Stonechat
|
5 |
10 |
|
Saxicola torquata |
|
2 |
Pied Wheatear
|
1 |
1 |
|
Oenanthe pleschanka |
|
3 |
Desert Wheatear
|
2 |
3 |
|
Oenanthe deserti |
|
3 |
Isabelline Wheatear |
1 |
1 |
|
Oenanthe isabellina |
|
3 |
White-cheeked Starling |
2 |
20 |
|
Sturnus cineraceus |
|
1 |
Crested Myna
|
|
|
|
Acridotheres cristatellus |
|
2 |
Chinese Nuthatch |
1 |
2 |
|
Sitta villosa |
|
3 |
Przewalsky's Nuthatch |
2 |
3 |
(H) |
Sitta przewalskii |
|
3 |
Wallcreeper
|
1 |
2 |
|
Tichodroma muraria |
|
3 |
Eurasian Treecreeper |
2 |
7 |
(H) |
Certhia familiaris |
|
3 |
Winter Wren
|
2 |
4 |
(H) |
Troglodytes troglodytes |
|
3 |
Marsh Tit |
2 |
1 |
(H) |
Parus palustris |
|
3 |
Songar Tit |
2 |
20 |
|
Parus songarus |
|
3 |
White-browed Tit
|
2 |
5 |
|
Parus superciliosus |
|
3 |
Rufous-vented Tit |
2 |
15 |
|
Parus rubidiventris |
|
1 |
Yellow-bellied Tit
|
|
|
|
Parus venustulus |
|
3 |
Grey-crested Tit
|
2 |
6 |
|
Parus dichrous |
|
3 |
Great Tit |
7 |
6 |
|
Parus major tibetanus &
minor |
|
3 |
Sand Martin |
1 |
1 |
|
Riparia riparia |
|
3 |
Pale Martin |
3 |
5 |
|
Riparia diluta |
|
3 |
Eurasian Crag Martin |
1 |
14 |
|
Hirundo rupestris |
|
3 |
Barn Swallow
|
5 |
1000 |
|
Hirundo rustica |
|
3 |
Red-rumped Swallow
|
4 |
15 |
|
Hirundo daurica |
|
3 |
Asian House Martin
|
2 |
30 |
|
Delichon dasypus |
|
3 |
Goldcrest |
2 |
8 |
(H) |
Regulus regulus |
|
3 |
Light-vented Bulbul |
1 |
2 |
|
Pycnonotus sinensis |
|
1 |
Zitting Cisticola |
|
|
|
Cisticola juncidis |
|
1 |
White-browed Chinese Warbler |
|
|
|
Rhopophilus pekinensis |
|
3 |
Chestnut-flanked White-eye |
2 |
100 |
|
Zosterops erythropleurus |
|
1 |
Asian Stubtail
|
|
|
|
Urosphena squameiceps |
|
1 |
David's Bush Warbler |
|
|
|
Bradypterus davidi |
|
1 |
Spotted Bush Warbler |
|
|
|
Bradypterus thoracicus przevalskii |
|
3 |
Lanceolated Warbler |
4 |
2 |
|
Locustella lanceolata |
|
3 |
Rusty-rumped Warbler |
2 |
1 |
|
Locustella certhiola |
|
3 |
Black-browed Reed Warbler |
5 |
15 |
|
Acrocephalus bistrigiceps |
|
1 |
Manchurian Reed Warbler |
|
|
|
Acrocephalus tangorum |
|
3 |
Oriental Reed Warbler |
2 |
2 |
|
Acrocephalus orientalis |
|
2 |
Thick-billed Warbler |
|
|
|
Acrocephalus aedon |
|
3 |
White-browed Tit Warbler |
4 |
5 |
|
Leptopoecile sophiae |
|
3 |
Dusky Warbler
|
1 |
1 |
|
Phylloscopus fuscatus wiegoldi |
|
3 |
Dusky Warbler
|
5 |
30 |
|
Phylloscopus f. fuscatus |
|
3 |
Tickell's Warbler
|
6 |
8 |
|
Phylloscopus affinis |
|
3 |
Yellow-streaked Warbler |
2 |
4 |
|
Phylloscopus armandii |
|
3 |
Radde's Warbler
|
3 |
8 |
|
Phylloscopus schwarzi |
|
3 |
Buff-barred Warbler |
2 |
4 |
|
Phylloscopus pulcher |
|
2 |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler |
4 |
15 |
|
Phylloscopus proregulus |
|
3 |
Gansu Leaf Warbler
|
2 |
9 |
|
Phylloscopus kansuensis |
|
3 |
Yellow-browed Warbler |
6 |
10 |
|
Phylloscopus inornatus |
|
3 |
Hume's Warbler
|
5 |
5 |
|
Phylloscopus humei mandellii |
|
1 |
Arctic Warbler
|
1 |
1 |
H |
Phylloscopus borealis |
|
2 |
Greenish Warbler
|
|
|
|
P. trochiloides obscurus |
|
2 |
(Two-barred) Greenish Warbler |
|
|
|
P. t. plumbeitarsus |
|
1 |
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler |
|
|
|
Phylloscopus tenellipes |
|
3 |
Plain Laughingthrush |
3 |
5 |
|
Garrulax davidi |
|
3 |
Elliot's Laughingthrush |
3 |
15 |
|
Garrulax elliotii |
|
1 |
Vinous-throated Parrotbill |
|
|
|
Paradoxornis webbianus |
|
3 |
Tibetan Lark
|
4 |
26 |
|
Melanocorypha maxima |
|
3 |
Mongolian Lark
|
1 |
2 |
|
Melanocorypha mongolica |
|
3 |
Greater Short-toed Lark |
4 |
300 |
|
Calandrella brachyura |
|
3 |
Hume's Short-toed Lark |
3 |
5 |
|
Calandrella acutirostris |
|
2 |
Asian Short-toed Lark |
|
|
|
Calandrella cheleensis |
|
3 |
Eurasian Skylark
|
5 |
40 |
|
Alauda arvensis |
|
3 |
Oriental Skylark
|
5 |
30 |
|
Alauda gulgula |
|
3 |
Horned Lark
|
5 |
200 |
|
Eremophila alpestris |
|
2 |
House Sparrow |
5 |
1300 |
|
Passer domesticus |
|
3 |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow |
14 |
300 |
|
Passer montanus |
|
3 |
Rock Sparrow
|
4 |
40 |
|
Petronia petronia |
|
3 |
Small Snowfinch
|
1 |
2 |
|
Montifringilla davidiana |
|
3 |
Tibetan Snowfinch
|
1 |
10 |
|
Montifringilla adamsi |
|
3 |
Rufous-necked Snowfinch |
5 |
20 |
|
Montifringilla ruficollis |
|
3 |
White-winged Snowfinch |
1 |
32 |
|
Montifringilla nivalis henrici |
|
3 |
White-rumped Snowfinch |
5 |
15 |
|
Pyrgilauda taczanowskii |
|
3 |
Plain-backed Snowfinch |
2 |
10 |
|
Pyrgilauda blanfordi |
|
3 |
White Wagtail
|
13 |
50 |
|
Motacilla alba |
|
3 |
White
Wagtail |
5 |
40 |
|
Motacilla alba leucopsis |
|
1 |
White
Wagtail |
|
|
|
Motacilla alba alba |
|
2 |
White
Wagtail |
1 |
1 |
|
Motacilla alba personata |
|
3 |
White
Wagtail |
2 |
6 |
|
Motacilla alba ocularis |
|
3 |
Citrine Wagtail
|
6 |
30 |
|
Motacilla citreola calcarata |
|
3 |
Yellow Wagtail
|
4 |
10 |
|
Motacilla flava |
|
3 |
Yellow
Wagtail |
1 |
2 |
|
Motacilla flava macronyx |
|
2 |
Yellow
Wagtail |
|
|
|
Motacilla flava taivana |
|
3 |
Grey Wagtail
|
1 |
1 |
H |
Motacilla cinerea |
|
3 |
Richard's Pipit
|
8 |
15 |
|
Anthus richardi |
|
3 |
Blyth's Pipit |
6 |
5 |
|
Anthus godlewski |
|
3 |
Olive-backed Pipit
|
8 |
6 |
|
Anthus hodgsoni |
|
3 |
Pechora Pipit
|
1 |
1 |
|
Anthus gustavi |
|
3 |
Red-throated Pipit |
4 |
20 |
|
Anthus cervinus |
|
3 |
Rosy Pipit |
7 |
50 |
|
Anthus roseatus |
|
3 |
Water Pipit
|
1 |
4 |
|
Anthus spinoletta |
|
2 |
Buff-bellied Pipit |
2 |
10 |
|
Anthus rubescens japonicus |
|
2 |
Ashy Minivet |
|
|
|
Pericrocotus divaricatus |
|
3 |
Robin Accentor
|
3 |
60 |
|
Prunella rubeculoides |
|
3 |
Rufous-breasted Accentor |
5 |
15 |
|
Prunella strophiata |
|
1 |
Siberian Accentor |
|
|
|
Prunella montanella |
|
3 |
Brown Accentor
|
3 |
8 |
|
Prunella fulvescens |
|
2 |
Grey-capped Greenfinch |
|
|
|
Carduelis sinica |
|
3 |
Twite |
5 |
150 |
|
Carduelis flavirostris |
|
3 |
Plain Mountain Finch |
|
|
|
Leucosticte nemoricola |
|
3 |
Mongolian Finch
|
2 |
35 |
|
Bucanetes mongolicus |
|
2 |
Desert Finch |
1 |
14 |
|
Rhodospiza obsoleta |
|
3 |
Common Rosefinch
|
2 |