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China Is Open

China has opened again for all forms of tourism - as from March 15 tourist visas are once again being issued and wildlife enthusiasts can again include China as a travel destination. We're now looking forward to meeting old and new biirding/mammal watching and butterfly friends.

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scanning with shadow 2Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai specialist, the wildlife hotspots of China - with Sid Francis

 

SPECIES

 

1.         

Chinese Bamboo Partridge

Bambusicola thoracica

2.         

Temminck's Tragopan

Tragopan temminckii

3.         

Silver Pheasant

Lophura nycthemera

4.         

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

Chrysolophus amherstiae

 

 

 

5.         

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

6.         

Grey-capped woodpecker

Dendrocopos canicapillus

7.         

Three Toed Woodpecker

Picoides tridactylus

8.         

Crimson-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos cathpharius

9.         

Darjeeling Woodpecker

Dendrocopos darjellensis

10.      

Bay Woodpecker

Blythipicus pyrrhotis

 

 

 

11.      

Great Barbet

Megalaima virens

 

 

 

12.      

Red-headed Trogon

Harpactes erythrocephalus

 

 

 

13.      

Large Hawk Cuckoo

Cuculus sparverioide

14.      

Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo

Cuculus nisicolor

15.      

Eurasian Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

16.      

Himalayan Cuckoo

Cuculus saturatus

17.      

Lesser Cuckoo

Cuculus poliocephalus

18.      

Asian Keol

Eudynamys scolopacea

 

 

 

19.      

Himalayan Swiftlet

Aerodramusbrevirostris

20.      

Salim Ali’s Swift

Apus salimalii

21.      

White-throated Needletail

Hirundapus caudacutus

 

 

 

22.      

Collared Scops Owl

Otus lettia

23.      

Oriental Scops Owl

Otus sunia

24.      

Collared Owlet

Glaucidium brodiei

25.      

Himalayan Owl

Strix nivicolum

 

 

 

26.      

Speckled Wood Pigeon

Columba hodgsonii

 

 

 

27.      

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus

28.      

Eastern Buzzard

Buteo japonicus

29.      

Besra

Accipiter virgatus

30.      

Chinese Sparrowhawk

Accipiter soloensis

31.      

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

32.      

Crested Goshawk

Aquila chrysaetos

33.      

Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

34.      

Black Baza

Aviceda leuphotes

 

 

 

35.      

Tiger shrike

Lanius tigrinus

36.      

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

 

 

 

37.      

Eurasian Jay

Perisoreus internigrans

38.      

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythrorhyncha

39.      

Spotted Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

40.      

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

 

 

 

41.      

Black-naped Oriole

Oriolus chinensis

 

 

 

42.      

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

 

 

 

43.      

Hair-crested Drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

 

 

 

44.      

Brown Dipper

Cinclus pallasii

 

 

 

45.      

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

46.      

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

47.      

Plain Backed Thrush

Zoothera mollissima

48.      

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

49.      

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

50.      

Dusky Thrush

Turdus euonmus

51.      

Naumann’s Thrush

Turdus naumanni

 

 

 

52.      

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea

53.      

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

54.      

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla

55.      

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Ficedula zanthopygia

56.      

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

57.      

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris

58.      

Slaty-Blue Flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor

59.      

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula hodgsonii

60.      

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassina

61.      

Chinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis glaucicomans

62.      

Fujian Niltava

Niltava davidi

 

 

 

63.      

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

64.      

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus

65.      

Golden Bush Robin

Tarsiger chrysaeus

66.      

White-tailed Robin

 

67.      

White-browed Shortwing

Brachypteryx montana

 

 

 

68.      

White-bellied Redstart

Hodgsonius phoenicuroides

 

 

 

69.      

Daurian Redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus

70.      

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

71.      

White-capped Water-Redstart

Chaimarrornis leucocephal

72.      

Plumbeous Water-Redstart

Rhyacornis fuliginosus

 

 

 

73.      

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

 

 

 

74.      

Little Forktail

Enicurus scouleri

75.      

White-crowned Forktail

Enicurus leschenaulti

76.      

Spotted Forktail

Enicurus maculatus

 

 

 

77.      

Grey Bushchat

Saxicola ferrea

 

 

 

78.      

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

Sitta nagaensis

 

 

 

79.      

Hodgson's Treecreeper

Certhia hodgsoni

80.      

Sichuan Treecreeper

Certhia tianquanensis

 

 

 

81.      

Eurasian Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

 

 

 

82.      

Pere David’s Tit

Poecile davidi

83.      

Rufous-vented Tit

Periparus rubidiventris

84.      

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

85.      

Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus

86.      

Grey-crested Tit

Lophophanes dichrous

87.      

Japanese Great Tit

Parus minor

88.      

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

89.      

Yellow-browed Tit

Sylviparus modestus

90.      

Black Throated Tit

Aegithalos concinnus

 

 

 

91.      

Fire-capped Tit

Cephalopyrus flammiceps

 

 

 

92.      

Asian House-Martin

Delichon dasypus

 

 

 

93.      

Collared Finchbill

Spizixos semitorques

94.      

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

95.      

Chinese Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

96.      

Himalayan Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

97.      

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

 

 

 

98.      

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Cettia fortipes

99.      

Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler

Cettia major

100.   

Aberrant Bush Warbler

Cettia flavolivaceus

101.   

Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler

Cettia acanthizoides

102.   

Grey-sided Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnifrons

103.   

Spotted Bush Warbler

Locustella thoracicus

104.   

Brown Bush Warbler

Locustella luteoventris

105.   

Russet Bush Warbler

Locustella seebohmi

106.   

Sichuan Bush Warbler

Locustella  chengi

 

 

 

107.   

Chesnut-headed Tesia

Tesia castaneocoronata

 

 

 

108.   

Buff-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus subaffinis

109.   

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

110.   

Sichuan Leaf-Warbler

Phylloscopus forresti

111.   

Chinese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus yunnanensis

112.   

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

113.   

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

114.   

Emei Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus emeiensis

115.   

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ogilivie-grantii

116.   

Claudia's Leaf-Warbler

Phylloscopus claudia

 

 

 

117.   

Plain-tailed Warbler

Seicercus soror

118.   

Marten’s Warbler

Seicercus omeiensis

119.   

Bianch's Warbler

Seicercus valentine

120.   

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Seicercus castaniceps

 

 

 

121.   

Rufous-faced Warbler

Abroscopus albogularis

 

 

 

122.   

Barred Laughingthrush

Garrulax lunulatus

123.   

Spotted Laughingthrush

Garrulax ocellatus

124.   

Buffy Laughingthrush

Garrulax berthemyi

125.   

White-throated Laughingthrush

Garrulax albogularis

126.   

Red-winged Laughingthrush

Garrulax formosus

127.   

White-browed Laughingthrush

Garrulax sannio

128.   

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Garrulax affinis

129.   

Hwamei

Garrulax canorus

130.   

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Garrulax elliotii

 

 

 

131.   

Emei Shan Liocichla

Liocichla omeiensis

 

 

 

132.   

Black-streaked scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus gravivox

133.   

Streak-throated Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

134.   

Pygmy Wren Babbler

Pnoepyga albiventer

135.   

Chinese Wren Babbler

Pnoepyga mutica

136.   

Streaked Barwing

Actinodura souliei

137.   

Red-billed Leothrix

Leiothrix lutea

138.   

Blyth’s Shrike Babbler

Pteruthius flaviscapis

139.   

Green Shrike Babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

140.   

Blue-winged Minla

Minla ignotincta

141.   

Red-tailed Minla

Minla cyanouroptera

 

 

 

142.   

Gold-fronted Fulvetta

Alcippe variegaticeps

143.   

Golden-breasted Fulvetta

Alcippe chrysotis

144.   

David’s Fulvetta

Alcippe davidi

145.   

Grey-hooded Fulvetta

Alcippe cinereiceps

146.   

Dusky Fulvetta

Alcippe brunnea

 

 

 

147.   

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimenta

148.   

Stripe-throated Yuhina

Yuhina gularis

149.   

White-collared Yuhina

Yuhina diademata

 

 

 

150.   

Great Parrotbill

Conostoma aemodium

151.   

Brown Parrotbill

Paradoxornis unicolor

152.   

Three-toed Parrotbill

Paradoxornis paradoxus

153.   

Grey-hooded Parrotbill

Sinosuthora zappeyi

154.   

Fulvous Parrotbill

Suthora fulvifrons

155.   

Golden Parrotbill

Suthora verreauxi

 

 

 

156.   

Mrs Gould's Sunbird

Aethopyga gouldiae

 

 

 

157.   

Russet Sparrow

Passer rutilans

158.   

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

 

 

 

159.   

Rock Petronia

Petronia petronia

 

 

 

160.   

Black-winged Snowfinch

Montifringilla adamsi

161.   

Henri’s Snowfinch

Montifringilla henrici

162.   

White-rumped Snowfinch

Pyrgilauda taczanowskii

163.   

Rufous-necked Snowfinch

Pyrgilauda ruficollis

 

 

 

164.   

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

165.   

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

166.   

Forest Wagtail

Dendronanthus indicus

 

 

 

167.   

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

 

 

 

168.   

Maroon-backed Accentor

Prunella immaculata

 

 

 

169.   

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

 

 

 

170.   

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

171.   

Grey-capped Greenfich

Carduelis sinica

172.   

Brown Bullfinch

Pyrrhula nipalensis

173.   

Grey-headed Bullfinch

Pyrrhula erythaca

174.   

Collared Grosbeak

Mycerobas affinis

175.   

Common Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

 

 

 

176.   

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

177.   

Blanford’s Rosefich

Carpodacus rubescens

178.   

Vinaceous Rosefinch

Carpodacus vinaceus

 

 

 

179.   

Slaty Bunting

Latoucheornis siemsseni

 

 

 

180.   

Elegant Bunting

Emberiza elegans

181.   

Little Bunting

Emberiza pusilla

 

 

 

 

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