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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.         

Tibetan Partridge

Perdix hodgsoniae

2.         

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

 

 

 

3.         

Tundra Swan

Cygnus columbianus

4.         

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

5.         

Bar-headed Goose

Anser indicus

6.         

Ruddy Shelduck

Tadorna ferruginea

7.         

Pygmy Cotton Teal

Nettapus coromandelianus

8.         

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Anas Zonorhyncha

9.         

Common Teal

Anas crecca

10.      

Falcated duck

Anas falcate

11.      

Garganey

Anas querquedula

12.      

Gadwall

Anas strepera

13.      

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

14.      

Pintail

Anas acuta

15.      

Shoveller

Anas clypeata

16.      

Common Widgeon

Anas penelope

17.      

Ferruginous Duck

Aythya nyroca

18.      

Red-crested Pochard

Netta rufina

19.      

Tufted Duck

Aythya fuligula

20.      

Common Pochard

Aythya ferina

21.      

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

 

 

 

22.      

Eurasian Wryneck

Jynx torquil

23.      

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

 

 

 

24.      

Common Hoopoe

Upupa epops

 

 

 

25.      

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

 

 

 

26.      

Eurasian Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

 

 

 

27.      

Little Owl

Athene noctua

28.      

Eurasian Eagle Owl

Bubo bubo

 

 

 

29.      

Hill Pigeon

Columba rupestris

30.      

Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

31.      

Red Collared Dove

Streptopelia tranquebaric

 

 

 

32.      

Black-necked Crane

Grus nigricollis

33.      

Common Crane

Grus grus

34.      

Demoiselle Crane

Anthropoides virgo

 

 

 

35.      

Common Coot

Fulica atra

 

 

 

36.      

Lesser Sand Plover

Charadrius mongolus

37.      

Temminck’s Stint

Calidris temminckii

38.      

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

39.      

Common Redshank

Tringa totanus

40.      

Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

41.      

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

42.      

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

43.      

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

44.      

Black-tailed Godwit

Limosa limosa

45.      

Grey Phallarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

 

 

 

46.      

Pallas's Gull

Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

47.      

Brown-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

48.      

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

49.      

Common Gull

Larus canus

50.      

Common Tern

Sterna hirundo

51.      

Whiskered Tern

Chlidonias hybrida

 

 

 

52.      

Black-eared Kite

Milvus lineatus

53.      

Cinereous Vulture

Aegypius monachus

54.      

Lammergeier

Gypaetus barbatus

55.      

Himalayan Griffon

Gyps himalayensis

56.      

Upland Buzzard

Buteo hemilasius

57.      

White-tailed Sea Eagle

 

58.      

Steppe Eagle

Aquila nipalensis

59.      

Northern  Hobby

Falco subbuteo

60.      

Saker Falcon

Falco cherrug

61.      

Eurasian Kestrel

Falco tinnunculus

62.      

Amur Falcon

Falco amurebsis

 

 

 

63.      

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

 

 

 

64.      

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

65.      

Eastern Cattle Egret

Bubulcus coromandus

66.      

Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

67.      

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

 

 

 

68.      

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

69.      

Chinese Grey Shrike

Lanius sphenocercus

70.      

Tibetan Grey Shrike

Lanius giganteus

 

 

 

71.      

Azure-winged Magpie

Cyanopica cyana

72.      

Common Magpie

Pica pica

73.      

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

74.      

Daurian Jackdaw

Corvus dauurica

75.      

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

76.      

Northern Raven

Corvus corax

 

 

 

77.      

Hume's Ground Tit

Pseudopodoces humilis

 

 

 

78.      

Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

 

 

 

79.      

Kessler’s Thrush

 

80.      

Red-throated Thrush

Turdus ruficollis

 

 

 

81.      

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

82.      

Hodgson's Redstart

Phoenicurus hodgsoni

83.      

White-winged Redstart

Phoenicurus erythrogaster

 

 

 

84.      

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

 

 

 

85.      

Daurian Starling

Sturnus sturninus

86.      

White-cheeked Starling

Sturnus sericeus

 

 

 

87.      

Sichuan Tit

Poecile weigoldicus

88.      

White-browed Tit

Poecile superciliosus

89.      

Japanese Great Tit

Parus minor

 

 

 

90.      

Sand Martin

Riparia riparia

91.      

Pale Martin

Riparia diluta

92.      

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

93.      

Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

 

 

 

94.      

Dusky Warbler

Phylloscopus fuscatus

95.      

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Phylloscopus armandii

 

 

 

96.      

White-browed Tit Warbler

Leptopoecile sophiae

 

 

 

97.      

Plain Laughingthrush

Garrulax davidi

98.      

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Garrulax elliotii

 

 

 

99.      

Asian Short-toed Lark

Calandrella cheleensis

100.   

Oriental Skylark

Alauda gulgula

101.   

Elwes Horned Lark

Eremophila elwesi

102.   

Tibetan Lark

Melanocorypha maxima

 

 

 

103.   

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

104.   

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

 

 

 

105.   

Rock Petronia

Petronia petronia

 

 

 

106.   

Black-winged Snowfinch

Montifringilla adamsi

107.   

Henri’s Snowfinch

Montifringilla henrici

108.   

White-rumped Snowfinch

Pyrgilauda taczanowskii

109.   

Rufous-necked Snowfinch

Pyrgilauda ruficollis

 

 

 

110.   

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

111.   

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola

 

 

 

112.   

Rosy Pipit

Anthus roseatus

113.   

Blyth’s Pipit

Anthus godlewskii

114.   

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

 

 

 

115.   

Robin Accentor

Prunella rubeculoides

116.   

Brown Accentor

Prunella fulvescens

 

 

 

117.   

Twite

Carduelis flavirost

118.   

Plain Mountain Finch

Leucosticte nemoricola

119.   

Brandt's Mountain Finch

Leucosticte brandti

 

 

 

120.   

Prezwalkski’s Finch

Urocynchramus pylzowi

121.   

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

122.   

Pink-rumped Rosefich

Carpodacus eos

123.   

Striated Rosefinch

Carpodacus rubicilloides

 

 

 

124.   

Godlewski's Bunting

Emberiza godlewskii

125.   

Pine Bunting

Emberiza leucocephalos

 

 

 

For general tourist information click link below and visit our sister-site Wolong Pandas

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