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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.         

Koklass Pheasant

Pucrasia macrolopha

3.         

Blood pheasant

Ithaginis cruentus

4.         

Temminck's Tragopan

Tragopan temminckii

5.         

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

6.         

GoldenPheasant

Chrysolophus pictus

 

 

 

7.         

Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

 

 

 

8.         

Grey-capped woodpecker

Dendrocopos canicapillus

9.         

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

10.      

Crimson-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos cathpharius

 

 

 

11.      

Crested Kingfisher

Megaceryle lugubris

 

 

 

12.      

Large Hawk Cuckoo

Cuculus sparverioide

13.      

Himalayan Cuckoo

Cuculus saturatus

14.      

Lesser Cuckoo

Cuculus poliocephalus

 

 

 

15.      

Salim Ali’s Swift

Apus salimalii

 

 

 

16.      

Oriental Scops Owl

Otus sunia

17.      

Himalayan Owl

Strix nivicolum

18.      

Tawny Fish Owl

Ketupa flavipes

 

 

 

19.      

Mountain Hawk Eagle

Spizaetus nipalensis

20.      

Crested Goshawk

Aquila chrysaetos

 

 

 

21.      

Eurasian Jay

Perisoreus internigrans

22.      

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythrorhyncha

23.      

Spotted Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

24.      

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

25.      

Collared Crow

Corvus pectoralis

 

 

 

26.      

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

 

 

 

27.      

Brown Dipper

Cinclus pallasii

 

 

 

28.      

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

29.      

Blue Rock-Thrush

Monticola solitarius

 

 

 

30.      

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris

31.      

Zappey’s Flycatcher

Cyanoptila cumatilis

 

 

 

32.      

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

33.      

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus

 

 

 

34.      

White-bellied Redstart

Hodgsonius phoenicuroides

 

 

 

35.      

Daurian Redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus

36.      

White-capped Water-Redstart

Chaimarrornis leucocephal

37.      

Plumbeous Water-Redstart

Rhyacornis fuliginosus

 

 

 

38.      

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

 

 

 

39.      

Little Forktail

Enicurus scouleri

40.      

White-crowned Forktail

Enicurus leschenaulti

 

 

 

41.      

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

42.      

Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus

43.      

Japanese Great Tit

Parus minor

44.      

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

45.      

Black Throated Tit

Aegithalos concinnus

46.      

Sooty Tit

Aegithalos fuliginosus

 

 

 

47.      

Asian House-Martin

Delichon dasypus

 

 

 

48.      

Collared Finchbill

Spizixos semitorques

49.      

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

50.      

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

 

 

 

51.      

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Cettia fortipes

52.      

Aberrant Bush Warbler

Cettia flavolivaceus

53.      

Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler

Cettia acanthizoides

54.      

Spotted Bush Warbler

Locustella thoracicus

55.      

David’s Bush Warbler

Locustella davidi

 

 

 

56.      

Chesnut-headed Tesia

Tesia castaneocoronata

 

 

 

57.      

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

58.      

Emei Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus emeiensis

59.      

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ogilivie-grantii

60.      

Sulpher-breasted Warbler

Phylloscopus ricketti

61.      

Claudia's Leaf-Warbler

Phylloscopus claudia

 

 

 

62.      

Plain-tailed Warbler

Seicercus soror

63.      

Marten’s Warbler

Seicercus omeiensis

64.      

Bianch's Warbler

Seicercus valentine

 

 

 

65.      

Rufous-faced Warbler

Abroscopus albogularis

 

 

 

66.      

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

67.      

Japanese White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

 

 

 

68.      

Moustached Laughingthrush

Garrulax cineraceus

69.      

Barred Laughingthrush

Garrulax lunulatus

70.      

White-throated Laughingthrush

Garrulax albogularis

71.      

White-browed Laughingthrush

Garrulax sannio

72.      

Hwamei

Garrulax canorus

73.      

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Garrulax elliotii

 

 

 

74.      

Black-streaked scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus gravivox

75.      

Streak-throated Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

76.      

Pygmy Wren Babbler

Pnoepyga albiventer

77.      

Chinese Babax

Babax lanceolatus

78.      

Red-billed Leothrix

Leiothrix lutea

79.      

Blyth’s Shrike Babbler

Pteruthius flaviscapis

80.      

Green Shrike Babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

 

 

 

81.      

Golden-breasted Fulvetta

Alcippe chrysotis

82.      

David’s Fulvetta

Alcippe davidi

 

 

 

83.      

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimenta

84.      

White-collared Yuhina

Yuhina diademata

 

 

 

85.      

Great Parrotbill

Conostoma aemodium

86.      

Brown Parrotbill

Paradoxornis unicolor

87.      

Three-toed Parrotbill

Paradoxornis paradoxus

88.      

Vinous-throated Parrotbill

Sinosuthora webbianus

89.      

Spectacled Parrotbill

Sinosuthora conspicillat

90.      

Rusty-throated Parrotbill

Sinosuthora przewalskii

 

 

 

91.      

Mrs Gould's Sunbird

Aethopyga gouldiae

 

 

 

92.      

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

93.      

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

 

 

 

94.      

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

 

 

 

95.      

Grey-capped Greenfich

Carduelis sinica

96.      

Grey-headed Bullfinch

Pyrrhula erythaca

 

 

 

97.      

Blanford’s Rosefich

Carpodacus rubescens

98.      

Vinaceous Rosefinch

Carpodacus vinaceus

 

 

 

99.      

Slaty Bunting

Latoucheornis siemsseni

 

 

 

100.   

Elegant Bunting

Emberiza elegans

101.   

Little Bunting

Emberiza pusilla

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

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