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China Is Open

China has opened again for all forms of tourism - wildlife enthusiasts can again include China as a travel destination, and 2023/24 has seen us welcome many biirding/mammal watching and butterfly friends.

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Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai specialist, the wildlife hotspots of China - with Sid Francis and Snow Leopard finder extrordinaire, Zeng Zhang (ZZ) - contact us at chengduuk@hotmail.com

Sichuan Five Days, 6-10 August 2016 - Golden-fronted Fulvetta, Brown-winged Parrotbill, Yunnan Nuthatch, Grey-hooded Parrotbill - Dave Seargant and Richard Carden

 Gold-fronted Fulveta

 Our Gold-fronted Fulveta from Longcanggou

 

Brown-winged Parrotbill

Brown-winged Parrotbill - this Ssp. ricketi is about to be split to Yunnan Parrotbill

This trip was made with well known Thailand guide Dave Sargeant. A report he made of the trip, on his website North Thailand Birding can be found here - http://www.norththailandbirding.com/...hina_2016.html
Over the five days we managed to reach the following sites - Wolong, Longcanggou, Xichang, Moxi and Hailuogou Glacier Park
Species List

Wolong

 

Green Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

Spotted Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

Chinese Wren-Babbler

Pnoepyga mutica

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Horornis fortipes

Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler

Horornis acanthizoides

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

Sichuan Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus forresti

Martens's Warbler

Seicercus omeiensis

Alstrom's Warbler

Seicercus soror

David's Fulvettta

Alcippe davidi

Chinese Babax

Babax lanceolatus

Red-billed Leiothrix

Leiothrix lutea

Golden-breasted Fulvetta

Lioparus chrysotis

White-collared Yuhina

Yuhina diademata

Three-toed Parrotbill

Cholornis paradoxa

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Barred Laughingthrush

Garrulax lunulatus

Fujian Niltava

Niltava davidi

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephalus

Grey Bush Chat

Saxicola ferreus

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

 

 

Lingyan Mountain

 

Chinese Bamboo Partridge

Bambusicola thoracicus

Great Barbet

Psilopogon virens

Grey-capped Pygmy Wood

Yungipicus canicapillus

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

 

 

Longcanggou

 

Oriental Honey Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis

Crested Goshawk

Accipiter trivirgatus

Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron sphenurus

Lesser Cuckoo

Cuculus poliocephalus

Himalayan Swiftlet

Aerodramus brevirostris

Grey-capped Pygmy Wood

Yungipicus canicapillus

Green Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

Hair-crested drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

Eurasian Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Yellow-browed Tit

Sylviparus modestus

Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Light-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Chinese Wren-Babbler

Pnoepyga mutica

Pygmy Wren-babbler

Pnoepyga pusilla

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Horornis fortipes

Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler

Horornis acanthizoides

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Claudia's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus claudiae

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

Sichuan Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus forresti

Grey-crowned Warbler

Seicercus tephrocephalus

Bianchi's Warbler

Seicercus valentini

Alstrom's Warbler

Seicercus soror

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Seicercus castaniceps

Sichuan Bush Warbler

Locustella chengi

Grey-breatsed Prinia

Prinia hodgsonii

Plain Prinia

Prinia inornata

Rufous-capped Babbler

Stachyridopsis ruficeps

Golden-fronted Fulvetta

Alcippe variegaticeps

David's Fulvettta

Alcippe davidi

Emei Shan Liocichla

Liocichla omeiensis

Barred Laughingthrush

Garrulax lunulatus

White-browed Laughingthrush

Garrulax sannio

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron elliotii

Red-winged Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron formosum

Blue-winged Minla

Minla cyanouroptera

Red-billed Leiothrix

Leiothrix lutea

Golden-breasted Fulvetta

Lioparus chrysotis

Grey-hooded Fulvetta

Fulvetta cinereiceps

Three-toed Parrotbill

Cholornis paradoxa

Ashy-throated Parrotbill

Sinosuthora alphonsiana

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimenta

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

Oriental White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea

Fujian Niltava

Niltava davidi

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird

Aethopyga gouldiae

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Vinaceous Rosefinch

Carpodacus vinaceus

Red Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

Slaty Bunting

Emberiza siemsseni

 

 

Xichang

 

Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Black-winged Kite

Elanus axillaris

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron sphenurus

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Eurasian Hoopoe

Upupa epops

Grey-capped Pygmy Wood

Yungipicus canicapillus

Ashy Drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Japanese Tit

Parus minor

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Crested Finchbill

Spizixos canifrons

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus aurigaster

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Black-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos concinnus

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

Black-headed Sibia

Heterophasia desgodinsi

Brown-winged Parrotbill

Sinosuthora brunnea

Stripe-throated Yuhina

Yuhina gularis

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

Yunnan Nuthatch

Sitta yunnanensis

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus

Russet Sparrow

Passer rutilans

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

 

 

Moxi

 

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Collared Finchbill

Spizixos semitorques

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus gravivox

Chinese Babax

Babax lanceolatus

White-browed Laughingthrush

Garrulax sannio

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron elliotii

Rufous-tailed Babbler

Moupinia poecilotis

Parrotbill sp.

Sinosuthora sp.

Japanese White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Black-headed Greenfinch

Chloris ambigua

Yellow-throated Bunting

Emberiza elegans

 

 

Hailuogou

 

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Salim Ali's Swift

Apus salimalii

Rufous-bellied Woodp

Dendrocopos hyperythrus

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

Grey-backed Shirke

Lanius tephronotus

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

Eurasian Magpie

Pica pica

Spotted Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

Grey-crested Tit

Lophophanes dichrous

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Chinese Wren-Babbler

Pnoepyga mutica

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Black-browed Bushtit

Aegithalos bonvaloti

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Phylloscopus armandii

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Sichuan Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus forresti

Grey-crowned Warbler

Seicercus tephrocephalus

Bianchi's Warbler

Seicercus valentini

Martens's Warbler

Seicercus omeiensis

Giant Laughingthrush

Garrulax maximus

Streaked Barwing

Actinodura souliei

Stripe-throated Yuhina

Yuhina gularis

White-collared Yuhina

Yuhina diademata

Rufous-vented Yuhina

Yuhina occipitalis

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Sichuan Treecreeper

Certhia tianquanensis

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus

White-browed Shortwing

Brachypteryx montana

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula hodgsonii

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Vinaceous Rosefinch

Carpodacus vinaceus

 

 

 

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