Steb's photos from bird survey that I helped with in South Sichuan - around the area of the Jinsha Valley close to the town of Ningnan

map of survey area

Some interesting birds down here that are not  found on our usual birding routes - they included Brown-winged Parrotbill, Black-breasted Thrush, Chinese Francolin, Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Indochinese Roller, Grey-breasted Prinia, Hill Prinia, Pied Chat, Upland Pipit, Chesnut-tailed Minla, Hill Blue Flycatcher, Rosy Minivet. Species that are represent of an avifauna found on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau