Non-Passerines List – revised February 2021 |
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SPECIES |
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LOCATION |
Galliformes – Pheasants, Partridges, Quails and Allies |
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1. |
Snow Partridge |
Lerwa lerwa |
Balang |
2. |
Chinese Bamboo Partridge |
Bambusicola thoracica |
Widespread Sichuan Basin |
3. |
Sichuan Hill Partridge |
Arborophila rufipectus |
Laojunshan, Dailangshan region S Sichuan – feeding sites |
4. |
Hill Partridge |
Arborophila torqueola |
South Sichuan – Pannzihua area |
5. |
Chinese Francolin |
Francolinus pintadeanus |
South Sichuan – Jinsha Valley |
6. |
Tibetan Partridge |
Perdix hodgsoniae |
Widespread Tibetan plateau |
7. |
Japanese Quail |
Coturnix japonica |
Passage |
8. |
Tibetan Snowcock |
Tetraogallus tibetanus |
Balang,, Baxi, JZ area Moxi – widepread higher mountains |
9. |
Chestnut Throated partridge |
Tetraophasis obscures |
Balang, Mengbi, JZ – widespread high alpine forest |
10. |
Buff-throated Partridge |
Tetraophasis szechenyii |
T.Plateau west of Kangding, Pamolin Monastery |
11. |
Koklass Pheasant |
Pucrasia macrolopha |
Balang, Erlang, Danba area, Wanglang, Tangjiahe |
12. |
Blue Eared Pheasant |
Crossoptilon auritum |
Baxi, JZ, Wanglang, Songpang area |
13. |
White-eared Pheasant |
Crossoptilon crossoptilon |
Balang, Mengbi, Maerkang area, Kangding area, Yajiang area |
14. |
Blood pheasant |
Ithaginis cruentus |
Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, JZ, Wanglang - widespread |
15. |
Temminck's Tragopan |
Tragopan temminckii |
Wawu, Wuyipeng, Balang, Emei, Erlang, Danba area, Tangjiahe - widespread |
16. |
Chinese Monal Pheasant |
Lophophorus lhuysii |
Balang, Mengbi, Pass between Baxi and JZ, JZ, Tangjiahe |
17. |
Common Pheasant |
Phasianus colchicus |
Ruoergai, Baxi, JZ – Ring-neck farmland bird |
18. |
GoldenPheasant |
Chrysolophus pictus |
Wolong area, Balang, Tangjiahe, Wanglang, Qingchengshan, JZ, Pingwu Park |
19. |
Silver Pheasant |
Lophura nycthemera |
Longcanggou, Labahe area – South Sichuan |
20. |
Reeve’s Pheasant |
Syrmaticus reevesii |
Recorded Pingwu area – maybe still in NE |
21. |
Lady Amherst's Pheasant |
Chrysolophus amherstiae |
Wawu, Erlang, Kangding area, South Sichuan |
22. |
Chinese Grouse |
Tetrastes sewerzowi |
Mengbi, Baxi, JZ, Wanglang |
Anseriformes – Ducks, Geese and Swans |
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23. |
Tundra Swan |
Cygnus columbianus |
Ruergai – winter visitor |
24. |
Greylag Goose |
Anser anser |
Ruoergai |
25. |
Bean Goose |
Anser fabalis |
Rare passage |
26. |
Lesser White-fronted Goose |
Anser erythropus |
Rare passage/vagrant |
27. |
Bar-headed Goose |
Anser indicus |
Ruoergai, and Grassland around Litang – passage Sichuan basin |
28. |
Ruddy Shelduck |
Tadorna ferruginea |
Tibetan Plateau – winter/passage Sichuan Basin |
29. |
Common Shelduck |
Tadorna tadorna |
Uncommon winter/passage |
30. |
Pygmy Cotton Teal |
Nettapus coromandelianus |
Recorded Chengdu and Ruoergai – probable breeding |
31. |
Mandarin Duck |
Aix galericulata |
Fairly widespread winter – can still be present early May |
32. |
Eastern Spot-billed Duck |
Anas Zonorhyncha |
Common winter - stragglers late spring |
33. |
Common Teal |
Anas crecca |
Ruoergai |
34. |
Falcated duck |
Anas falcate |
Widespread winter - recorded May at Ruoergai |
35. |
Garganey |
Anas querquedula |
Ruoergai |
36. |
Gadwall |
Anas strepera |
Ruoergai |
37. |
Mallard |
Anas platyrhynchos |
Widespread |
38. |
Pintail |
Anas acuta |
Winter and passage |
39. |
Shoveller |
Anas clypeata |
Winter and passage |
40. |
Common Widgeon |
Anas penelope |
Winter and passage |
41. |
Ferruginous Duck |
Aythya nyroca |
Ruoergai summer – Sichuan Basin winter |
42. |
Baer’s Pochard |
Aythya baeri |
Rare winter visitor – recorded Chengdu |
43. |
Red-crested Pochard |
Netta rufina |
Ruoergai breeding – uncommon wintering/passage Sichuan |
44. |
Tufted Duck |
Aythya fuligula |
Winter and passage |
45. |
Greater Scaup |
Aythya marila |
Uncommon winter |
46. |
Common Pochard |
Aythya ferina |
Winter and passage |
47. |
Common Goldeneye |
Bucephala clangula |
Winter |
48. |
Common Merganser |
Mergus merganser |
Tibetan Plateau and upland rivers – Sichuan Bain winter |
49. |
Red-breasted Merganser |
Mergus serrator |
Uncommon winter |
50. |
Smew |
Mergellus albellus |
Winter |
51. |
Scaly-sided Merganser |
Mergus squamatus |
Uncommon winter visitor – several locations |
Phoenicopteriformes – Flamingos |
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52. |
Greater Flamingo |
Phoenicopterus roseus |
Two recent records – recoded as vagrant China |
Podicipediformes – Grebes |
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53. |
Little Grebe |
Tachybaptus ruficollis |
Widespread - resident |
54. |
Black-necked Grebe |
Podiceps nigricollis |
Winter |
55. |
Great Crested Grebe |
Podiceps cristatus |
Ruoergai – uncommon winter visitor to rivers in the basin |
56. |
Red-necked Grebe |
Podiceps grisegena |
Recoded as vagrant |
57. |
Horned Grebe |
Podiceps auritus |
Very rare winter visitor |
Columbiformes – Pigeons and Doves |
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58. |
Speckled Wood Pigeon |
Columba hodgsonii |
Wawu, Wolong/Balang, Erlang |
59. |
Snow Pigeon |
Columba leuconota |
Balang, and other high mountain passes |
60. |
Hill Pigeon |
Columba rupestris |
Rilong, plateau west of Kangding, winter flocks Ruoergai - fairly Widespread Plateau – arid areas with cliffs |
61. |
Spotted Dove |
Streptopelia chinensis |
Sichuan basin– park bird - common |
62. |
Oriental Turtle Dove |
Streptopelia orientalis |
Farmland - widespread |
63. |
Collared Dove |
Streptopelia decaocto |
Resident Ruoergai area – has been observed Chengdu |
64. |
Red Collared Dove |
Streptopelia tranquebaric |
Balang, Ruoergai. Grassland west of Kangding -most commen during passage |
65. |
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon |
Treron sphenura |
Emei, Wawu (middle), Bifeng, Qinchengshan |
Pterocliformes – Sandgrouse |
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66. |
Pallas’s Sandgrouse |
Syrrhaptes paradoxus |
Two records for Chengdu from the 90’s – an eruption species so must occasionally reach locations in Western Sichuan that are closer to Qinghai breeding grounds – however must be a decreasing species |
Cuculiformes – Cuckoos |
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67. |
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo |
Clamator coromandus |
Uncommon passage and breeding |
68. |
Large Hawk Cuckoo |
Cuculus sparverioide |
Widespread – call from this bird a common sound |
69. |
Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo |
Cuculus nisicolor |
Wawu, Longcangou areas – must also be Emei |
70. |
Eurasian Cuckoo |
Cuculus canorus |
Widespread – very common Ruoergai |
71. |
Indian Cuckoo |
Cuculus micropterus |
Qingchengshan, Tangjiahe area – lower valleys with trees |
72. |
Himalayan Cuckoo |
Cuculus saturatus |
Wawu, Wolong, Emei, JZ – fairly widespread |
73. |
Lesser Cuckoo |
Cuculus poliocephalus |
Wawu, wolong, Erlang, Mengbi,,Baxi, JZ – fairly widespread |
74. |
Asian Keol |
Eudynamys scolopacea |
Widespread lower areas with large trees |
75. |
Lesser Coucal |
Centropus bengalensis |
Rare and local |
76. |
Greater Coucal |
Centropus sinensis |
Rare and local |
77. |
Asian Emerald Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx maculatus |
Wawu, recorded Pingwu area – probably Emei, Wolong - uncommon |
78. |
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo |
Surniculus lugubris |
Wawu, Emei,, Qingchengshan – have heard Pingwu area |
79. |
Plaintive Cuckoo |
Clamator coromandus |
South Sichuan |
Caprimulgiformes – Nightjars |
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80. |
Grey Nightjar |
Caprimulgus jotaka |
Widespread |
Caprimulgiformes – Swifts |
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81. |
Himalayan Swiftlet |
Aerodramusbrevirostris |
Wawu , Wolong |
82. |
Pacific Swift |
Apus pacificus |
Summer passage – difficult to ID from Salim Ali’s |
83. |
Salim Ali’s Swift |
Apus salimalii |
Tibetal Plateau species - passage |
84. |
White-throated Needletail |
Hirundapus caudacutus |
Most commonly seen Wawu, Wolong, Moxi – fairly widespread |
85. |
House Swift |
Apus nipalensis |
Around towns |
Gruiformes - Rails, Gallinules, and Coots |
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86. |
White-breasted Waterhen |
Amaurornis phoenicurus |
Widespread – ponds, paddies small wetlands |
87. |
Ruddy-breasted Crake |
Porzana fusca |
Wetlands – difficult to find |
88. |
Eastern Water Rail |
Rallus indicus |
Rouergai and recorded Chengdu area - local |
89. |
Slaty-breasted Rail |
Gallirallus striatus |
Skulking – recorded Chengdu area |
90. |
Common Moorhen |
Gallinula chloropus |
JZ area – also seen passage |
91. |
Watercock |
Gallicrex cinerea |
Paddy fields and wetlands – difficult to find |
92. |
Common Coot |
Fulica atra |
JZ area - winter widespread |
93. |
Purple Swamphen |
Porphyrio porphyrio |
Xichang Lake – ssp grey-headed |
Gruiformes – Cranes |
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94. |
Black-necked Crane |
Grus nigricollis |
Ruoergai |
95. |
Common Crane |
Grus grus |
Uncommon passage – sometimes single birds with Black-necked |
96. |
Demoiselle Crane |
Anthropoides virgo |
Reported Ruoergai - vagrant |
Charadriiformes – Stilts and Avocets |
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97. |
Black-winged Stilt |
Himantopus himantopus |
Wetlands - passage |
98. |
Pied Avocet |
Recurvirostra avosetta |
Uncommon passage |
Charadriiformes – Ibisbill |
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99. |
Ibisbill |
Ibidorhyncha struthersii |
Around Maerkang, Litang, Yading, Ganzi – regular wintering Dujiangyan |
Charadriiformes – Plovers and Lapwings |
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100. |
Northern Lapwing |
Vanellus venellus |
Regular winter migrant and passage – local and seeming to get more uncommon |
101. |
Grey-headed Lapwing |
Vanellus cinereus |
Passage |
102. |
Pacific Golden Plover |
Pluvialis fulva |
Uncommon Passage |
103. |
Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
Uncommon Passage |
104. |
Lesser Sand Plover |
Charadrius mongolus |
Flower lake Ruoergai breeding – breeds on Tibetan Plateau otherwise rare passage |
105. |
Greater Sand Plover |
Charadrius leschenaultii |
Rare passage |
106. |
Kentish Plover |
Charadrius alexandrinus |
Uncommon Passage |
107. |
Long-billed Plover |
Charadrius placidus |
Widespread Sichuan basin rivers |
108. |
Little Ringed Plover |
Charadrius dubius |
Chengdu |
Charadriiformes – Painted-snipes |
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109. |
Greater Painted Snipe |
Rostratula benghalensis |
Shallow wetlands, sometimes paddies |
Charadriiformes – Jacanas |
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110. |
Pheasant-tailed Jacana |
Hydrophasianus chirurgus |
Breeding site East of Chengdu |
Charadriiformes – Sandpipers and Allies |
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111. |
Wood Snipe |
Gallinago nemoricola |
Bred Balang but rarely seen since 2016 – seems to be dcreasing species. Reports of birds in Erlang area – most areas of suitable habitat difficult to reach |
112. |
Solitary Snipe |
Gallinago solitaria |
Seen Moxi – must be at other high wetlands and passage |
113. |
Common Snipe |
Gallinago gallinago |
wetland – rivers – winter passage |
114. |
“Swintail” Snipe |
Gallinago megala/stenura |
Paddies and wetlands on passage – very difficult to separate Swinhoe’s and Pintail |
115. |
Temminck’s Stint |
Calidris temminckii |
Winter/passage – riverine wetlands |
116. |
Long-toed Stint |
Calidris subminuta |
Rare passage |
117. |
Curlew Sandpiper |
Calidris ferruginea |
Passage |
118. |
Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
Rare passage |
119. |
Spotted Redshank |
Tringa erythropus |
Uncommon passage |
120. |
Common Redshank |
Tringa totanus |
Breeds on plateau wetlands |
121. |
Greenshank |
Tringa nebularia |
Winter/passage - widespread |
122. |
Green Sandpiper |
Tringa ochropus |
Winter/passage - widespread |
123. |
Common Sandpiper |
Actitis hypoleucos |
Winter/passage - widespread |
124. |
Wood Sandpiper |
Tringa glareola |
Passage - widespread |
125. |
Marsh Sandpiper |
Tringa stangnitilis |
Passage rather uncommon |
126. |
Ruff |
Philomachus pugnax |
Passage - uncommon |
127. |
Black-tailed Godwit |
Limosa limosa |
Passage - uncommon |
128. |
Eurasian Curlew |
Numenius arquata |
Passage - uncommon |
129. |
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
Passage - uncommon |
130. |
Grey Phallarope |
Phalaropus fulicarius |
Passage - uncommon |
Charadriiformes – Buttonquail |
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131. |
Yellow – legged Buttonquail |
Turnix tanki |
Recorded, Erlang, Moxi area, Balang – difficult to find |
Charadriiformes – Pratincoles |
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132. |
Oriental Pratincole |
Glareola maldivarum |
River at Hongya – passage |
Charadriiformes – Gulls and Terns |
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133. |
Pallas's Gull |
Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus |
Breeds Tibetan Plateau, winters in the basin |
134. |
Black-legged Kittiwake |
Rissa tridactyla |
Winter - rare |
135. |
Brown-headed Gull |
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus |
Breeds Tibetan Plateau |
136. |
Black-headed Gull |
Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
Winter – passage - uncommon |
137. |
Common Gull |
Larus canus |
Winter - uncommon |
138. |
Slender-billed Gull |
Chroicocephalus genei |
Regular winter Mianyang area |
139. |
Black-tailed Gull |
Larus crassirostris |
Winter - rare |
140. |
Vega Gull |
Larus vegae |
Winter -rare |
141. |
Common Tern |
Sterna hirundo |
Breeds Tibetan Plateau – basin passage |
142. |
Little Tern |
Sternula albifrons |
Rare passage |
143. |
White-winged Tern |
Chlidonias leucopterus |
Uncommon passage |
144. |
Whiskered Tern |
Chlidonias hybrida |
Breeds Tibetan Plateau – basin passage |
Ciconiiformes – Storks |
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145. |
Black Stork |
Ciconia nigra |
Regular passage – often seen Ruoergai |
Suliformes – Cormorants |
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146. |
Great Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax carbo |
Rivers and reservoirs |
Pelecaniformes - Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns |
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147. |
Little Egret |
Egretta garzetta |
Widespread |
148. |
Intermediate Egret |
Mesophoyx intermedia |
Uncommon Passage – sometimes with other Egrets |
149. |
Great Egret |
Casmerodius albus |
Uncommon – but fairly widespread |
150. |
Eastern Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus coromandus |
Widespread |
151. |
Grey Heron |
Ardea cinerea |
Widespread |
152. |
Purple Heron |
Ardea purpurea |
Uncommon |
153. |
Chinese Pond Heron |
Ardeola bacchus |
Paddies, wetlands – widespread |
154. |
Striated Heron |
Butorides striata |
Uncommon Passage |
155. |
Black-crowned Night Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
Widespread |
156. |
Cinnamon Bittern |
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus |
Wetlands in the basin |
157. |
Yellow Bittern |
Ixobrychus sinensis |
Uncommon passage – recorded over breeding period Chengdu area |
158. |
Black Bittern |
Dupetor flavicollis |
Sngle record Chengdu area – rare visitor |
159. |
Eurasian Bittern |
Botaurus stellaris |
Uncommon winter/passage – very local |
Pelecaniformes - Ibises and Spoonbills |
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160. |
Eurasian Spoonbill |
Platalea leucorodia |
Rare passage/winter |
Accipitriformes – Osprey |
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161. |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Uncommon but regular passage |
Accipitriformes - Hawks, Eagles, and Kites |
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162. |
Black-eared Kite |
Milvus lineatus |
Ruoergai, Baxi – regular passage in the basin |
163. |
Oriental Honey Buzzard |
Pernis ptilorhynchus |
Emei, Wawu – widespread during passage |
164. |
Cinereous Vulture |
Aegypius monachus |
Balang, Ruoergai |
165. |
Lammergeier |
Gypaetus barbatus |
Balang, Ruoergai, JZ area |
166. |
Himalayan Griffon |
Gyps himalayensis |
Wolong, Balang, Mengbi, Ruoergai, Baxi – widespread Plareau |
167. |
Upland Buzzard |
Buteo hemilasius |
Widespread on Tibetan Plateau |
168. |
Himalayan Buzzard |
Buteo burmanicus |
Balang Mengbi, Baxi, JZ area – resident breeding |
169. |
Eastern Buzzard |
Buteo japonicus |
Winter/passage – widespread plateau |
170. |
Black Baza |
Aviceda leuphotes |
Emei, Qingchengshan, Wawu - passage |
171. |
Jerdon’s Baza |
Aviceda jerdoni |
Rare passage |
172. |
Black Eagle |
Ictinaetus malaiensis |
Rare passage |
173. |
Greater-spotted Eagle |
Clanga clanga |
Rare passage |
174. |
Golden Eagle |
Aquila chrysaetos |
Balang, Ruoergai, Baxi, JZ |
175. |
Eastern Imperial Eagle |
Aquila heliaca |
Rare – status passage or winter? |
176. |
White-tailed Sea Eagle |
Haliaeetus albicilla |
Winter Ruoergai – rare passage over basin |
177. |
Steppe Eagle |
Aquila nipalensis |
Winter Ruoergai - non-breeders can be seen during summer –rare passage basin |
178. |
Bonelli’s Eagle |
Aquila fasciata |
Uncommon winter visitor NE – rare passage |
179. |
Booted Eagle |
Hieraaetus pennatus |
Uncommon passage |
180. |
Short-toed Snake Eagle |
Circaetus gallicus |
Uncommon passage |
181. |
Mountain Hawk Eagle |
Spizaetus nipalensis |
Emei, Wawu, Wolong , Qingcheng, Tangjiahe – fairly widespread suitable habitat |
182. |
Crested Serpent Eagle |
Spilornis cheela |
Emei, Wawu |
183. |
Besra |
Accipiter virgatus |
Emei, Wawu, Wolong - uncommon |
184. |
Chinese Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter soloensis |
Wawu, Emei – local in basin,farmland with paddies and frogs – seen during passage |
185. |
Japanese Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter gularis |
Rare passage – possibly under recorded |
186. |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk |
Accipiter nisus |
Winter/passage - widespread |
187. |
Northern Goshawk |
Accipiter gentilis |
Balang, Mengbi, JZ |
188. |
Crested Goshawk |
Aquila chrysaetos |
Emei, Qingchengshan,Wawu, Wolong, JZ - widespread |
189. |
Grey-faced Buzzard |
Butastur indicus |
Breeds NE Sichuan possibly extending range through Sichuan - passage |
Strigiformes – Barn Owls |
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190. |
Eastern Gras Owl |
Tyto longimembris |
Has bred 2014 Dujiangyan area – otherwise uncommon passage |
Strigiformes – Owls |
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191. |
Collared Scops Owl |
Otus lettia |
Widespread |
192. |
Oriental Scops Owl |
Otus sunia |
Widespread |
193. |
Asian Barred Owlet |
Glaucidium cuculoides |
Widespread – lower sites, farmland |
194. |
Collared Owlet |
Glaucidium brodiei |
Widespread – plantations and native forest |
195. |
Little Owl |
Athene noctua |
Rouergai, Litang – grassland bird |
196. |
Himalayan Owl |
Strix nivicolum |
Wawu, Wanglang, Wolong, Qingchengshan - widespread |
197. |
Pere David’s Owl |
Strix davidi |
Baxi, JZ, Wanglang – photographed at Emei |
198. |
Eurasian Eagle Owl |
Bubo bubo |
Hongyuan, Ruoergai, Baxi, Songpan areas |
199. |
Northern Boobok |
Ninox japonica |
Emei, Qingchengshan |
200. |
Tawny Fish Owl |
Ketupa flavipes |
Tangjiahe, JZ, Labahe |
Trogoniformes – Trogons |
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201. |
Red-headed Trogon |
Harpactes erythrocephalus |
Reported from Wolong,/Emei – seen Loncanggou (Wawu), Qingchengshan |
Psittaciformes - Parrots |
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202. |
Derbyan Parakeet |
Psittacula derbiana |
Uncommon – Danba area (almost extinct), Yajiang |
Bucerotiformes – Hoopoes |
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203. |
Common Hoopoe |
Upupa epops |
Fairly common – especially passage, many sites |
Coraciiformes – Kingfishers |
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204. |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
Chengdu rivers and parks - widespread |
205. |
Crested Kingfisher |
Megaceryle lugubris |
River in the N – Tangjiahe area |
206. |
Black-capped Kingfisher |
Halcyon pileata |
Wolong (uncommon since earthquake), Moxi, JZ |
207. |
Common Kingfisher |
Alcedo atthis |
Chengdu rivers and parks - widespread |
Coraciiformes – Rollers |
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208. |
Dollar Bird |
Eurystomus orientalis |
Breeds N Sichuan – Guangyuan |
209. |
Indochinese Roller |
Coracias affinis |
Local migrant breeder in Southern Sichuan |
Coraciiformes – Bee-eaters |
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210. |
Blue- tailed Bee-eater |
Merops philippinus |
Summer breeding migrant Southern Sichuan - local |
Piciformes – Asian Barbets |
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211. |
Great Barbet |
Megalaima virens |
Qingchengshan, Emei, Wolong, Erlang |
Piciformes – Woodpeckers |
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212. |
Speckled Piculet |
Picumnus innominatus |
Widespread – good secondary growth |
213. |
Eurasian Wryneck |
Jynx torquil |
Hongyuan/ Ruoergai – passage quite widespread |
214. |
Grey-capped woodpecker |
Dendrocopos canicapillus |
Widespread - uses plantations |
215. |
Three Toed Woodpecker |
Picoides tridactylus |
top of W awu, Baxi, Juizhaigou area |
216. |
Great Spotted Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos major |
Baxi, JZ area, Tangjiahe, Hongyuan (plateau areas with trees) - Widespread |
217. |
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos cathpharius |
Wawu (middle), Wolong, Emei, Erlang,,Tangjiahe, - winter comes lower |
218. |
White-backed Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos leucotos |
Uncommon – fairly widespread |
219. |
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos hyperythrus |
Boaxing, Maerkang area, Rilong, farly common Hailuogou – winter visitor Chengdu (Sichuan Uni) |
220. |
Darjeeling Woodpecker |
Dendrocopos darjellensis |
Wawu (top), Wuyipeng, Emei, Erlang |
221. |
Grey-headed Woodpecker |
Picus canus |
Widespread – open country with larger trees |
222. |
Bay Woodpecker |
Blythipicus pyrrhotis |
Wawu, Wolong, Emei, Erlang |
223. |
Black Woodpecker |
Dryocopus martius |
Balang, Baxi, JZ, Erlang, Songpang area |
Falconiformes – Falcons |
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224. |
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrines |
Local resident - winter often seen passage – urban Peregrines in Chengdu |
225. |
Northern Hobby |
Falco subbuteo |
Uncommon breeding and passage |
226. |
Saker Falcon |
Falco cherrug |
Fairly common all Plateau grasslands with Pika |
227. |
Lesser Kestrel |
Falco naumanni |
Has been recorded – very rare and status uncertain – but according to range possible passage species |
228. |
Eurasian Kestrel |
Falco tinnunculus |
Ruoergai, Balang – winter/passage in basin |
229. |
Amur Falcon |
Falco amurebsis |
Uncommon Passage |
Omission: Ciconiiformes – Storks | |||
230 |
Asian Open-billed Stork |
Anastomus oscitans |
range expansion - now seen in Xichang area during breeding season |