Passerine List – revised August 2024

Species

Location

Cuckooshrikes and Minivets

1.        

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Coracina melaschistos

farmland with tall trees – commoner in south

2.        

Swinhoe's Minivet

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Lower farmland/woodland areas with taller trees – fairly widespread – breeds Dujianyang area

3.        

Rosy Minivet

Pericrocotus roseus

South Sichuan

4.        

Grey-chinned Minivet

Pericrocotus solaris

Rare – South Sichuan

5.        

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

widespread– the common minivet

6.        

Short-billed Minivet

Pericrocotus brevirostris

Uncommon

Shrike Babblers

7.        

Blyth’s Shrike Babbler

Pteruthius flaviscapis

Commoner south - Emei, Wawu area, Wolong, Erlang, S Sichuan

8.        

Green Shrike Babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

Fairly widespread - Emei, Wawu area, Moxi, Tangjiahe

Old Word Orioles

9.        

Black-naped Oriole

Oriolus chinensis

Farmland with tall trees – Sichuan Basin

10.      

Silver Oriole

Oriolus mellianus

South East Sichuan - Dailangshan region - rare

Drongos

11.      

Black Drongo

Dicrurus macrocercus

Widespread on farmland – must be decreasing with increased agricultural intensification and use of chemicals

12.      

Ashy Drongo

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Local – birds in central and northern Sichuan pale faced ssp

13.      

Hair-crested Drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

Common in basin forest habitat like Emei, Qinchengshan

Fantails

14.      

White –throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis

South Sichuan

Monarch Flycatchers

15.      

Amur Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone incei

 Local - lowland farm and parkland

Shrikes

16.      

Tiger shrike

Lanius tigrinus

Sichuan Basin, farmland - fairly widespread

17.      

Brown shrike

Lanius cristatus

Farmland – uncommon

18.      

Bull-headed Shrike

Lanius bucephalus

Uncommon winter/passage – range maps indicate the possibility of breeding in very north of Sichuan

19.      

Long-tailed Shrike

Lanius schach

Widespread - Sichuan Basin – farmland, urban parks

20.      

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

Widespread at higher elevations

21.      

Chinese Grey Shrike

Lanius sphenocercus

Winter visitor - Ruoergai

22.      

Tibetan Grey Shrike

Lanius sphenocercus giganteus

Uncommon. local resident - plateau - still not split

 Crows, Jays and Magpies 

23.      

Sichuan Jay

Garrulus glandarius

Mengbi, Baxi, JZ

24.      

Eurasian Jay

Perisoreus internigrans

Widespread

25.      

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Widespread

26.      

White-winged Magpie

Urocissa whiteheadi

South Sichuan - Dailangshan region - rare

27.      

Azure-winged Magpie

Cyanopica cyana

Ruoergai area

28

29

Black-rumped Magpie

Pica pica

Tibetan Plateau – local winter vistor lower sites

30   

Indochinese Green Magpie

Cissa hypoleuca

Uncommon Daliangshan region

31.      

Grey Treepie

Dendrocitta formosae

Emei, Bifeng

32.      

Eurasian Nutcracker

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Widespread Alpine forest - common Erlang

33      

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Widespread Plateau and alpine areas

34.      

Yellow-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax graculus

Balang

35.      

Daurian Jackdaw

Corvus dauurica

Tibetan Plateau - Ruoergai area

36.      

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Alpine habitats

37.      

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Local – generally lower than carrion – commoner in south and west of Sichuan Basin area

38.      

Collared Crow

Corvus pectoralis

Very local - Pingwu, Tangjiahe areas – used to be in Chengdu area pre 1995 – huge population fall

39.      

Rook

Corvus frugilegus

Rare visitor – status uncertain – former common Chengdu resident

40.      

Northern Raven

Corvus corax

Tibetan Plateau

Fairy Flycatchers

41.      

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Chelidorhynx hypoxantha

Local South Sichuan

42.      

Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Widespread summer

Tits

43.      

Hume's Ground Tit

Pseudopodoces humilis

Tibetan Plateau – common Ruoergai area

44.      

Fire-capped Tit

Cephalopyrus flammiceps

Uncommon - Wawu/Longcanggou, Erlang

45.      

Sichuan Tit

Poecile weigoldicus

Widespread – alpine/plateau species

46.      

Black-bibbed Tit

Poecile hypermelaenus

Uncommon – reported Chengdu, Erlang, N Sichuan

47.      

Pere David’s Tit

Poecile davidi

Local - Emei, Wawu, Moxi, Erlang, Wolong, JZ

48.      

White-browed Tit

Poecile superciliosus

Ruoergai

49.      

Rufous-vented Tit

Periparus rubidiventris

Widespread alpine species – Balang, Mengbi, Baxi

50.      

Coal Tit

Periparus ater

Widespread

51.      

Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus

Widespread – lower woodland, parkland

52.      

Grey-crested Tit

Lophophanes dichrous

Widespread alpine species – Balang, Mengbi, Baxi

53.      

Japanese Great Tit

Parus minor

Widespread

54.      

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Widespread

55.      

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Parus spilonotus

Southern Sichuan – Loajunshan, Yibin hides

56.      

Yellow-browed Tit

Sylviparus modestus

Widespread - Emei, Wawu, Erlang, Moxi

Larks

57.      

Asian Short-toed Lark

Calandrella cheleensis

Uncommon passage

58.      

Greater Short-toed Lark

Calandrella brachydactyla

Uncommon passage

59.      

Oriental Skylark

Alauda gulgula

Widespread Tibetan Grasslands – winter/passage Sichuan Basin

60.      

Horned Lark

Eremophila alpestris

Widespread Tibetan Grasslands – ssp Elwesi

61.      

Tibetan Lark

Melanocorypha maxima

Local – wet areas Tibetan grasslands - Ruoergai, Litang

Cisticolas and Prinias

62.      

Plain Prinia

Prinia inornata

Widespread - long grass – lower basin farmland, riverine habitat

63.      

Striped Prinia

Prinia striata

Dry grassy slopes – fairly widespread

64.      

Hill Prinia

Prinia superciliaris

South Sichuan

65.      

Grey-breasted Prinia

Prinia hodgsonii

South Sichuan

66.      

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Locally common – long grass type vegetation, riverine habitat

Reed Warblers

68.      

Oriental Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus orientalis

Local summer breeding

69.      

Blunt-winged Warbler

Acrocephalus orientalis

Historic passage recordings – status uncertain

Grasshopper Warblers

70.      

Spotted Bush Warbler

Locustella thoracicus

Wawu area, Balang, JZ area,  Labahe

71.      

David’s Bush Warbler

Locustella davidi

N Sichuan JZ, Tangjiahe

72.      

Brown Bush Warbler

Locustella luteoventris

Wawu /Longcanggou, Wolong

73.      

Russet Bush Warbler

Locustella seebohmi

Uncertain status - very difficult to distinguish from Sichuan B W

74.      

Sichuan Bush Warbler

Locustella  chengi

Longcanggou, Emei

Cupwings

75.      

Pygmy Cupwing

Pnoepyga albiventer

Widespread - moist, dark habitats – fairly common – mostly heard

76.      

Scaly-breasted Cupwing

Pnoepyga mutica

Fairly widespread breeder at higher moister woodlands – winter lower – formerly split as Chinese now lumped back to Scaly-breasted

Swallows and Martins

77.      

Sand Martin

Riparia riparia

Uncertain status - former ssp now lumped with pale

78.      

Grey-throated Martin

Riparia chinensis

South Sichuan - breeds

79.      

Pale Martin

Riparia diluta

Tibetan Plateau

80.      

Eurasian Crag-Martin

Pytonoprogne rupestris

Widespread - Balang, Mengbi, JZ (nests on ticket office)

81.      

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Widespread

82.      

Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

Widespread

83.      

Asian House-Martin

Delichon dasypus

Widespread - Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, Moxi, JZ – mostly cliff breeder but also buildings

Bulbuls

84.      

Collared Finchbill

Spizixos semitorques

Widespread – farmland/scrub

85.      

Crested Finchbill

Spizixos canifrons

South Sichuan

86.      

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Widespread – farmland/scrub

87.      

Chinese Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

Widespread – basin towns and farmland - Chengdu

88.      

Himalayan Black Bulbul

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Fairly widespread - Emei, Wawu area, Qingchengshan

89.      

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

Fairly widespread –forested areas in basin – Emei area, Bifeng

90.      

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Uncommon - Emei,Dujiangyan

91.      

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus aurigaster

South Sichuan

  Leaf Warblers

92.      

Dusky Warbler

Phylloscopus fuscatus

Dense scrub Ruoergai, JZ area - passage

93.      

Tickell's  Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus occisinensis

Widespread many alpine areas above treeline – highest found leaf warbler - formely Alpine but lump back to tickell's

94.      

Buff-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus subaffinis

Bellow tree-line - Balang, Erlang, Moxi

95.      

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

Widespread – high alpine scrub/forest

96.      

Pallas’s Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus proregulus

Widespread – winter and passage

97.      

Sichuan Leaf-Warbler

Phylloscopus forresti

Widespread – mid level alpine scrub/forest

98.      

Chinese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus yunnanensis

Wolong area, Baxi, Wanglang, JZ, Pingwu Park – mid level forest

99.      

Hume's Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

Alpine Forest - Mengbi, Baxi, JZ area

100.      

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Widespread during winter and passage

101.      

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Wawu area, Emei, Erlang, Southern Sichuan – lower native broad-leaf forest

102   

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Alpine areas - Emei, Wawu,area, Balang, Mengbi, Baxi area, JZ area

103.   

Two-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus

passage species - probably underecoded

104.   

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Widespread – distinctive song – mid level forest/scrub

105.   

Emei Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus emeiensis

Emei, Wawu area, Erlang Tangjiahe – lower to mid-level forest - difficult to ID if not singing

106.   

Eastern-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus coronatus

Local -, NE Sichuan

107.   

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ogilivie-grantii

Widespread - Emei, Wawu area,, Wolong, Erlang, JZ, Pingwu – lower forest will use plantation

108.   

Sulpher-breasted Warbler

Phylloscopus ricketti

Local - Emei, Qingcheng, Yaan area, Wawu area, Pingwu – lower forest and scrub

109.   

Claudia's Leaf-Warbler

Phylloscopus claudia

Widespread - mid level to higher forest

110.   

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Phylloscopus armandii

Alpine scrub – Balang, Baxi, Moxi, Mengbi, JZ area, Ruoergai

111.   

White-spectacled Warbler

Phylloscopus affinis

Emei, South Sichuan

112.   

Plain-tailed Warbler

Phylloscopus soror

Emei, Wawu area, Erlang, Tangjiahe, - lower scrub/forest

113.   

Marten’s Warbler

Phylloscopus omeiensis

Widespread - Emei, Wawu area, Wolong, Erlang, Moxi, JZ – mid level scrub/bamboo habitat

114.   

Grey-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus tephrocephalus

Widespread –mid elevation scrub/secondary growth habitat

115.   

Bianch's Warbler

Phylloscopus valentine

Emei, Wawu, Wolong – alpine – higher scrub/bamboo

116.   

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus castaniceps

Local – Longcanggou, Emei, Qingcheng, Erlang – lower native broad-leaf forest

Bush Warblers and Allies

118.   

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Horornis fortipes

lower farmland and scrub – widespread

119.   

Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler

Cettia major

Local - Emei, Wawu area, Balang, N Sichuan

120.   

Aberrant Bush Warbler

Horornis flavolivaceus

Widespread – Emei, Wawu areas, Balang, JZ

121.   

Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler

Horonis acanthizoides

Widespread – alpine bamboo

122.   

Grey-sided Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnifrons

Local and uncommon - Emei, Wawu, Balang, Erlang

123.   

Chesnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Widespread - Emei, Moxi,Wawu area, Wanglang, Tangjiahe

124.   

Manchurian Bush Warbler

Horornis canturians

Recorded passage - rare

125.   

Asian Stubtail

Urosphena squameiceps

Recorded passage - rare

126.   

Grey-bellied Tesia

Tesia cyaniventer

Emei, South Sichuan – rarely recorded

127.   

Rufous-faced Warbler

Abroscopus albogularis

Widespread - lowland farmland/park bamboo thiskets – distinctive call

128.   

Black-faced Warbler

Abroscopus schisticeps

Rare – status uncertain

Bushtits and allies

129.   

Black-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos concinnus

Widespread – common parkland and towns

130.   

Black-browed Bushtit

Aegithalos bonvalotis

Alpine forest – local – Balang (Rilong)

131.   

Sooty Bushtit

Aegithalos fuliginosus

Wanglang, Wolong, JZ, Pingwu – hybridization with Black-browed in Wolong area

132.   

Silver-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos glaucogularis

Uncommon – has been reported Chengdu but all of our sightings come from Baxi area of N Sichuan

133.   

White-browed Tit Warbler

Leptopoecile sophiae

Alpine scrub – widespread

134.   

Crested Tit Warbler

Leptopoecile elegans

Alpine conifer - Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, West of Kangding, JZ

Parrotbills and Allies

135.   

Golden-breasted Fulvetta

Lioparus chrysotis

Local - Emei, Qingchengshan, Wawu area, Wuyipeng, Moxi, Erlang, Tangjiahe

136.   

Rufous-tailed Babbler

Moupinia poecilotis

Fairly local - Erlang, Moxi, Pamolin Monastery,Xichang area

137.   

Spectacled Fulvetta

Fulvetta ruficapilla

Local - JZ area, Pingwu, South Sichuan

138.   

Chinese Fulvetta

Fulvetta striaticollis

Local - Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, Moxi, Kangding area

139.   

Grey-hooded Fulvetta

Fulvetta cinereiceps

Widespread Alpine habitat – Wawu area, Emei area, Balang

140.   

White-browed Fulvetta

Fulvetta brunnea

Local - Moxi, Erlang, Balang

141.   

Great Parrotbill

Conostoma aemodium

Fairly Widespread alpine forest -Wawu area, Balang, Moxi

142.   

Brown Parrotbill

Paradoxornis unicolor

Local - Wawu area, Wuyipeng, Moxi, Erlang (Labahe)

143.   

Three-toed Parrotbill

Paradoxornis paradoxus

Local - Wawu area, Moxi, Wuyipeng, Erlang (labahe)

144.   

Spot-breasted Parrotbill

Paradoxornis guttaticollis

Widespread - Moxi, Erlang, JZ, Qingchengshan,

145.   

Grey-headed Parrotbill

Paradoxornis gularis

Local - Emei, Wawu area, Bifeng, Qingchengshan, SE Sichuan

146.   

Vinous-throated Parrotbill

Sinosuthora webbianus

Widespread – Sichuan basin – most scrubby, grassy areas

147.   

Ashy-throated Parrotbill

Sinosuthora alphonsianus

Widespread south of Chengdu – Ya’an, Emei, areas – have been reports for Chengdu but dominant species here Vinous-thr

148.   

Eye-ringed Parrotbill

Suthora ricketti

South Sichuan – around Xichang – ricketti ssp

149.   

Grey-hooded Parrotbill

Sinosuthora zappeyi

Local - Wawu area, Emei, Erlang

150.   

Fulvous Parrotbill

Suthora fulvifrons

Local - Wawu area, Moxi, Erlang  (Labahe) – alpine forest with bamboo understorey

151.   

Golden Parrotbill

Suthora verreauxi

Local - Emei, Wawu area, Erlang, Qingchengshan

152.   

Spectacled Parrotbill

Sinosuthora conspicillat

Local – Baxi, JZ area

153.   

Rusty-throated Parrotbill

Sinosuthora przewalskii

Tangjiahe – high bamboo in Pingwu, JZ areas but habitat inaccessible

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

154   

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimenta

Fairly widespread - Emei, Wawu area, Bifeng, Qingcheng

155.   

Stripe-throated Yuhina

Yuhina gularis

Local - Emei, Wawu area, Erlang, Moxi, South Sichuan

156.   

White-collared Yuhina

Yuhina diademata

Widespread - Scrub, Plantation secondary forest

157.   

Rufous-vented Yuhina

Yuhina occipitalis

South Sichuan

158.   

IndochineseYuhina

Yuhina torqueola

Local – our records Emei, NE Sichuan

159.   

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

Widespread but far less common than japonicus – Pingwu Park and JZ are good sites

161.   

Swinhoe's White-eye

Zosterops simplex

Widespread

Scimitar-Babblers, and Allies

162.   

Black-streaked scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus gravivox

Widespread - scrubby habitats – common skulker

163.   

Streak-throated Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

Widespread - Lower woodland and scrub – common skulker

164.   

Rufous-capped Babbler

Stachyris ruficeps

Widespread – lower woodland and scrub – common skulker

165.   

Bar-winged Wren Babbler

Spelaeornis troglodytoide

Very local - Emei, Longcanggou

Ground Babblers and Allies

166.   

Gold-fronted Fulvetta

Schoeniparus variegaticeps

Uncommon – Wawu/Longcanggou, Erlang, Laojunshan

167.   

Rusty-capped Fulvetta

Schoeniparus dubia

South Sichuan – also seen Moxi area (Luding)

168.   

Dusky Fulvetta

Schoeniparus brunnea

Widespread – overgrown plantation, secondary growth – basin

Alcippe

169.   

David’s Fulvetta

Alcippe davidi

Sichuan Basin, plantation, scrub - widespread

170.   

Yunnan Fulvetta

Alcippe fratercula

Common south Sichuan Xichang area

Laughingthrushes and Allies

171.   

Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla sukatschewi

Local - Baxi area, JZ, Wanglang

172.   

Moustached Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla cineraceus

Local - Emei, Wawu area, Qingchengshan, Bifeng, JZ, Pingwu park

173.   

Barred Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla lunulatus

Local - Wolong/Balang,, Moxi, Erlang, Tangjiahe, JZ

174.   

Biet's Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla bieti

Rare - SW Sichuan

175.   

Spotted Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla ocellatus

Local - Wawu area, Wolong/Balang, Moxi, Erlang, Emei

176.   

Giant Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla maximus

Widespread in alpine habitat - Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, JZ

177.   

Red-winged Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron formosus

Local - Wawu /Longcanggou, Emei, Erlang, Qingchengshan

178.   

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron affinis

Local – high alpine – Longcanggou, Erlang, Moxi

179.   

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron elliotii

Widespread and common – alpine areas

180.   

Hwamei

Garrulax canorus

Local - Emei, Wawu area, Bifeng, Tangjiahe area, Pingwu Park

181.   

Grey Laughingthrush

Garrulax maesi

Reported Bifeng – maybe released birds

182.   

Emei Shan Liocichla

Liocichla omeiensis

Local – Emei, Wawu area Erlang (Labahe), Laojunshan

183.   

White-browed Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus sannio

Widespread - Chengdu parks

184.   

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus pectoralis

Local – Emei, NE Sichuan

185.   

Buffy Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus berthemyi

Local – Wawu/Longcanggou

186.   

White-throated Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus albogularis

Local - Laojunshan, Longcanggou, Tangjiahe

187.   

Plain Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus davidi

Local -  Ruoergai, Baxi

188.   

Chinese Babax

Pterorhinus lanceolatus

Fairly widespread - Wolong, Erlang, Pingwu area

189.   

Blue-winged Minla

Actinodura ignotincta

Commoner south - Emei,Wawu area, South Sichuan

190.   

Red-tailed Minla

Actinodura cyanouroptera

Local - Emei, Wawu area

191.   

Bar-throated Minla

Actinodura strigula

South Sichuan

192.   

Streaked Barwing

Actinodura souliei

Uncommon - Moxi, Erlang, Laojunshan, Longcanggou

193.   

Black-headed Sibia

Heterophasia desgodinsi

Commoner south - Emei, Qingchengshan, Bifeng, South Sichuan

194.   

Red-billed Leothrix

Leiothrix lutea

Widespread - Emei,Wawu area, Wolong, Qingchengshan

Kinglets

195.   

Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

Alpine conifer - widespread

Wallcreeper

196.   

Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria

Fairly widespread - Balang, Moxi, Pass between Baxi and JZ

Nuthatches

197   

Eurasian Nuthatch

Sitta europaea

Status Uncertain – confusion with identification from Chestnut-vented – N Sichuan

198.   

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

Sitta nagaensis

Fairly widespread - Emei, Wawu, Wolong, Moxi, Erlang

199.   

Snowy-browed Nuthatch

Sitta villosa

Local N Sichuan – JZ and Baxi area

200.   

Przewalski's Nuthatch

Sitta przewalskii

Alpine forest - Balang, Erlang, Mengbi, Baxi, JZ

201.   

Yunnan Nuthatch

Sitta yunnanensis

Southern Sichuan – around Xichang, have seen Pamolin

202.   

Giant Nuthatch

Sitta magna

South Sichuan Rare

Treecreepers

203.   

Hodgson's Treecreeper

Certhia hodgsoni

Widespread in higher forest

204.   

Sichuan Treecreeper

Certhia tianquanensis

Local - Emei, Wawu,area, Moxi

205.   

Bar-tailed Treecreeper

Certhia himalayana

Alpine forest - Baxi ,JZ, Songpang area  - winter lower

Wrens

206.   

Eurasian Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

Fairly widespread – high altitude species

Dippers

207.   

Brown Dipper

Cinclus pallasii

Fairly widespread – cleaner rivers, streams

208.   

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Higher rivers, streams - plateau

Starlings

209.   

Daurian Starling

Sturnus sturninus

Ruoergai area – uncommon urban breeding bird

210.   

White-cheeked Starling

Sturnus sericeus

Rouergai  -passage  Sichuan Basin – winter/passage

211.   

Silky Starling

Sturnus cineraceus

Breeds Sichuan Basin – local

212.   

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Uncommon passage/winter bird –in white-cheeked flocks Plateau, Xichang

213.   

Crested Myna

Acridotheres cristatellus

Widespread – Sichuan Basin

214.   

Black-collared Starling

Gracupica nigricollis

Local – was a population in South Chengdu

Thrushes and Allies

215.   

Long-tailed Thrush

Zoothera dixoni

Alpine Forest - Balang, Mengbi, Baxi

216.   

Alpine Thrush

Zoothera mollissima

Above tree-line – Balang

217.   

Sichuan Forest Thrush

Zoothera griseiceps

Mid-level forest – Balang, Longchangou, Erlang

218.   

Scaly Thrush

Zoothera dauma

Uncommon breeding - Balang

219.   

White’s Thrush

Zoothera aurea

Uncommon winter/passage 

220.   

Orange-headed Thrush

Geokichla citrina

Uncommon passage

221.   

Siberian Thrush

Geokichla sibirica

Rare passage

222.   

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

Chengdu,Sichuan Basin– widespread

223.   

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

Emei, Wawu, Erlang, Qingchengshan

224.   

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Widespread and common alpine forest

225.   

Chinese Thrush

Turdus mupinensis

Easiest to see in JZ area – more widespread in winter

226.   

Japanese Thrush

Turdus cardis

Rare passage - breeds Chongqing so possible breeder NE Sichuan

227.   

Red-throated Thrush

Turdus ruficollis

Winter and passage

229.   

Black-breasted Thrush

Turdus dissimilis

Breeds Southern Sichuan

230.   

Kessler's Thrush

Turdus kessleri

Widespread plateau and high alpine areas

231.   

Grey-sided Thrush

Turdus feae

Rare passage

232.   

Gray-backed Thrush

Turdus hortulorum

Rare passage

233.   

Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurus

Rare passage

234.   

Dusky Thrush

Turdus euonmus

Fairly common - winter and passage

235.   

Naumann’s Thrush

Turdus naumanni

Fairly common -winter and passage

236.   

Purple Cochoa

Cochoa purpurea

Rare - Emei, old report Wuyipeng

237.   

Grandala

Grandala coelicolor

Breeds on high scree over 4000m -Balang, Zhedoushan (Kangding), Huanglong – winter flocks on buckthorn

 Old World Flycatchers

238.   

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

Widespread – moist valleys – both black and yellow-billed

239.   

Blue Rock-Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Widespread – arid areas

240.   

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

Local – more widespread winter

241.   

White-throated rock Thrush

Monticola gularis

Rare passage

242.   

Himalayan Shortwing

Brachypteryx cruralis

Widespread in areas of lush forest at mid elevations

243.   

Lesser Shortwing

Brachypteryx leucophris

Rare passage

244.   

Gould’s Shortwing

Heteroxenicus stellata

Mostly seen as rare passage – breeds on scree slopes above treeline -breeding areas inaccessible

245.   

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

Widespread Alpine forest – Sichuan Basin winter

246.   

Orange-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurus

Fairly common passage and winter

247.   

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus

Fairly widespread – our records Emei, Longcanggou, Erlang

248.   

Golden Bush Robin

Tarsiger chrysaeus

Fairly widespread - Balang Wawu, Moxi,

249.   

Indian Blue Robin

Larvivora brunnea

Widespread

250.   

Rufous-headed Robin

Larvivora ruficeps

Records from 2019 and 2020 breeding seasons show this bird to be present at 3 sites

251.   

Siberian Blue Robin

Larvivora cyane

Passage

252.   

Rufous-tailed Robin

Larvivora sibilans

Rare passage

253.   

Firethroat

Calliope pectardens

Wuyipeng, Balang, Erlang

254.   

Blackthroat

Calliope obscura

Historic records in JZ area – rare but regular passage – sometimes stays in breeding areas with Firethroat – has been recorded during breeding season at Wuyipeng

255.   

Himalayan Rubythroat

Calliope pectoralis

Locally common high alpine above tree level - Balang, Moxi, Zhedoushan

256.   

Siberian Rubythroat

Calliope calliope

Locally common –alpine scrub/forest - JZ, Baxi  - passage in basin

257.   

Bluethroat

Luscinia svecica

Uncommon Passage

258.   

White-bellied Redstart

Luscinia phoenicuroides

Wawu area, Wolong, Moxi, Erlang, Baxi, Wangling, JZ area – Widspread

259.   

White-tailed Robin

Myiomela leucurum

Fairly widespread - Wawu/Loncanggou, Erlang

260.   

Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher

Rhinomyias brunneatus

Uncommon - Emei

261.   

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

Passage

262.   

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

Common – mid level/ Alpine forest

263.   

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Muscicapa muttui

Fairly widespread - Wolong, Pingwu – lower woodland

264.   

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea

Fairly widespread – Emei, Wawu/Longcanggou, Qingchengshan – lower native forest

265.   

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Alpine forest – fairly-common Longcanggou/JZ

266.   

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla

Common passage

267.   

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Ficedula zanthopygia

Basin areas with mature trees -cavity nesters sometimes farm buildings

268.   

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

Lower Wawu areas – passage

269.   

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris

Uncommon – our records Longcanggou, Tangjiahe, JZ, Mengbi

270.   

Slaty-Blue Flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor

Local – our records Wawu area, Wolong, JZ area

271.   

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula hodgsonii

Widespread alpine forest – easily picked up through song

272.   

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassina

Fairly widespread – Wawu area, Erlang area

273.   

Chinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis glaucicomans

Widespread –Wawu area , Emei area, Qingcheng, Pingwu  Park

274.   

Hill Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis banyumas

South Sichuan

275.   

Zappey’s Flycatcher

Cyanoptila cumatilis

Local to N Sichuan – our records Tangjiahe, Pingwu Park, Pingwu area

276.   

Fujian Niltava

Niltava davidi

Emei, Wawu/Longcanggou, Wolong Erlang

277.   

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara

JZ

278.   

Vivid Niltava

Niltava vivida

Reported Emei – passage

279   

Black Redstart

Phoenicurus ochruros

Widespread Plateau species -Ruoergai grasslands. Litang

280.   

White-throated Redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus

Widespread alpine areas - Balang, Moxi, Mengbi, Baxi, JZ

281.   

Hodgson's Redstart

Phoenicurus hodgsoni

Widespread Tibetan areas – winter Sichuan basin

282.   

Daurian Redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus

Widespread Sichuan Basin – farmland, close to buildings

283.   

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

Widespread Alpine areas – winter Sichuan basin

284.   

White-winged Redstart

Phoenicurus erythrogaster

Winter visitor Ruoergai and Tagong area – occasionally seen summer Balang

285.   

White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephal

Widespread – winter influx Sichuan Basin - formerly Water Redstart

286.   

Plumbeous Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

Widespread on rivers and streams - formerly Water Redstart

287.   

Little Forktail

Enicurus scouleri

Local - Emei,,Bifeng, Wawu area, Tangjiahe

288.   

Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus

Local -Emei,  Bifeng, Qingchengshan

289.   

White-crowned Forktail

Enicurus leschenaulti

Most widespread of Forktails – clean mountain streams even of clean fast flowing lowland streams with moist forest/scrub

290.   

Spotted Forktail

Enicurus maculatus

Local - Longcanggou, Bifeng, Qingchengshan, Tiantai

291.   

Blue-fronted Robin

Cinclidium frontale

Local - Moxi

292.   

Grey Bushchat

Saxicola ferrea

Widespread summer migrant – often seen on wires mid-level farmland

293.   

Pied Bushchat

Saxicola caprata

Common in parts of Southern Sichuan - farmland

294.   

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

Plateau breeder - Rouergai – widespread passage

295.   

Oriental Magpie Robin

Copsychus saularis

Widespread - farmland, villages and towns

Waxwings

296.   

Japanese waxwing

Bombycilla japonica

Occasional winter visitor – locally common eruption years

 Flowerpeckers

297.   

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

Local - Emei, Erlang, Qingchengshan – winters Chengdu

298.   

Plain Flowedpecker

Dicaeum minullum

Uknown status - recorded but uncertain if good records and not imm. Fire-breasted

299.   

Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker

Dicaeum melanoxanthum

Uncommon – Moxi, Erlang area

Sunbirds

300.   

Mrs Gould's Sunbird

Aethopyga gouldiae

Widespread summer migrant – most common alpine areas

301.   

Forktailed Sunbird

Aethopyga christinae

Local – Emei NE Sichuan

302.   

Fire-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga ignicauda

Recorded once Xichang area – range maps have species nudging into SW Sichuan.

Waxbills and Allies

303.   

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

Widespread Sichuan Basin

304.   

Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

Southern Sichuan - Chengdu

Old World Sparrows

305.   

Russet Sparrow

Passer rutilans

Fairly local – around farms/villages

306.   

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Widespread– all urban areas, farmland

307.   

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Uncommon - Ruoergai area – winter Sichuan Basin, rivers

308.   

Black-winged Snowfinch

Montifringilla adamsi

Fairly widespread Tibetan Plateau - Rouergai, Litang

309.   

Henri’s Snowfinch

Montifringilla henrici

Plateau – found in Serqu area – recorded Ruoergai winter

310.   

White-rumped Snowfinch

Pyrgilauda taczanowskii

Widespread Tibetan Plateau where there are pika colonies - Ruoergai grasslands

311.   

Rufous-necked Snowfinch

Pyrgilauda ruficollis

Widespread Tibetan Plateau – also cavity nester associated with Pikas

312.   

Rock Petronia

Petronia petronia

Plateau species - Rouergai - quarries

Accentors

313.   

Alpine Accentor

Prunella collaris

Local - high alpine - Balang

314.   

Rufous-breasted Accentor

Prunella strophiata

Widespread Alpine habitat – winters into basin

315.   

Maroon-backed Accentor

Prunella immaculata

Local summer – alpine conifer forest Balang,Baxi, JZ area – winter more widespread Sichuan Basin

316.   

Robin Accentor

Prunella rubeculoides

Fairly widespread – Ruoergai area, west of Kanding

317.   

Brown Accentor

Prunella fulvescens

Local – west of Kangding, SW Sichuan

Wagtails and Pipits

318.   

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

Widespread - alboides resident and common - other races passage

319.   

Grey Wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

Widespread

320.   

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola

Local Tib plateau -Ruoergai, Litang – Sichuan basin passage

321.   

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla  tschutschensis

Fairly uncommon Passage

322.   

Forest Wagtail

Dendronanthus indicus

Fairly widespread – lower farmland and parks

323.   

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Emei, Wawu (bottom, middle) – widespread – breeds alpine areas winters in basin

324.   

Water Pipit

Anthus spinoletta

Breeding alpine habitat – Passage/ winter Sichuan rivers

325.   

Buff-bellied Pipit

Anthus rubescens

Winter/passage – Sichuan rivers

326.   

Rosy Pipit

Anthus roseatus

Widespread high alpine - Moxi, Balang, higher mountain passes

327.   

Richard’s Pipit

Anthus richardi

Fairly uncommon Passage/migrant

328.   

Blyth’s Pipit

Anthus godlewskii

Fairly common on plateau during passage

329.   

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

Uncommon passage

330.   

Upland Pipit

Anthus sylvanus

Uncommon breeding migrant South Sichuan

Finches and allies

331.   

Brambling

Fringilla montifringilla

Widespread winter

332.   

Chaffinch

Fringilla coelebs

Rare – status uncertain but we have seen twice Labahe

333.   

Grey-capped Greenfich

Carduelis sinica

Widespread Sichuan basin - lower farmland/plantation

334.   

Black-headed Greenfinch

Carduelis ambigua

South Sichuan - Moxi, Erlang

335.   

Eurasian Siskin

Carduelis spinus

Widespread winter visitor

336.   

Tibetan Siskin

Carduelis thibetana

Local alpine forest - Baxi area, JZ – winter seen Wawu, Wolong

337.   

Twite

Carduelis flavirost

Widespread Tibetan Plateau

338.   

Brown Bullfinch

Pyrrhula nipalensis

Wawu area,  Emei – can be seen winter flocks – some years more common, eruption species

339.   

Grey-headed Bullfinch

Pyrrhula erythaca

Widespread - Wawu area, Wolong, Balang,, Baxi, Moxi JZ area

340.   

Crimson-browed Finch

Propyrrhula subhimachala

Uncommon - Balang, Mengbi, Moxi

341.   

Hawfinch

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Rare – winter visitor – we have seen once at Labahe

342.   

Chinese Grosbeak

Eophona migratoria

Widespread Sichuan Basin - Chengdu parks

343.   

Japanese Grosbeak

Eophona personata

Rare winter/passage

344.   

Collared Grosbeak

Mycerobas affinis

Fairly uncommon - Wawu area, Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, JZ area

345.   

White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

Widespread – Balang, Mengbi, JZ area, Baxi

346.   

Spot-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas melanozanthos

Local – has bred Wolong area

347.   

Common Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

Widespread - Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, JZ

348.   

Prezwalkski’s Finch

Urocynchramus pylzowi

NW Sichuan – Ruoergai – birds regularly seen from 2014

349.   

Blanford’s Rosefich

Agraphospiza rubescens

Uncommon – recorded Emei, Tangjiahe Wolong

350.   

Dark-breasted Rosefinch

Procarduelis nipalensis

Local - Emei, Moxi, Balang, JZ

351.   

Plain Mountain Finch

Leucosticte nemoricola

Fairly widespread high mountain areas, winter flocks Ruoergai

352.   

Brandt's Mountain Finch

Leucosticte brandti

Local - Balang,and other high road passes over 4000m - Ruoergai (winter)

353.   

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Carpodacus sibiricus

Local - Danba area, JZ, Erlang - henrici ssp

354.   

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

Widespread alpine habitats – winter/passage in the basin

355.   

Dark-rumped Rosefinch

Carpodacus edwardsii

Uncommon - Erlang, Moxi, Wolong

356.   

Sharpe's Rosefinch

Carpodacus verreauxii

Uncommon - Moxi, Erlang, Balang/Wolong

357.   

Three-banded Rosefinch

Carpodacus trifasciatus

Uncommon  - Moxi, Balang, Mengbi, Baxi, JZ area,

358.   

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch

Carpodacus pulcherrimus

On western edge of range –best ID’ed by vocalizations

359.   

Pink-rumped Rosefich

Carpodacus eos

Widespread – alpine habitats

360.   

Vinaceous Rosefinch

Carpodacus vinaceus

Widespread – one of the lower rosefiches- readily comes to owlet call

361.   

Red-fronted Rosefinch

Carpodacus puniceus

Local – Balang over 4000m

362.   

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus dubius

Widespread – alpine habitats

363.   

Striated Rosefinch

Carpodacus rubicilloides

Fairly widespread high alpine – Balang, Mengbi, Plateau

Longspurs

364.   

Lapland Longspur

Calcarius lapponicus

We’ve recorded autumn 2019 – rare – inside wintering rage that extends into C China from NE

Buntings

365.   

Slaty Bunting

Enbiriza siemsseni

Widespread - Emei, Wawu area, Wolong, JZ, Pingwu, Tangjiahe, Dujiangyan

366.   

Crested Bunting

Emberiza lathami

South Sichuan – local in the basin

367.   

Yellow-browed Bunting

Emberiza chrysophrys

Rare few records – status uncertain

368.   

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Emberiza aureola

Historic records but none post 1995- formerly passage migrant

369.   

Pallas’s Reed Bunting

Emberiza pallasi

Rare – photographic evidence of winter birds – status uncertain

370.   

Godlewski's Bunting

Emberiza godlewskii

Widespread – Balang (Rilong), Baxi, JZ area

371.   

Black-faced Bunting

Emberiza spodocephala

Local – JZ area, lower wet area with scrub

372.   

Pine Bunting

Emberiza leucocephalos

Winter visitor Ruoergai – stragglers until

373.   

Meadow Bunting

Emberiza cioides

Local – drier farmland – Pingwu area

374.   

Chestnut-eared Bunting

Emberiza fucata

Uncommon passage

375.

Tibetan Bunting

Emberiza koslowi

Tibetan Plateau bordering Qinghai - very local - but found at two sites

376.   

Tristram’s Bunting

Emberiza tristrami

Uncommon winter visitor/passage – weve seen NE Sichuan, Labahe (passage) and Dujiangyan area

377.   

Elegant Bunting

Emberiza elegans

Widespread - Lower farmland

378.   

Little Bunting

Emberiza pusilla

Widespread winter/passage