Sichuan Passerine List

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	Oriental Magpie	Pica serica	Magpie of the basin - locally common
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
67	Common Tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius	South Sichuan
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
117	Mountain Tailorbird	Phyllergates cucullatus	Uncommon South Sichuan
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
160	Indian White-eye	Zosterops palpebrosus	South Sichuan
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
228	Black-throated Thrush	Turdus atrogularis	occassional bird in red-throat flocks - also interbreed/hybrids
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