Chengdu Birding Habitats and Lists
1 – Chengdu rivers and wet lands
彩鹬 Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
水雉 Pheasant-tailed jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
红胸田鸡 Ruddy-breasted crake Zapornia fusca
白胸苦恶鸟 White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
董鸡 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
栗苇鳽 Cinnamon bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
夜鹭 Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
池鹭 Chinese pond heron Ardeola bacchus
牛背鹭 Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
苍鹭 Grey heron Ardea cinerea
大白鹭 Great egret Ardea alba
白鹭 Little egret Egretta garzetta
小䴙䴘 Little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
黑颈䴙䴘 Black-necked grebe Podiceps nigricollis
普通鸬鹚 Great cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
黑翅长脚鹬 Black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus
长嘴剑鸻 Long-billed plover Charadrius placidus
金眶鸻 Little ringed plover Charadrius dubius
凤头麦鸡 Northern lapwing Vanellus vanellus
青脚滨鹬 Temminck's stint Calidris temmincki
大沙锥 Swinhoe's snipe Gallinago megala
扇尾沙锥 Common snipe Gallinago gallinago
矶鹬 Common sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
白腰草鹬 Green sandpiper Tringa ochropus
青脚鹬 Common greenshank Tringa nebularia
林鹬 Wood sandpiper Tringa glareola
斑头雁 Bar-headed goose Anser indicus
普通秋沙鸭 Goosander Mergus merganser
赤麻鸭 Ruddy shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
白眼潜鸭 Ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca
罗纹鸭 Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
赤膀鸭 Gadwall Mareca strepera
赤颈鸭 Eurasian wigeon Mareca penelope
斑嘴鸭 Chinese Spot-billed duck Anas zonorhyncha
绿头鸭 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
针尾鸭 Northern pintail Anas acuta
绿翅鸭 Common teal Anas crecca
鸳鸯 Mandarin duck Aix galericulata
棉凫 Asian Pygmy Cotton Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
普通翠鸟 Common kingfisher Alcedo atthis
冠鱼狗 Crested kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
游隼 Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus
东方大苇莺 Oriental reed warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
红尾水鸲 Plumbeous water redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosa
白顶溪鸲 White-capped water redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
崖沙燕 Sand martin Riparia riparia
家麻雀 House sparrow Passer domesticus
粉红胸鹨 Rosy pipit Anthus roseatus
水鹨 Water pipit Anthus spinoletta
灰鹡鸰 Grey wagtail Motacilla cinerea
白鹡鸰 White wagtail Motacilla alba
棕扇尾莺 Zitting cisticola Cisticola juncidis
纯色山鹪莺 Plain prinia Prinia inornata
Plus short term visiting migrants that can occur during spring and autumn months – recorded migrants have included –
灰头麦鸡 Grey-headed lapwing Vanellus cinereus
黑尾塍鹬 Black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa
流苏鹬 Ruff Calidris pugnax
泽鹬 Marsh sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
黄头鹡鸰 Citrine wagtail Motacilla citreola
2 -Chengdu parkland
珠颈斑鸠 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
山斑鸠 Oriental turtle dove Streptopelia orientalis
戴胜 Common hoopoe Upupa epops
棕腹啄木鸟 Rufous-bellied woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
小白腰雨燕 House swift Apus nipalensis
虎纹伯劳 Tiger shrike Lanius tigrinus
棕背伯劳 Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach
暗灰鹃鵙 Black-winged cuckoo-shrike Lalage melaschistos
红胸啄花鸟 Fire-breasted flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
黄腹山雀 Yellow-bellied tit Pardaliparus venustulus
绿背山雀 Green-backed tit Parus monticolus
大山雀 Great Tit Parus major
红头长尾山雀 Black-throated tit Aegithalos concinnus
暗绿绣眼鸟 Japanese white-eye Zosterops japonicus
金腰燕 Red-rumped swallow Cecropis daurica
家燕 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
棕头鸦雀 Vinous-throated parrotbill Sinosuthora webbiana
棕颈钩嘴鹛 Streak-breasted scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
红嘴相思鸟 Red-billed leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
白颊噪鹛 White-browed laughing-thrush Garrulax sannio
小太平鸟 Japanese waxwing Bombycilla japonica
高山旋木雀 Bar-tailed treecreeper Certhia himalayana
丝光椋鸟 Red-billed starling Spodiopsar sericeus
灰椋鸟 White-cheeked starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
八哥 Crested myna Acridotheres cristatellus
山鹡鸰 Forest wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
树鹨 Olive-backed pipit Anthus hodgsoni
蓝鹀 Slaty bunting Latoucheornis siemsseni
小鹀 Little bunting Schoeniclus pusillus
燕雀 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
黑尾蜡嘴雀 Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
金翅雀 Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
黑短脚鹎 Black bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
领雀嘴鹎 Collared finchbill Spizixos semitorques
白头鹎 Chinese bulbul Pycnonotus sinensus Pycnonotus sinensus
鹊鸲 Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis
白眉姬鹟 Yellow-rumped flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
红胁蓝尾鸲 Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
蓝额红尾鸲 Blue-fronted redstart Phoenicuropsis frontalis
北红尾鸲 Daurian redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Phoenicurus auroreus
黄腰柳莺 Pallas's leaf warbler Abrornis proregulus
紫啸鸫 Blue whistling thrush Myophonus caeruleus
虎斑地鸫 White's thrush Zoothera dauma
乌鸫 Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
灰翅鸫 Grey-winged blackbird Turdus boulboul
红尾鸫 Naumann's thrush Turdus naumanni
麻雀 Eurasian tree sparrow Passer montanus
白腰文鸟 White-rumped munia Lonchura striata
斑文鸟 Scaly-breasted munia Lonchura punctulata
Plus short term visiting migrants that can occur during spring and autumn months – recorded migrants have included –
丘鹬 Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola
四川柳莺 Sichuan Leaf Warbler Abrornis forresti
橙斑翅柳莺 Buff-barred warbler Abrornis pulchra
棕眉柳莺 Yellow-streaked warbler Phylloscopus armandii
暗绿柳莺 Greenish Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
乌嘴柳莺 Large-billed leaf warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
冠纹柳莺 Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
褐胸鹟 Brown-breasted flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
蓝喉仙鹟 Chinese blue flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
棕腹大仙鹟 Fujian niltava Niltava davidi
栗背短翅鸫 Gould's shortwing Heteroxenicus stellatus
栗腹歌鸲 Indian blue robin Larvivora brunnea
金胸歌鸲 Firethroat Luscinia pectardens
黑喉歌鸲 Blackthroat Luscinia obscura
白尾蓝鸲 White-tailed robin Myiomela leucura
红喉姬鹟 Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
棕胸蓝姬鹟 Snowy-browed flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
橙胸姬鹟 Rufous-gorgetted flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
4 - City/town waste areas - areas of former armland that during urban expansion were allocated for redevelopment - often these areas lay waste for years and native secondary growth reestablished with a resultant resurgence in biodiversity.
These area can also be good for passage species - passage species found on waste ground close to Chengdu Airport have included –
鹌鹑 Japanese quail Coturnix japonica
普通燕鸻 Oriental pratincole Glareola maldivarum
白腹鹞 Eastern marsh harrier Circus spilonotus Circus spilonotus
蓝歌鸲 Siberian blue robin Larvivora cyane
蓝喉歌鸲 Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
红喉歌鸲 Siberian rubythroat Luscinia calliope
黑喉石䳭 Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
短趾百灵 Asian short-toed lark Alaudala cheleensis
小云雀 Oriental Sky Lark Alauda gulgula
栗耳鹀 Chestnut-eared bunting Emberiza fucata
5 - Farmland close to Chengdu
雉鸡 Common pheasant Phasianus colchicus
彩鹬 Greater Painted Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
红胸田鸡 Ruddy-breasted crake Zapornia fusca
白胸苦恶鸟 White-breasted waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
董鸡 Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
夜鹭 Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nycticorax
池鹭 Chinese pond heron Ardeola bacchus
牛背鹭 Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
白鹭 Little egret Egretta garzetta
普通鵟 Eurasian buzzard Buteo buteo
雀鹰 Eurasian sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
北红尾鸲 Daurian redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Phoenicurus auroreus
黑尾蜡嘴雀 Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
金腰燕 Red-rumped swallow Cecropis daurica
家燕 Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
棕背伯劳 Long-tailed shrike Lanius schach
白腰文鸟 White-rumped munia Lonchura striata
灰头鹀 Black-faced bunting Schoeniclus spodocephala