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China Is Open

China has opened again for all forms of tourism - wildlife enthusiasts can again include China as a travel destination, and 2023/24 has seen us welcome many biirding/mammal watching and butterfly friends.

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Sichuan, Yunnan and Qinghai specialist, the wildlife hotspots of China - with Sid Francis and Snow Leopard finder extrordinaire, Zeng Zhang (ZZ) - contact us at chengduuk@hotmail.com

 

SPECIES

 

1.         

Tibetan Snowcock

Tetraogallus tibetanus

2.         

Chestnut Throated partridge

Tetraophasis obscures

3.         

Blue Eared Pheasant

Crossoptilon auritum

4.         

Blood pheasant

Ithaginis cruentus

5.         

Chinese Monal Pheasant

Lophophorus lhuysii

6.         

Chinese Grouse

Tetrastes sewerzowi

 

 

 

7.         

Three Toed Woodpecker

Picoides tridactylus

8.         

Black Woodpecker

Dryocopus martius

 

 

 

9.         

Eurasian Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

10.      

Lesser Cuckoo

Cuculus poliocephalus

 

 

 

11.      

Pere David’s Owl

Strix davidi

12.      

Eurasian Eagle Owl

Bubo bubo

 

 

 

13.      

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

 

 

 

14.      

Black-eared Kite

Milvus lineatus

15.      

Lammergeier

Gypaetus barbatus

16.      

Himalayan Griffon

Gyps himalayensis

17.      

Himalayan Buzzard

Buteo burmanicus

18.      

Golden Eagle

Aquila chrysaetos

19.      

Northern Goshawk

Accipiter gentilis

 

 

 

20.      

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

 

 

 

21.      

Sichuan Jay

Garrulus glandarius

22.      

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

23.      

Daurian Jackdaw

Corvus dauurica

24.      

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

 

 

 

25.      

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

 

 

 

26.      

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

 

 

 

27.      

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

28.      

Kessler's Thrush

Turdus kessleri

29.      

Dusky Thrush

Turdus euonmus

 

 

 

30.      

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

31.      

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

32.      

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula hodgsonii

 

 

 

33.      

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

 

 

 

34.      

White-bellied Redstart

Hodgsonius phoenicuroides

 

 

 

35.      

White-throated Redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus

36.      

Hodgson's Redstart

Phoenicurus hodgsoni

37.      

White-capped Water-Redstart

Chaimarrornis leucocephal

 

 

 

38.      

Przewalski's Nuthatch

Sitta przewalskii

 

 

 

39.      

Wallcreeper

Tichodroma muraria

 

 

 

40.      

Hodgson's Treecreeper

Certhia hodgsoni

41.      

Bar-tailed Treecreeper

Certhia himalayana

 

 

 

42.      

Eurasian Wren

Troglodytes troglodytes

 

 

 

43.      

Sichuan Tit

Poecile weigoldicus

44.      

Rufous-vented Tit

Periparus rubidiventris

45.      

Grey-crested Tit

Lophophanes dichrous

46.      

Japanese Great Tit

Parus minor

 

 

 

47.      

Eurasian Crag-Martin

Pytonoprogne rupestris

48.      

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

49.      

Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

50.      

Asian House-Martin

Delichon dasypus

 

 

 

51.      

Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler

Cettia acanthizoides

 

 

 

52.      

Alpine Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus occisinensis

53.      

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

54.      

Sichuan Leaf-Warbler

Phylloscopus forresti

55.      

Chinese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus yunnanensis

56.      

Hume's Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

57.      

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

58.      

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Phylloscopus armandii

 

 

 

59.      

White-browed Tit Warbler

Leptopoecile sophiae

60.      

Crested Tit Warbler

Leptopoecile elegans

 

 

 

61.      

Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush

Garrulax sukatschewi

62.      

Plain Laughingthrush

Garrulax davidi

63.      

Giant Laughingthrush

Garrulax maximus

64.      

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Garrulax elliotii

 

 

 

65.      

Chinese Fulvetta

Alcippe striaticollis

 

 

 

66.      

Spectacled Parrotbill

Sinosuthora conspicillat

 

 

 

67.      

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

 

 

 

68.      

White Wagtail

Motacilla alba

 

 

 

69.      

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

70.      

Rosy Pipit

Anthus roseatus

 

 

 

71.      

Rufous-breasted Accentor

Prunella strophiata

72.      

Maroon-backed Accentor

Prunella immaculata

73.      

Robin Accentor

Prunella rubeculoides

 

 

 

74.      

Tibetan Siskin

Carduelis thibetana

75.      

Grey-headed Bullfinch

Pyrrhula erythaca

76.      

Collared Grosbeak

Mycerobas affinis

77.      

White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

78.      

Common Crossbill

Loxia curvirostra

 

 

 

79.      

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Uragus sibiricus

80.      

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

81.      

Sharpe's Rosefinch

Carpodacus verreauxii

82.      

Three-banded Rosefinch

Carpodacus trifasciatus

83.      

Pink-rumped Rosefich

Carpodacus eos

84.      

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus dubius

85.      

Striated Rosefinch

Carpodacus rubicilloides

 

 

 

86.      

Godlewski's Bunting

Emberiza godlewskii

87.      

Pine Bunting

Emberiza leucocephalos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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