Sichuan, China Tour
Systematic Bird List
19th May - 7th June 2007
Leader: James Eaton
Temminck's Tragopan, Wuyipeng (James Eaton/Birdtour Asia)
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Systematic Bird List
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | ||
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ardeidae | ||
| Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Bubulcus coromandus | |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | ||
| Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | ||
| Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
| Ferruginous Pochard | Aythya nyroca | |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Accipitridae | ||
| Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| Black Kite | Milvus milgrans lineatus | |
| Lammergeier | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | |
| Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| Chinese Goshawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| Himalayan Buzzard | Buteo burmanicus | |
| Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | ||
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
| Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | |
| GALLIFORMES: Tetraonidae | ||
| Severtzov's Grouse | Bonasa sewerzowi | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | ||
| Snow Partridge | Lerwa lerwa | |
| Verreaux's Monal-Partridge | Tetraophasis obscurus | |
| Tibetan Snowcock | Tetraogallus tibetanus | |
| Chinese Bamboo-Partridge | Bambusicola thoracica | |
| Blood Pheasant | Ithaginis cruentus | |
| Temminck's Tragopan | Tragopan temminckii | |
| Koklass Pheasant | Pucrasia macrolopha ruficollis | |
| Chinese Monal | Lophophorus lhuysii | |
| White Eared-Pheasant | Crossoptilon crossoptilon | |
| Blue Eared-Pheasant | Crossoptilon auritum | |
| Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus suehschanensis | |
| Golden Pheasant | Chrysolophus pictus | |
| Lady Amherst's Pheasant | Chrysolophus amherstiae | |
| GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | ||
| Black-necked Crane | Grus nigricollis | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | ||
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | ||
| Wood Snipe | Gallinago nemoricola | heard only |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | ||
| Brown-headed Gull | Larus brunnicephalus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Sternidae | ||
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo tibetana | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | ||
| Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris | |
| Snow Pigeon | Columba leuconota | |
| Speckled Wood-Pigeon | Columba hodgsonii | |
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis orientalis | |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| Wedge-tailed Pigeon | Treron sphenura | |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | ||
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus sparverioides | |
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus nisicolor | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea | heard only |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | ||
| Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia stictonotus | heard only |
| Chinese Tawny Owl | Strix nivicola | |
| Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | ||
| Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
| APODIFORMES: Apodidae | ||
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | ||
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
| PICIFORMES: Capitonidae | ||
| Great Barbet | Megalaima virens | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | ||
| Darjeeling Woodpecker | Dendrocopos darjellensis | |
| Crimson-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos cathpharius | |
| White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
| Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
| Grey-faced Woodpecker | Picus canus sordidor | |
| Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | ||
| Tibetan Lark | Melanocorypha maxima | |
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris khamensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | ||
| Pale Martin | Riparia diluta | |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | ||
| 'Himalayan' White Wagtail | Motacilla [alba] alboides | |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola calcarata | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni hodgsoni | |
| Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | ||
| Long-tailed Minivet | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | ||
| Collared Finchbill | Spizixos semitorques | |
| Chinese Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | |
| Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus leucothorax | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Regulidae | ||
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus yunnanensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cinclidae | ||
| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus przewalskii | |
| Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Troglodytidae | ||
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes szetschuanus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Prunellidae | ||
| Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | |
| Maroon-backed Accentor | Prunella immaculata | |
| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | ||
| Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius pandoo | |
| Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus caeruleus | |
| Grey-winged Blackbird | Turdus boulboul | |
| Chinese Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | |
| Chestnut Thrush | Turdus rubrocanus gouldi | |
| Kessler's Thrush | Turdus kessleri | |
| Chinese Thrush | Turdus mupinensis | |
| Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophrys | |
| White-browed Shortwing | Brachypteryx montana | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | ||
| Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata extensicauda | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | ||
| Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler | Cettia fortipes davidiana | |
| Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler | Cettia major major | |
| Aberrant Bush-Warbler | Cettia flavolivacea intricata | |
| Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler | Cettia acanthizoides acanthizoides | |
| Spotted Bush-Warbler | Bradypterus thoracicus thoracicus | |
| Russet Bush-Warbler | Bradypterus mandelli mandelli | heard only |
| Brown Bush-Warbler | Bradypterus luteoventris | |
| White-browed Tit-Warbler | Leptopoecile sophiae obscura | |
| Crested Tit-Warbler | Leptopoecile elegans | |
| Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus weigoldi | |
| Tickell's Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| Buff-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus subaffinis | |
| Yellow-streaked Warbler | Phylloscopus armandii armandii | |
| Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher pulcher | |
| Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis | |
| Sichuan Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus forresti | |
| Chinese Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus yunnanensis | |
| Hume's Warbler | Phylloscopus humei mandellii | |
| Greenish Warbler | Phylloscopus trochiloides trochiloides | |
| Large-billed Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |
| Claudia's Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus claudiae | |
| Emei Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus emeiensis | |
| Kloss's Leaf-Warbler | Phylloscopus ogilviegranti disturbans | |
| Sulphur-breasted Warbler | Phylloscopus ricketti ricketti | |
| Bianchi's Warbler | Seicercus valentini valentini | |
| Alstrom's Warbler | Seicercus soror | |
| Marten's Warbler | Seicerus omeiensis | |
| White-spectacled Warbler | Seicercus affinis [subsp pending] | |
| Chestnut-crowned Warbler | Seicercus castaniceps sinensis | |
| Rufous-faced Warbler | Abroscopus albogularis fulvifacies | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | ||
| Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher | Rhinomyias brunneatus | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
| Slaty-backed Flycatcher | Ficedula hodgsonii | |
| Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher | Ficedula strophiata | |
| Snowy-browed Flycatcher | Ficedula hyperythra | |
| Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor diversa | |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassina | |
| Fujian Niltava | Niltava davidi | |
| Rufous-bellied Niltava | Niltava sundara denotata | |
| Vivid Niltava | Niltava oatesi | |
| Chinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis glaucicomans | |
| Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
| White-tailed Rubythroat | Luscinia pectoralis tschebaiewi | |
| Rufous-headed Robin | Luscinia ruficeps | |
| Firethroat | Luscinia pectardens | |
| Indian Blue Robin | Luscinia brunnea | |
| Himalayan Red-flanked Bush-Robin | Tarsiger rufilatus | |
| Golden Bush-Robin | Tarsiger chrysaeus | |
| White-browed Bush-Robin | Tarsiger indicus yunnanensis | |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros rufiventris | |
| Hodgson's Redstart | Phoenicurus hodgsoni | |
| White-throated Redstart | Phoenicurus schisticeps | |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
| Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | |
| White-capped Redstart | Chaimarrornis leucocephalus | |
| Plumbeous Redstart | Rhyacornis fuliginosus | |
| White-bellied Redstart | Hodgsonius phaenicuroides | |
| White-tailed Robin | Cinclidium leucurum | |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maura przevalksii | |
| Grandala | Grandala coelicolor | |
| Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri | |
| Slaty-backed Forktail | Enicurus schistaceus | |
| White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti sinensis | |
| Spotted Forktail | Enicurus maculatus | |
| Purple Cochoa | Cochoa purpurea | |
| Grey Bushchat | Saxicola ferrea | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae | ||
| Pere David's Laughingthrush | Garrulax davidi | |
| Sukatshev's Laughingthrush | Garrulax sukatschewi | |
| Spotted Laughingthrush | Garrulax ocellatus | |
| Barred Laughingthrush | Garrulax lunulatus | |
| Giant Laughingthrush | Garrulax maximus | |
| Buffy Laughingthrush | Garrulax berthemyi | |
| Chinese Hwamei | Garrulax canorus | |
| White-browed Laughingthrush | Garrulax sannio | |
| Elliot's Laughingthrush | Garrulax elliotii | |
| Black-faced Laughingthrush | Garrulax affinis | |
| Red-winged Laughingthrush | Garrulax formosus | |
| Emei Liocichla | Liocichla omeiensis | |
| Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus gravivox | |
| Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus ruficollis | |
| Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler | Pnoepyga albiventer | |
| Pygmy Wren-Babbler | Pnoepyga pusilla | heard only |
| Rufous-capped Babbler | Stachyris ruficeps | |
| Chinese Babax | Babax lanceolatus | |
| Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | |
| White-browed Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius flaviscapis | heard only |
| Green Shrike-Babbler | Pteruthius xanthochlorus pallidus | |
| Golden-breasted Fulvetta | Alcippe chrysotis | |
| Chinese Fulvetta | Alcippe striaticollis | |
| Grey-hooded Fulvetta | Alcippe cinereiceps | |
| Grey-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe morrisonia | |
| Stripe-throated Yuhina | Yuhina gularis | |
| White-collared Yuhina | Yuhina diademata | |
| Black-chinned Yuhina | Yuhina nigrimenta | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paradoxornithidae | ||
| Great Parrotbill | Conostoma oemodium | |
| Three-toed Parrotbill | Paradoxornis paradoxus | |
| Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Paradoxornis webbianus | |
| Ashy-throated Parrotbill | Paradoxornis alphonsianus | |
| Grey-hooded Parrotbill | Paradoxornis zappeyi | |
| Fulvous Parrotbill | Paradoxornis fulvifrons cyanophrys | |
| Golden Parrotbill | Paradoxornis verreauxi verreauxi | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Aegithalidae | ||
| Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus concinnus | |
| Sooty Tit | Aegithalos fuliginosus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | ||
| Sichuan Willow Tit | Poecile weigoldei | |
| Pere David's Tit | Poecile davidi | |
| Coal Tit | Periparus ater aemodius | |
| Rufous-vented Tit | Periparus rubidiventris | |
| Yellow-bellied Tit | Pardaliparus venustulus | |
| Grey-crested Tit | Lophophanes dichrous | |
| Japanese Tit | Parus minor minor | |
| Parus minor tibetanus | ||
| Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | |
| Yellow-browed Tit | Sylviparus modestus | |
| Hume's Ground-Tit | Pseudopodoces humilis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | ||
| Chestnut-vented Nuthatch | Sitta nagaensis montium | |
| Chinese Nuthatch | Sitta villosa bangsi | |
| Przewalski's Nuthatch | Sitta przewalskii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Certhiidae | ||
| Hodgson's Treecreeper | Certhia hodgsoni | |
| Bar-tailed Treecreeper | Certhia himalayana | |
| Sichuan Treecreeper | Certhia tianquanensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | ||
| Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae dabryii | |
| Fork-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga christinae latouchii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae | ||
| Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | ||
| Chestnut-flanked White-eye | Zosterops erythropleurus | |
| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus simplex | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | ||
| Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus lucionensis | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach schah | |
| Grey-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | |
| Tibetan Grey Shrike | Lanius [sphenocercus] giganteus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | ||
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus salangensis | |
| Spangled Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus brevirostris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | ||
| Sichuan Jay | Perisoreus internigrans | |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius sinensis | |
| Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyana kansuensis | |
| Red-billed Blue Magpie | Urocissa erythrorhyncha | |
| Grey Treepie | Dendrocitta formosae | heard only |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica bottanensis | |
| Spotted Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes macella | |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax himalayanus | |
| Yellow-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax graculus digitatus | |
| Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus insolens | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone orientalis | |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus japonensis tibetosinensis | |
| Corvus japonensis colonorum | ||
| Collared Crow | Corvus torquatus | |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax tibetanus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | ||
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | |
| Red-billed Starling | Sturnus sericeus | |
| White-cheeked Starling | Sturnus cineraceus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | ||
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | ||
| Slaty Bunting | Latoucheornis siemsseni | |
| Godlewski's Bunting | Emberiza godlewskii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae | ||
| Plain Mountain-Finch | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| Brandt's Mountain-Finch | Leucosticte brandti | |
| Blanford's Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubescens | |
| Dark-breasted Rosefinch | Carpodacus nipalensis | |
| Common Rosefinch | Carpodacus erythrinus roseatus | |
| Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch | Carpodacus davidianus | |
| Pink-rumped Rosefinch | Carpodacus eos | |
| Vinaceous Rosefinch | Carpodacus vinaceus | |
| Three-banded Rosefinch | Carpodacus trifasciatus | |
| Chinese White-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus dubius | |
| Red-fronted Rosefinch | Carpodacus puniceus | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
| Oriental Greenfinch | Carduelis sinica | |
| Twite | Carduelis flavirostris miniakensis | |
| Tibetan Sisken | Serinus thibetanus | |
| Brown Bullfinch | Pyrrhula nipalensis | |
| Grey-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythaca | |
| Chinese Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria sowerbyi | |
| White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | ||
| Russet Sparrow | Passer rutilans | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia brevirostris | |
| White-rumped Snowfinch | Montifringilla taczanowskii | |
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Peré David's Macaque |
Macaca thibetana |
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Black-lipped Pika |
Ochotona curzoniae |
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Siberian Chipmunk |
Tamias sibiricus |
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Himalayan Marmot |
Marmota himalayana |
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Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel |
Tamiops swinhoei |
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Alpine Musk Deer |
Moschus chrysogaster |
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Tibetan Fox |
Vulpes ferrilata |
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Woolly Hare |
Lepus oiostolus |
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A total of 295 species were recorded including 8 species heard only.
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