List of Birds Seen in Sichuan, China

May-July 2000

Jon Hornbuckle

Trip Report

		OS	Jz	Wlg	Ch	Frequency at sites where present
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos		X
Chinese Pond-Heron	Ardeola bacchus		X		X	few on journey to/from Jz & near Chengdu airport
Lammergeier	Gypaetus barbatus		X	X		1 Swan lake, 2 below Wolong pass
Himalayan Griffon	Gyps himalayensis			X		6 below pass
Besra	Accipiter virgatus	X				1 on 2 dates
Common Buzzard	Buteo buteo		X			3 singles
Upland Buzzard	Buteo hemilasius			X		1 below pass
Eurasian Hobby	Falco subbuteo	X				1 pair below Golden Summit
Saker Falcon	Falco cherrug		X			1 on journey to Jz
Tibetan Snowcock	Tetraogallus tibetanus			X		1 below pass
Verreaux's Partridge	Tetraophasis obscurus			X		1 above monument
Blood Pheasant	Ithaginis cruentus		X			a pair Swan Lake
Temminck's Tragopan	Tragopan temminckii			X		1 male Wuyipeng
Koklass Pheasant	Pucrasia macrolopha			X		1 above monument
White Eared-Pheasant	Crossoptilon crossoptilon			X		2 above monument
Blue Eared-Pheasant	Crossoptilon auritum		h			Long Lake
Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus		X	h
Golden Pheasant	Chrysolophus pictus			X		1 seen, 6 heard Sawan
Lady Amherst's Pheasant	Chrysolophus amherstiae	h				2 very close, unseen, others heard
Severtzov's Grouse	Bonasa sewerzowi			X		1 Wuyipeng
Wood Snipe	Gallinago nemoricola			X		2 in display flt above monument
Snow Pigeon	Columba leuconota		X	X		15/20 on journey to/from Jz, 3-5 near Wolong pass
Speckled Wood-Pigeon	Columba hodgsonii	X		X		locally common OS, only 1 Jz
Spotted Dove	Streptopelia chinensis				X
Wedge-tailed Pigeon	Treron sphenura	X				only 1-2 on 2 dates
Large Hawk-Cuckoo	Cuculus sparverioides	h	h	h	X	common
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo	Cuculus fugax	X				1 near Xixiang
Common Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	h	h	h	X	juv fed by Vinous-throatd Parrotbills
Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus	X	h			common on OS
Lesser Cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	X	h	h		common
Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopacea	h
Collared Scops-Owl	Otus lettia	h		h
Pere David's Owl	Strix davidi			X		1 Mirror Lake
Collared Owlet	Glaucidium brodiei	h	h
Asian Barred Owlet	Glaucidium cuculoides	X				nesting at Wannian
Jungle Nightjar	Caprimulgus indicus		h
Himalayan Swiftlet	Aerodramus brevirostris	X				common
White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus		X			1 on journey to Jz
Fork-tailed Swift	Apus pacificus	X	X	X	X
House Swift	Apus nipalensis				X
Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis				X
Coppersmith Barbet	Megalaima haemacephala				X
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos cathpharius	X		X		1-2 on 3-4 dates
Darjeeling Woodpecker	Dendrocopos darjellensis	X	X	X		few throughout
White-backed Woodpecker	Dendrocopos leucotos			X		1 at Wuyipeng
Three-toed Woodpecker	Picoides tridactylus		h
Grey-faced Woodpecker	Picus canus	X				2 singles
Blue-naped Pitta	Pitta nipalensis	h				1 heard above Wannian
Hair-crested Drongo	Dicrurus hottentottus	X				few Bao Guo
Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius	X				only 1, above Wannian
Sichuan Jay	Perisoreus internigrans		X			2 Primaeval forest
Blue Magpie	Urocissa erythrorhyncha	X		X
Black-billed Magpie	Pica pica		X			1 on journey from Jz
Eurasian Nutcracker	Nucifraga caryocatactes			X		1-4 daily
Red-billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax		X			1 on journey from Jz
Yellow-billed Chough	Pyrrhocorax graculus			X		4 at pass
Carrion Crow	Corvus corone		X		X	only 2 singles
Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos	X	X	h		fairly common
Asian Glossy Starling.	Aplonis panayensis				X	few near airport (introduced/ escape)
Brown-rumped Minivet	Pericrocotus cantonensis	X				2 Bao Guo
Long-tailed Minivet	Pericrocotus ethologus	X	X	X		few throughout
Tiger Shrike	Lanius tigrinus	X		X		1 Bao Guo & Dujiangyan
Long-tailed Shrike	Lanius schach	X	X	X	X	few in lowlands
Grey-backed Shrike	Lanius tephronotus		X	X		fairly common
White-throated Dipper	Cinclus cinclus		X			only 1
Brown Dipper	Cinclus pallasii		[X]			1, might have been dark C. cinclus
Blue Rock-Thrush	Monticola solitarius	X	X			3+ on journey from Jz
Blue Whistling-Thrush	Myiophonus caeruleus	X		X
Plain-backed Thrush	Zoothera mollissima			[X]		locally fairly common
Long-tailed Thrush	Zoothera dixoni	X	X			1-2 OS, a few Jz
Eurasian Blackbird	Turdus merula				X
Chestnut Thrush	Turdus rubrocanus	X	X	X		only 2 OS, several elsewhere
White-backed Thrush	Turdus kessleri			X		common below the pass
Dark-sided Flycatcher	Muscicapa sibirica	X				1-3 most days
Brown-breasted Flycatcher	Muscicapa muttui	[X]				1 or 2 near Xianfeng thought to be this sp.
Ferruginous Flycatcher	Muscicapa ferruginea			X		1 daily at Sawan
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher	Ficedula zanthopygia			X		1 above Sawan
Slaty-backed Flycatcher	Ficedula hodgsonii		X	X		1-4 most days
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher	Ficedula strophiata	X		X		1-2 on 2 days, both sites
Slaty-blue Flycatcher	Ficedula tricolor	X		X		2 near Xianfeng, 4 AT Wuyipeng
Verditer Flycatcher	Eumyias thalassina	X				1-2 on 3 dates
Rufous-bellied Niltava	Niltava sundara	X		X		1 near Xianfeng, 2 Wuyipeng
Vivid Niltava	Niltava vivida	X				1 Xianfeng
Blue-throated Flycatcher	Cyornis rubeculoides	X				2 Wannian
Rufous-headed Robin	Luscinia ruficeps		X			2 singles seen well
Firethroat	Luscinia pectardens			X		2 Wuyipeng
Indian Blue Robin	Luscinia brunnea		X	h		common at Jz
Orange-flanked Bush-Robin	Tarsiger cyanurus		X			only 2 singles seen
Golden Bush-Robin	Tarsiger chrysaeus	X				1 below Golden Summit
White-browed Bush-Robin	Tarsiger indicus	X		X		1-2 above Jinying & at Wuyipeng
Oriental Magpie-Robin	Copsychus saularis	X	X	X	X
Hodgson's Redstart	Phoenicurus hodgsoni		X			1 Jz town
White-throated Redstart	Phoenicurus schisticeps		X			2 singles
Daurian Redstart	Phoenicurus auroreus		X			1-2 most days
Blue-fronted Redstart	Phoenicurus frontalis			X
White-capped Redstart	Chaimarrornis leucocephalus		X	X		fairly common at Jz
Plumbeous Redstart	Rhyacornis fuliginosus	X	X	X		fairly common at Jz and Wolong
White-bellied Redstart	Hodgsonius phaenicuroides	X		X		singles Golden Summit & Xixiang
White-tailed Robin	Cinclidium leucurum	h
Grandala	Grandala coelicolor			X		5 below pass
White-crowned Forktail	Enicurus leschenaulti		X			only 1
Purple Cochoa	Cochoa purpurea	X				1-2 singing unseen Xixiang and in flight nr Xianfeng
Grey Bushchat	Saxicola ferrea			X		only 1, above Sawan
Eurasian Nuthatch	Sitta europaea	X	X	X		a few singles
Snowy-browed Nuthatch	Sitta villosa		X			1 in flight nr rd junction
Eurasian Treecreeper	Certhia familiaris		X	X
Winter Wren	Troglodytes troglodytes		X
Black-throated Tit	Aegithalos concinnus	X			X	large flock at Bao Guo and fairly common Chengdu
Black-browed Tit	Aegithalos iouschistos		X	X		fairly common
Sooty Tit	Aegithalos fuliginosus		X			scarce, i.d.gave difficulties
Eurasian Crag-Martin	Hirundo rupestris		X			few on journey to/from Jz
Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	X	X	X	X	common on journey to/from Jz
Red-rumped Swallow	Hirundo daurica	X		X	X	few in lowlands
Asian Martin	Delichon dasypus	X	X	X		common OS, huge flock at Wolong
Goldcrest	Regulus regulus	X	X			few
Light-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus sinensis	X		X	X	common in lowlands
Black Bulbul	Hypsipetes leucocephalus	X				few
Chestnut-flanked White-eye	Zosterops erythropleurus	X	X	X		few in mountains
Japanese White-eye	Zosterops japonicus			X	X	few in lowlands
Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler	Cettia fortipes	X		h		fairly common at lower elevations
Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler	Cettia major	X				2 above Jinying
Aberrant Bush-Warbler	Cettia flavolivacea	X				fairly common at higher elevations
Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler	Cettia acanthizoides	X	h	h		skulker, 1 seen below Jinying
Spotted Bush-Warbler	Bradypterus thoracicus	X		h		2 near Jinying
Brown Bush-Warbler	Bradypterus luteoventris			X		1 singing above Sawan
Tickell's Leaf-Warbler	Phylloscopus affinis			X		few
Buff-throated Warbler	Phylloscopus subaffinis	X	h	X		fairly common
Yellow-streaked Warbler	Phylloscopus armandii		X	X		few
Buff-barred Warbler	Phylloscopus pulcher	X	X			fairly common at higher elevations
Pale-rumped Warbler	Phylloscopus chloronotus	X		X		common
Chinese Leaf-Warbler	Phylloscopus sichuanensis		X	X		common at Jz
Greenish Warbler	Phylloscopus trochiloides		X	X		few
Large-billed Leaf-Warbler	Phylloscopus magnirostris	X	X	X		fairly common OS & Jz
Blyth's Leaf-Warbler	Phylloscopus reguloides	X		X		fairly common
White-tailed Leaf-Warbler	Phylloscopus davisoni	X				few below Golden Summit
Sulphur-breasted Warbler	Phylloscopus ricketti	X				1 only, near Wannian
Golden-spectacled Warbler	Seicercus burkii	X	X	X		common: 7 caught were all Grey-crowned S. tephrocephalus suspect Bianchi's S. valentini also present
Chestnut-crowned Warbler	Seicercus castaniceps	X				1 only, near Wannian
Rufous-faced Warbler	Abroscopus albogularis	X				few Bao Guo
Sukatschev's Laughingthrush	Garrulax sukatschewi		[X]			2 possibles Swan Lake
Barred Laughingthrush	Garrulax lunulatus			X		1-5 most days
Giant Laughingthrush	Garrulax maximus			X		1-4 most days
Spotted Laughingthrush	Garrulax ocellatus		X			2 near entrance gate
Hwamei	Garrulax canorus			h
White-browed Laughingthrush	Garrulax sannio				X	fairly common
Elliot's Laughingthrush	Garrulax elliotii	X	X	X		fairly common throughout
Red-winged Laughingthrush	Garrulax formosus	X				1+ Xianfeng
Grey-faced Liocichla	Liocichla omeiensis	X				1-2 Xianfeng - Golden Summit
Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis		X			2+ above Jz town
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler	Pomatorhinus ruficollis	h		X		1 Wuyipeng
Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler	Pnoepyga albiventer	X				1 near Jinyang
Rufous-capped Babbler	Stachyris ruficeps	X			X	few Bao Guo and Chengdu
Rufous-tailed Babbler	Chrysomma poecilotis			X		1 above Sawan
Chinese Babax	Babax lanceolatus			X		1 below Wuyipeng, 4 above Sawan
Red-billed Leiothrix	Leiothrix lutea	X				fairly common around Wannian
Green Shrike-Babbler	Pteruthius xanthochlorus	X				1 above Wannian
Golden-breasted Fulvetta	Alcippe chrysotis	X		X		6+ Wuyipeng, only 1 near Xixiang
Chinese Fulvetta	Alcippe striaticollis			X		3 below monument
Spectacled Fulvetta	Alcippe ruficapilla		X			6+ above town
Streak-throated Fulvetta	Alcippe cinereiceps	X		X		fairly common
Dusky Fulvetta	Alcippe brunnea	X				few Bao Guo
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta	Alcippe morrisonia	X				few Bao Guo
White-collared Yuhina	Yuhina diademata	X	X	X		fairly common
Black-chinned Yuhina	Yuhina nigrimenta	X				2 on 2 dates
Great Parrotbill	Conostoma oemodium			X		1-6 Wuyipeng
Three-toed Parrotbill	Paradoxornis paradoxus			X		4 Wuyipeng
Brown Parrotbill	Paradoxornis unicolor	X				1 above top resr.
Spectacled Parrotbill	Paradoxornis conspicillatus			X		1 below monument
Vinous-throated Parrotbill	Paradoxornis webbianus				X	common
Ashy-throated Parrotbill	Paradoxornis alphonsianus	X				2 Bao Guo
Fulvous Parrotbill	Paradoxornis fulvifrons			X		1-2 Wuyipeng
Pere David's Tit	Poecile davidi		X	X		only 2 Jz & Wuyipeng on 2 dates
Rufous-vented Tit	Periparus rubidiventris	X	X			fairly common in mountains
Coal Tit	Periparus ater	X	X			few
Yellow-bellied Tit	Pardaliparus venustulus	X	X			fairly common at lower elevations
Grey-crested Tit	Lophophanes dichrous	X	X	X		few throughout
Great Tit	Parus major	X	X			few
Green-backed Tit	Parus monticolus	X	X	X	X	fairly common
Yellow-browed Tit	Baeolophus modestus	X		X		1-2 on 4 dates
Fire-capped Tit	Cephalopyrus flammiceps			X		2 Wuyipeng
Eurasian Tree Sparrow	Passer montanus		X		X	2 on journey from Jz, fairly common Chengdu
White-rumped Munia	Lonchura striata				X
Nutmeg Mannikin	Lonchura punctulata				X
White Wagtail	Motacilla alba		X	X	X
Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea	X		X
Olive-backed Pipit	Anthus hodgsoni	X		X		only singles
Rosy Pipit	Anthus roseatus	X		X		few
Alpine Accentor	Prunella collaris			X		3 near pass
Rufous-breasted Accentor	Prunella strophiata	X		X		common at higher elevations on OS, only 2 at Wolong
Maroon-backed Accentor	Prunella immaculata		X			2 Swan Lake
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker	Dicaeum ignipectus	X		X		2 Bao Guo, I outside Wolong
Gould's Sunbird	Aethopyga gouldiae	X		X		few
Fork-tailed Sunbird	Aethopyga christinae	X				2 Bao Guo
Tibetan Serin	Serinus thibetanus		h			common in flt but elusive
Oriental Greenfinch	Carduelis sinica		X			on journey to/from Jz
Plain Mountain-Finch	Leucosticte nemoricola			X		several
Black-headed Mountain-Finch	Leucosticte brandti			X		15 at pass
Beautiful Rosefinch	Carpodacus pulcherrimus			X		1-2 below pass
Pink-rumped Rosefinch	Carpodacus eos	X				few
Vinaceous Rosefinch	Carpodacus vinaceus	X	X			few
Dark-rumped Rosefinch	Carpodacus edwardsii	X				few Golden Summit
Three-banded Rosefinch	Carpodacus trifasciatus		X			1-3 daily Primaeval forest
Spot-winged Rosefinch	Carpodacus rhodopeplus	X				1 fem at top resr.
White-browed Rosefinch	Carpodacus thura		X	X		2-4 on 3 dates
Red-fronted Rosefinch	Carpodacus puniceus			X		1 fem. near pass
Red Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra			X		1 flock of 6-8
Brown Bullfinch	Pyrrhula nipalensis	X				1 singing at Xianfeng
Grey-headed Bullfinch	Pyrrhula erythaca		X	h		fairly common at Jz
White-winged Grosbeak	Mycerobas carnipes	X	X			2 Bao Guo, 4 Primaeval Forest
Slaty Bunting	Latoucheornis siemsseni			X		up to 3 daily Sawan
Godlewski's Bunting	Emberiza godlewskii		X			1 singing from roof, Tibetan village