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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

China: Manchuria, Hanzhong and the Taibai Shan National Forest Reserve

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with Paul Holt as leader

NC A B C
Daurian Partridge 2 4 Perdix dauurica
Japanese Quail 1 3 (H) Coturnix japonica
Chinese Bamboo Partridge 1 10 H Bambusicola thoracica
Blood Pheasant 1 4 Ithaginis cruentus
Temminck's Tragopan 4 4 (H) Tragopan temminckii
Koklass Pheasant 3 1 Pucrasia macrolopha
Common Pheasant 7 6 Phasianus colchicus
Golden Pheasant (endemic) 5 10 Chrysolophus pictus
Swan Goose EN 3 12 Anser cygnoides
Greylag Goose 3 5 Anser anser
Common Shelduck 3 30 Tadorna tadorna
Gadwall 3 40 Anas strepera
Falcated Teal 1 8 Anas falcata
Eurasian Wigeon 1 8 Anas penelope
Mallard 4 50 Anas platyrhynchos
Chinese Spot-billed Duck* 4 15 Anas zonorhyncha
Northern Shoveler 3 10 Anas clypeata
Common Pochard 3 40 Aythya ferina
Ferruginous Pochard NT 2 2 Aythya nyroca
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopos canicapillus
Darjeeling Woodpecker 2 2 Dendrocopos darjellensis
Great Spotted Woodpecker 8 3 Dendrocopos major
Grey-headed Woodpecker 4 1 Picus canus
Eurasian Hoopoe 5 4 Upupa epops
Common Kingfisher 3 2 Alcedo meninting
Black-capped Kingfisher 1 5 Halcyon pileata
Crested Kingfisher 2 4 Megaceryle lugubris
Large Hawk Cuckoo 4 2 Hierococcyx sparverioides
Indian Cuckoo 4 7 (H) Cuculus micropterus
Common Cuckoo 7 10 (H) Cuculus canorus
Oriental Cuckoo 3 3 (H) Cuculus saturatus
Lesser Cuckoo 5 4 (H) Cuculus poliocephalus
Asian Koel 4 8 Eudynamys scolopacea
Common Swift 6 150 Apus apus
Fork-tailed Swift 5 50 Apus pacificus
Eurasian Eagle Owl 1 1 Bubo bubo
Himalayan Wood Owl* 1 1 H Strix nivicola
Little Owl 2 4 Athene noctua
Grey Nightjar 2 1 Caprimulgus indicus
Rock Pigeon 11 50 Columba livia
Hill Pigeon 1 1 Columba rupestris
Speckled Wood Pigeon 1 10 Columba hodgsonii
Oriental Turtle Dove 9 20 Streptopelia orientalis
Spotted Dove 6 6 Streptopelia chinensis
Red Collared Dove 1 2 Streptopelia tranquebarica
Eurasian Collared Dove 1 2 Streptopelia decaocto
Great Bustard VU 1 2 Otis tarda
Red-crowned Crane EN 1 1 Grus japonensis
Ruddy-breasted Crake 1 2 Porzana fusca
Common Moorhen 3 10 Gallinula chloropus
Black-tailed Godwit 3 10 Limosa limosa
Eurasian Curlew 3 20 Numenius arquata
Spotted Redshank 1 2 Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank 3 30 Tringa totanus
Marsh Sandpiper 3 5 Tringa stagnatilis
Wood Sandpiper 2 1 Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper 2 5 Actitis hypoleucos
Ruddy Turnstone 2 12 Arenaria interpres
Asian Dowitcher NT 1 1 Limnodromus semipalmatus
Red Knot 1 1 Calidris canutus
Sanderling 1 1 Calidris alba
Red-necked Stint 3 100 Calidris ruficollis
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 3 115 Calidris acuminata
Curlew Sandpiper 2 350 Calidris ferruginea
Black-winged Stilt 3 100 Himantopus himantopus
Pied Avocet 3 40 Recurvirostra avosetta
Pacific Golden Plover 1 1 Pluvialis fulva
Grey Plover 1 13 Pluvialis squatarola
Little Ringed Plover 2 10 Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover 2 50 Charadrius alexandrinus
Greater Sand Plover 1 1 Charadrius leschenaultii
Northern Lapwing 3 60 Vanellus vanellus
Grey-headed Lapwing 3 60 Vanellus cinereus
Oriental Pratincole 3 15 Glareola maldivarum
Yellow-legged Gull 3 4 Larus cachinnans mongolicus
Black-headed Gull 2 80 Larus ridibundus
Gull-billed Tern 2 6 Sterna nilotica
Common Tern 3 60 Sterna hirundo
Little Tern 3 6 Sterna albifrons
Whiskered Tern 3 100 Chlidonias hybridus
White-winged Black Tern 1 50 Chlidonias leucopterus
Eastern Marsh Harrier 2 3 Circus spilonotus
Chinese Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter soloensis
Japanese Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter gularis
Common Buzzard 1 2 Buteo buteo
Mountain Hawk Eagle 1 1 Spizaetus nipalensis
Common Kestrel 5 1 Falco tinnunculus
Amur Falcon 3 50 Falco amurensis
Eurasian Hobby 1 1 Falco subbuteo
Little Grebe 4 15 Tachybaptus ruficollis
Great Crested Grebe 3 20 Podiceps cristatus
Black-necked Grebe 2 20 Podiceps nigricollis
Great Cormorant 2 8 Phalacrocorax carbo
Little Egret 3 30 Egretta garzetta
Grey Heron 4 30 Ardea cinerea
Purple Heron 3 6 Ardea purpurea
Great Egret 2 3 Casmerodius albus
Cattle Egret 5 200 Bubulcus ibis
Chinese Pond Heron 6 10 Ardeola bacchus
Black-crowned Night Heron 4 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
Yellow Bittern 1 6 Ixobrychus sinensis
Great Bittern 2 3 Botaurus stellaris
Crested Ibis EN 1 8 Nipponia nippon
Eurasian Spoonbill 2 17 Platalea leucorodia
Oriental Stork EN 1 1 Ciconia boyciana
Tiger Shrike 2 1 Lanius tigrinus
Brown Shrike 7 15 Lanius cristatus
Chinese Grey Shrike 3 3 Lanius sphenocercus
Eurasian Jay 3 3 Garrulus glandarius
Red-billed Blue Magpie 8 8 Urocissa erythrorhyncha
Azure-winged Magpie 5 40 Cyanopica cyanus
Black-billed Magpie 8 150 Pica pica
Spotted Nutcracker 4 15 Nucifraga caryocatactes
Daurian Jackdaw 1 1 Corvus dauuricus
Rook 1 9 Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow 4 4 Corvus corone
Large-billed Crow 8 10 Corvus macrorhynchos
Black-naped Oriole 3 4 Oriolus chinensis
Swinhoe's Minivet (endemic br.) 1 4 Pericrocotus cantonensis
Long-tailed Minivet 5 12 Pericrocotus ethologus
Black Drongo 5 10 Dicrurus macrocercus
Ashy Drongo 2 2 Dicrurus leucophaeus
Hair-crested Drongo 3 4 Dicrurus hottentottus
Asian Paradise-Flycatcher 1 1 Terpsiphone paradisi
Japanese Waxwing NT 1 1 Bombycilla japonica
Brown Dipper 3 4 Cinclus pallasii
Blue Rock Thrush 1 12 Monticola solitarius pandoo
Blue Whistling Thrush 3 8 Myophonus caeruleus
Plain-backed Thrush 1 2 Zoothera mollissima
Eurasian Blackbird 5 10 Turdus merula mandarinus
Chestnut Thrush 4 5 Turdus rubrocanus
Chinese Thrush (endemic br.) 1 1 H Turdus mupinensis
Dark-sided Flycatcher 1 2 Muscicapa sibirica
Asian Brown Flycatcher 1 2 Muscicapa latirostris
Ferruginous Flycatcher 1 1 Muscicapa ferruginea
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher 3 6 Ficedula zanthopygia
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher 4 3 Ficedula strophiata
Red-throated Flycatcher* 1 1 Ficedula albicilla
Slaty-blue Flycatcher 2 3 H Ficedula tricolor
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 1 2 Ficedula cyanomelana
Fujian Niltava 1 1 H Niltava davidi
Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher 2 2 Culicicapa ceylonensis
Siberian Rubythroat 1 1 Luscinia calliope
Indian Blue Robin 2 3 Luscinia brunnea
Siberian Blue Robin 1 1 Luscinia cyane
Himalayan Orange-flanked Bush Robin* 1 4 Tarsiger rufilatus
Golden Bush Robin 2 4 Tarsiger chrysaeus
Daurian Redstart 6 20 Phoenicurus auroreus
White-capped Water Redstart 5 8 Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Plumbeous Water Redstart 4 20 Rhyacornis fuliginosus
White-bellied Redstart 5 10 (H) Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
Little Forktail 1 1 Enicurus scouleri
White-crowned Forktail 1 1 H Enicurus leschenaulti
Common Stonechat 2 2 Saxicola torquata stejnegeri
Grey Bushchat 1 1 Saxicola ferrea
Red-billed Starling (endemic br.) 2 2 Sturnus sericeus
White-cheeked Starling 8 15 Sturnus cineraceus
Crested Myna (escape) 1 2 Acridotheres cristatellus
Eurasian Nuthatch 1 2 Sitta europaea
Eurasian Treecreeper 1 2 Certhia familiaris
Sichuan Treecreeper VU (edndemic) 2 3 Certhia tianquanensis
Winter Wren 3 15 Troglodytes troglodytes
Chinese Penduline Tit (endemic br.) 2 12 Remiz consobrinus
Fire-capped Tit 1 11 Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Songar Tit* 2 4 Parus songarus
Rusty-breasted Tit (endemic) 1 2 Parus davidi
Rufous-vented Tit 3 15 Parus rubidiventris
Coal Tit 1 1 Parus ater
Yellow-bellied Tit 8 30 Parus venustulus
Grey-crested Tit 4 6 Parus dichrous
Great Tit 4 6 Parus major
Green-backed Tit 2 4 Parus monticolus
Black-throated Tit 3 20 Aegithalos concinnus
Sooty Tit 2 22 Aegithalos fuliginosus
Sand Martin 3 50 Riparia riparia
Eurasian Crag Martin 1 2 Hirundo rupestris
Barn Swallow 11 50 Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped Swallow 9 40 Hirundo daurica
Asian House Martin 5 100 Delichon dasypus
Goldcrest 1 1 Regulus regulus
Collared Finchbill 4 20 Spizixos semitorques
Brown-breasted Bulbul 3 20 Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
Light-vented Bulbul 5 15 Pycnonotus sinensis
White-browed Chinese Warbler (endemic) 2 3 Rhopophilus pekinensis
Striated Prinia 2 4 Prinia criniger
Japanese White-eye 1 10 Zosterops japonica
Asian Stubtail 1 3 H Cettia squameiceps
Manchurian Bush Warbler 3 2 (H) Cettia canturians
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler 3 7 (H) Cettia fortipes
Aberrant Bush Warbler 2 1 Cettia flavolivacea
Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler 4 10 (H) Cettia acanthizoides
David's Bush Warbler* 4 9 (H) Bradypterus davidi
Spotted Bush Warbler* 2 1 Bradypterus thoracicus
Lanceolated Warbler 1 3 Locustella lanceolata
Rusty-rumped Warbler 3 2 H Locustella certhiola
Black-browed Reed Warbler 4 10 Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
Manchurian Reed Warbler VU (endemic br.) 1 1 Acrocephalus tangorum
Oriental Reed Warbler 5 30 Acrocephalus orientalis
Thick-billed Warbler 2 2 Acrocephalus aedon
Dusky Warbler 5 2 Phylloscopus fuscatus
Buff-throated Warbler (endemic br.) 1 3 Phylloscopus subaffinis
Yellow-streaked Warbler 3 10 (H) Phylloscopus armandii
Radde's Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus schwarzi
Pallas's Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus proregulus
Sichuan Leaf Warbler (endemic br.)* 2 3 (H) Phylloscopus forresti
Chinese Leaf Warbler (endemic br.) 5 80 Phylloscopus yunnanensis
Yellow-browed Warbler 2 2 Phylloscopus inornatus
Hume's Warbler 2 30 Phylloscopus humei
Arctic Warbler 3 15 (H) Phylloscopus borealis
Greenish Warbler 2 25 Phylloscopus trochiloides
(Two-barred) Greenish Warbler 3 3 (H) P. trochiloides plumbeitarsus
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus tenellipes
Large-billed Leaf Warbler 5 60 Phylloscopus magnirostris
Eastern Crowned Warbler 3 7 (H) Phylloscopus coronatus
La Touche's Leaf Warbler 4 8 (H) Phylloscopus [reguloides] claudiae
Ogilvie-Grant's Leaf Warbler 4 7 (H) Phylloscopus [davisoni] oguilviegranti
Grey-crowned Warbler* 3 30 (H) Seicercus tephrocephalus
Bianchi's Warbler* 4 30 (H) Seicercus valentini
Plain-tailed Warbler (endemic br.)* 3 5 (H) Seicercus soror
Chestnut-crowned Warbler 1 1 Seicercus castaniceps
Rufous-faced Warbler 2 2 H Abroscopus albogularis
Plain Laughingthrush 1 2 Garrulax davidi
Hwamei 2 2 Garrulax canorus
White-browed Laughingthrush 2 2 Garrulax sannio
Elliot's Laughingthrush 2 8 Garrulax elliotii
Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler 1 4 Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis
Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler 1 2 Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Red-billed Leiothrix 4 6 (H) Leiothrix lutea
Spectacled Fulvetta 2 1 Alcippe ruficapilla
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta 1 2 Alcippe morrisonia
White-collared Yuhina 4 10 Yuhina diademata
Spectacled Parrotbill (endemic) 1 2 Paradoxornis conspicillatus
Vinous-throated Parrotbill 2 20 Paradoxornis webbianus
Mongolian Lark 1 12 Melanocorypha mongolica
Asian Short-toed Lark 3 20 Calandrella cheleensis
Eurasian Skylark 1 30 Alauda arvensis
Russet Sparrow 3 4 Passer rutilans
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 12 100 Passer montanus
Forest Wagtail 1 2 Dendronanthus indicus
White Wagtail 7 6 Motacilla alba
White Wagtail 4 3 Motacilla alba leucopsis
Yellow Wagtail 2 3 Motacilla flava
Grey Wagtail 6 14 Motacilla cinerea
Richard's Pipit 2 40 Anthus richardi
Olive-backed Pipit 1 2 Anthus hodgsoni
Rufous-breasted Accentor 1 1 Prunella strophiata
Brown Accentor 1 1 Prunella fulvescens
Grey-capped Greenfinch 5 30 Carduelis sinica
Common Rosefinch 3 6 Carpodacus erythrinus
Vinaceous Rosefinch 4 8 Carpodacus vinaceus
Grey-headed Bullfinch 4 10 Pyrrhula erythaca
Yellow-billed Grosbeak 3 3 Eophona migratoria
White-winged Grosbeak 1 1 H Mycerobas carnipes
Slaty Bunting (endemic) 2 3 Latoucheornis siemsseni
Godlewski's Bunting 2 10 Emberiza godlewskii
Meadow Bunting 3 2 Emberiza cioides
Jankowski's Bunting VU 1 3 Emberiza jankowskii
Little Bunting 2 1 Emberiza pusilla
Yellow-throated Bunting 2 1 Emberiza elegans
Chestnut Bunting 1 3 Emberiza rutila
Black-faced Bunting 2 1 Emberiza spodocephala
Pallas's Bunting 1 15 Emberiza pallasi