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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

China: Lhasa and the Tibetan Plateau

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Cumulative Checklist

with Paul Holt and Wang Qingyu as leaders

  • Column B: Total number of days this species was recorded during the 2009 tour
  • Column C: Maximum daily count for this species during the 2009 tour
  • Column D: H = denotes a species that was heard but was not seen, (H) = denotes a species that was heard more often than it was seen, I = denotes a species that was introduced to Taiwan
  • Globally threatened species as defined by BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-Rom Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International are identified as follows: EN = Endangered; VU = Vulnerable; NT = Near-threatened.
NC B C D
Tibetan Snowcock 2 3 Tetraogallus tibetanus
Daurian Partridge 1 12 Perdix dauurica
Tibetan Partridge 3 18 Perdix hodgsoniae
Tibetan Eared Pheasant 1 14 Crossoptilon harmani
Blue Eared Pheasant (End) 2 5 Crossoptilon auritum
Common Pheasant 4 2 Phasianus colchicus
Chinese Grouse (NT) (End) 1 1 H Tetrastes sewerzowi
Greylag Goose 1 15 Anser anser
Bar-headed Goose 5 500 Anser indicus
Ruddy Shelduck 7 150 Tadorna ferruginea
Eurasian Wigeon 1 4 Anas penelope
Mallard 3 110 Anas platyrhynchos
Common Teal 1 15 Anas crecca
Red-crested Pochard 4 4000 Rhodonessa rufina
Common Pochard 4 450 Aythya ferina
Tufted Duck 4 80 Aythya fuligula
Common Goldeneye 1 1 Bucephala clangula
Common Merganser 6 46 Mergus merganser
Eurasian Wryneck 1 1 Jynx torquilla
Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 1 Dendrocopos major
Black Woodpecker 1 1 H Dryocopus martius
Grey-headed Woodpecker 2 1 Picus canus
Eurasian Hoopoe 13 231 Upupa epops
Common Cuckoo 2 3 Cuculus canorus
Common Swift 6 50 Apus apus
Fork-tailed Swift 6 30 Apus pacificus
Little Owl 3 5 Athene noctua
Feral Rock Pigeon 14 300 Columba livia
Hill Pigeon 13 80 Columba rupestris
Oriental Turtle Dove 3 151 Streptopelia orientalis
Spotted Dove 2 2 (H) Streptopelia chinensis
Eurasian Collared Dove 1 15 Streptopelia decaocto
Black-necked Crane (vu) 4 21 Grus nigricollis
Eurasian Coot 2 50 Fulica atra
Common Snipe 1 1 Gallinago gallinago
Black-tailed Godwit 2 40 Limosa limosa
Eurasian Curlew 1 1 H Numenius arquata
Spotted Redshank 1 1 Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank 7 30 Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank 2 4 Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa ochropus
Wood Sandpiper 2 3 Tringa glareola
Terek Sandpiper 1 1 Xenus cinereus
Common Sandpiper 4 4 Actitis hypoleucos
Temminck's Stint 2 93 Calidris temminckii
Curlew Sandpiper 1 12 Calidris ferruginea
Little Ringed Plover 1 1 Charadrius dubius
Kentish Plover 5 30 Charadrius alexandrinus
Lesser Sand Plover 1 1 Charadrius mongolus
Pallas's Gull 7 310 Larus ichthyaetus
Brown-headed Gull 5 50 Larus brunnicephalus
Black-headed Gull 1 1 Larus ridibundus
Little Gull 1 1 Larus minutus
Caspian Tern 1 1 Hydroprogne caspia
Common Tern 7 130 Sterna hirundo
Whiskered Tern 1 1 Chlidonias hybridus
Black Kite 3 3 Milvus migrans lineatus
Pallas's Fish Eagle (VU) 1 2 Haliaeetus leucoryphus
Lammergeier 3 4 Gypaetus barbatus
Himalayan Griffon 6 30 Gyps himalayensis
Cinereous Vulture (NT) 1 3 Aegypius monachus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 2 Accipiter nisus
Himalayan Buzzard 1 1 Buteo biarmicus
Upland Buzzard 8 86 Buteo hemilasius
Golden Eagle 2 2 Aquila chrysaetos
Common Kestrel 10 6 Falco tinnunculus
Amur Falcon 1 3 Falco amurensis
Eurasian Hobby 1 1 Falco subbuteo
Saker Falcon (EN) 3 22 Falco cherrug
Great Crested Grebe 4 250 Podiceps cristatus
Black-necked Grebe 3 45 Podiceps nigricollis
Great Cormorant 4 400 Phalacrocorax carbo
Grey Heron 1 1 Ardea cinerea
Rufous-tailed Shrike 1 3 Lanius isabellinus
Brown Shrike 2 4 Lanius cristatus
Grey-backed Shrike 11 25 Lanius tephronotus
Eurasian Jay 1 1 H Garrulus glandarius
Azure-winged Magpie 2 10 Cyanopica cyanus
Black-billed Magpie 7 12 Pica pica
Mongolian Ground-Jay 1 1 Podoces hendersoni
Hume's Groundpecker 7 100 Pseudopodoces humilis
Red-billed Chough 12 250 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Rook 1 4 Corvus frugilegus
Carrion Crow 3 200 Corvus corone
Large-billed Crow 2 7 Corvus macrorhynchos
Common Raven 2 61 Corvus corax
Black Drongo 1 1 Dicrurus macrocercus
White-throated Dipper 1 1 Cinclus cinclus
Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush 1 3 Monticola saxatilis
Tibetan Blackbird 1 8 Turdus (merula) maximus
Kessler's Thrush (End br.) 3 13 Turdus kessleri
Grey-streaked Flycatcher 2 2 Muscicapa griseisticta
Siberian Rubythroat 1 3 Luscinia calliope
Northern Orange-flanked Bush Robin 1 2 Tarsiger cyanurus
Ala Shan Redstart (NT)(End) 1 1 Phoenicurus alaschanicus
Black Redstart 10 25 Phoenicurus ochruros
Hodgson's Redstart (End) 3 10 Phoenicurus hodgsoni
White-throated Redstart 3 6 Phoenicurus schisticeps
Daurian Redstart 2 6 Phoenicurus auroreus
White-winged Redstart 2 25 Phoenicurus erythrogaster
Blue-fronted Redstart 3 10 Phoenicurus frontalis
White-capped Water Redstart 3 5 Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Plumbeous Water Redstart 1 3 Rhyacornis fuliginosus
Common Stonechat 2 2 Saxicola torquata
Pied Wheatear 1 3 Oenanthe pleschanka
Desert Wheatear 1 3 Oenanthe deserti
Isabelline Wheatear 5 10 Oenanthe isabellina
White-cheeked Starling 1 1 Sturnus cineraceus
Chinese Nuthatch 1 3 Sitta villosa
Przewalsky's Nuthatch (End) 2 2 Sitta przevalskii
Wallcreeper 1 1 Tichodroma muraria
Eurasian Treecreeper 1 3 Certhia familiaris
Marsh Tit 1 2 Parus palustris
Willow Tit 2 10 Parus montanus
White-browed Tit (End) 3 5 Parus superciliosus
Rufous-vented Tit 1 3 Parus rubidiventris
Grey-crested Tit 1 2 Parus dichrous
Great Tit 8 6 Parus major
Long-tailed Tit 1 10 Aegithalos caudatus
Pale Martin 8 500 Riparia diluta
Eurasian Crag Martin 3 45 Hirundo rupestris
Barn Swallow 5 10 Hirundo rustica
Red-rumped Swallow 1 1 Hirundo daurica
Asian House Martin 2 30 Delichon dasypus
Spotted Bush Warbler 1 1 Bradypterus thoracicus
White-browed Tit Warbler 3 6 Leptopoecile sophiae
Dusky Warbler 1 5 Phylloscopus fuscatus
Tickell's Leaf Warbler 5 10 Phylloscopus affinis
Yellow-streaked Warbler 3 6 (H) Phylloscopus armandii
Buff-barred Warbler 2 2 Phylloscopus pulcher
Gansu Leaf Warbler (End) 2 2 Phylloscopus kansuensis
Chinese Leaf Warbler (End br.) 1 1 Phylloscopus yunnanensis
Hume's Warbler 3 6 (H) Phylloscopus humei
Greenish Warbler 2 15 Phylloscopus trochiloides
Plain Laughingthrush (End) 3 10 Garrulax davidi
Elliot's Laughingthrush 2 10 Garrulax elliotii
Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush (End) 1 25 Garrulax henrici
Giant Babax (NT) 1 10 Babax waddelli
Tibetan Lark 2 8 Melanocorypha maxima
Mongolian Lark 1 2 Melanocorypha mongolica
Hume's Short-toed Lark 2 3 Calandrella acutirostris
Crested Lark 1 4 Galerida cristata
Oriental Skylark 4 50 Alauda gulgula
Horned Lark 6 100 Eremophila alpestris
Russet Sparrow 1 3 Passer rutilans
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13 400 Passer montanus
Rock Sparrow 2 40 Petronia petronia
Tibetan Snowfinch 1 15 Montifringilla adamsi
White-rumped Snowfinch 5 20 Pyrgilauda taczanowskii
Small Snowfinch 1 1 Pyrgilauda davidiana
Rufous-necked Snowfinch 4 73 Pyrgilauda ruficollis
Plain-backed Snowfinch 1 10 Pyrgilauda blanfordi
White Wagtail 14 30 Motacilla alba
Citrine Wagtail 5 15 Motacilla citreola
Richard's Pipit 1 4 Anthus richardi
Olive-backed Pipit 1 3 Anthus hodgsoni
Rosy Pipit 4 12 Anthus roseatus
Water Pipit 1 2 Anthus spinoletta
Robin Accentor 2 2 Prunella rubeculoides
Rufous-breasted Accentor 2 5 Prunella strophiata
Brown Accentor 5 13 Prunella fulvescens
Grey-capped Greenfinch 3 8 Carduelis sinica
Twite 6 100 Carduelis flavirostris
Mongolian Finch 2 5 Bucanetes mongolicus
Desert Finch 1 4 Rhodospiza obsoleta
Common Rosefinch 3 10 Carpodacus erythrinus
Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch 3 15 Carpodacus davidianus
Pink-rumped Rosefinch (End) 1 15 Carpodacus eos
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch 2 6 Carpodacus thura
Streaked Rosefinch 3 20 Carpodacus rubicilloides
Tibetan Rosefinch (End) 1 3 Carpodacus roborowskii
Red Crossbill 1 1 H Loxia curvirostra
Grey-headed Bullfinch 2 5 Pyrrhula erythaca
White-winged Grosbeak 1 3 Mycerobas carnipes
Pink-tailed Bunting (End) 1 4 Urocynchramus pylzowi
Pine Bunting 2 2 Emberiza leucocephala
Godlewski's Bunting 3 4 (H) Emberiza godlewskii
Meadow Bunting 1 1 Emberiza cioides
Yellow-breasted Bunting 1 1 Emberiza aureola

Mammals

Himalayan Marmot 5 12 Marmota himalayana
Siberian Chipmunk 1 2 Tamias sibiricus
Plateau Pika 6 100 Ochotona curzoniae
Chinese Red Pika 1 1 Ochotona erythrotis
Pika sp. 1 10 chotona sp.
Woolly Hare 10 20 Lepus oiostolus
Tibetan Fox 1 1 Vulpes ferrilata
Red Fox 3 3 Vulpes vulpes
Mountain (Alpine) Weasel 1 1 Mustela altiaca
Steppe Polecat 1 2 Mustela eversmanii
Kiang 1 38 Equus kiang
Siberian Roe 1 1 Capreolus pygargus
Goitered Gazelle 1 1 Gazella subgutturosa
Tibetan Gazelle 1 236 Procapra picticaudata
Tibetan Antelope 1 25 Pantholops hodgsonii
Blue Sheep 1 50 Pseudois nayaur