Cumulative Checklist
with Wang Qingyu and Paul Holt as leaders
- Column A = Number of tours out of three on which this species was recorded
- Column B = Total number of days that the species was recorded during the 2011 tour
- Column C = Maximum daily count for that particular species during the 2011 tour
- Column D = H = denotes a species that was heard but was not seen
This list has taxonomic notes.
| A | B | C | D | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Tibetan Snowcock | 1 | 4 | Tetraogallus tibetanus | |
| 1 | Chestnut-throated [Monal] Partridge (End) | Tetraophasis obscurus | |||
| 1 | Rusty-necklaced Partridge (End) | 1 | 2 | Alectoris magna | |
| 1 | Daurian Partridge | Perdix dauurica | |||
| 3 | Tibetan Partridge | 1 | 4 | Perdix hodgsoniae | |
| 3 | Tibetan Eared Pheasant | 1 | 15 | Crossoptilon harmani | |
| 2 | Blue Eared Pheasant (End) | Crossoptilon auritum | |||
| 3 | Common Pheasant | 2 | 8 | Phasianus colchicus | |
| 2 | Chinese Grouse (NT)(End) | Tetrastes sewerzowi | |||
| 1 | Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |||
| 3 | Greylag Goose | 2 | 20 | Anser anser | |
| 3 | Bar-headed Goose | 4 | 300 | Anser indicus | |
| 3 | Ruddy Shelduck | 5 | 100 | Tadorna ferruginea | |
| 1 | Eurasian Wigeon | Anas penelope | |||
| 3 | Mallard | 1 | 15 | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 1 | Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |||
| 1 | Chinese or Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha or A. poecilorhyncha | |||
| 1 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |||
| 1 | Common Teal | Anas crecca | |||
| 3 | Red-crested Pochard | 3 | 2500 | Rhodonessa rufina | |
| 3 | Common Pochard | 2 | 110 | Aythya ferina | |
| 3 | Tufted Duck | 4 | 40 | Aythya fuligula | |
| 2 | Common Goldeneye | 2 | 2 | Bucephala clangula | |
| 2 | Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | |||
| 1 | Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |||
| 3 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | 1 | H | Dendrocopos major |
| 2 | Black Woodpecker | 1 | 2 | Dryocopus martius | |
| 2 | Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |||
| 3 | Eurasian Hoopoe | 11 | 51 | Upupa epops | |
| 2 | Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |||
| 3 | Common Swift | 6 | 30 | Apus apus | |
| 3 | Fork-tailed Swift | 5 | 100 | Apus pacificus | |
| 2 | Little Owl | Athene noctua | |||
| 3 | Feral Rock Pigeon | 6 | 100 | Columba livia | |
| 3 | Hill Pigeon | 10 | 60 | Columba rupestris | |
| 3 | Oriental Turtle Dove | 3 | 40 | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 2 | Spotted Dove | 1 | 1 | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| 3 | Eurasian Collared Dove | 5 | 4 | Streptopelia decaocto | |
| 3 | Black-necked Crane (vu) | 3 | 17 | Grus nigricollis | |
| 1 | Common Moorhen | 2 | 4 | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 3 | Eurasian Coot | 3 | 20 | Fulica atra | |
| 1 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |||
| 2 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |||
| 2 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |||
| 1 | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |||
| 3 | Common Redshank | 5 | 42 | Tringa totanus | |
| 3 | Common Greenshank | 2 | 3 | Tringa nebularia | |
| 3 | Green Sandpiper | 1 | 1 | Tringa ochropus | |
| 3 | Wood Sandpiper | 3 | 6 | Tringa glareola | |
| 1 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |||
| 3 | Common Sandpiper | 3 | 1 | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 1 | Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |||
| 3 | Temminck's Stint | 1 | 3 | Calidris temminckii | |
| 1 | Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |||
| 1 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | |||
| 3 | Curlew Sandpiper | 1 | 2 | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 1 | Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |||
| 1 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |||
| 3 | Kentish Plover | 4 | 25 | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| 3 | Lesser Sand Plover | 2 | 3 | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 1 | Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |||
| 3 | Pallas's Gull | 5 | 305 | Larus ichthyaetus | |
| 3 | Brown-headed Gull | 4 | 10 | Larus brunnicephalus | |
| 3 | Black-headed Gull | 2 | 8 | Larus ridibundus | |
| 1 | Little Gull | Larus minutus | |||
| 1 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |||
| 3 | Common Tern | 6 | 56 | Sterna hirundo | |
| 3 | Whiskered Tern | 1 | 3 | Chlidonias hybridus | |
| 1 | White-winged Black Tern | 1 | 1 | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 3 | Black Kite | 1 | 1 | Milvus migrans lineatus | |
| 3 | Pallas's Fish Eagle (VU) | 1 | 3 | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | |
| 3 | Lammergeier | 4 | 3 | Gypaetus barbatus | |
| 3 | Himalayan Griffon | 6 | 17 | Gyps himalayensis | |
| 2 | Cinereous Vulture (NT) | 1 | 1 | Aegypius monachus | |
| 2 | Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |||
| 2 | Northern Goshawk | 1 | 1 | Accipiter gentilis | |
| 3 | accipiter sp. | 1 | 1 | accipiter sp. | |
| 3 | Himalayan Buzzard | 1 | 1 | Buteo biarmicus | |
| 3 | Upland Buzzard | 7 | 44 | Buteo hemilasius | |
| 3 | Golden Eagle | 1 | 1 | Aquila chrysaetos | |
| 3 | Common Kestrel | 6 | 4 | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 1 | Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |||
| 2 | Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |||
| 3 | Saker Falcon (EN) | 1 | 22 | Falco cherrug | |
| 3 | Great Crested Grebe | 5 | 442 | Podiceps cristatus | |
| 3 | Black-necked Grebe | 2 | 4 | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| 3 | Great Cormorant | 5 | 390 | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 3 | Grey Heron | 2 | 5 | Ardea cinerea | |
| 2 | Cattle Egret | 1 | 1 | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 1 | Chinese Pond Heron | 1 | 1 | Ardeola bacchus | |
| 3 | Rufous-tailed Shrike | 1 | 2 | Lanius isabellinus | |
| 2 | Brown Shrike | 1 | 1 | Lanius cristatus | |
| 3 | Grey-backed Shrike | 7 | 4 | Lanius tephronotus | |
| 1 | Chinese Grey Shrike | 1 | 1 | Lanius sphenocercus giganteus | |
| 3 | Eurasian Jay | 1 | 5 | Garrulus glandarius | |
| 2 | Azure-winged Magpie | 1 | 40 | Cyanopica cyanus | |
| 3 | Black-billed Magpie | 7 | 8 | Pica pica | |
| 3 | Mongolian Ground-Jay | 1 | 2 | Podoces hendersoni | |
| 3 | Hume's Groundpecker | 7 | 50 | Pseudopodoces humilis | |
| 3 | Red-billed Chough | 9 | 75 | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
| 2 | Daurian Jackdaw | 1 | 150 | Corvus dauuricus | |
| 3 | Rook | 1 | 50 | Corvus frugilegus | |
| 2 | Carrion Crow | 2 | 1 | Corvus corone | |
| 3 | Large-billed Crow | 2 | 10 | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
| 3 | Common Raven | 2 | 52 | Corvus corax | |
| 2 | Black Drongo | 1 | 1 | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 3 | White-throated Dipper | 1 | 2 | Cinclus cinclus | |
| 1 | Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |||
| 3 | Tibetan Blackbird | 1 | 15 | Turdus (merula) maximus | |
| 2 | Chestnut Thrush | 1 | 3 | Turdus rubrocanus | |
| 2 | Kessler's Thrush (End br.) | Turdus kessleri | |||
| 1 | Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |||
| 3 | Siberian Rubythroat | 1 | 2 | Luscinia calliope | |
| 1 | White-tailed Rubythroat | Luscinia pectoralis | |||
| 3 | Northern Orange-flanked Bush Robin | 1 | 2 | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
| 2 | Ala Shan Redstart (NT)(End) | 1 | 2 | Phoenicurus alaschanicus | |
| 3 | Black Redstart | 6 | 15 | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
| 3 | Hodgson's Redstart (End) | 3 | 10 | Phoenicurus hodgsoni | |
| 3 | White-throated Redstart | 1 | 3 | Phoenicurus schisticeps | |
| 1 | Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |||
| 3 | White-winged Redstart | 1 | 5 | Phoenicurus erythrogaster | |
| 3 | Blue-fronted Redstart | 4 | 15 | Phoenicurus frontalis | |
| 3 | White-capped Water Redstart | 3 | 5 | Chaimarrornis leucocephalus | |
| 3 | Plumbeous Water Redstart | Rhyacornis fuliginosus | |||
| 2 | White-bellied Redstart | 1 | 1 | H | Hodgsonius phaenicuroides |
| 3 | Common Stonechat | 1 | 1 | Saxicola torquata | |
| 1 | Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |||
| 2 | Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |||
| 3 | Isabelline Wheatear | 6 | 20 | Oenanthe isabellina | |
| 1 | White-cheeked Starling | Sturnus cineraceus | |||
| 1 | Rosy Starling | Pastor roseus | |||
| 3 | Chinese Nuthatch | 1 | 2 | Sitta villosa | |
| 3 | Przewalsky's Nuthatch (End) | 1 | 3 | Sitta przevalskii | |
| 2 | Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |||
| 3 | Eurasian Treecreeper | 2 | 3 | Certhia familiaris | |
| 2 | Winter Wren | 1 | 1 | H | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| 1 | Marsh Tit | Parus palustris | |||
| 3 | Willow Tit | 2 | 6 | Parus montanus | |
| 3 | White-browed Tit (End) | 2 | 2 | Parus superciliosus | |
| 2 | Rufous-vented Tit | Parus rubidiventris | |||
| 3 | Grey-crested Tit | 1 | 2 | Parus dichrous | |
| 3 | Great Tit | 3 | 4 | Parus major | |
| 1 | Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |||
| 3 | Pale Martin | 4 | 50 | Riparia diluta | |
| 3 | Eurasian Crag Martin | 2 | 10 | Hirundo rupestris | |
| 3 | Barn Swallow | 1 | 4 | Hirundo rustica | |
| 1 | Red-rumped Swallow | Hirundo daurica | |||
| 3 | Asian House Martin | 2 | 6 | Delichon dasypus | |
| 1 | Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | |||
| 2 | Spotted Bush Warbler | 1 | 1 | Bradypterus thoracicus | |
| 3 | White-browed Tit Warbler | 3 | 8 | Leptopoecile sophiae | |
| 3 | Dusky Warbler | 3 | 3 | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
| 3 | Tickell's Leaf Warbler | 5 | 8 | Phylloscopus affinis | |
| 3 | Yellow-streaked Warbler | 1 | 3 | Phylloscopus armandii | |
| 3 | Buff-barred Warbler | 1 | 1 | Phylloscopus pulcher | |
| 3 | Gansu Leaf Warbler (End) | 2 | 4 | Phylloscopus kansuensis | |
| 2 | Chinese Leaf Warbler (End br.) | Phylloscopus yunnanensis | |||
| 3 | Hume's Warbler | 2 | 10 | Phylloscopus humei | |
| 3 | Greenish Warbler | 2 | 6 | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| 2 | Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus magnirostris | |||
| 3 | Plain Laughingthrush (End) | 2 | 2 | Garrulax davidi | |
| 3 | Elliot's Laughingthrush | 2 | 8 | Garrulax elliotii | |
| 3 | Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush (End) | 1 | 15 | Garrulax henrici | |
| 3 | Giant Babax (NT) | 1 | 3 | Babax waddelli | |
| 3 | Tibetan Lark | 2 | 50 | Melanocorypha maxima | |
| 3 | Mongolian Lark | 1 | 3 | Melanocorypha mongolica | |
| 3 | Hume's Short-toed Lark | 6 | 20 | Calandrella acutirostris | |
| 3 | Crested Lark | 1 | 1 | Galerida cristata | |
| 3 | Oriental Skylark | 7 | 50 | Alauda gulgula | |
| 3 | Horned Lark | 7 | 30 | Eremophila alpestris | |
| 2 | Russet Sparrow | Passer rutilans | |||
| 3 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | 11 | 300 | Passer montanus | |
| 3 | Rock Sparrow | 6 | 50 | Petronia petronia | |
| 2 | White-winged Snowfinch | 1 | 80 | Montifringilla nivalis | |
| 3 | Tibetan Snowfinch | 4 | 5 | Montifringilla adamsi | |
| 3 | White-rumped Snowfinch | 2 | 20 | Pyrgilauda taczanowskii | |
| 2 | Small Snowfinch | 1 | 6 | Pyrgilauda davidiana | |
| 3 | Rufous-necked Snowfinch | 4 | 10 | Pyrgilauda ruficollis | |
| 3 | Plain-backed Snowfinch | 3 | 30 | Pyrgilauda blanfordi | |
| 3 | White Wagtail | 7 | 8 | Motacilla alba | |
| 3 | " " | 4 | 8 | " " alboides | |
| 3 | " " | 1 | 1 | " " leucopsis or ocularis | |
| 1 | 'Yellow Wagtail sp.' | 1 | 1 | Motacilla flava or M. tschutschensis | |
| 3 | Citrine Wagtail | 2 | 2 | Motacilla citreola | |
| 1 | Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |||
| 3 | Richard's Pipit | 4 | 2 | Anthus richardi | |
| 3 | Olive-backed Pipit | 2 | 6 | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| 3 | Rosy Pipit | 4 | 10 | Anthus roseatus | |
| 3 | Water Pipit | 1 | 1 | Anthus spinoletta | |
| 3 | Robin Accentor | 3 | 6 | Prunella rubeculoides | |
| 3 | Rufous-breasted Accentor | 3 | 6 | Prunella strophiata | |
| 3 | Brown Accentor | 3 | 5 | Prunella fulvescens | |
| 3 | Grey-capped Greenfinch | 1 | 2 | Carduelis sinica | |
| 1 | Eurasian Siskin | Carduelis spinus | |||
| 3 | Twite | 7 | 20 | Carduelis flavirostris | |
| 2 | Plain Mountain Finch | 1 | 2 | Leucosticte nemoricola | |
| 2 | Brandt's Mountain Finch | 1 | 2 | Leucosticte brandti | |
| 3 | Mongolian Finch | 1 | 2 | Bucanetes mongolicus | |
| 1 | Desert Finch | Rhodospiza obsoleta | |||
| 3 | Common Rosefinch | 2 | 10 | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
| 3 | Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch | 3 | 3 | Carpodacus davidianus | |
| 3 | Pink-rumped Rosefinch (End) | 1 | 20 | Carpodacus eos | |
| 3 | Chinese White-browed Rosefinch | 2 | 6 | Carpodacus thura | |
| 3 | Streaked Rosefinch | 4 | 6 | Carpodacus rubicilloides | |
| 1 | Red-fronted Rosefinch | Carpodacus puniceus | |||
| 2 | Tibetan Rosefinch (End) | 1 | 5 | Carpodacus roborowskii | |
| 2 | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |||
| 3 | Grey-headed Bullfinch | 2 | 2 | Pyrrhula erythaca | |
| 3 | White-winged Grosbeak | 1 | 2 | H | Mycerobas carnipes |
| 3 | Pink-tailed Bunting (End) | 2 | 2 | Urocynchramus pylzowi | |
| 3 | Pine Bunting | 1 | 3 | Emberiza leucocephala | |
| 3 | Godlewski's Bunting | 2 | 5 | Emberiza godlewskii | |
| 1 | Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |||
| 1 | Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | |||
| 1 | Black-faced Bunting | Emberiza spodocephala | |||
Amphibians and Reptiles |
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| 3 | Himalayan Marmot | 5 | 15 | Marmota himalayana | |
| 2 | Siberian Chipmunk | Tamias sibiricus | |||
| 3 | Plateau Pika | 5 | 100 | Ochotona curzoniae | |
| 2 | Glover's Pika | 1 | 6 | Ochotona gloveri | |
| 3 | Woolly Hare | 7 | 9 | Lepus oiostolus | |
| 1 | Tibetan Fox | Vulpes ferrilata | |||
| 3 | Mountain (Alpine) Weasel | 2 | 2 | Mustela altiaca | |
| 1 | Steppe Polecat | Mustela eversmanii | |||
| 3 | Kiang | 1 | 131 | Equus kiang | |
| 1 | Red Deer | Cervus elaphus | |||
| 2 | Siberian Roe | 1 | 1 | Capreolus pygargus | |
| 1 | Goitered Gazelle | Gazella subgutturosa | |||
| 3 | Tibetan Gazelle | 2 | 161 | Procapra picticaudata | |
| 3 | Tibetan Antelope | 1 | 19 | Pantholops hodgsonii | |
| 2 | Blue Sheep | Pseudois nayaur | |||
| 3 | Qinghai Toad-headed Lizard | 2 | 5 | Phrynocephalus vlangallii | |
Mammals |
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| 3 | Red Fox | 2 | 3 | Vulpes vulpes | |
Taxonomic Notes
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.