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China: Lhasa and the Tibetan Plateau

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Cumulative Checklist

with Wang Qingyu and Paul Holt as leaders

  • Column A = Number of tours out of two on which this species was recorded
  • Column B = Number of days this species was seen on the 2010 tour
  • Column C = Maximum daily count for this species on the 2010 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

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
2 Tibetan Snowcock 2 2 Tetraogallus tibetanus
1 Chestnut-throated [Monal] Partridge (End) 1 4 H Tetraophasis obscurus
1 Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
2 Tibetan Partridge 2 5 (H) Perdix hodgsoniae
2 Tibetan Eared Pheasant 1 12 Crossoptilon harmani
2 Blue Eared Pheasant (End) 1 3 Crossoptilon auritum
2 Common Pheasant 5 10 Phasianus colchicus
2 Chinese Grouse (NT)(End) 1 1 H Tetrastes sewerzowi
1 Whooper Swan 1 30 Cygnus cygnus
2 Greylag Goose 1 5 Anser anser
2 Bar-headed Goose 3 700 Anser indicus
2 Ruddy Shelduck 6 300 Tadorna ferruginea
1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope
2 Mallard 2 8 Anas platyrhynchos
1 Chinese Spot-billed Duck 1 6 Anas zonorhyncha
1 Chinese or Indian Spot-billed Duck A. zonorhyncha or A. poecilorhyncha
1 Northern Pintail 1 1 Anas acuta
1 Common Teal Anas crecca
2 Red-crested Pochard 2 1500 Rhodonessa rufina
2 Common Pochard 3 10 Aythya ferina
2 Tufted Duck 2 20 Aythya fuligula
1 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
2 Common Merganser 1 62 Mergus merganser
1 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 1 (H) Dendrocopos major
1 Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
2 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 2 Picus canus
2 Eurasian Hoopoe 10 118 Upupa epops
2 Common Cuckoo 3 2 Cuculus canorus
2 Common Swift 5 30 Apus apus
2 Fork-tailed Swift 6 50 Apus pacificus
2 Little Owl 1 2 Athene noctua
2 Feral Rock Pigeon 12 40 Columba livia
2 Hill Pigeon 12 40 Columba rupestris
2 Oriental Turtle Dove 4 380 Streptopelia orientalis
1 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
2 Eurasian Collared Dove 4 6 Streptopelia decaocto
2 Black-necked Crane (vu) 2 27 Grus nigricollis
2 Eurasian Coot 1 50 Fulica atra
1 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
2 Black-tailed Godwit 1 200 Limosa limosa
2 Eurasian Curlew 1 10 Numenius arquata
1 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
2 Common Redshank 6 30 Tringa totanus
2 Common Greenshank 2 3 Tringa nebularia
2 Green Sandpiper 2 1 Tringa ochropus
2 Wood Sandpiper 1 25 Tringa glareola
1 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
2 Common Sandpiper 3 4 Actitis hypoleucos
1 Red-necked Stint 1 1 Calidris ruficollis
2 Temminck's Stint 1 10 Calidris temminckii
1 Long-toed Stint 1 1 Calidris subminuta
1 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris acuminata
2 Curlew Sandpiper 1 2 Calidris ferruginea
1 Pacific Golden Plover 1 1 H Pluvialis fulva
1 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
2 Kentish Plover 3 25 Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Lesser Sand Plover 1 6 Charadrius mongolus
1 Greater Sand Plover 1 1 Charadrius leschenaultii
2 Pallas's Gull 7 83 Larus ichthyaetus
2 Brown-headed Gull 2 20 Larus brunnicephalus
1 Black-headed Gull 1 1 Larus ridibundus
1 Little Gull Larus minutus
1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
2 Common Tern 7 172 Sterna hirundo
2 Whiskered Tern 1 2 Chlidonias hybridus
2 Black Kite 4 6 Milvus migrans lineatus
2 Pallas's Fish Eagle (VU) 2 2 Haliaeetus leucoryphus
2 Lammergeier 2 4 Gypaetus barbatus
2 Himalayan Griffon 6 25 Gyps himalayensis
1 Cinereous Vulture (NT) Aegypius monachus
2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter nisus
1 Northern Goshawk 1 2 Accipiter gentilis
2 Himalayan Buzzard 2 2 Buteo biarmicus
2 Upland Buzzard 7 95 Buteo hemilasius
2 Golden Eagle 1 2 Aquila chrysaetos
2 Common Kestrel 7 6 Falco tinnunculus
1 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
2 Eurasian Hobby 2 1 Falco subbuteo
2 Saker Falcon (EN) 4 33 Falco cherrug
2 Great Crested Grebe 3 30 Podiceps cristatus
2 Black-necked Grebe 1 10 Podiceps nigricollis
2 Great Cormorant 4 50 Phalacrocorax carbo
2 Grey Heron 1 4 Ardea cinerea
1 Cattle Egret 2 16 Bubulcus ibis
2 Rufous-tailed Shrike 2 4 Lanius isabellinus
1 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
2 Grey-backed Shrike 12 35 Lanius tephronotus
2 Eurasian Jay 1 2 Garrulus glandarius
1 Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
2 Black-billed Magpie 10 50 Pica pica
2 Mongolian Ground-Jay 1 1 Podoces hendersoni
2 Hume's Groundpecker 7 70 Pseudopodoces humilis
2 Red-billed Chough 11 20 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
1 Daurian Jackdaw 1 320 Corvus dauuricus
2 Rook 1 50 Corvus frugilegus
1 Carrion Crow Corvus corone
2 Large-billed Crow 2 12 Corvus macrorhynchos
2 Common Raven 1 98 Corvus corax
1 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
2 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
2 Tibetan Blackbird 2 6 Turdus (merula) maximus
1 Chestnut Thrush 2 3 Turdus rubrocanus
2 Kessler's Thrush (End br.) 3 3 Turdus kessleri
1 Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
2 Siberian Rubythroat 2 5 Luscinia calliope
1 White-tailed Rubythroat 1 1 Luscinia pectoralis
2 Northern Orange-flanked Bush Robin 1 2 Tarsiger cyanurus
1 Ala Shan Redstart (NT)(End) Phoenicurus alaschanicus
2 Black Redstart 8 15 Phoenicurus ochruros
2 Hodgson's Redstart (End) 4 8 Phoenicurus hodgsoni
2 White-throated Redstart 3 4 Phoenicurus schisticeps
1 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
2 White-winged Redstart 3 5 Phoenicurus erythrogaster
2 Blue-fronted Redstart 3 8 Phoenicurus frontalis
2 White-capped Water Redstart 2 6 Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
2 Plumbeous Water Redstart 1 1 Rhyacornis fuliginosus
1 White-bellied Redstart Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
2 Common Stonechat 1 5 Saxicola torquata
1 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
2 Desert Wheatear 1 2 Oenanthe deserti
2 Isabelline Wheatear 3 10 Oenanthe isabellina
1 White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus
1 Rosy Starling 1 3 Pastor roseus
2 Chinese Nuthatch 2 4 Sitta villosa
2 Przewalsky's Nuthatch (End) 2 1 Sitta przevalskii
2 Wallcreeper 1 1 Tichodroma muraria
2 Eurasian Treecreeper 2 1 Certhia familiaris
1 Winter Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes troglodytes
1 Marsh Tit Parus palustris
2 Willow Tit 2 10 Parus montanus
2 White-browed Tit (End) 3 5 Parus superciliosus
2 Rufous-vented Tit 2 1 Parus rubidiventris
2 Grey-crested Tit 1 3 H Parus dichrous
2 Great Tit 6 6 Parus major
1 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus
2 Pale Martin 9 500 Riparia diluta
2 Eurasian Crag Martin 5 10 Hirundo rupestris
2 Barn Swallow 2 4 Hirundo rustica
1 Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
2 Asian House Martin 1 60 Delichon dasypus
1 Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
1 Spotted Bush Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus
2 White-browed Tit Warbler 1 3 Leptopoecile sophiae
2 Dusky Warbler 2 6 Phylloscopus fuscatus
2 Tickell's Leaf Warbler 5 10 Phylloscopus affinis
2 Yellow-streaked Warbler 2 5 Phylloscopus armandii
2 Buff-barred Warbler 1 3 Phylloscopus pulcher
2 Gansu Leaf Warbler (End) 2 4 (H) Phylloscopus kansuensis
2 Chinese Leaf Warbler (End br.) 1 1 H Phylloscopus yunnanensis
2 Hume's Warbler 2 4 Phylloscopus humei
2 Greenish Warbler 2 30 Phylloscopus trochiloides
2 Large-billed Leaf Warbler 1 2 Phylloscopus magnirostris
2 Plain Laughingthrush (End) 3 5 Garrulax davidi
2 Elliot's Laughingthrush 2 10 Garrulax elliotii
2 Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush (End) 1 10 Garrulax henrici
2 Giant Babax (NT) 1 5 Babax waddelli
2 Tibetan Lark 2 6 Melanocorypha maxima
2 Mongolian Lark 2 2 Melanocorypha mongolica
2 Hume's Short-toed Lark 5 6 Calandrella acutirostris
2 Crested Lark 1 4 Galerida cristata
2 Oriental Skylark 4 40 Alauda gulgula
2 Horned Lark 6 40 Eremophila alpestris
2 Russet Sparrow 2 3 Passer rutilans
2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 13 200 Passer montanus
2 Rock Sparrow 6 50 Petronia petronia
1 White-winged Snowfinch 1 4 Montifringilla nivalis
2 Tibetan Snowfinch 2 5 Montifringilla adamsi
2 White-rumped Snowfinch 4 10 Pyrgilauda taczanowskii
1 Small Snowfinch Pyrgilauda davidiana
2 Rufous-necked Snowfinch 5 230 Pyrgilauda ruficollis
2 Plain-backed Snowfinch 2 12 Pyrgilauda blanfordi
2 White Wagtail 10 30 Motacilla alba
2 Citrine Wagtail 5 10 Motacilla citreola
1 Grey Wagtail 1 1 H Motacilla cinerea
2 Richard's Pipit 3 5 Anthus richardi
2 Olive-backed Pipit 3 6 Anthus hodgsoni
2 Rosy Pipit 4 6 Anthus roseatus
2 Water Pipit 1 2 Anthus spinoletta
2 Robin Accentor 1 6 Prunella rubeculoides
2 Rufous-breasted Accentor 3 5 Prunella strophiata
2 Brown Accentor 4 10 Prunella fulvescens
2 Grey-capped Greenfinch 1 5 Carduelis sinica
1 Eurasian Siskin 1 1 H Carduelis spinus
2 Twite 6 20 Carduelis flavirostris
1 Plain Mountain Finch 1 1 Leucosticte nemoricola
1 Brandt's Mountain Finch 1 2 Leucosticte brandti
2 Mongolian Finch 1 3 Bucanetes mongolicus
1 Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta
2 Common Rosefinch 3 6 Carpodacus erythrinus
2 Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch 3 10 Carpodacus davidianus
2 Pink-rumped Rosefinch (End) 1 80 Carpodacus eos
2 Chinese White-browed Rosefinch 2 15 Carpodacus thura
2 Streaked Rosefinch 3 8 Carpodacus rubicilloides
1 Red-fronted Rosefinch 1 1 Carpodacus puniceus
1 Tibetan Rosefinch (End) Carpodacus roborowskii
2 Red Crossbill 2 1 Loxia curvirostra
2 Grey-headed Bullfinch 2 8 Pyrrhula erythaca
2 White-winged Grosbeak 3 15 Mycerobas carnipes
2 Pink-tailed Bunting (End) 1 7 Urocynchramus pylzowi
2 Pine Bunting 2 1 Emberiza leucocephala
2 Godlewski's Bunting 3 10 Emberiza godlewskii
1 Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides
1 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
1 Black-faced Bunting 1 1 Emberiza spodocephala

Mammals
2 Himalayan Marmot 5 24 Marmota himalayana
1 Siberian Chipmunk Tamias sibiricus
2 Plateau Pika 4 100 Ochotona curzoniae
1 Chinese Red Pika Ochotona erythrotis
2 Woolly Hare 7 6 Lepus oiostolus
1 Tibetan Fox Vulpes ferrilata
2 Red Fox 1 1 Vulpes vulpes
2 Mountain (Alpine) Weasel 2 1 Mustela altiaca
1 Steppe Polecat Mustela eversmanii
2 Kiang 1 169 Equus kiang
1 Red Deer 1 1 Cervus elaphus
1 Siberian Roe Capreolus pygargus
1 Goitered Gazelle Gazella subgutturosa
2 Tibetan Gazelle 2 305 Procapra picticaudata
2 Tibetan Antelope 1 11 Pantholops hodgsonii
2 Blue Sheep 1 27 Pseudois nayaur

Amphibians and Reptiles
2 Qinghai Toad-headed Lizard 1 6 Phrynocephalus vlangallii

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.

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