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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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.
