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China: Sichuan

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Cumulative Checklist

with Paul Holt and Wang Qingyu as leaders

  • Column A = number of tours out of three this species has been 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 = heard but not seen, (H) = seen but mostly heard

This list has taxonomic notes.

A B C D
3 Snow Partridge 1 10 Lerwa lerwa
3 Tibetan Snowcock 2 12 (H) Tetraogallus tibetanus
3 Chestnut-throated Partridge 4 7 (H) Tetraophasis obscurus
3 Chinese Bamboo Partridge 4 3 (H) Bambusicola thoracica
3 Blood Pheasant 3 7 Ithaginis cruentus
1 Temminck's Tragopan 1 1 Tragopan temminckii
3 Koklass Pheasant 1 4 (H) Pucrasia macrolopha
2 Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii
3 White Eared Pheasant 4 10 Crossoptilon crossoptilon
3 Common Pheasant 6 10 Phasianus colchicus
1 Golden Pheasant 1 1 H Chrysolophus pictus
3 Lady Amherst's Pheasant 4 4 (H) Chrysolophus amherstiae
2 Chinese Grouse 4 5 Tetrastes sewerzowi
3 Ruddy Shelduck 2 15 Tadorna ferruginea
3 Mallard 2 12 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Ferruginous Pochard 1 3 Aythya nyroca
1 Common Merganser Mergus merganser
2 Speckled Piculet 3 2 H Picumnus innominatus
2 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker 1 2 Dendrocopos cathpharius
3 Darjeeling Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopos darjellensis
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 3 (H) Dendrocopos major
1 Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker 3 2 (H) Picoides tridactylus
3 Black Woodpecker 6 2 Dryocopus martius
3 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 2 Picus canus
3 Bay Woodpecker 5 3 (H) Blythipicus pyrrhotis
2 Great Barbet 4 4 Megalaima virens
3 Eurasian Hoopoe 2 2 Upupa epops
1 Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
1 Black-capped Kingfisher 2 1 Halcyon pileata
3 Common Kingfisher 2 1 Alcedo meninting
3 Large Hawk Cuckoo 10 4 (H) Hierococcyx sparverioides
1 Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo 4 5 (H) Hierococcyx nisicolor
3 Common Cuckoo 10 4 (H) Cuculus canorus
3 Himalayan Cuckoo 7 3 (H) Cuculus saturatus
3 Asian Lesser Cuckoo 10 5 (H) Cuculus poliocephalus
1 Cuckoo Sp. 2 1 Cuculus Sp.
1 Fork-tailed Drongo Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
3 Asian Koel 5 2 (H) Eudynamys scolopacea
3 Himalayan Swiftlet 7 150 Collocalia brevirostris
3 White-throated Needletail 4 10 Hirundapus caudacutus
1 Common Swift Apus apus
3 Fork-tailed Swift 11 80 Apus pacificus
3 House Swift 3 6 Apus nipalensis
1 Oriental Scops Owl 1 2 H Otus sunia
2 Collared Scops Owl Otus bakkamoena
2 Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo
1 Tawny Fish Owl Ketupa flavipes
2 Collared Owlet 1 1 Glaucidium brodiei
3 Asian Barred Owlet 1 1 H Glaucidium cuculoides
3 Little Owl 1 4 Athene noctua
2 Brown Hawk Owl 1 1 H Ninox scutulata
1 Hill Pigeon 2 6 Columba rupestris
3 Snow Pigeon 2 9 Columba leuconota
3 Speckled Wood Pigeon 4 5 Columba hodgsonii
3 Oriental Turtle Dove 4 4 Streptopelia orientalis
3 Spotted Dove 1 4 Streptopelia chinensis
1 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 2 Streptopelia decaocto
2 Red Collared Dove 2 6 Streptopelia tranquebarica
3 Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon 4 8 Treron sphenura
3 Black-necked Crane 2 50 Grus nigricollis
2 White-breasted Waterhen 1 1 Amaurornis phoenicurus
1 Common Moorhen 2 1 Gallinula chloropus
3 Wood Snipe 2 5 (H) Gallinago nemoricola
3 Common Redshank 3 6 Tringa totanus
2 Green Sandpiper 1 1 Tringa ochropus
1 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
1 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
1 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius
1 Lesser Sand Plover 1 1 Charadrius mongolus
3 Brown-headed Gull 1 7 Larus brunnicephalus
3 Common Tern 2 15 Sterna hirundo
3 Black Baza 3 3 Aviceda leuphotes
2 Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus
3 Black Kite 3 20 Milvus migrans lineatus
3 Lammergeier 4 4 Gypaetus barbatus
3 Himalayan Griffon 8 50 Gyps himalayensis
1 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
1 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
2 Chinese Sparrowhawk 2 2 Accipiter soloensis
2 Besra 1 1 Accipiter virgatus
3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 1 Accipiter nisus
1 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
3 accipiter sp. 4 1 accipiter sp.
1 Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
2 Grey-faced Buzzard 3 2 Butastur indicus
3 Himalayan Buzzard 5 3 Buteo refectus
3 Upland Buzzard 2 35 Buteo hemilasius
3 Golden Eagle 5 2 Aquila chrysaetos
3 Mountain Hawk Eagle 2 1 Spizaetus nipalensis
2 Common Kestrel 1 1 Falco tinnunculus
2 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
1 Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
2 Saker Falcon 1 3 Falco cherrug
1 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
3 Little Egret 4 6 Egretta garzetta
1 Intermediate Egret 1 1 Mesophoyx intermedia
2 Eastern Cattle Egret 2 33 Bubulcus coromandus
3 Chinese Pond Heron 3 4 Ardeola bacchus
2 Black-crowned Night Heron 1 6 Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Cinnamon Bittern 1 1 Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
2 Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
1 Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
3 Long-tailed Shrike 1 6 Lanius schach
3 Grey-backed Shrike 11 20 Lanius tephronotus
2 Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
3 Eurasian Jay 9 4 Garrulus glandarius
2 Sichuan Jay 2 1 Perisoreus internigrans
3 Red-billed Blue Magpie 8 10 Urocissa erythrorhyncha
3 Azure-winged Magpie 2 20 Cyanopica cyanus kansuensis
2 Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
3 Black-billed Magpie 4 4 Pica pica
3 Hume's Groundpecker 1 250 Pseudopodoces humilis
3 Spotted Nutcracker 6 3 (H) Nucifraga caryocatactes
3 Red-billed Chough 6 10 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
3 Yellow-billed Chough 1 4 Pyrrhocorax graculus
3 Daurian Jackdaw 3 10 Corvus dauuricus
3 Carrion Crow 6 30 Corvus corone
3 Large-billed Crow 10 6 Corvus macrorhynchos
1 Collared Crow 1 1 Corvus torquatus
3 Common Raven 1 8 Corvus corax
1 Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
3 Long-tailed Minivet 10 10 Pericrocotus ethologus
2 Black Drongo 3 3 Dicrurus macrocercus
1 Ashy Drongo 1 1 Dicrurus leucophaeus
3 Hair-crested Drongo 4 6 Dicrurus hottentottus
3 White-throated Dipper 2 2 Cinclus cinclus
3 Brown Dipper 4 5 Cinclus pallasii
3 Blue Rock Thrush 3 2 Monticola solitarius
3 Blue Whistling Thrush 13 8 Myophonus caeruleus
2 Plain-backed Thrush 3 2 Zoothera mollissima
3 Long-tailed Thrush 5 5 Zoothera dixoni
3 Eurasian 'chinese' Blackbird 3 4 Turdus merula mandarinus
3 Chestnut Thrush 11 20 Turdus rubrocanus
3 Kessler's Thrush 9 15 Turdus kessleri
3 Chinese Thrush 5 2 Turdus mupinensis
1 White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana
1 Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher 2 1 Rhinomyias brunneatus
3 Dark-sided Flycatcher 3 4 Muscicapa sibirica
1 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa latirostris
2 Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
3 Ferruginous Flycatcher 1 2 Muscicapa ferruginea
3 Slaty-backed Flycatcher 8 20 (H) Ficedula hodgsoni
3 Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher 3 6 Ficedula strophiata
1 Snowy-browed Flycatcher 4 3 (H) Ficedula hyperythra
3 Slaty-blue Flycatcher 5 8 (H) Ficedula tricolor
3 Verditer Flycatcher 2 2 Eumyias thalassina
3 Fujian Niltava 4 4 (H) Niltava davidi
3 Chinese Blue Flycatcher 4 3 (H) Cyornis glaucicomans
3 Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher 9 6 (H) Culicicapa ceylonensis
2 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope
1 White-tailed Rubythroat 1 1 Luscinia pectoralis
2 Rufous-headed Robin 2 3 Luscinia ruficeps
3 Firethroat 1 2 Luscinia pectardens
3 Indian Blue Robin 1 18 (H) Luscinia brunnea
3 Himalayan Bluetail 7 12 (H) Tarsiger rufilatus
3 Golden Bush Robin 2 4 Tarsiger chrysaeus
2 White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
3 Oriental Magpie Robin 3 6 Copsychus saularis
3 Black Redstart 3 50 Phoenicurus ochruros
3 Hodgson's Redstart 6 8 Phoenicurus hodgsoni
3 White-throated Redstart 5 12 Phoenicurus schisticeps
2 Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
3 Blue-fronted Redstart 6 6 Phoenicurus frontalis
3 White-capped Water Redstart 11 44 Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
3 Plumbeous Water Redstart 15 20 Rhyacornis fuliginosus
3 White-bellied Redstart 8 5 (H) Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
2 White-tailed Robin 2 2 Myiomela leucura
3 Grandala 2 1 Grandala coelicolor
1 Little Forktail 2 3 Enicurus scouleri
2 Slaty-backed Forktail 2 3 Enicurus schistaceus
3 White-crowned Forktail 3 3 Enicurus leschenaulti
1 Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus
1 Purple Cochoa Cochoa purpurea
3 Common Stonechat 1 1 Saxicola torquata
3 Grey Bushchat 3 3 Saxicola ferrea
2 White-cheeked Starling 1 3 Sturnus cineraceus
1 Purple-backed Starling 1 3 Agropsar sturnina
3 Crested Myna 2 15 Acridotheres cristatellus
3 Eurasian Nuthatch 2 3 Sitta europaea
3 Chinese Nuthatch 1 3 Sitta villosa
3 Przewalsky's Nuthatch 2 2 Sitta przewalskii
2 Wallcreeper 1 1 Tichodroma muraria
3 Hodgson's Treecreeper 7 2 (H) Certhia hodgsoni
1 Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
3 Sichuan Treecreeper 2 9 (H) Certhia tianquanensis
3 Winter Wren 7 6 (H) Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Sichuan Tit 2 3 Parus weigoldicus
3 White-browed Tit 1 3 Parus superciliosus
3 Rusty-breasted Tit 2 7 Parus davidi
3 Rufous-vented Tit 5 10 Parus rubidiventris
3 Coal Tit 2 2 Parus ater
3 Yellow-bellied Tit 10 20 Parus venustulus
3 Grey-crested Tit 7 5 Parus dichrous
3 Japanese Tit 8 10 Parus m. minor & P. m. tibetanus
3 Green-backed Tit 10 8 Parus monticolus
3 Yellow-browed Tit 1 1 Sylviparus modestus
3 Black-throated Tit 2 30 Aegithalos concinnus
2 Sooty Tit 1 6 Aegithalos fuliginosus
2 Pale Martin 1 6 Riparia diluta
3 Eurasian Crag Martin 4 8 Hirundo rupestris
3 Barn Swallow 7 20 Hirundo rustica
3 Red-rumped Swallow 5 40 Hirundo daurica
3 Asian House Martin 10 100 Delichon dasypus
3 Goldcrest 8 15 Regulus regulus
3 Collared Finchbill 3 6 Spizixos semitorques
2 Brown-breasted Bulbul 1 2 Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
3 Light-vented Bulbul 4 15 Pycnonotus sinensis
1 Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes mcclellandii
3 Black Bulbul 7 10 Hypsipetes leucocephalus
1 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
1 Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
2 Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
3 Japanese White-eye 5 6 Zosterops japonica
3 White-eye sp. 3 3 Zosterops sp.
2 Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata
3 Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler 8 25 (H) Cettia fortipes
3 Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler 2 4 Cettia major
3 Aberrant Bush Warbler 2 30 Cettia flavolivacea
3 Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler 4 4 (H) Cettia acanthizoides
3 Spotted Bush Warbler 1 1 Bradypterus thoracicus
3 David's Bush Warbler 1 5 (H) Bradypterus davidi
3 Brown Bush Warbler 2 3 (H) Bradypterus luteoventris
2 Russet Bush Warbler 4 4 (H) Bradypterus seebohmi
3 White-browed Tit Warbler 1 1 Leptopoecile sophiae
1 Crested Tit Warbler 1 2 Leptopoecile elegans
1 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
3 Tickell's Leaf Warbler 3 2 (H) Phylloscopus affinis
3 Buff-throated Warbler 2 3 Phylloscopus subaffinis
3 Yellow-streaked Warbler 8 8 (H) Phylloscopus armandii
3 Buff-barred Warbler 10 40 Phylloscopus pulcher
2 Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
3 Sichuan Leaf Warbler 9 15 (H) Phylloscopus forresti
3 Chinese Leaf Warbler 4 102 (H) Phylloscopus yunnanensis
3 Hume's Warbler 6 15 (H) Phylloscopus humei mandellii
3 Greenish Warbler 9 20 (H) Phylloscopus trochiloides
3 Large-billed Leaf Warbler 15 73 (H) Phylloscopus magnirostris
1 Emei Leaf Warbler 3 11 (H) Phylloscopus emeiensis
3 La Touche's Leaf Warbler 12 20 (H) Phylloscopus claudiae
3 Ogilvie-grant's Leaf Warbler 5 22 (H) Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
3 Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
3 Martens's Warbler 6 20 (H) Seicercus omeiensis
3 Grey-crowned Warbler 1 2 Seicercus tephrocephalus
3 Plain-tailed Warbler 4 7 (H) Seicercus soror
3 Bianchi's Warbler 8 31 (H) Seicercus valentini
1 Chestnut-crowned Warbler 4 6 Seicercus castaniceps
3 Rufous-faced Warbler 2 3 (H) Abroscopus albogularis
2 Plain Laughingthrush 2 8 Garrulax davidi
2 Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush 2 2 Garrulax sukatschewi
3 Barred Laughingthrush 2 2 Garrulax lunulatus
3 Giant Laughingthrush 9 25 (H) Garrulax maximus
2 Spotted Laughingthrush 1 1 Garrulax ocellatus
1 Buffy Laughingthrush 4 4 Dryonastes berthemyi
3 Chinese Hwamei 2 2 Garrulax canorus
3 White-browed Laughingthrush 3 20 Garrulax sannio
3 Elliot's Laughingthrush 10 15 (H) Garrulax elliotii
1 Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis
3 Red-winged Laughingthrush 4 3 Garrulax formosus
3 Emei Shan Liocichla 3 12 (H) Liocichla omeiensis
3 Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler 4 2 (H) Pomatorhinus gravivox
3 Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler 5 3 (H) Pomatorhinus ruficollis
2 Scaly-breasted Wren Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer
3 Pygmy Wren Babbler 8 5 (H) Pnoepyga pusilla
1 Bar-winged Wren Babbler Spelaeornis troglodytoides
3 Rufous-capped Babbler 6 4 Stachyris ruficeps
2 Rufous-tailed Babbler 1 1 Chrysomma poecilotis
3 Chinese Babax 2 5 Babax lanceolatus
3 Red-billed Leiothrix 7 10 (H) Leiothrix lutea
1 Green Shrike Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
3 Chinese Fulvetta 3 5 Alcippe striaticollis
3 Grey-hooded Fulvetta 1 2 Fulvetta cinereiceps
2 Dusky Fulvetta Alcippe brunnea
3 David's Fulvetta 1 2 Alcippe davidi
2 Stripe-throated Yuhina 1 1 Yuhina gularis
3 White-collared Yuhina 6 6 Yuhina diademata
3 Black-chinned Yuhina 3 10 Yuhina nigrimenta
2 Great Parrotbill 1 2 Conostoma oemodium
2 Three-toed Parrotbill 1 4 Paradoxornis paradoxus
3 Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor
3 Spectacled Parrotbill 2 5 Paradoxornis conspicillatus
3 Vinous-throated Parrotbill 1 15 Paradoxornis webbianus
3 Ashy-throated Parrotbill 2 4 Paradoxornis alphonsianus
1 Grey-hooded Parrotbill 1 2 Paradoxornis zappeyi
1 Golden Parrotbill Paradoxornis verreauxi
1 Fulvous Parrotbill 1 6 Suthora fulvifrons
3 Tibetan Lark 1 5 Melanocorypha maxima
3 Oriental Skylark 3 300 Alauda gulgula
3 Horned Lark 3 40 Eremophila alpestris
3 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker 2 3 Dicaeum ignipectus
3 Mrs Gould's Sunbird 6 2 Aethopyga gouldiae
3 Fork-tailed Sunbird 2 3 Aethopyga christinae
1 Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans
3 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 8 150 Passer montanus
3 Rock Sparrow 1 40 Petronia petronia
3 Tibetan Snowfinch 1 5 Montifringilla adamsi
3 White-rumped Snowfinch 1 63 Pyrgilauda taczanowskii
2 Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis
3 White Wagtail 15 10 Motacilla alba
1 " " 4 6 M. alba alboides
2 Citrine Wagtail 1 8 Motacilla citreola
3 Grey Wagtail 10 8 Motacilla cinerea
2 Richard's Pipit 1 3 Anthus richardi
3 Olive-backed Pipit 6 4 Anthus hodgsoni
3 Rosy Pipit 6 8 Anthus roseatus
1 Water Pipit 1 2 Anthus spinoletta
3 Alpine Accentor 2 4 Prunella collaris
1 Robin Accentor 1 1 Prunella rubeculoides
3 Rufous-breasted Accentor 3 2 (H) Prunella strophiata
3 Maroon-backed Accentor 5 10 Prunella immaculata
3 White-rumped Munia 1 1 H Lonchura striata
1 Scaly-breasted Munia 1 5 Lonchura punctulata
3 Grey-capped Greenfinch 3 4 Carduelis sinica
3 Tibetan Siskin 2 4 Carduelis thibetana
3 Twite 1 30 Carduelis flavirostris
3 Plain Mountain Finch 3 4 Leucosticte nemoricola
3 Brandt's Mountain Finch 1 1 Leucosticte brandti
1 Long-tailed Rosefinch 1 1 Uragus sibiricus
1 Blanford's Rosefinch Carpodacus rubescens
2 Dark-breasted Rosefinch 3 3 Carpodacus rubescens
3 Common Rosefinch 7 8 Carpodacus erythrinus
3 Pink-rumped Rosefinch 3 10 Carpodacus eos
3 Vinaceous Rosefinch 5 7 Carpodacus vinaceus
1 Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
3 Three-banded Rosefinch 1 3 Carpodacus trifasciatus
1 Spot-winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodopeplus
3 Chinese White-browed Rosefinch 8 20 Carpodacus [thura] dubius
1 Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
3 Red-fronted Rosefinch 1 3 Carpodacus puniceus
3 Crimson-browed Finch 1 2 Propyrrhula subhimachala
3 Red Crossbill 4 60 Loxia curvirostra
1 Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis
3 Grey-headed Bullfinch 9 6 Pyrrhula erythaca
2 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 2 3 Eophona migratoria
3 Collared Grosbeak 2 2 Mycerobas affinis
3 White-winged Grosbeak 4 5 Mycerobas carnipes
3 Slaty Bunting 6 8 (H) Latoucheornis siemsseni
3 Godlewski's Bunting 4 8 Emberiza godlewskii
1 Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans

Taxonomic Notes