SPECIES LIST
Species number and English names mainly according to Mackinnon, J. and Phillipps,K, (2000) A field guide to the Birds of China. Where “splits” have occurred the China Bird Reports, 2003,4 & 5 are followed. The Garrulax laughingthrushes are now split into several families, for simplicity I have retained the Mackinnon and Phillipps names. Abbreviations: Qincheng Shan QCS, Tangjiahe TJH, and Wanglang WL.
0028 Blood Pheasant Ithagnis cruentus
16/11 Party of 30 or so disturbed on track to Baixionggou, WL (2680m)
0050 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
14/11 Single in farmland, road between Qingxi and junction of Route 205 to Pingwu
0051 Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Seen daily at Tangjiahe 12-14/11, max count 8 near Nature Trail on 12/11
0089 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Eleven seen on the new reservoir between Wanglang HQs and Baima town, 17/11
0096 Common Teal Anas crecca
Five on new reservoir between Wanglang HQs and Baima town, 17/11
0120 Speckled Piculet Picunmus innominatus
Singles seen with mixed flocks at Qincheng Shan and Tangjiahe
0122 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopus canicapillus
Two on the Nature Trail, Tangjiahe, 12/11
0128 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopus cathparius
Three on the Nature Trail, Tangjiahe, 12/11 singles at Wanglang, 15-17/11
0131 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopus major
In ones and twos near Tangjiahe HQs, 12-14/11
0148 Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
Daily at QCS and TJH, heard more often than seen
0179 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
Two noted along river between Tangjiahe HQs and reserve entrance
0247 Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei
Heard at Qincheng “Back” mountain on 10/11
0488 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
0492 Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
0500 Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
One of a pair taking a squealing baby monkey was “nature in the raw” at TJH, 13/11
0621 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
08/11 Pair seen from cable car, Linyang shan, Dujiangyan
0626 Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
At TJH HQs feeding on fruit (six) also seen at QCS
0636 Common Magpie Pica pica
Seen from Chengdu to Pingwu bus, 11/11
0640 Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes
Six seen Tangjiahe 13/11
0648 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Up to 12 around TJH HQs
0687 White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
Single at Wanglang (2,500m)
0688 Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
Noted on River below Jinyi (lower) cable car, QCS.
0700 Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
Two on Nature Trail, TJH on 12/11
0709 Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
Noted at WL (up to 20) and more commonly at TJH; up to 30 on Nature Trail 12/11
0773 Orange-flanked Bush Robin Tarsiger cyanurus
Up to six daily at all woodland sites visited
0786 White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
Up to three daily at Wanglang (2,500m +)
0789 Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
Singles here and there at both TJH and QCS
0790 White-capped River Chat Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
Notably at Youyicun, QCS, where one was taking food scraps from a kitchen drain
0791 Plumbeous Water Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
Common on streams at all places visited
0795 Grandala Grandala coelicolor
A flock of 300+, photographed by Jemi feeding on orange (Buckthorn ?) berries, Wanglang
0796 Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
Single on Nature Trail, Tangjiahe, 12/11
0799 White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
2 at TjH
0832 Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europea
Up to 4 with mixed flocks at Tangjiahe 12-14/11,
hard to differentiate from Chestnut-vented there
0838 White-cheeked (Przewalski’s) Nuthatch Sitta leucopsis
Seen and photographed by Ondie WONG just uphill from Wanglang HQs, max day count 3
0844 Eurasian Treecreeper Certhia familiaris (khamensis?) “hodgsoni” ???
Two to three daily at Wanglang
0844.3 Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianqianensis
Up to four daily at QCS and TJH. Not seen at WL
0848 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
Two daily noted at drains for food scraps Qincheng Shan, 7-9/11
0855 Rusty-breasted Tit Parus (poecile ?) davidi
Parties 5-10 daily at Wanglang, not shy, but fast-moving…
0858 Rufous-vented Tit Parus rubidiventris
Six at Motianling, Tangjiahe on 13/11 (2000m) and ten+ at Wanglang most days (2,500m)
0859 Coal Tit Parus ater
Six seen at Wanglang HQs, 17/11
0860 Yellow-bellied Tit Parus venustulus
Two seen with a mixed flock Tangjiahe, on 13/11, also noted lower down at
Qincheng “Back” mountain
0861 Grey-crested Tit Parus dichrous (wellsi)
Up to 10 daily at Wanglang, in pines with other tits
0862 Great Tit Parus major
With mixed flocks at QCS 7-9/11
0864 Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
Noted mainly with mixed flocks QCs, 7-9/11
0870 Yellow Browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
Noted at Wanglang, two – three daily, with mixed flocks
0873 Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus
Widespread, from the scrubby hillsides near Dujiangyan at 500m to WL at 2,500m, max 15 daily
0876 Sooty Tit Aegithalos fuliginosus
Parties of up to 20 at Tangjiahe, where it was most numerous, and Wanglang
0889 Goldcrest Regulus regulus
Seen and photographed near HQs at Wanglang, 15/11 (2,500m)
0892 Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
Farmland near Qingxi (o/s Tangjiahe) and inside reserve near entrance
0936 Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler Cettia acanthizoides
Single skulking in streamside grass, Motianling, Tangjiahe 13/11
0970 White-browed Tit Warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
Five noted at Baixionggou, Wanglang on 16/11
0971 Crested Tit Warbler Leptopoecile elegans
Four counted in pines near Baixionggou boardwalk, 16/11 (2,900m)
0984 Pallas’s Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
1014 White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis
1032 Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus
Small parties seen at Qincheng “Back” mountain, 9-10/11
1037 White-browed Laughingthrush Garrulax sannio
Parties of up to 7 at Qincheng Shan 8-10/11
1041 Elliot’s Laughingthrush Garrulax elliotii
The common laughingthrush at Tangjiahe and Wanglang, heard all the time !
1044 Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis
Up to 15 daily at TJH and WL, but not as common as 1041
1047 Red-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax formosus
Two seen near village at upper terminal of upper Qincheng Shan cable car, 10/11
1059 Streak-breasted Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
Ones and twos with mixed flocks at Qincheng Shan, group of 7 noted, 10/11 at QCS
1076 Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps
With mixed flocks at QCS and TJH – 1,500m to 2,000m elevation
1088 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
With mixed flocks at QCS and quite common at TJH near the river 8-14/11
1091 White-browed Shrike Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis
Pairs seen at Youyicun, QCS, 8/11 and with mixed flock at TJH riverside 13/11
(both sites about 1,500m)
1092 Green Shrike Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
Up to five daily with mixed flocks at Tangjiahe, 12-14/11
1105 Golden-breasted Fulvetta Alcippe chrysotis
Flocks of up to 20 seen daily at QCS, also at TJH in smaller numbers
1111 Spectacled Fulvetta Alcippe ruficapilla
Four noted near Youyicun, QCS 8/11
1118 Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
Up to 30 daily at QCS, almost as common at TJH
1131 White-collared Yuhina Yuhina diademata
1138 Great Parrotbill Conostoma oemodium
Up to four seen on Baixionggou boardwalk, WL on 16/11 (2,900m)
1139 Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus
A party of five photographed in the snow by YL Tam at Wanglang HQs 17/11(2,500m)
1144 Spectacled Parrotbill Paradoxornis conspicillatus
Party of six near Motianling footpath, (2,000m) at TJH,
about 15 near Baixionggou, WL on 15/11
1145 Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus
Flock of 30-40 near village above “Bai Yun” upper cable car, Qincheng Shan,
also at several at roadside, TJH
1229 Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
Singles noted at Tangjiahe 12-14/11, and Wanglang 15-17/11
1234 Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
Noted in single figures at Tangjiahe and at Wanglang ( – between 1500m and 2,900m !)
1246 Grey-capped Greenfinch Carduelis spinoides
Thirty on overhead wires between Qingxi (near TJH) and Pingwu turnoff 14/11
1271 Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
Single female near TJH HQs, 13/11
1275 Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus
Single male, seen and photographed just up from WL HQs
1290 Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
A party of eight seen daily near Wanglang HQs 15-17/11
1297 White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
Pair noted from boardwalk, Baixionggou, Wanglang, on 16/11
1313 Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
Up to four noted in grass and weeds near both Tangjiahe (1,400m) and
Wanglang HQs (2,500m)
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