Skip to navigation, or go to main content.

WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

China: The Southeast in Winter

Tour Links

Cumulative Checklist

with Paul Holt and Wang Qingyu as leaders

A B C D
2 Chinese Bamboo Partridge 1 2 Bambusicola thoracica
2 Japanese Quail 1 6 Coturnix japonica
2 Common Pheasant 7 15 Phasianus colchicus
2 Tundra Swan 3 4830 Cygnus columbianus
2 Swan Goose EN 3 1500 Anser cygnoides
2 'Tundra' Bean Goose 6 800 Anser fabalis serrirostris
2 Greater White-fronted Goose 4 500 Anser albifrons
2 Lesser White-fronted Goose VU 2 30 Anser erythropus
2 Ruddy Shelduck 3 30 Tadorna ferruginea
2 Common Shelduck 3 20 Tadorna tadorna
2 Mandarin Duck 3 10 Aix galericulata
2 Gadwall 4 100 Anas strepera
2 Falcated Teal 5 1500 Anas falcata
2 Eurasian Wigeon 5 2500 Anas penelope
1 Apparent hybrid Eurasian x American Wigeon Anas penelope x Anas americana
2 Mallard 6 300 Anas platyrhynchos
2 Chinese Spot-billed Duck 8 400 Anas zonorhyncha
2 Northern Shoveler 4 150 Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail 3 2000 Anas acuta
2 Garganey 1 1 Anas querquedula
2 Baikal Teal VU 3 100 Anas formosa
2 Common Teal 7 12000 Anas crecca
2 Common Pochard 5 635 Aythya ferina
1 Ferruginous Pochard NT Aythya nyroca
2 Tufted Duck 2 6 Aythya fuligula
2 Smew 5 85 Mergellus albellus
2 Red-breasted Merganser 1 1 Mergus serrator
2 Scaly-sided Merganser EN 1 14 Mergus squamatus
2 Common Merganser 6 320 Mergus merganser
2 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 4 3 Dendrocopos canicapillus
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 5 6 Dendrocopos major
2 Grey-headed Woodpecker 3 2 Picus canus
2 Great Barbet 1 2 Megalaima virens
2 Eurasian Hoopoe 6 30 Upupa epops
2 Common Kingfisher 8 3 Alcedo meninting
2 White-throated Kingfisher 5 2 Halcyon smyrnensis
2 Crested Kingfisher 3 2 Megaceryle lugubris
2 Pied Kingfisher 4 10 Ceryle rudis
2 Asian Barred Owlet 1 1 Glaucidium cuculoides
1 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
2 Rock Pigeon 8 50 Columba livia
2 Oriental Turtle Dove 9 50 Streptopelia orientalis
2 Spotted Dove 11 40 Streptopelia chinensis
2 Siberian Crane CR 3 150 Grus leucogeranus
2 White-naped Crane VU 3 130 Grus vipio
2 Common Crane 4 210 Grus grus
2 Hooded Crane VU 2 14 Grus monacha
2 Red-crowned Crane EN 3 30 Grus japonensis
2 Water Rail 1 1 Rallus aquaticus
2 Brown Crake 2 1 Amaurornis akool
2 Common Moorhen 5 20 Gallinula chloropus
2 Eurasian Coot 7 300 Fulica atra
2 Common Snipe 7 30 Gallinago gallinago
2 Black-tailed Godwit 2 250 Limosa limosa
2 Eurasian Curlew 3 100 Numenius arquata
2 Spotted Redshank 6 2400 Tringa erythropus
2 Common Greenshank 8 30 Tringa nebularia
2 Green Sandpiper 8 5 Tringa ochropus
2 Common Sandpiper 4 3 Actitis hypoleucos
1 Sanderling 1 4 Calidris alba
2 Dunlin 6 400 Calidris alpina
1 Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus osculans
2 Pied Avocet 4 3000 Recurvirostra avosetta
2 Grey Plover 2 15 Pluvialis squatarola
2 Long-billed Plover 1 6 Charadrius placidus
2 Kentish Plover 2 170 Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Northern Lapwing 5 150 Vanellus vanellus
2 Black-tailed Gull 1 2 Larus crassirostris
2 Mew Gull 2 15 Larus canus
1 Siberian Gull Larus heuglini taimyrensis
2 Vega Gull 5 300 Larus vegae
2 Yellow-legged Gull 4 65 Larus cachinnans mongolicus
1 Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus
2 Black-headed Gull 6 110 Larus ridibundus
2 Saunders's Gull VU 1 3 Larus saundersi
1 Caspian Tern Sterna caspia
1 Whiskered Tern 1 85 Chlidonias hybridus
1 Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus
1 Black Kite 1 1 Milvus migrans lineatus
1 Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
2 Hen Harrier 5 7 Circus cyaneus
2 Crested Goshawk 2 1 Accipiter trivirgatus
2 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 3 2 Accipiter nisus
2 Common Buzzard 5 2 Buteo buteo
1 Black Eagle 1 1 Ictinaetus malayensis
1 Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus
2 Pied Falconet 1 1 Microhierax melanoleucos
2 Common Kestrel 7 2 Falco tinnunculus
1 Merlin 2 1 Falco columbarius
2 Peregrine Falcon 4 3 Falco peregrinus
2 Little Grebe 9 100 Tachybaptus ruficollis
2 Great Crested Grebe 4 85 Podiceps cristatus
1 Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
2 Great Cormorant 5 40 Phalacrocorax carbo
2 Little Egret 7 100 Egretta garzetta
2 Grey Heron 7 200 Ardea cinerea
2 Great Egret 3 250 Casmerodius albus
1 Chinese Pond Heron 4 2 Ardeola bacchus
2 Black-crowned Night Heron 5 950 Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Great Bittern 3 5 Botaurus stellaris
2 Eurasian Spoonbill 4 4000 Platalea leucorodia
1 Black-faced Spoonbill EN Platalea minor
1 Dalmatian Pelican CR 3 1 Pelecanus crispus
1 Black Stork 1 8 Ciconia nigra
2 Oriental Stork EN 3 1335 Ciconia boyciana
2 Orange-bellied Leafbird 3 4 Chloropsis hardwickii
2 Bull-headed Shrike 2 1 Lanius bucephalus
2 Long-tailed Shrike 12 30 Lanius schach
2 Chinese Grey Shrike 2 1 Lanius sphenocercus
1 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
2 Red-billed Blue Magpie 4 20 Urocissa erythrorhyncha
2 Azure-winged Magpie 5 60 Cyanopica cyanus
2 Grey Treepie 1 3 Dendrocitta formosae
2 Black-billed Magpie 6 500 Pica pica
1 Carrion Crow Corvus corone
2 Corvid sp. 1 1 Corvus sp.
1 Grey-chinned Minivet 1 60 Pericrocotus solaris
1 Bohemian Waxwing Bombycilla garrulus
1 Japanese Waxwing NT Bombycilla japonica
2 Brown Dipper 1 3 Cinclus pallasii
1 Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
1 Japanese Thrush 1 1 Turdus cardis
2 Grey-backed Thrush 2 20 Turdus hortulorum
2 Chinese Blackbird 11 200 Turdus (merula) mandarinus
2 Pale Thrush 3 12 Turdus pallidus
2 Rufous-tailed Thrush 6 12 Turdus naumanni
1 'Naumann's Thrush' 2 2 Turdus n. naumanni
1 'Dusky Thrush' 4 2 Turdus n. eunomus
1 White's Thrush 1 4 Zoothera dauma
2 Siberian Rubythroat 1 4 Luscinia calliope
2 Bluethroat 1 1 Luscinia svecica
2 Northern Orange-flanked Bush Robin 6 6 Tarsiger cyanurus
2 Oriental Magpie Robin 5 6 Copsychus saularis
2 Daurian Redstart 9 10 Phoenicurus auroreus
1 White-capped Water Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
2 Plumbeous Water Redstart 3 8 Rhyacornis fuliginosus
2 White-crowned Forktail 2 3 Enicurus leschenaulti
1 Common Stonechat Saxicola torquata
2 Red-billed Starling 6 300 Sturnus sericeus
2 White-cheeked Starling 6 500 Sturnus cineraceus
2 Black-collared Starling 5 40 Sturnus nigricollis
2 Crested Myna 11 200 Acridotheres cristatellus
1 Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
2 Chinese Penduline Tit 2 6 Remiz consobrinus
2 Yellow-bellied Tit 1 4 Parus venustulus
2 Great Tit 11 12 Parus major
2 Long-tailed Tit 1 7 Aegithalos caudatus
2 Black-throated Tit 4 50 Aegithalos concinnus
2 Collared Finchbill 3 50 Spizixos semitorques
1 Brown-breasted Bulbul 1 50 Spizixos semitorques
2 Light-vented Bulbul 10 100 Pycnonotus sinensis
2 Chestnut Bulbul 2 20 Hemixos castanonotus
2 Mountain Bulbul 1 10 Hypsipetes mcclellandii
2 Black Bulbul 1 6 Hypsipetes leucocephalus
1 Goldcrest 3 3 Cisticola juncidis
2 Zitting Cisticola 3 2 Cisticola juncidis
2 Plain Prinia 2 4 Prinia inornata
1 Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonica
2 Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler 2 5 Cettia fortipes
1 Japanese Swamp Warbler VU Locustella pryeri
2 Dusky Warbler 5 3 Phylloscopus fuscatus
2 Pallas's Warbler 4 3 Phylloscopus proregulus
2 Yellow-browed Warbler 7 4 Phylloscopus inornatus
1 Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
2 Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush 1 4 Garrulax pectoralis
2 Masked Laughingthrush 1 8 Garrulax perspicillatus
1 Hwamei 1 2 Garrulax canorus
2 Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler 1 6 Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis
2 Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler 2 4 Pomatorhinus ruficollis
2 Rufous-capped Babbler 1 2 Stachyris ruficeps
1 Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
2 Dusky Fulvetta 1 5 Alcippe brunnea
2 Grey-cheeked Fulvetta 1 60 Alcippe morrisonia
2 Striated Yuhina 1 30 Yuhina castaniceps
1 Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
2 Vinous-throated Parrotbill 8 40 Paradoxornis webbianus
2 Reed Parrotbill NT 3 12 Paradoxornis heudei
2 Eurasian Skylark 6 80 Alauda arvensis
2 Oriental Skylark 3 15 Alauda gulgula
1 Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae
2 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 1 1 Passer montanus
2 White Wagtail 12 200 Motacilla alba
2 " " 12 20 Motacilla alba leucopsis
2 " " 3 10 Motacilla alba ocularis
2 " " 1 3 Motacilla alba alboides
2 Yellow Wagtail 2 1 Motacilla tschutschensis
2 Grey Wagtail 2 1 Motacilla cinerea
2 Richard's Pipit 3 5 Anthus richardi
2 Olive-backed Pipit 11 30 Anthus hodgsoni
2 Red-throated Pipit 2 1 Anthus cervinus
2 Water Pipit 4 6 Anthus spinoletta
2 Buff-bellied Pipit 8 120 Anthus rubescens japonicus
2 White-rumped Munia 4 40 Lonchura striata
2 Scaly-breasted Munia 2 10 Lonchura punctulata
2 Brambling 3 40 Fringilla montifringilla
2 Grey-capped Greenfinch 5 15 Carduelis sinica
2 Eurasian Siskin 1 1 Carduelis spinus
2 Yellow-billed Grosbeak 7 20 Eophona migratoria
1 Meadow Bunting 2 2 Emberiza cioides
2 Tristram's Bunting 2 4 Emberiza tristrami
2 Little Bunting 8 20 Emberiza pusilla
2 Yellow-browed Bunting 1 6 Emberiza chrysophrys
2 Rustic Bunting 3 3 Emberiza rustica
1 Yellow-throated Bunting 3 4 Emberiza elegans
2 Black-faced Bunting 9 20 Emberiza spodocephala
1 " " " 3 6 Emberiza spodocephala sordida
2 Pallas's Bunting 2 6 Emberiza pallasi
2 Reed Bunting 2 3 Emberiza schoeniclus
1 Ochre-rumped Bunting NT Emberiza yessoensis
2 Lapland Bunting 1 30 Emberiza lapponicus

Top of page