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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

China: Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and Beidaihe

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With Paul Holt and Wang Qingyu as leaders

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1 Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
1 Chestnut-throated Partridge 1 1 H Tetraophasis obscurus
1 Rusty-necklaced Partridge 1 7 Alectoris magna
1 Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica
3 Tibetan Partridge 1 5 Perdix hodgsoniae
3 Japanese Quail 2 1 Coturnix japonica
2 Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
3 Blue Eared Pheasant 2 24 Crossoptilon auritum
3 Common Pheasant 6 40 Phasianus colchicus
3 Chinese Grouse 1 3 H Tetrastes sewerzowi
3 Whooper Swan 3 4 Cygnus cygnus
2 Greylag Goose 1 30 Anser anser rubrirostris
3 Bar-headed Goose 4 60 Anser indicus
3 Ruddy Shelduck 5 200 Tadorna ferruginea
2 Common Shelduck 2 7 Tadorna tadorna
1 Mandarin Duck 2 2 Aix galericulata
2 Gadwall 2 10 Anas strepera
3 Falcated Duck 2 16 Anas falcata
3 Eurasian Wigeon 5 1500 Anas penelope
3 Mallard 8 100 Anas platyrhynchos
3 Chinese Spot-billed Duck 5 150 Anas (poecilorhyncha) zonorhyncha
2 Northern Shoveler 4 310 Anas clypeata
3 Northern Pintail 8 1200 Anas acuta
3 Garganey 5 32 Anas querquedula
3 Baikal Teal 2 11 Anas formosa
3 Common Teal 8 3000 Anas crecca
3 Red-crested Pochard 4 4000 Rhodonessa rufina
3 Common Pochard 4 400 Aythya ferina
1 Baer's Pochard 1 1 Aythya baeri
1 Ferruginous Pochard 2 8 Aythya nyroca
3 Tufted Duck 4 800 Aythya fuligula
1 White-winged Scoter Melanitta fusca stejnegeri
3 Common Goldeneye 2 7 Bucephala clangula
1 Smew Mergus albellus
3 Goosander 4 12 Mergus merganser
1 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 3 Dendrocopos major
1 Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus
3 Black Woodpecker 2 1 Dryocopus martius
3 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 3 H Picus canus
3 Common Hoopoe 9 5 Upupa epops
3 Common Kingfisher 4 4 Alcedo atthis
2 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
1 Eurasian Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
1 Common Swift Apus apus pekinensis
1 Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
1 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
1 Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
2 Eurasian Eagle Owl 1 1 Bubo bubo
3 Little Owl 4 3 Athene noctua
3 Rock Dove/Feral Rock Pigeon 14 200 Columba livia
3 Hill Pigeon 7 80 Columba rupestris
3 Oriental Turtle Dove 5 50 Streptopelia orientalis
2 Spotted Dove 2 7 Streptopelia chinensis
2 Red Collared Dove 1 4 Streptopelia tranquebarica
3 Eurasian Collared Dove 2 5 Streptopelia decaocto
2 Demoiselle Crane 1 300 Grus virgo
1 Common Crane 1 1 Grus grus
3 Black-necked Crane 3 31 Grus nigricollis
2 Water Rail 2 1 Rallus aquaticus indicus
3 Baillon’s Crake 1 1 Porzana pusilla
3 Common Moorhen 2 13 Gallinula chloropus
3 Common Coot 2 1000 Fulica atra
1 Tibetan Sandgrouse 1 22 Syrrhaptes tibetanus
2 Pallas’s Sandgrouse 1 14 Syrrhaptes paradoxus
2 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
1 Solitary Snipe Gallinago solitaria
2 Pintail or Swinhoe's Snipe 3 2 Gallinago stenura/megala
3 Common Snipe 5 30 Gallinago gallinago
2 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
3 Bar-tailed Godwit 3 6 Limosa lapponica
2 Little Curlew 1 1 Numenius minutus
3 Whimbrel 3 6 Numenius phaeopus
3 Eurasian Curlew 5 20 Numenius arquata
3 Far Eastern Curlew 4 15 Numenius madagascariensis
3 Curlew sp. 2 400 Numenius sp.
3 Spotted Redshank 5 14 Tringa erythropus
3 Common Redshank 5 35 Tringa totanus
3 Marsh Sandpiper 3 20 Tringa stagnatilis
3 Common Greenshank 7 50 Tringa nebularia
3 Green Sandpiper 6 6 Tringa ochropus
3 Wood Sandpiper 6 20 Tringa glareola
3 Terek Sandpiper 3 3 Xenus cinereus
3 Common Sandpiper 4 3 Actitis hypoleucos
2 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
1 Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
2 Grey-tailed Tattler 1 1 Tringa brevipes
2 Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris
1 Little Stint Calidris minuta
3 Red-necked Stint 2 20 Calidris ruficollis
3 Temminck’s Stint 7 18 Calidris temminckii
1 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
3 Dunlin 3 25 Calidris alpina
3 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris acuminata
3 Curlew Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris ferruginea
3 Broad-billed Sandpiper 1 15 Limicola falcinellus
3 Ruff 2 4 Philomachus pugnax
3 Black-winged Stilt 3 10 Himantopus himantopus
3 Pied Avocet 2 54 Recurvirostra avosetta
1 Eurasian Golden Plover 1 1 Pluvialis apricaria
3 Pacific Golden Plover 4 10 Pluvialis fulva
3 Grey Plover 3 20 Pluvialis squatarola
1 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
1 Long-billed Plover 2 5 Charadrius placidus
3 Little Ringed Plover 4 40 Charadrius dubius
3 Kentish Plover 10 85 Charadrius alexandrinus
2 Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus
1 Greater Sand Plover Pluvialis squatarola
2 Northern Lapwing 4 34 Vanellus vanellus
3 Grey-headed Lapwing 2 18 Vanellus cinereus
2 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
1 Parasitic Jaeger 1 1 Stercorarius parasiticus
3 Black-tailed Gull 5 450 Larus crassirostris
3 Common Gull 2 10 Larus canus
3 Vega Gull 5 50 Larus vegae
3 Siberian Gull 1 1 Larus heuglini taimyrensis
3 Yellow-legged Gull 2 2 Larus cachinnans mongolicus
3 Pallas’s Gull 5 150 Larus ichthyaetus
3 Brown-headed Gull 2 21 Larus brunnicephalus
3 Black-headed Gull 8 1000 Larus ridibundus
2 Relict Gull 2 2 Larus relictus
3 Gull-billed Tern 2 6 Gelochelidon nilotica
3 Caspian Tern 1 56 Sterna caspia
3 Common Tern 4 2 Sterna hirundo
2 Little Tern 2 7 Sterna albifrons
3 Whiskered Tern 2 2 Chlidonias hybridus
3 White-winged Tern 3 46 Chlidonias leucopterus
2 Osprey Pandion haliaetus
3 Oriental Honey Buzzard 2 5 Pernis ptilorhyncus
3 Black Kite 3 5 Milvus migrans lineatus
2 Pallas's Fish Eagle 1 1 Haliaeetus leucoryphus
3 Lammergeier 1 2 Gypaetus barbatus
3 Himalayan Griffon 4 32 Gyps himalayensis
1 Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus
3 Eastern Marsh Harrier 4 10 Circus spilonotus
3 Eurasian Marsh Harrier 2 2 Circus aeruginosus
2 Hen Harrier 3 2 Circus cyaneus
3 Pied Harrier 1 1 Circus melanoleucos
3 Japanese Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter gularis
3 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 6 4 Accipiter nisus
2 Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis
3 Himalayan Buzzard 2 2 Buteo (buteo) burmanicus
3 Upland Buzzard 6 41 Buteo hemilasius
1 Steppe Eagle 1 1 Aquila nipalensis
3 Golden Eagle 1 2 Aquila chrysaetos
1 Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
3 Common Kestrel 12 6 Falco tinnunculus
3 Amur Falcon 4 15 Falco amurensis
2 Merlin 2 1 Falco columbarius
3 Eurasian Hobby 4 3 Falco subbuteo
3 Saker Falcon 5 2 Falco cherrug
3 Peregrine 1 1 Falco peregrinus
2 ‘Red-capped' Falcon 2 3 Falco peregrinus babylonicus
3 Little Grebe 7 30 Tachybaptus ruficollis
3 Great Crested Grebe 8 180 Podiceps cristatus
3 Black-necked Grebe 2 55 Podiceps nigricollis
3 Great Cormorant 7 200 Phalacrocorax carbo
3 Little Egret 5 220 Egretta garzetta
2 Chinese Egret Falco peregrinus
3 Grey Heron 8 200 Ardea cinerea
3 Purple Heron 3 2 Ardea purpurea
3 Great Egret 6 45 Casmerodius albus
1 Intermediate Egret 3 5 Mesophoyx intermedia
2 Cattle Egret 3 21 Bubulcus ibis
3 Chinese Pond Heron 4 2 Ardeola bacchus
3 Black-crowned Night Heron 3 10 Nycticorax nycticorax
3 Yellow Bittern 3 3 Ixobrychus sinensis
1 Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris
1 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
3 Rufous-tailed Shrike 1 3 Lanius isabellinus
3 Brown Shrike 2 1 Lanius cristatus
2 Grey-backed Shrike 1 3 Lanius tephronotus
3 Chinese Grey Shrike 5 2 Lanius sphenocercus
3 Chinese Grey Shrike 4 2 Lanius s. sphenocercus
1 'Tibetan' [Chinese] Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus giganteus
3 Eurasian Jay 3 7 Garrulus glandarius
3 Red-billed Blue Magpie 5 10 Urocissa erythrorhyncha
3 Azure-winged Magpie 5 50 Cyanopica cyanus
3 Black-billed Magpie 9 100 Pica pica
2 Mongolian Ground-Jay 1 3 Podoces hendersoni
3 Hume's Groundpecker 5 100 Pseudopodoces humilis
3 Red-billed Chough 9 360 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
1 Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauuricus
2 Common Raven Corvus corax
1 Rook 1 38 Corvus frugilegus
1 Carrion Crow Corvus corone
3 Large-billed Crow 4 6 Corvus macrorhynchos
1 Eurasian Golden Oriole Oriolus oriolus
1 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
1 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
1 Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi
3 White-throated Dipper 2 2 Cinclus cinclus
2 White's Thrush Zoothera dauma
2 Grey-backed Thrush 1 1 Turdus hortulorum
1 Rufous-tailed Rock Thrush Monticola saxatilis
3 Kessler's Thrush 2 3 Turdus kessleri
1 Eyebrowed Thrush 1 1 Turdus obscurus
2 Dark-throated Thrush 4 4 Turdus ruficollis
2 'Red-throated Thrush' 2 1 Turdus ruficollis ruficollis
2 Chinese Thrush 1 2 Turdus mupinensis
1 Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
2 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
3 Taiga Flycatcher 3 2 Ficedula albicilla
2 Rufous-tailed Robin 2 3 Luscinia sibilans
3 Siberian Rubythroat 2 2 Luscinia calliope
2 Bluethroat 2 2 Luscinia svecica
3 Himalayan Orange-flanked Bush Robin 2 15 Tarsiger (cyanurus) rufilatus
2 Northern Orange-flanked Bush Robin 3 6 Tarsiger cyanurus
3 Ala Shan Redstart 1 2 Phoenicurus alaschanicus
3 Black Redstart 3 4 Phoenicurus ochruros
2 Hodgson’s Redstart 2 12 Phoenicurus hodgsoni
3 White-throated Redstart 2 45 Phoenicurus schisticeps
3 Daurian Redstart 4 1 Phoenicurus auroreus
2 White-winged Redstart 1 3 Phoenicurus erythrogaster
3 Blue-fronted Redstart 4 6 Phoenicurus frontalis
3 White-capped Water Redstart 3 3 Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
2 Plumbeous Water Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
3 White-bellied Redstart 1 1 Hodgsonius phaenicuroides
3 Common Stonechat 5 10 Saxicola torquata
2 Pied Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe pleschanka
3 Desert Wheatear 2 3 Oenanthe deserti
3 Isabelline Wheatear 1 1 Oenanthe isabellina
3 White-cheeked Starling 2 20 Sturnus cineraceus
1 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
2 Chinese Nuthatch 1 2 Sitta villosa
3 Przewalsky's Nuthatch 2 3 (H) Sitta przewalskii
3 Wallcreeper 1 2 Tichodroma muraria
3 Eurasian Treecreeper 2 7 (H) Certhia familiaris
3 Winter Wren 2 4 (H) Troglodytes troglodytes
3 Marsh Tit 2 1 (H) Parus palustris
3 Songar Tit 2 20 Parus songarus
3 White-browed Tit 2 5 Parus superciliosus
3 Rufous-vented Tit 2 15 Parus rubidiventris
1 Yellow-bellied Tit Parus venustulus
3 Grey-crested Tit 2 6 Parus dichrous
3 Great Tit 7 6 Parus major tibetanus & minor
3 Sand Martin 1 1 Riparia riparia
3 Pale Martin 3 5 Riparia diluta
3 Eurasian Crag Martin 1 14 Hirundo rupestris
3 Barn Swallow 5 1000 Hirundo rustica
3 Red-rumped Swallow 4 15 Hirundo daurica
3 Asian House Martin 2 30 Delichon dasypus
3 Goldcrest 2 8 (H) Regulus regulus
3 Light-vented Bulbul 1 2 Pycnonotus sinensis
1 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
1 White-browed Chinese Warbler Rhopophilus pekinensis
3 Chestnut-flanked White-eye 2 100 Zosterops erythropleurus
1 Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
1 David's Bush Warbler Bradypterus davidi
1 Spotted Bush Warbler Bradypterus thoracicus przevalskii
3 Lanceolated Warbler 4 2 Locustella lanceolata
3 Rusty-rumped Warbler 2 1 Locustella certhiola
3 Black-browed Reed Warbler 5 15 Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
1 Manchurian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum
3 Oriental Reed Warbler 2 2 Acrocephalus orientalis
2 Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon
3 White-browed Tit Warbler 4 5 Leptopoecile sophiae
3 Dusky Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus fuscatus wiegoldi
3 Dusky Warbler 5 30 Phylloscopus f. fuscatus
3 Tickell's Warbler 6 8 Phylloscopus affinis
3 Yellow-streaked Warbler 2 4 Phylloscopus armandii
3 Radde's Warbler 3 8 Phylloscopus schwarzi
3 Buff-barred Warbler 2 4 Phylloscopus pulcher
2 Pallas's Leaf Warbler 4 15 Phylloscopus proregulus
3 Gansu Leaf Warbler 2 9 Phylloscopus kansuensis
3 Yellow-browed Warbler 6 10 Phylloscopus inornatus
3 Hume's Warbler 5 5 Phylloscopus humei mandellii
1 Arctic Warbler 1 1 H Phylloscopus borealis
2 Greenish Warbler P. trochiloides obscurus
2 (Two-barred) Greenish Warbler P. t. plumbeitarsus
1 Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
3 Plain Laughingthrush 3 5 Garrulax davidi
3 Elliot's Laughingthrush 3 15 Garrulax elliotii
1 Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus
3 Tibetan Lark 4 26 Melanocorypha maxima
3 Mongolian Lark 1 2 Melanocorypha mongolica
3 Greater Short-toed Lark 4 300 Calandrella brachyura
3 Hume's Short-toed Lark 3 5 Calandrella acutirostris
2 Asian Short-toed Lark Calandrella cheleensis
3 Eurasian Skylark 5 40 Alauda arvensis
3 Oriental Skylark 5 30 Alauda gulgula
3 Horned Lark 5 200 Eremophila alpestris
2 House Sparrow 5 1300 Passer domesticus
3 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 14 300 Passer montanus
3 Rock Sparrow 4 40 Petronia petronia
3 Small Snowfinch 1 2 Montifringilla davidiana
3 Tibetan Snowfinch 1 10 Montifringilla adamsi
3 Rufous-necked Snowfinch 5 20 Montifringilla ruficollis
3 White-winged Snowfinch 1 32 Montifringilla nivalis henrici
3 White-rumped Snowfinch 5 15 Pyrgilauda taczanowskii
3 Plain-backed Snowfinch 2 10 Pyrgilauda blanfordi
3 White Wagtail 13 50 Motacilla alba
3 White Wagtail 5 40 Motacilla alba leucopsis
1 White Wagtail Motacilla alba alba
2 White Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla alba personata
3 White Wagtail 2 6 Motacilla alba ocularis
3 Citrine Wagtail 6 30 Motacilla citreola calcarata
3 Yellow Wagtail 4 10 Motacilla flava
3 Yellow Wagtail 1 2 Motacilla flava macronyx
2 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava taivana
3 Grey Wagtail 1 1 H Motacilla cinerea
3 Richard's Pipit 8 15 Anthus richardi
3 Blyth's Pipit 6 5 Anthus godlewski
3 Olive-backed Pipit 8 6 Anthus hodgsoni
3 Pechora Pipit 1 1 Anthus gustavi
3 Red-throated Pipit 4 20 Anthus cervinus
3 Rosy Pipit 7 50 Anthus roseatus
3 Water Pipit 1 4 Anthus spinoletta
2 Buff-bellied Pipit 2 10 Anthus rubescens japonicus
2 Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
3 Robin Accentor 3 60 Prunella rubeculoides
3 Rufous-breasted Accentor 5 15 Prunella strophiata
1 Siberian Accentor Prunella montanella
3 Brown Accentor 3 8 Prunella fulvescens
2 Grey-capped Greenfinch Carduelis sinica
3 Twite 5 150 Carduelis flavirostris
3 Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
3 Mongolian Finch 2 35 Bucanetes mongolicus
2 Desert Finch 1 14 Rhodospiza obsoleta
3 Common Rosefinch 2 3 (H) Carpodacus erythrinus
3 Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch 4 10 Carpodacus davidianus
3 Chinese White-browed Rosefinch 3 20 Carpodacus dubius
3 Streaked Rosefinch 2 6 Carpodacus rubicilloides
2 Red Crossbill 2 8 Loxia curvirostra
3 Grey-headed Bullfinch 1 4 Pyrrhula erythaca
1 Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
2 White-winged Grosbeak 2 6 Mycerobas carnipes
3 Pink-tailed Bunting 1 2 Urocynchramus pylzowi
1 Pine Bunting 1 1 Emberiza leucocephalos fronto
2 Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
1 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
2 Tristram’s Bunting 1 2 Emberiza tristrami
3 Chestnut-eared Bunting 2 2 Emberiza fucata
2 Little Bunting 1 1 Emberiza pusilla
1 Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
1 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
1 Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
3 Black-faced Bunting 5 15 Emberiza spodocephala
3 Pallas's Reed Bunting 3 3 Emberiza pallasi
2 Reed Bunting 2 4 Emberiza schoeniclus