Lesser White-fronted Goose - only the second Sichuan record - and the first live record (there's a 50's a record of a dead bird on sale in a Chengdu market). Amazingly we spotted the bird from a hotel bedroom that overlooked a river - it hung around for 2 days before flying off.Now were into 2011 I've totted up our Sichuan 2010 year list - although we included three cheat ticks (Grey Nightjar only heard,Yellow Bittern from a dead example on the Litang Grasslands and still a little uncertainty over getting a definite Hodgson's from Eurasian Treecreeper) it comes to well over the 400.
For those who like lists - here it goes (more photos after the list) -
- Snow Partridge
- Tibetan Partridge
- Chinese Bamboo-Partridge
- Japanese Quail
- Tibetan Snowcock
- Buff-throated Partridge
- Chestnut–throated Partridge
- Blood Pheasant
- Temminck's Tragopan
- Koklass Pheasant
- Chinese Monal Pheasant
- Common Pheasant
- Golden Pheasant
- Chinese Grouse
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant
- Blue Eared Pheasant
- White Eared-Pheasant
- Greylag Goose
- Lesser White-fronted Goose – 2nd Sichuan record
- Bar-headed Goose
- Ruddy Shelduck
- Mandarin Duck
- Gadwall
- Mallard
- Shoveller
- Pintail
- Eurasian Widgeon
- Spot-billed Duck
- Common Teal
- Baikal Teal
- Garganey
- Falcated Duck
- Red-crested Pochard
- Common Pochard
- White-eyed Pochard
- Tufted Duck
- Smew
- Common Merganser
- Eurasian Wryneck
- Speckled Piculet
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
- Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
- Darjeeling Woodpecker
- White-backed Woodpecker
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Three-toed Woodpecker
- Grey-headed Woodpecker
- Bay Woodpecker
- Black Woodpecker
- Great Barbet
- Eurasian Hoopoe
- Common Kingfisher
- Crested Kingfisher
- Black-capped Kingfisher
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo
- Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo
- Eurasian Cuckoo
- Indian Cuckoo
- Himalayan Cuckoo
- Lesser Cuckoo
- Asian Koel
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
- Lesser Coucal
- Himalayan Swiftlet
- Pacific Swift
- White-throated Needletail
- HouseSwift
- Eurasian Eagle Owl
- Collared Scops Owl
- Pere David’s Owl
- Chinese Tawny Owl
- Northern Boobook
- Little Owl
- Collared Owlet
- Asian Barred Owlet
- Grey Nightjar - heard
- Hill Pigeon
- Snow Pigeon
- Speckled Wood Pigeon
- Spotted Dove
- Oriental Turtle Dove
- Red Collared Dove
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
- Black-necked Crane
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Common Coot
- Common Moorhen
- Greater Painted Snipe
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Common Snipe
- Swinhoes Snipe
- Solitary Snipe
- Northern Lapwing
- Grey-headed Lapwing
- Pacific Golden Plover
- Grey Plover
- Lesser Sand Plover
- Little Ringed Plover
- Long-billed Plover
- Black-winged Stilt
- Curlew Sandpiper
- Temminck's Stint
- Green Sandpiper
- Wood Sandpiper
- Common Sandpiper
- Common Redshank
- Black-tailed Godwit
- Ibisbill
- Pallas's Gull
- Brown-headed Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Gull
- Common Tern
- Whiskered Tern
- Black Baza
- Black-eared Kite
- Oriental Honey-buzzard
- Crested Serpent Eagle
- White-tailed Sea Eagle
- Cinereous Vulture
- Himalayan Griffon
- Bearded Vulture
- Hen Harrier
- Pied Harrier
- Crested Goshawk
- Chinese Sparrowhawk
- Besra
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk
- Northern Goshawk
- Grey-faced Buzzard
- Eastern Buzzard
- Upland Buzzard
- Golden Eagle
- Steppe Eagle
- Bonelli’s Eagle
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle
- Common Kestrel
- Eurasian Hobby
- Peregrine Falcon
- Saker Falcon
- Amur Falcon
- Great Cormorant
- Little Grebe
- Great Crested
- Little Egret
- Intermediate Egret
- Great Egret
- Eastern Cattle Egret
- Grey Heron
- Chinese Pond-Heron
- Black-crowned Night-Heron
- Cinnamon Bittern
- Yellow Bittern – one dead example at Litang
- Black Stork
- Tiger Shrike
- Brown Shrike
- Long-tailed Shrike
- Grey-backed Shrike
- Chinese Grey Shrike
- Eurasian Jay
- Sichuan Jay
- Red-billed Blue Magpie
- Azure-winged Magpie
- Black-billed Magpie
- Spotted Nutcracker
- Grey Treepie
- Red-billed Chough
- Yellow-billed Chough
- Daurian Jackdaw
- Carrion Crow
- Large-billed Crow
- Collared Crow
- Common Raven
- Hume’s Groundpecker
- Black-naped Oriole
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike
- Swinhoe's Minivet
- Long-tailed Minivet
- Short-billed Minivet
- Ashy Drongo
- Black Drongo
- Spangled Drongo
- Brown Dipper
- White-throated Dipper
- Blue Whistling-Thrush
- Chestnut-bellied RockThrush
- Blue Rock-Thrush
- Long-tailed Thrush
- Scaly Thrush
- Chinese Blackbird
- Grey-winged Blackbird
- Japanese Thrush
- Kessler's Thrush
- Chestnut Thrush
- Eyebrowed Thrush
- Naumann's Thrush
- Dusky Thrush
- Chinese Thrush
- Dark-sided Flycatcher
- Asian Brown Flycatcher
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher
- Ferruginous Flycatcher
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher
- Taiga Flycatcher
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher
- Verditer Flycatcher
- Fujian Niltava
- Vivid Niltava
- Blue-throated Flycatcher
- Indian Blue Robin
- Orange-flanked Bush-Robin
- Golden Bush-Robin
- White-browed Bush-Robin
- Rufous-headed Robin
- Himalayan Rubythroat
- Firethroat
- Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher
- Oriental Magpie-Robin
- Hodgson's Redstart
- Black Redstart
- Daurian Redstart
- White-throated Redstart
- Blue-fronted Redstart
- White-capped Water-Redstart
- White-winged Redstart
- Plumbeous Water-Redstart
- White-bellied Redstart (Chinese Shortwing)
- White-tailed Robin
- Grandala
- Little Forktail
- Slaty-backed Forktail
- White-crowned Forktail
- Spotted Forktail
- Siberian Stonechat
- Grey Bushchat
- White-cheeked Starling
- Silky Starling
- Crested Myna
- Eurasian Nuthatch
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
- Przewalski's Nuthatch
- Yunnan Nuthatch
- Chinese Nuthatch
- Wallcreeper
- Bar-tailed Tree-Creeper
- Sichuan Treecreeper
- Hodgson’s/ Eurasian Treecreeper – still a little uncertain on separating these
- Fire-capped Tit
- Songar Tit
- Pere David’s Tit
- White-browed Tit
- Rufous-vented Tit
- Coal Tit
- Yellow-bellied Tit
- Grey-crested Tit
- Eastern Great Tit
- Green-backed Tit
- Yellow-browed Tit
- Black-throated Tit
- Black-browed Tit
- Sooty Tit
- Sand Martin
- Eurasian Crag-Martin
- Barn Swallow
- Red-rumped Swallow
- Asian House-Martin
- Collared Finchbill
- Brown-breasted Bulbul
- Light-vented Bulbul
- Black Bulbul
- Mountain Bulbul
- Plain Prinia
- Striated Prinia
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye
- Japanese White-eye
- Brownish-flanked Bush-War
- Aberrant Bush-Warbler
- Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler
- Spotted Bush-Warbler
- Brown Bush-Warbler
- Russet Bush-Warbler
- Chestnut-headed Tesia
- Dusky Warbler
- Alpine Leaf Warbler
- Buff-throated Warbler
- Yellow-streaked Warbler
- Buff-barred Warbler
- Ashy-throated Warbler
- Pallas’s Leaf Warbler
- Lemon-rumped Warbler
- Chinese Leaf-Warbler
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler
- Yellow-browed Warbler
- Hume's Warbler
- Claudia’s Leaf Warbler
- Greenish Warbler
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler
- Eastern Crowned Warbler
- Emei Leaf Warbler
- Kloss’s Leaf-Warbler
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler
- Bianchi’s Warbler
- Plain-tailed Warbler
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler
- Rufous-faced Warbler
- Goldcrest
- Crested Tit Warbler
- White-browed Tit-Warbler
- Moustached Laughingthrush
- Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush
- Greater-necklaced Laughingthrush
- Barred Laughingthrush
- Giant Laughingthrush
- Spotted Laughingthrush
- Plain Laughingthrush
- Buffy Laughingthrush
- Hwamei
- White-browed Laughingthrush
- Elliot's Laughingthrush
- Black-faced Laughingthrush
- Red-winged Laughingthrush
- Emei Shan Liocichla
- Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler
- Winter Wren
- Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler
- Pygmy Wren-Babbler
- Rufous-capped Babbler
- Rufous-tailed Babbler
- Chinese Babax
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- White-browed Shrike-Babbler
- Green Shrike-Babbler
- Streaked Barwing
- Blue-winged Minla
- Red-tailed Minla
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta
- Gold-fronted Fulvetta - pair of birds on Old Erlang Road
- Spectacled Fulvetta
- Chinese Fulvetta
- White-browed Fulvetta
- Grey-hooded Fulvetta
- Dusky Fulvetta
- Grey-cheeked Fulvetta
- Black-capped Sibia
- Stripe-throated Yuhina
- White-collared Yuhina
- Black-chinned Yuhina
- Great Parrotbill
- Three-toed Parrotbill
- Brown Parrotbill
- Grey-headed Parrotbill
- Spectacled Parrotbill
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill
- Ashy-throated Parrotbill
- Grey-hooded Parrotbill
- Fulvous Parrotbill
- Golden Parrotbill
- Tibetan Lark
- Greater Short-toed Lark
- Oriental Skylark
- Horned Lark
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
- Fork-tailed Sunbird
- Mrs Gould's Sunbird
- House Sparrow
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow
- Russet Sparrow
- Rock Sparrow
- Tibetan Snowfinch
- White-rumped Snowfinch
- Rufous-necked Snowfinch
- Forest Wagtail
- White Wagtail
- Yellow Wagtail
- Citrine Wagtail
- Grey Wagtail
- Oriental Tree Pipit
- Water Pipit
- Rosy Pipit
- Red-throated Pipit
- Richard’s Pipit
- Alpine Accentor
- Rufous-breasted Accentor
- Maroon-backed Accentor
- Robin Accentor
- Brown Accentor
- White-rumped Munia
- Brambling
- Grey-capped Greenfinch
- Black-headed Greenfinch
- Tibetan Siskin
- Twite
- Plain Mountain-Finch
- Brandt's Mountain Finch
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch
- Common Rosefinch
- Beautiful Rosefinch
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch
- Spot-winged Rosefinch
- Three-banded Rosefinch
- Vinaceous Rosefinch
- White-browed Rosefinch
- Streaked Rosefinch
- Red-faced Rosefinch
- Pink-tailed Bunting – one seen Ruoergai
- Crimson-browed Finch
- Grey-headed Bullfinch
- Chinese Grosbeak
- Collared Grosbeak
- White-winged Grosbeak
- Slaty Bunting
- Godlewski's Bunting
- Little Bunting
- Black-faced Bunting
- Yellow-throated Bunting
- Pine Bunting
Baikal teal - always difficult to find in Sichuan - we got this lone female in the NE. Interesting to see the plumage differences with the female Common Teal
Japanese Quail - at least were assuming it's this species and not Common. A surprising find in the Alpine forest that's at the base of Balang Pass.
White-backed Woodpecker - got this bird during early 2010. This bird was at the Beisehe Reserve - we saw others at Wolong
Cinereous Vulture - not so difficult to find in the Balang area
Bonelli's Eagle - several birds were recorded in NE Sichuan
Steppe Eagle - a young bird soaring over the Ruoergai Grasslands
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo - also a young bird. We saw Buffy Laughingthrush - a host species - hanging about in the same area.
Yunnan Nuthatch - in SW Sichuan - very close to the Yunnan border.
Japanese Thrush - a spring passage bird
Spectacled Fulvetta - a lot of birders miss this species. You can find it in the Jiuzhaigou area.
Brown Bullfinch - we got a flock of these this winter
Pine bunting - another winter bird. On the Ruoergai Grasslands.
Rufous-necked Snowfinch - on the Ruoergai Grasslands. Sometimes you have to look at an awful lot of White-rumped Snowfinch before you find this bird.
And a 2011 bird - which set the year off with a bang!!!!! Sichuan's first Red-breasted Goose
