Among the highlights of this trip were Gold-fronted Fulvetta and Grey-hooded Parrotbill at Longcanggou.
A pretty focused trip - one of my guests had already birded Sichuan - but we had 15 gamebird species, 11 Parrotbills and 11 Rosefinches. Passage was interesting - including large flocks of Red-throated Thrush on Ruoergai.
Only during the last half of the trip did we get full song from skulky songsters such as Chesnut-headed Tesia, the Seicercus Warblers and White-bellied Redstart. My guests chose not to enter Jiuzhaigou - we judged a grey 25th April, the date we were in the vicinity, too early for RH Robin. Other JZ specialities, especially Spectacled Parrotbill and Chinese Nuthatch, we easily got outside the park. However two other songsters - Firethroat and Himalayan Rubythroat - were in prime voice by May 1st in the Wolong/Balang area.
With the closure of Wawu Geo Park a combination of Labahe, Lower Wawu outside the park and the area on the west of Wawu brought nearly all our birds - including 3-toed Parrotbill, Grey-hooded Parrotbill and Buffy Laugher. The only big misses were Chestnut-crowned Bush warbler and the usually easy to find Spotted Bush Warbler.
Our Monal was not a very satisfactory sighting - one guest spotting a bird gliding down a distant slope to disappear in usual gamebird style. However lots of other great Chicken sightings including two nice Male Golden Pheasants on the Wuyipeng trail, a pair of stunning male Temminck's Tragopan at Longchangou and the funny sight of a road parked Tibetan Partridge holding up traffic on the Ruoergai grasslands - cars were beeping to to get that guy to move to the side. Unfortunately we weren't so lucky with Grey Shrikes - it was too late for the last of the wintering Chinese Grey Shrike and after watching about 2 million miles of wires no Tibetan Grey!!!!!!
Craziest sightings of the trip - not one but two Chengdu city Woodcock sightings - on the park in the river habitat by the New Exhibition Center.
And a Rufous-vented Yuhina in with a flock of White-collared at Moxi - a bird I've seen in Yunnan, that was a Sichuan lifer for me.
Most pleasing finds included once again getting an often asked for bird, Swinhoes Minivets, at a site close to Dujiangyan. This was the site where i found the bird last June - looks like they breed in the area. Watching at other seeming suitable sites brought none of this minivet. Other breeding bird found for a second time were the Daurian Starlings in Ruoergai town and the Oriental Pratincoles at Hongya - 10 birds were seen flying.
Our highlight must be the Gold-fronted Fulvetta - so far the last 3 visits to Gezihua have given this bird.
the list -
Bird List Sichuan Spring Trip 2012 – 22days, April 16 – May 7
Louis Boon, Augusto Faustino, Sid Francis
Locations visited –
Sichuan University Chengdu - SU
River New Exhibition Center Chengdu EC
Labahe – LB
Sichuan University - SU
Moxi - M
Old Erlang Road – OER
Wanglang - WL
Pingwu - P
Outside Jiuzhaiggou - JZ
Ruoergai Grasslands - RG
Baxi Forest - BX
Mengbishan - MG
Balang - B
Wolong - W
Duijangyan – D
Hongya - H
Lower Wawu - WA
West of Wawu Gezihua - WG
West of Wawu Longchangou – L
Ya’an area - Y
1. Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa - flock 7 birds B
2. Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola thoracica - WA, G
3. Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae – Single and pair RG
4. Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus - s ingle with Snow Parts B
5. Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus - BX, B
6. Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha - B
7. Chestnut-throated Partridge Tetraophasis obscures - B
8. Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii – W, L
9. Chinese Monal Pheasant Lophophorus lhuysii – Augusto one brief view of bird flying B
10. White Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon – MG, B
11. Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum - WL, BX
12. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus – JZ, RG, BX
13. Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae – LB, L mostly males
14. Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus - WL female walking road outside park, W 2 males
15. Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi – BX many three locations
16. Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus - RG
17. Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea - RG
18. Gadwall Anas strepera - EC, RG
19. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos – EC, RG
20. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha - EC
21. Common Teal Anas crecca - RG
22. Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata - P reservoir before Pingwu pair displaying
23. Common Merganser Mergus merganser – BX, RG
24. Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus - D
25. Grey-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus - LB
26. Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius - L
27. Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis – LB, B
28. Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus – heard several locations
29. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops
30. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
31. Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioide – heard everywhere seen twice
32. Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus - D
33. Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturates – heard L
34. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea – heard many locations
35. Himalayan Swiftlet Collocalia brevirostris - LB
36. Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus
37. HouseSwift Apus affinis
38. ChineseTawny Owl Strix nivicolum – WL single bird in headlights, Sid only
39. Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo – RG nest one young
40. Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei- heard WA
41. Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii – M, G, L
42. Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris – RG, MG
43. Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota – B
44. Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
45. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
46. Black-necked Crane Grus nigricollis – RG many birds had returned
47. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus - JZ
48. Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - JZ
49. Common Coot Fulica atra – P reservoir Pingwu
50. Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola – EC seen twice on two separate days
51. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago – EC
52. Solitary Snipe, Gallinago solitaria – JZ single bird on a dammed part of river that flows past park
53. Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum - H 10 birds seen displaying
54. Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus - RG single bird
55. Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus – RG
56. Greater Sand Plover, Charadrius leschenaultia – RG single bird in Lesser flock
57. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius – EC, H
58. Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus – EC, H young seen at H
59. Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus - EC
60. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus - EC
61. Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola - EC
62. Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos – EC, H
63. Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis - H
64. Common Redshank Tringa tetanus – RG
65. Greenshank Tringa nebularia - EC
66. Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata - RG
67. Pallas's Gull Larus ichthyaetus - RG
68. Brown-headed Gull Larus brunnicephalus - RG
69. Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus – RG, B
70. Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis – RG, B
71. Cinereous Vulture Aegypius monachus – RG, B 2 birds
72. Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes - WG, Y
73. Black-eared Kite. Milvus linaetus – RG, BX
74. Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus - M, L, Y passage flocks 50+ birds at Y
75. Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus – RG ringtail
76. Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicas – JZ passage birds
77. Himalayan Buzzard Buteo burmanicus – M, BX, MG, B
78. Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius – JZ, RG
79. Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos – RG, BX, B
80. Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis – RG 2 birds
81. Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalense – L
82. Northern Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis – JZ, MG
83. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus - LB, M, WL, BX
84. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus –, WL, BX, RG passage
85. Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis – M, Y
86. Besra Accipiter virgatu - WA
87. Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus – RG, MG, B
88. Amur Falcon Falco amurebsis – RG single
89. Saker Falcon Falco cherrug – RG 3 birds
90. Little Egret Egretta garzetta
91. Great Egret Casmerodius albus - EC
92. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus - RG
93. Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus - EC
94. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax - EC
95. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea - EC
96. Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus - EC
97. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
98. Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
99. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
100. Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans – BX around 15 birds in a roadside flock
101. Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
102. Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana - RG
103. Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha
104. Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
105. Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus - B
106. Daurian Jackdaw Corvus dauurica – RG, BX
107. Carrion Crow Corvus corone
108. Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
109. Collared Crow Corvus torquatus – P single bird on river leading to Pingwu
110. Common Raven Corvus corax
111. Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis - D
112. Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis – D around 5 birds at our usual location
113. Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus - common
114. Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris – BX single pair
115. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
116. Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
117. White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
118. Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
119. Spangled Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
120. Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitaries
121. Chestnut-bellied RockThrush Monticola rufiventris – LB single male
122. Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
123. Plain-backed Thrush Zoothera mollissima – M many passage birds over two days
124. Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni - M, WL passage Moxi in fewer numbers than plain-backed – heard Wanglang
125. Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
126. ChestnutThrush Turdus rubrocanus
127. Kessler's Thrush Turdus kessleri – JZ, BX, B
128. Dusky Thrush Turdus euonmus - M
129. Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni - M
130. Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis – RG loose flocks passage
131. Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis – M, WL, B
132. White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx Montana – L common
133. Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica – JZ, heard singing L
134. Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica – D
135. Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui - Y
136. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia – M
137. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata – LB, MX, W, L
138. Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla – EC, P, B
139. Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra - SU
140. Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassina – OER, L
141. Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi - SU
142. Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans – WA, WG, L, Y
143. Indian Blue Robin Luscinia brunnea – W
144. Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus – common in all suitable habitat
145. Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus – LB, M, L
146. Himalayan Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis – B singing
147. Firethroat Luscinia pectardens – W singing 1st May
148. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
149. White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus – common in north
150. Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni - M, WG, BX, W
151. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
152. Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis – common all upland areas
153. Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros - RG
154. White-capped Water-Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus
155. Plumbeous Water-Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosus
156. White-bellied Redstart Hodgsonius phoenicuroides – L first heard singing 6th May
157. White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaultia
158. White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucurum – L heard only
159. Grandala Grandala coelicolor - B
160. Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
161. Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferrea
162. White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus – WL, RG
163. Daurian Starling Sturnus sturninus – RG Ruoergai town, 4 birds in with a flock of white cheeked
164. Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
165. Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
166. Przewalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii – BX single bird
167. Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa – JZ a pair on bend 7 direction RG
168. Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria - M, WL, BX
169. Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni – WL, BX
170. Bar-tailed Tree-Creeper Certhia himalayana - M
171. Sichuan Tree-Creerper Certhia tianquanensis – WL. L
172. Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
173. Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps - LB, W, WG
174. Sichuan Tit Parus weigoldicus – RG, BX, B
175. White-browed Tit Parus superciliosus – RG, BX
176. Rufous-vented Tit Parus rubidiventris
177. Coal Tit Parus ater
178. Yellow-bellied Tit Parus venustulus
179. Grey-crested Tit Parus dichrous
180. Great Tit Parus major
181. Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
182. Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
183. Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus
184. Black-browed Tit Aegithalos bonvalotis
185. Sooty Tit Aegithalos fuliginosus – WL, W
186. Hume’s Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis - RG
187. Eurasian Crag-Martin Hirundo rupestris
188. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
189. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica
190. Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus
191. Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
192. Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
193. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
194. Himalayan Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
195. Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
196. Striated Prinia Prinia criniger - heard
197. Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
198. Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus
199. Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus – P
200. Brownish-flanked Bush-War Cettia fortipes
201. Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler Cettia acanthizoides
202. Aberrant Bush-Warbler Cettia flavolivaceus – D, L
203. Brown Bush-Warbler Bradypterus luteoventris – LB, L
204. Russet Bush-Warbler Bradypterus seebohmi – WA, WG
205. Chestnut-headed Tesia Tesia castaneocoronata – L common at this location
206. Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus - RG
207. Alpine Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus occisinensis
208. Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
209. Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
210. Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
211. Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
212. Chinese Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
213. Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei
214. Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
215. Large-billed Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
216. Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus - P
217. Emei Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus emeiensis – OER and Wawu area
218. Claudia's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus Claudia
219. Kloss's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus ogilivie-grantii - lower areas around Yaan/ Wawu
220. Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti – D, and lower areas around Yaan/ Wawu
221. Bianchi’s Warbler Seicercus valentine - W, L
222. Plain-tailed Warbler Seicercus soror - WG
223. Marten’s warbler Seicercus omeiensis – W, WG, L
224. Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps - WG
225. Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
226. Goldcrest Regulus regulus
227. Moustached Laughingthrush Garrulax cineraceus – WA single responding to playback
228. Sukatschev's Laughing thrush Garrulax sukatschewi - WL
229. Barred Laughingthrush Garrulax lunulatus – MX, OER
230. Giant Laughingthrush Garrulax maximus – WL, MG, B
231. Spotted Laughingthrush Garrulax ocellatus – MX, L
232. Buffy Laughingthrush Garrulax berthemyi – L
233. Hwamei Garrulax canorus - WA
234. Plain Laughingthrush Garrulax davidi – BX, RG
235. White-browed Laughingthrush Garrulax sannio
236. Elliot's Laughingthrush Garrulax elliotii
237. Black-faced Laughingthrush Garrulax affinis – MX, L
238. Red-winged Laughingthrush Garrulax formosus - WG
239. Omei Shan Liocichla Liocichla omeiensis - L
240. Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus gravivox
241. Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
242. Scaly-breasted Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga albiventer - MX
243. Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla
244. Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps
245. Rufous-tailed Babbler Chrysomma poecilotis – MX pair on boardwalk
246. Green Shrike Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus – WL, WA
247. Chinese Babax Babax lanceolatus - OER, WL
248. Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
249. Golden-breasted Fulvetta Alcippe chrysotis - LB
250. Gold-fronted Fulvetta Alcippe variegaticeps – WG single bird to Owlet call
251. Spectacled Fulvetta Alcippe ruficapilla – WL
252. White-browed Fulvetta Alcippe vinipectus – M, MG
253. Chinese Fulvetta Alcippe striaticollis – JZ, BX, MG
254. Grey-hooded Fulvetta Alcippe cinereiceps
255. Dusky Fulvetta Alcippe brunnea - WA
256. David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi – D, WG, L
257. Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis - MX
258. White-collared Yuhina Yuhina diademata
259. Rufous-vented Yuhina Yuhina occipitalis – MX Sichuan lifer for Sid
260. Great Parrotbill Conostoma aemodium - LB, WL, W
261. Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus – L carrying nesting material
262. Brown Parrotbill Paradoxornis unicolor - L
263. Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis – WG flock
264. Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis - MX
265. Vinous-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis webbianus - EC
266. Ashy-throated Parrotbill Paradoxornis alphonsianus – L. MX, WA, Y
267. Grey-hooded Parrotbill Sinosuthora zappeyi – L single bird seen twice
268. Fulvous Parrotbill Suthora fulvifrons - L
269. Golden Parrotbill Paradoxornis verreauxi – L, WG
270. Spectacled Parrotbill Paradoxornis conspicillat – JZ two separate locations
271. Tibetan Lark Melanocorypha maxima - RG
272. Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula - RG
273. Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris - RG
274. Mrs Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
275. Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans
276. Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
277. Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia - RG
278. Tibetan Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi - RG
279. White-rumped Snowfinch Pyrgilauda taczanowskii - RG
280. Rufous-necked Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis - RG
281. Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus – D, Y
282. White Wagtail Motacilla alba
283. Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
284. Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola – EC, RG
285. Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
286. Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta- widespread
287. Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus - widespread
288. Richard’s Pipit Anthus richardi – RG a couple of passage birds
289. Blyth’s Pipit Anthus godlewskii – RG passage flock
290. Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris - B
291. Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides – RG
292. Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata - widespread
293. Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculate - MX
294. White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
295. Grey-capped Greenfinch Carduelis sinica
296. Black-headed Greenfinch Carduelis ambigua – M parking place site feeding around nut vendor stalls
297. Twite Carduelis flavirost
298. Plain Mountain-Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
299. Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti – RG two birds in a flock of Twite
300. Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra - L
301. Dark-breasted Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis - B
302. Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii – LB, OER, MG
303. Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus - B
304. Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus davidianus – widespread at altitude
305. Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus eos – JZ, BX
306. Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus - WG
307. Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius – common at altitude
308. Sharpe's Rosefinch Carpodacus verreauxii – LB, OER
309. Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus - MG
310. Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides – MG, B
311. Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus - B
312. Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria - EC
313. Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis – B single female in white-winged flock
314. White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes – WL,,BX, B
315. Slaty Bunting Latoucheornis siemsseni - WG
316. Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
317. Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala – JZ, D
318. Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
319. Elegant bunting Emberiza elegans
320. Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides - P
321. White-browed Tit Warbler Leptopoecile sophiae - B, RG
322. Crested Tit Warler Leptopoecile elegans - JZ, MG
323. Pere David's Tit Poecile davidi - LB
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