A report on a
quest after Reeve’s Pheasant, Elliot’s Pheasant and Cabbots Tragopan. Giving ourselves
10 birding days for our main focus birds, we also had time to pick up a lot of
other great ticks along the way with Silver Pheasant, Koklass Pheasant,
White-necklaced Partridge, Scaly-sided Merganser, Short-tailed Parrotbill and Pied Falconet leading the way before the
likes of Chinese Bamboo Partridge, Collared Crow, Buffy Laughingthrush,
Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler, , Moustached Laughingthrush, Japanese Marsh
Warbler, Tristram’s Bunting and Yellow-browed Bunting
Pied Falconet at Xiaoqi Village
The 11 day
itinerary -
Day 1 - 2nd April – arrival Wuhan – airport pickup -
drive to Dongzhai (2 hour drive)
Day 2 - 3rd April – morning Reeve’s Pheasant –
afternoon drive halfway to Emei Feng – overnight at Jiujiang (5 hours)
Day 3 - 4th April – Morning drive Jiujiang to Emei
Feng (5 hours) – afternoon birding at Emei -Cabbot’s Tragopan and Elliot’s
Pheasant
Day 4 - 5th April – Emei Feng
Day 5 - 6th April – Emei Feng
Day 6 - 7th April – Emei Feng
Day 7 - 8th April – Emei feng early morning – drive
to Poyang Lake area (5 hours)- accommodation Wucheng – Japanese Marsh Warbler
Day 8 - 9th April – early morning birding in Wucheng
area – drive to Wuyuan area (5 hours) - Pied Falconet, Short-tailed Parrotbill
and Scaly-sided Merganser
Day 9 - 10th April – Wuyuan area
Day 10 - 11th April – Wuyuan area – evening drive to
Jiujiang (4 hours)
Day 11- 12th April - drive Jiujiang to Wuhan for departure (5 hours)
This route would cover around 2100km in the
provinces of Hubei, Henan, Jiangxi and Fujian.
Our transport was a Chinese built Great-Wall Hover,
4WD, SUV. Most importantly, with regard to road watching for the pheasants, the
vehicle had clear windows, a feature lacking on the majority of tinted windowed
Chinese vehicles.
All the roads used on this trip were of surprisingly
good quality and we travelled large distances on motorways. 4WD is not
necessary for any of the birding roads, but we were glad of the feature during
a morning of torrential rainfall on one of the longer travel days.
Hotels were easy to find. To maximize our birding
efficiency through the ability to suddenly change itinerary we had only
pre-booked our first night at Dongzhai, where we used the simple accommodation
inside the reserve. All other accommodation was found, without any great
difficulty or delay, as we traveled. Being a budget trip we always chose cheap
and simple hotels, but, for those looking for a little more comfort, there were
always ‘better’ accommodation options at reasonable distances from our birding
sites,
Weather during the trip was pretty variable.
Although nothing severe, we did meet a couple of cold mornings where a fleece
or jacket came in handy. In contrast some afternoons were hot enough for
shorts.
As with other parts of China a collection of
appropriate calls was an essential part of our equipment. A scope was needed to
identify the distant Scaly-breasted Mergansers and also gave memorable views of
Pied Falconet
Although just outside the area covered by The Helm’s
Birds of East Asia (Brazil) this is the most useful guide for these sites,
followed by A Field Guide to the Birds of China (MacKinnon and Phillips).
Site Notes
Dongzhai – days
1 and 2
Just a 2 hour trip driving North on the G4 from
Wuhan airport. After contacting the staff Sid had arranged accommodation, simple
with squat style toilets, inside the reserve. For those needing more western
appointed facilities, there were hotels in nearby Segang.
Next to the accommodation are both the parking area for
visitors and the entrances to the two main birding tracks – one leading to the
NW the other to the SE. About a 100m down the southern track are buildings that
include cages with Reeve’s Pheasant.
Although we saw no wild birds in the area, earlier reports have noted
wild cocks, presumably attracted to the activity and presence of the captive hens,
coming down to the cages.
Day 1
After an afternoon airport pickup we arrived for late
afternoon/evening birding. The drive on the G4 gave Collared Crow. Sid had
already seen one bird at Wuhan Airport.
We first walked the northern track and within 1 km
flushed a gamebird but were unable to get any good views. Not much further the
track forks and we took the left track past a building and some fairly
abandoned looking tea bushes. However, after finding few birds and with the
track petering out as it rose on a steep slope we retraced our steps and took
the right fork which turned out to be the route that gave us most of our
Reeve’s. That evening we got brief and obscured views of 3 flushed Pheasants,
all with long tails - presumably, sub-adult Reeve’s males.
Day 2
Dawn start along the track that gave yesterdays
birds.
Within a km sounds of a flushed bird but not seen.
From the right fork, on 2 occasions, came into contact with single mature
males. Distant and brief views all our sightings were flushed birds.
We latter tried the SE track. No birds were seen
around the cages and just one imm male, flushed further down the track.
Other notable birds seen at Dongzhai included
Speckled Piculet, Silver-throated Tit, Meadow Bunting, Naumann’s/Dusky Thrush
(brief views, unable to separate species) and Russet Sparrow in the
car-park/accommodation area. A few passage raptors flying overhead – Oriental
Honey Buzzard, Eastern Buzzard and Black-eared Kite.
Late afternoon drove 5 hours south, in direction of
Emei Feng, to overnight at Jiujiang.
Emei Feng – days
3 to 7
A further 5 hours drive from Jiujiang to Taining
(nearest town to Emei Feng). Made an afternoon start to birding during which we
checked the hotel complex on the summit. Found it to be run down and expensive
(260RMB/double room), so chose to use the hotel in Xinqiao, which is the village directly below the site on the road to
Taining. Here very simple but clean rooms with shared toilets cost 50 RMB/night
and 80Rmb with private. We were joined in our hotel by 2 groups of Chinese and
a couple of HK bird photographers
For those wanting better accommodation there are
hotels in Taining which is around 15km away from the entrance to the access
road.
Xinqiao also has a couple of restaurants, but along
the 15km of road that leads to the top of Emei Feng there’s no possibility of
finding food. Our eating routine was a self-prepaired pre-birding breakfast,
taking food for lunches and village restaurant eating during evenings.
The access road to Emei Feng starts very close to a
small petrol Station found at the southern edge of Xinqiao. A couple of km up
the road is a checkpoint with security staff. The gate was constantly open, but
the first time we passed through we were asked to register names and passport
numbers. Otherwise we were never again stopped, even when entering pre-dawn and
leaving after nightfall.
The best tactic for Emei ‘chicken’ watching seems a
slow drive up the road (all surfaced, which allows a quieter approach). At the
bottom sections, before and just after the checkpoint there are terraced fields
in the valley bottom. The best gamebird habitat seems to start just after the
last fields as you go into areas of giant cultivated bamboo. This habitat was
where we saw our Elliot’s Pheasants. As you drive higher, around the 12km road
marker, the Bamboo plantations give way to a thick mossy secondary growth, that
includes rhododendron, and it was from here to the end of the road that we got
our Cabot’s Tragopans. We also located White-necklaced Partridge in these higher
areas. This species, with its loud call, was easily heard.
Silver Pheasant , the commonest of the Chickens, and
Koklass were seen in both bamboo plantation and the higher scrub. We got great
roadside views of Chinese Bamboo Partridge on the lower sections of the road
and they were also heard calling from farming land in the valley bottoms
Unfortunately we also arrived during a period of
bamboo shoot harvest, an activity that’s only supposed to occur every 3 years.
Many people were involved, working both inside the bamboo areas and with
transportation along the road. The resultant disturbance must have had a
negative impact with regard to Pheasant watching.
We also noted that viewing gamebirds was easier
during the rain weather of the last whole day and morning, than the warm sunny
days that preceded them.
Our other focus species on Emei was Spotted Wren
Babbler (Elachura). However, despite a lot of watching, listening and call
playing, we never came into contact with this bird.
Day 3
Masked Laughingthrush during morning as we left
Jiujiang. Sid spotted a Black Eagle from motorway just before the Taining
turn-off. A roadside wetland between Taining and Emei gave a pair of Mandarin
Ducks.
Hot dry conditions, afternoon start to birding on
Emei. Ca 10 roadside Silver Pheasant. Mid-evening a M+F pair of Cabbot’s
crossed the road just in front of vehicle – brief but good views of male.
White-necklaced Partridge heard but not
seen. Buffy Laughingthrush very audible at top of road – seen as flock. Also at
top section, pair of Spotted Forktail on a Stream that passed under the road. Single
Mountain Hawk Eagle soaring over summit. A Collared Owlet showed well after
playback. Huet’s Fulvetta, Chestnut bellied Rockthrush, Great Barbet.
Black-chinned Yuhina, Indochinese Yuhina, Yellow-cheeked Tits, Grey-sided
Scimitar Babbler, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Black Bulbul, Mountain
Bulbul, Chestnut Bulbul, Grey-headed Woodpecker, White-spectacled Warbler,
Eurasian Jay, Grey Treepie, Grey-chinned Minivet and White-crowned Forktail all
recorded, and were birds encountered throughout our time on Emei
Day 4
Another hot dry day, with less gamebird activity
than yesterday. However good morning start with decent views of a
White-necklaced Partridge emerging out of the scrub.
Rest of day mainly spent driving after Elliot’s
Pheasant – without any success. Pheasant drives on the lower part of road did
bring some great views of Chinese Bamboo Partridge. Silver Pheasant seen but
fewer than yesterday..
Got good views of Grey-sided Scimitar Babbler and
saw Sulpher-breasted Warbler. A noisy pair of Crested Serpent Eagles flew over
summit area. Eastern buzzard also seen. A few Pale Thrushes on passage.
Day 5
Today overcast – but still no rain. First Koklass
Pheasant – nice roadside view of a male, some Silver pheasant, a few more
Chinese Bamboo Partridge, but still no Elliot’s. New birds – Bay Woodpecker, Lesser
and Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, White-bellied Yuhina and Chestnut-crowned
Warbler. Asian Barred Owlet was recorded at the very start of the access road.
In afternoon explored some bamboo habitat outside
park area. But again much disturbance from Bamboo Shoot harvesters who said
they had not seen Elliot’s Pheasant in the area
Reentered park and left after nightfall – with the
lamp we found three Red Flying Squirrels and an Oriental Scop’s Owl.
Day 6
At last rain and two morning sightings of male Elliot’s!
First bird a male running on the road – poor views before it disappeared.
Second was bird that had run down a slope on the approach of our vehicle.
Luckily brief but decent views after getting out and scanning.
Silver and Koklass Pheasants seen.
Rest of day mainly focused on trying to pick up the
Spotted Wren Babbler – but without success. A single Pygmy Wren Babbler heard.
Day 7
One last morning on Emei Feng used in search of Spotted
Wren Babbler. Again nothing but we did get good, prolonged views of a
displaying – calling + wing flapping from a branch - male
Cabot’s.
Also saw Koklass and Silver Pheasant and heard
White-necklaced Partridge.
Poyang days 7
and 8
After the last morning’s birding on Emei we drove a
5 hour trip to the Poyang lake area at Wucheng via the town of Yongxiu. Good
wetland birding starts around 10 km to the NE of Yongxiu. We planned to
concentrate our birding around a body of water called Dahu, which is close to
the run-down village of Wucheng.
We once again chose a simple budget style hotel,
shared toilets style that cost 50RMB/room. Better accommodation can be had
close to boat jetty at around 200RMB/room.
You can bird the Dahu area by renting a boat at
Wucheng and then sailing to various watching points. We however found a track
that led down to the shoreline and birded by making a 2hour , northerly, walk
around Dahu until we came to the Xiushui River.
Day 7
A major tick of the area, Japanese Marsh Warbler,
heard and then seen from the car as we drove over a causeway that led through
an area of wetland.
Walking around Dahu we played call of Swinhoe’s Rail
but the only rail species seen was a single Brown Crake.
Chestnut-eared Bunting seen among the Black-faced.
Grey-headed lapwing common and displaying. Saw a Swintail type snipe but unable
to fully distinguish between Swinhoe’s and Pintail.
In surrounding scrub there were many small
passerines on passage – they included Daurian Redstart, Pallas’s Leaf Warbler, a
singleTwo-barred Greenish Warbler and singing Oriental Bush Warblers.
Other birds recorded included Pied Kingfisher,
White-throated Kingfisher, Spotted Redshank, Kentish Plover, Temminck’s Stint, Yellow
Wagtail, Buff-bellied Pipit, Great Crested Grebe, Spotbill Duck and Purple
Heron
Day 8
A morning around Dahu. This time we picked up
Tristram’s bunting and a Grey-backed Thrush
Wuyuan days 8 to
10
Our two main targets in the Wuyuan area were to be
Pied Falconet and Short-tailed Parrotbill. Scaly-breasted Merganser and Courtois’s
(Blue-crowned) Laughingthrush are also found here, but both are migratory, so
most of the wintering Mergansers should already have left and we would arrive
just before spring arrival dates for the Laughingthrush.
It’s a 5 hour drive to Wuyuan from our birding site
at Poyang. We had two main birding areas. Firstly, for the Parrotbill and any
late Mergansers., just south of Wuyuan, a village on the Le’an River called
Dutou. And then north of Wuyuan, in the busy tourist village of Xiaoqi where
there are rooftop vantage points to view a nesting pair of Falconets. We’d also
check out a well known Courtois’s Laughingthrush site close to the town, just
in case there was an early arrival.
We recorded all our target birds by day 9, which
gave us a day to check out two further sites to the west of Wuyuan - a
farmland/forest trail that cuts off from the Fuchun River, close to the village
of Shendu, and Wengong Mountain.
There’s a lot of accommodation in Wuyuan town. Good
but cheap hotels, with western style facilities can be found close to the bus
station. Our hotel was 100RMB/night.
Day 8
Afternoon arrival, we immediately drove 10km south
of the town to Dutou. We birded the riverside opposite the village and took a
small track into farmland habitat. Sid got a brief view of a single
Short-tailed Parrotbill that came in with a mixed flock but otherwise the best
ticks were a pair of Yellow-browed Bunting. We were to see several more of this
species in the area.
Two distant and unidentifiable Sawbills were seen downstream
from the bridge but we were not able to find then close enough for
identification.
Day 9
Early morning back to Dutou. This time birded in
farmland just beyond the village and quickly got a flock of around 30 Short-tailed
Parrotbill. These were extremely good and prolonged views of a fantastic
looking bird.
Our quick find then gave us time to drive to a
Courtois’s laugher site just north of Wuyuan town. No signs of the bird – just
Chinese Blackbird and Great, Grey-capped and Grey-headed Woodpeckers.
Still before lunch, drove on to the tourist village
of Xiaoqi for the Falconet. It was easier to find the restaurant that gave
roof-views of the bird than it was to find a parking place! When we got to the
viewing area both Chinese photographers and the bird were present. Got
crippling views of a bird catching butterflies and dragonflies in the canopy
area of the large trees that border the restaurant. We were charged 50RMB for
going up on the roof, and looking across at other buildings we could see that
Falconet viewing had become an industry. Another roof owner had erected a large
hide, facing what must have been a nest-site. This roof was full of
photographers and mega-sized lenses.
Afternoon back to Dutou area to try and find
yesterday’s Mergansers. This time started off on the road- bridge that is a km
further on from the Dutou turn-off. Almost immediately found two distant birds in
the scope – but it was some time before a combination of the birds movements
and our efforts in finding a better vantage point gave results. However,
despite viewing into bright sunlight, we all got good enough views that showed
the scaling of an M+F pair of Scaly-breasted Merganser.
Finished off the day birding the Dutou riverside
area. Other birds of note – single male Silver Pheasant, Yellow-browed Bunting,
Rufous-capped Babbler, Masked Laughingthrush and a Collared Kingfisher.
Day 10
Started off with another visit to the Curtois’s
Laugher site - again no results.
Having ticked our main target birds gave time for two
other sites.
The trail at Shendu is mentioned in an old Bjorn
Anderson report, where he got Elliot’s Pheasant.
It was quite easy to find and gave a long walk on a
farmland trail that led through a forested valley. Outstanding bird was
Moustached Laughingthrush, several being very vocal. Orange-bellied Leafbird,
displaying Crested Goshawk and a Pale-legged Leaf warbler also seen.
Wengong Mountain also offered forested areas,
although we birded outside the ticketed area. Here we got Dusky Fulvetta and
Grey-headed Parrotbill
Day 11
Drive back to Wuhan and departure
Bird list
Dongzhai
- DZ
Emei Feng - EF
Poyang -
PY
Wuyuan - WY
1. Chinese Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola
thoracica - EF, WY
2. White-necklaced Partridge Arborophila
gingica - EF
3. Koklass pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha - EF
4. Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti - EF
5. Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus - PY,
WY
6. Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti - EF
7. Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera - EF,
WY
8. Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii -
DZ
9. Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata - EF
10. Mallard Anas platyrhynchos - PY, WY
11. Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha - PY, WY
12. Scaly-sided Merganser Mergus squamatus - WY
13. Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus - DZ
14. Grey-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos
canicapillus - DZ, WY
15. Great-spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major -
DZ, WY
16. Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus - EF, WY
17. Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis - EF
18. Great Barbet Megalaima virens - EF, WY
19. Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops - PY
20. Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis - PY
21. White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- PY, WY
22. Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis - PY, WY
23. Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx
sparverioide - EF heard only
24. Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea - EF heard
25. House Swift Apus affinis - Taining area
26. Oriental Scops-owl Otus sunia - EF
27. Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei - EF, WY
28. Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides - EF
29. Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- DZ, EF, WY
30. Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis -
throughout
31. White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis
phoenicurus - EF
32. Brown Crake Amaurornis akool - PY
33. Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus - PY
34. Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus - PY,
WY wetlands around Wuhan
35. 'Swintail' Snipe Gallinago sp - flying bird impossible to ID between
Swinhoe's and Pintail - PY
36. Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago - PY
37. Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius - PY
38. Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus - PY
39. Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus - PY
40. Temminck’s Stint Calidris temminckii - PY
41. Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus - PY
42. Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia - PY, WY
43. Black-headed Gull Larus ridibundus - PY
44. Oriental Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- DZ
45. Black-eared Kite. Milvus linaetus - DZ
46. Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus - PY - single f
47. Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus - DZ, EF, WY
48. Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis - single
bird close to Taining
49. Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalense - EF
50. Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela - EF
51. Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus - WY
52. Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus - DZ
53. Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis - PY,
WY
54. Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus -
PY
55. Little Egret Egretta garzetta - widespread
56. Great Egret Casmerodius albus - PY
57. Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus -
PY, WY
58. Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus -
widespread
59. Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax
nycticorax - PY, WY
60. Grey Heron Ardea cinerea – PY
61. Purple Heron Ardea purpurea – PY
62. Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach -
widespread farmland
63. Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius - DZ, EF
64. Eurasian Magpie Pica pica - widespread
65. Asian Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- mainly close to Wuhan
66. Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa
erythrorhyncha - widespread
67. Collared Crow Corvus torquatus - roadside
from Wuhan to DZ
68. Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae - EF, WY
69. Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis -
heard only - WY
70. Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus -
single pair EF
71. Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- EF, WY
72. Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis
hardwickii - EF, WY
73. Chestnut-bellied Rock-thrush Monticola
rufiventris - EF
74. Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus -
widespread
75. Dusky Thrush/ Naumann's type - EF
76. Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus – EF
77. Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum - PY
78. Asian brown flycatcher Muscicapa
latirostris - EF
79. Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus -
DZ, EF, PY
80. Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- WY
81. Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus -
PY, WY
82. Plumbeous Water-Redstart Rhyacornis
fuliginosus - DZ, WY
83. Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- PY
84. White-crowned Forktail Enicurus
leschenaulti - EF, WY
85. Spotted Forktail Enicurus maculatus - EF
86. White-cheeked Starling Sturnus cineraceus
- PY
87. Red-billed Starling Sturnus sericeus -
widespread
88. Black-collared Starling Sturnus
nigricollis - fairly widespread
89. Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus -
widespread
90. Yellow-bellied Tit Parus venustulus - DZ,
WY
91. Eastern Great Tit Parus minor -
widespread
92. Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus - WY
93. Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus -
widespread
94. Silver-throated Tit Aegithalos
glaucogularis - DZ
95. Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica - widespread
96. Red-rumped Swallow Hirundo daurica -
widespread
97. Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques -
widespread
98. Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis -
widespread
99. Himalayan Black Bulbul Hypsipetes
leucocephalus - EF, WY
100.
Mountain Bulbul Hypsipetes mcclellandii - EF
101.
Chestnut Bulbul Hemixos castanonotus - DZ, EF, WY
102.
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata - PY
103.
Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis - PY
104.
Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- DZ, EF, WY
105.
Brownish-flanked Bush-War Cettia fortipes - widespread
106.
Oriental Bush Warbler Cettia diphone - PY
107.
Japanese Marsh Warbler Locustella pryeri - PY
108.
Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus - DZ, EF, PY, EF
109.
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus – PY
110.
Two-barred Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus - PY
111.
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes - WY
112. Sulpher-breasted Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus
ricketti - EF
113.
White-spectacled Warbler Seicercus affinis - EF
114.
Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps - EF
115.
Buffy Laughingthrush Garrulax berthemyi - EF
116.
Moustached Laughingthrush Garrulax cineraceus -
WY
117.
Hwamei Garrulax canorus - Widespread
118.
White-browed Laughingthrush Garrulax sannio - PY
119.
Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax pectoralis - EF
120.
Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger - EF
121.
Masked Laughingthrush Garrulax perspicillatus - PY
122.
Grey-sided Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus swinhoei - EF, WY
123.
Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis - DZ, EF, WY
124.
Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla - EF - heard only
125.
Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps - EF, WY
126.
Green Shrike Babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus - WY
127.
Huet's Fulvetta Alcippe hueti - EF, WY
128.
Dusky Fulvetta Alcippe brunnea - EF (heard only), WY
129.
Black-chinned Yuhina Yuhina nigrimenta - EF
130.
Indochinese Yuhina Yuhina torqueola - EF
131.
White-bellied Yuhina Erpornis zantholeuca - EF
132.
Grey-headed Parrotbill Psittiparus gularis - WY
133.
Vinous-throated Parrotbill Sinosuthora webbianus - DZ, EF, PY, WY
134.
Short-tailed Parrotbill Neosuthora davidiana - WY
135.
Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula - PY
136.
Flame-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum erythrothorax - EF
137.
Fork-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga christinae - WY
138.
Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans - DZ
139.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus - widespread
140.
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata - PY
141.
White Wagtail Motacilla alba - leucopsis and ocularis - widespread
142.
Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava - macronyx - PY
143.
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni - widespread
144.
Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta - PY
145.
Buff-bellied Pipit Anthus rubescens - PY
146.
Grey-capped Greenfinch Carduelis sinica -
widespread
147.
Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria - fairly widespread lower farming areas
148.
Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla – widespread
149.
Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata - PY
150.
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala - PY, WY
151.
Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides - DZ
152.
Tristram’s Bunting Emberiza tristrami -
PY
153.
Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza
chrysophrys - WY
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