Sichuan Report

22 April – 11 May 2024

Tour Leader : Summer Wong ( Wang Wenjuan )

Participants : Carolyn Louise Stewart, Brian Casatelli, Jörg Hanoldt &  Sioh Eng Woo, Stefan Obytz, Bradford Lee Carey, Rudolf Floris Koes, Mark Philippart, Martin Ulrik Junker Nielsen

Temminck’s Tragopan © Jörg Hanoldt 2024

Birding spots on this tour: Tangjiahe Nature Reserve, Chuanzhusi ( Gonggangling forest ), Ruoergai ( Baxi forest & Flower Lake), Maerkang ( Mengbishan ), Wolong ( Balangshan ), Wawushan, Labahe Nature Reserve, Erlangshan, Longcanggou, Hailuogou

Endemics (36 species), breeding endemics, near endemics and highlight birds we had seen on 22 April – 11 May 2024 Sichuan birding tour:

Chinese Monal (E), White-eared Pheasant (E), Blue-eared Pheasant (E), Lady Amherst’s Pheasant, Golden Pheasant (E), Temminck’s Tragopan (E), Verreaux’s/Chestnut-throated Monal-partridge (E), Tibetan Partridge, Chinese Grouse (E), Tibetan Snowcock, Blood Pheasant, Common Pheasant, Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush (E), Plain/Pere David’s Laughingthrush (E), Elliot’s Laughingthrush (E), Barred Laughingthrush (E), Giant Laughingthrush (E), Emei Shan Liocichla (E) – sensitive species, which is not shown on the public ebird trip list, Black-faced Laughingthrush, Red-winged Laughingthrush, Spotted Laughingthrush, Chinese Babax, Grey-hooded Parrotbill (E), Spectacled Parrotbill (E), Golden Parrotbill, Fulvous Parrotbill, Great Parrotbill, Brown Parrotbill, Ashy-throated Parrotbill, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Three-toed Parrotbill (E), Sichuan Jay (E), Salim Ali’s Swift (E), Tibetan Lark, Black-necked Crane, Saker Falcon – sensitive species, which is not shown on the public ebird trip list, Siberian Rubythroat, Firethroat, Przevalski’s Finch/Pinktail (E), Three-banded Rosefinch (E), Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch, Streaked Rosefinch, Pink-rumped Rosefinch, Vinaceous Rosefinch, Dark-rumped Rosefinch, Sharpe’s Rosefinch, Chinese Long-tailed Rosefinch (E), White-bellied Redstart, Indian Blue Robin, Golden Bush Robin, White-browed Bush Robin, Slaty-backed Flycatcher, Sapphire Flycatcher, Chinese Blue Flycatcher, Pere David’s Tit (E), Sichuan Tit (E), White-browed Tit (E), Yellow-bellied Tit (E), Fire-capped Tit , Ground Tit (E), Sooty Bushtit (E), Snow Pigeon, Speckled Wood Pigeon, Himalayan Owl, White-backed Woodpecker, Rufous-bellied Woodpecker, Brown Bullfinch, Gray-headed Bullfinch, Chinese Nuthatch, Przevalski’s Nuthatch, Hodgson’s Treecreeper, Sichuan Treecreeper (E), Gold-fronted Fulvetta (E), Chinese Fulvetta (E), Golden-breasted Fulvetta, Spectacled Fulvetta, White-browed Tit Warbler, Crested Tit Warbler (E), Maroon-backed Accentor, Pygmy Cupwing, Scaly-breasted Cupwing, Yellow-streaked Warbler, Buff-throated Warbler, Bianchi’s Warbler, Marten’s Warbler, Grey-crowned Warbler, Alstrom’s Warbler, Emei Leaf Warbler (E), Sichuan Leaf Warbler, Alpine/Tickell’s Leaf Warbler , Humes Leaf Warbler, Claudia’s Leaf Warbler, Kloss’s Leaf Warbler, Chinese Leaf Warbler, Sichuan Bush Warbler (E), Brown Bush Warbler, Grey-sided Bush Warbler, Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler, Abberant Bush Warbler, Little Forktail, Spotted Forktail, Sichuan Forest Thrush, Long-tailed Thrush, Chinese Blackbird (E), Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler, Moupinia/ Rufous-tailed Babbler (E), Slaty Bunting (E)

22 April – 11 May 2024 Sichuan tour bird list : https://ebird.org/tripreport/253997

Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/253997?view=checklists

More bird photos from tour : https://ebird.org/tripreport/253997?view=photos

Videos of birding scene, hotels, foods on the bottom of this page

Mammal list on the bottom of this page

left to right : Jörg, Stefan, Martin, Sioh, Carolyn, Mark, Summer, Rudolf, Brad, Brian
Tibetan Snowcock © Jörg Hanoldt 2024 @ Ruoergai
Temminck’s Tragopan © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Golden Pheasant © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Lady Amherst’s Pheasant © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Gold-fronted Fulvetta © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Barred Laughingthrush © Summer Wong 2024
Red Panda © Summer Wong 2024 @ Wawu Shan
Red Panda © Jörg Hanoldt 2024 @ Wawu Shan
Przevalski’s Finch / Pinktail © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Grey-hooded Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Grey-hooded Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Fulvous Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Fulvous Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Fulvous Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Golden Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Golden Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Spectacled Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Brown Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Brown Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Three-toed Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Great Parrotbill © Summer Wong 2024
Vinaceous Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024
Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon © Summer Wong 2024
Sichuan Treecreeper © Summer Wong 2024
Golden-breasted Fulvetta © Summer Wong 2024
Three-banded Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024
Sichuan Jay © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Sichuan Jay © Summer Wong 2024
White-bellied Redstart © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler © Summer Wong 2024
Aberrant Bush Warbler © Summer Wong 2024
White-browed Tit © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Fire-capped Tit © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Pere David’s Tit © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Przevalski’s Nuthatch © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Grey-sided Bush Warbler © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Sichuan Treecreeper © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Rufous-tailed Babbler © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Emei Leaf Warbler © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Brown Bullfinch ©Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Giant Laughingthrush © Summer Wong 2024
Black-necked Crane © Summer Wong 2024
Black-necked Crane © Summer Wong 2024
Black Kite © Summer Wong 2024
Spotted Laughingthrush © Summer Wong 2024
Tibetan Partridge © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Himalayan Owl © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Verreaux’s Monal-Partridge © Summer Wong 2024
Blood Pheasant © Summer Wong 2024
Blue-eared Pheasant © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Chinese Monal © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Firethroat © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Reeve’s Muntjac © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Mountain Weasel © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Takin © Jörg Hanoldt 2024
Baxi forest in Ruoergai
Blood Pheasants crossing the road in Mengbi Shan
Baxi forest in Ruoergai
Baxi forest in Ruoergai
Flower lake area in Ruoergai
Flower lake area in Ruoergai
Ruoergai
got Przevalski’s Finch / Pinktail in Ruoergai
got Verreaux’s Monal-Partridge in Mengbi Shan
got Sichuan Jay in Mengbi Shan
Balang Shan tunnel area, after spotting Chinese Monal on the slope
Golden Pheasant hide in Wolong
birding in Wawu Shan
got Red Panda in Wawu Shan
birding in Wawu Shan
birding in Wawu Shan
Wawu Shan
heard White-browed Bush Robin singing in bush with heavy fog on top of Wawu Shan
birding in Longcanggou
birding in Longcanggou
birding in Hailuogou
birding in Labahe Nature Reserve
hotel room of Wawu Shan
hotel lobby in Maerkang
milk tea before lunch in a Tibetan restaurant
a lovely moment of Rudolf and little boy in Maerkang
public square dancing in Maerkang, they are doing the traditional Tibetan dance
funny noodles making machine
a special chicken lunch with a huge wok
local noodles for breakfast in Wolong
dinner in Wolong
doing the list before dinner
our Sichuan birding tour checklist
hotel rooms on this Sichuan birding tour © Summer Wong 2024
Foods on this Sichuan birding tour © Summer Wong 2024

Mammals seen on this tour

1. Tibetan Macaque

2. Rhesus Macaque

3. Pere David’s Rock Squirrel

4. Masked Palm Civet

5. Plateau Pika

6. Moupin Pika

7. Wolly Hare

8. Himalayan Marmot

9. Tibetan Fox

10. Mountain Weasel

11. Hog Badger

12. Red Panda

13. Siberian Roe Deer

14. Reeve’s Muntjac

15. Takin

16. Chinese Goral

17. Tibetan Gazelle

18. Sambar

19. Red Deer

20. Tufted Deer

21. Domestic Yak

22 April – 11 May 2024 Sichuan tour bird list : https://ebird.org/tripreport/253997

Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/253997?view=checklists

More bird photos from tour : https://ebird.org/tripreport/253997?view=photos

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