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

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





























































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