Sichuan Report

4-23 June 2024

Tour Leader : Summer Wong (Wang Wenjuan)

Participants: Terrence Joseph Doyle & Kathleen Margaret O’Reilly-Doyle, Thomas James Evans, Horace Price Webb, Susan Elizabeth Webb

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

Endemics (37 species), breeding endemics, near endemics and highlight birds we had seen on 4-23 June 2024 Sichuan birding tour:

13 species of pheasants: 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, Sichuan Partridge(E), Common Pheasant, Tawny Fish Owl, Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush(E), Plain/Pere David’s Laughingthrush(E), Elliot’s Laughingthrush(E), Barred Laughingthrush (E), Giant Laughingthrush (E), Emei Shan Liocichla(E), Buffy Laughingthrush(E), Black-faced Laughingthrush, Red-winged Laughingthrush, Spotted Laughingthrush, Chinese Babax, 10 species of parrotbills: Grey-hooded Parrotbill (E), Spectacled Parrotbill (E), Golden Parrotbill, Fulvous Parrotbill, Great Parrotbill, Brown Parrotbill, Ashy-throated Parrotbill, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Grey-headed Parrotbill, Three-toed Parrotbill(E), Sichuan Jay(E), Salim Ali’s Swift (E), Tibetan Lark, Black-necked Crane, Saker Falcon, Siberian Rubythroat, Firethroat, Przevalski’s Finch/Pinktail(E), Three-banded Rosefinch(E), Blanford’s Rosefinch, 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), 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)

4-23 June 2024 Sichuan tour bird list : https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684

Sensitive species seen on tour but not shown in the trip list:  Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Saker Falcon, Emei Shan Liocichla, Buffy Laughingthrush

Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684?view=checklists

More bird photos from tour : https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684?view=photos

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

Mammal list on the bottom of this page

Mammals seen on this tour:

1. Tibetan Macaque

2. Pallas’s Squirrel

3. Swinhoe’s Striped Squirrel

4. Pere David’s Rock Squirrel

5. Siberian Chipmunk

6. Plateau Pika

7. Moupin Pika

8. Wolly Hare

9. Himalayan Marmot

10. Tibetan Fox

11. Mountain Weasel

12. Red Panda

13. Siberian Roe Deer

14. Sambar

15. Red Deer

16. Tufted Deer

17. Reeve’s Muntjac

18. Domestic Yak

19. Takin

20. Chinese Goral

4-23 June 2024 Sichuan tour bird list : https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684

Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684?view=checklists

More bird photos from tour : https://ebird.org/tripreport/255684?view=photos