Sichuan Report
2-21 May 2025
Tour Leader : Summer Wong (Wang Wenjuan)
Participants: Christian Dortu, Denis Parkes, Stefan Ambs, Anita Marie Ambs, Theresa Duna, Stefan Hage, Morgan Svensson, Pontus Gronvall, Anders Kornestedt
Birding spots on this tour: Chengdu Qinglong Lake, Dujiangyan, Pingwu, Chuanzhusi ( Gonggangling forest ), Ruoergai ( Baxi forest & Flower Lake), Maerkang ( Mengbishan ), Wolong ( Balangshan ), Wawushan NP, Labahe NR, Erlangshan NR, Longcanggou NR, Hailuogou NP, Kangding (Lianghekou), Pingshan (Tanshi Village)
We observed 317 species on 4-23 June 2024 Sichuan birding tour, including endemics (37 species), breeding endemics, near endemics and highlight birds:
14 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), Snow Partridge, Tibetan Snowcock, Blood Pheasant, Sichuan Partridge(E, heard), 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, Grandala, 9 species of parrotbills: 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, Siberian Rubythroat, Firethroat, Przevalski’s Finch/Pinktail(E), Three-banded Rosefinch(E), Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch, Pink-rumped Rosefinch, Vinaceous 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 (hybrid with Black-browed Bushtit), 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, Bar-tailed 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, 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, Sichuan Forest Thrush, Chinese Blackbird (E), Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler, Moupinia/ Rufous-tailed Babbler(E), Slaty Bunting(E)
2-21 May 2025 Sichuan bird tour list: https://ebird.org/tripreport/374628
Sensitive species observed on tour but not shown in the trip list: Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Saker Falcon, Emei Shan Liocichla, Buffy Laughingthrush, Ural Owl (Sichuan Wood Owl), Chinese Hwamei
