Sichuan Birding Tour Report

14 May – 2 June 2024

Bird guides : Summer Wong ( Wang Wenjuan ), Kitty Zhang ( Zhang Xuelian )

Participant : Peter Boesman

Golden-fronted Fulvetta photographed in May 2024 at Longcanggou Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China, during a birding tour with Summer Wong

Gold-fronted Fulvetta © Summer Wong 2024

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

We had observed 284 species of birds on 14 May – 2 June 2024 private Sichuan birding tour, including these Endemics (35 species), breeding endemics, near endemics and highlight birds:

On our private Sichuan birding tour from 14 May – 2 June, 2024, we recorded 284 species, including 35 endemics as well as other breeding endemics, near-endemics, and highlight birds such as:

12 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, Common Pheasant, Himalayan 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), Black-faced Laughingthrush, Red-winged Laughingthrush, Spotted Laughingthrush, Chinese Babax, 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), 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, 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, Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler, Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler, Abberant Bush Warbler, 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)

This is a private birding tour for Peter, during this tour he got 640 sound recordings of 191 bird species. He added them to our eBird checklists, and also uploaded them to Xeno Canto.

See for order taxonomicaly: Results for ‘rec:boesman cnt:china year:2024’ :: page 1 :: xeno-canto

See for order chronologically: Results for ‘rec:boesman cnt:china year:2024’ :: page 1 :: xeno-canto

14 May – 2 June 2024 Sichuan tour bird list : https://ebird.org/tripreport/253998

Sensitive species recorded during the tour but not included in the public ebird trip list: Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Saker Falcon, Emei Shan Liocichla

Checklists based on birding spots and dates: https://ebird.org/tripreport/253998?view=checklists

More bird photos from tour : https://ebird.org/tripreport/253998?view=photos