Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Birding Tour Report

12-23 July, 2024

Bird guides : Summer Wong ( Wang Wenjuan ), Wang Wenbin

Participants: Ethan Kean Skinner, Wang Jia, Wang Ke, Zhang Shiyan, Deng Hui, Bian Lei, Wang Jun, Wang Yunqing

Przevalski’s Finch photographed in July 2024 in Qinghai, China, during a birding tour guided by Summer Wong

Przevalski’s Finch / Pinktail © Summer Wong 2024 July

Birding spots on this tour: Xining, Gonghe, Maduo, Nangqian, Qumalai, Golmud, Dulan, Chaka, Qinghaihu Lake

On our scheduled 12-day Qinghai–Tibetan Plateau birding tour from July 14–25, 2024, we recorded 150 species, including 19 endemics, along with other highlight birds such as:

Przevalski’s Partridge (E), Three-banded Rosefinch (E), Przevalski’s Finch (E), Tibetan Rosefinch (E), Plain Laughingthrush (E), Tarim Babbler (E), White Eared Pheasant (E), Tibetan Snowfinch (E), Crested Tit-warbler (E), Gansu Leaf Warbler (E), Przevalski’s Redstart (E), Tibetan Babax (E), White-browed Tit (E), Sichuan Tit (E), Elliot’s Laughingthrush (E), Ground Tit (E), Giant Laughingthrush (E), Tibetan Bunting (E), Salim Ali’s Swift (E), Pale Rosefinch, Güldenstädt’s Redstart, Streaked Rosefinch, Great Rosefinch, Wallcreeper, Snowy-browed Nuthatch/ Chinese Nuthatch, Blanford’s Snowfinch, Pere David’s Snowfinch, Rufous-necked Snowfinch, White-rumped Snowfinch, Mongolian Lark, Tibetan Lark, Black-necked Crane, Tibetan Partridge, Szechenyi’s Monal-Partridge, Ibisbill, White-browed Tit Warbler, Tibetan Sand Plover, Mongolian Ground Jay, Pine Bunting, Daurian Partridge, Pallas’s Fish Eagle, Saker Falcon

12-23 July 2024 Qinghai Tibetan Plateau trip bird list : https://ebird.org/tripreport/263789

Checklists based on birding spots and dates : https://ebird.org/tripreport/263789?view=checklists

More bird photos on tour : https://ebird.org/tripreport/263789?view=photos

Sensitive species recorded during the tour but not included in the public ebird trip list: Saker Falcon, Mongolian Lark

Group photo from the Jully 2024 Qinghai Tibetan Plateau Birding Tour in China, guided by Summer Wong

left to right : Summer, Deng Hui, Bian Lei, Zhang Shiyan, Wang Jun, Ethan, Wang Ke, Wang Jia, Wang Wenbin, Wang Yunqing

Mammals observed on this tour:

1. Tibetan Antelope

2. Chinese Red Pika

3. Blue Sheep

4. Przewalski’s Gazelle

5. Plateau Pika

6. White-lipped Deer

7. Wolly Hare

8. Himalayan Marmot

9. Tibetan Fox

10. Mountain Weasel

11. Kiang

12. Tibetan Gazelle

13. Domestic Yak

14. Gray Wolf

15. Goitered Gazelle

Buff-throated Monal-Partridge © Summer Wong 2024 July

White Eared Pheasant © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Sandgrouse © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Bunting © Summer Wong 2024 July

Przevalski’s Redstart © Summer Wong 2024 July

Przevalski’s Finch © Summer Wong 2024 July

Przevalski’s Finch © Summer Wong 2024 July

Crested Tit-warbler © Summer Wong 2024 July

Chinese Bush Warbler © Summer Wong 2024 July

Gansu Leaf Warbler © Summer Wong 2024 July

Pale Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Rosefinch © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Snowfinch © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Partridge © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Partridge © Summer Wong 2024 July

Daurian Partridge © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Sandgrouse © Summer Wong 2024 July

Fork-tailed Swift © Summer Wong 2024 July

Ibisbill © Summer Wong 2024 July

Ibisbill © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Sand Plover © Summer Wong 2024 July

Tibetan Sand Plover © Summer Wong 2024 July

Himalayan Vulture © Summer Wong 2024 July

Upland Buzzard © Summer Wong 2024 July

Upland Buzzard © Summer Wong 2024 July

Eurasian Eagle-Owl © Summer Wong 2024 July

Great Spotted Woodpecker © Summer Wong 2024 July

Isabelline Shrike © Summer Wong 2024 July

Black-rumped Magpie © Summer Wong 2024 July

Mongolian Ground Jay © Summer Wong 2024 July

Mongolian Ground Jay © Summer Wong 2024 July

Daurian Jackdaw © Summer Wong 2024 July

Ground Tit © Summer Wong 2024 July

Crested Lark © Summer Wong 2024 July

Asian Short-toed Lark © Summer Wong 2024 July

Bearded Reedling © Summer Wong 2024 July

Yellow-streaked Warbler © Summer Wong 2024 July