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(Phasianidae) - 3 / 60 Daurian Partridge Perdix Dauurica Japanese Quail Coturnix Japonica Common Pheasant Phasianus Colchicus Pheasants & Allies (Phasianidae) - 3 / 60 Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ducks, Geese, Swans (Anatidae) - 13 / 57 Greylag Goose Anser anser Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna Garganey Spatula querquedula Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata Gadwall Mareca strepera Falcated Duck Mareca falcata Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Eurasian Teal Anas crecca Common Pochard Aythya ferina Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator Nightjars (Caprimulgidae) - 1 / 7 Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka Swifts (Apodidae) - 3 / 14 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus Common Swift Apus apus Pacific Swift Apus pacificus Cuckoos (Cuculidae) - 6 / 21 Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Pigeons, Doves (Columbidae) - 3 / 29 Rock Dove Columba livia introduced Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto Rails, Crakes & Coots (Rallidae) - 7 / 20 Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Baillon's Crake Porzana pusilla Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca Watercock Gallicrex cinerea Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Eurasian Coot Fulica atra Cranes (Gruidae) - 3 / 9 White-naped Crane Antigone vipio Demoiselle Crane Grus virgo Red-crowned Crane Grus japonensis Grebes (Podicipedidae) - 3 / 5 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis Buttonquail (Turnicidae) - 1 / 3 Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki Stilts, Avocets (Recurvirostridae) - 1 / 2 Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Plovers (Charadriidae) - 9 / 19 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus Lesser Sand Plover Charadrius mongolus Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii Painted-snipes (Rostratulidae) - 1 / 1 Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis Sandpipers, Snipes (Scolopacidae) - 26 / 51 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris Red Knot Calidris canutus Ruff Calidris pugnax Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea Sanderling Calidris alba Dunlin Calidris alpina Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes Common Redshank Tringa totanus Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia Coursers, Pratincoles (Glareolidae) - 1 / 4 Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum Gulls, Terns, Skimmers (Laridae) - 11 / 39 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Saunders's Gull Chroicocephalus saundersi Relict Gull Ichthyaetus relictus Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris Vega Gull Larus vegae Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia Little Tern Sternula albifrons Common Tern Sterna hirundo Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus Storks (Ciconiidae) - 2 / 7 Black Stork Ciconia nigra Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana Cormorants, Shags (Phalacrocoracidae) - 1 / 6 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo Herons, Bitterns (Ardeidae) - 11 / 23 Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Striated Heron Butorides striata Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Grey Heron Ardea cinerea Purple Heron Ardea purpurea Great Egret Ardea alba Little Egret Egretta garzetta Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes Kites, Hawks, Eagles (Accipitridae) - 8 / 53 Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus Chinese Sparrowhawk Accipiter soloensis Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos Black Kite Milvus migrans Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus Owls (Strigidae) - 2 / 29 Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia Northern Boobook Ninox japonica Hoopoes (Upupidae) - 1 / 1 Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops Rollers (Coraciidae) - 1 / 3 Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Kingfishers (Alcedinidae) - 2 / 11 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Woodpeckers (Picidae) - 6 / 31 Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Dryobates minor Rufous-bellied Woodpecker Dendrocopos hyperythrus Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus Caracaras, Falcons (Falconidae) - 3 / 12 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus Amur Falcon Falco amurensis Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo Shrikes (Laniidae) - 3 / 14 Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus Figbirds, Orioles, Turnagra (Oriolidae) - 1 / 7 Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Drongos (Dicruridae) - 1 / 7 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Crows, Jays (Corvidae) - 7 / 31 Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha Eurasian Magpie Pica pica Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus Carrion Crow Corvus corone Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Tits, Chickadees (Paridae) - 3 / 23 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris Willow Tit Poecile montanus Great Tit Parus major Penduline Tits (Remizidae) - 1 / 2 Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus Larks (Alaudidae) - 1 / 15 Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) - 1 / 21 Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis Swallows, Martins (Hirundinidae) - 4 / 14 Sand Martin Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common House Martin Delichon urbicum Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies (Cettiidae) - 1 / 19 Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps Bushtits (Aegithalidae) - 1 / 8 Silver-throated Bushtit (Endemic) Aegithalos glaucogularis Leaf Warblers & Allies (Phylloscopidae) - 12 / 50 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae Reed Warblers & Allies (Acrocephalidae) - 4 / 16 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps Manchurian Reed Warbler Acrocephalus tangorum Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon Grassbirds & Allies (Locustellidae) - 3 / 17 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi Cisticolas & Allies (Cisticolidae) - 1 / 12 Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis Laughingthrushes & Allies (Leiothrichidae) - 1 / 63 Plain Laughingthrush (Endemic) Pterorhinus davidi Sylviid Babblers (Sylviidae) - 2 / 40 Beijing Babbler Rhopophilus pekinensis Vinous-throated Parrotbill Sinosuthora webbiana White-eyes (Zosteropidae) - 2 / 12 Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus Swinhoe's White-eye Zosterops simplex Goldcrests, Kinglets (Regulidae) - 1 / 1 Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatches (Sittidae) - 1 / 11 Chinese Nuthatch Sitta villosa Starlings, Rhabdornis (Sturnidae) - 2 / 19 White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus Thrushes (Turdidae) - 6 / 37 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus Chinese Thrush (Endemic) Turdus mupinensis Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) - 19 / 101 Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica Zappey's Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans Bluethroat Luscinia svecica Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia Green-backed Flycatcher Ficedula elisae Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches (Passeridae) - 1 / 13 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus Wagtails, Pipits (Motacillidae) - 10 / 21 Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
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