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Bird List Column A: Number of Tours (Out of 6) on Which This Species Has Been Seen China Yunnan Cumulative Bird List Column A: Number of tours (out of 6) on which this species has been seen. Column B: Total number of days that the species was recorded on the 2019 tour. Column C: Maximum daily count for that particular species on the 2019 tour. Column D: H = Heard only; (H) = Heard more than seen Codes against the bird names indicate globally threatened species as defined by BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International as follows: CR = Critically Endangered EN = Endangered VU = Vulnerable NT = Near-threatened The order, English and scientific names mostly follow those used in the recommended field guide for this tour - MacKinnon, John and Karen Phillipps. 2000. A Field Guide to the Birds of China. Oxford University Press, Oxford. A B C D 1 Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus 6 Hill Partridge 1 9 Arborophila torqueola 5 Rufous-throated Partridge 3 4 (H) Arborophila rufogularis 3 White-cheeked Partridge NT 1 1 Arborophila atrogularis 2 Mountain Bamboo Partridge 1 2 Bambusicola fytchii 3 Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus 1 Kalij Pheasant 1 1 Lophura leucomelanos williamsi 1 Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera ripponi 3 Mrs Hume's Pheasant VU 1 4 Syrmaticus humiae 1 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 5 Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae 4 Grey Peacock-pheasant 2 9 (H) Polyplectron bicalcaratum 1 Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica 1 Swan Goose Anser cygnoides 1 Tundra Bean Goose Anser s. serrirostris 4 Greylag Goose 1 20 Anser anser 1 Greater White-fronted Goose Anser a. albifrons 4 Bar-headed Goose 1 8 Anser indicus 1 Tundra or Whooper Swan Cygnus columbianus or C. cygnus 1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 China Yunnan Cumulative Bird List… 2 6 Ruddy Shelduck 6 189 Tadorna ferruginea 6 Gadwall 3 100 Anas strepera 3 Falcated Duck 2 2 Anas falcata 6 Eurasian Wigeon 2 350 Anas penelope 6 Mallard 2 30 Anas platyrhynchos 4 Indian Spot-billed Duck 3 32 Anas poecilorhyncha 4 Eastern Spot-billed Duck 1 3 Anas zonorhyncha 6 Northern Shoveler 2 19 Anas clypeata 6 Northern Pintail 2 15 Anas acuta 4 Garganey 1 4 Anas querquedula 2 Baikal Teal Anas formosa 6 Eurasian Teal 2 49 Anas crecca 2 Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 6 Common Pochard 1 1 Aythya ferina 6 Ferruginous Duck NT 2 10 Aythya nyroca 1 Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri 6 Tufted Duck 1 35 Aythya fuligula 4 Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 2 Smew Mergellus albellus 4 Common Merganser 1 15 Mergus merganser 6 Little Grebe 3 300 Tachybaptus ruficollis 6 Great Crested Grebe 3 27 Podiceps cristatus 5 Black-necked Grebe 2 8 Podiceps nigricollis 1 Black Stork Ciconia nigra 1 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 2 Black-crowned Night Heron 4 22 Nycticorax nycticorax 1 Striated Heron Butorides striata 1 Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis 6 Chinese Pond Heron 3 5 Ardeola bacchus 6 Eastern Cattle Egret 6 40 Bubulcus [ibis] coromandus 6 Grey Heron 1 18 Ardea cinerea 4 Great Egret 2 3 Ardea alba 4 Intermediate Egret 1 1 Egretta intermedia 6 Little Egret 7 12 Egretta garzetta 6 Little Cormorant 1 23 Microcarbo niger 6 Great Cormorant 6 20 Phalacrocorax carbo 1 Western Osprey 1 1 Pandion haliaetus 2 Jerdon's Baza 1 1 Aviceda jerdoni 6 Crested Honey-buzzard 5 5 Pernis ptilorhyncus 6 Black-winged Kite 3 2 Elanus caeruleus 1 Black Kite Milvus migrans lineatus 6 Crested Serpent Eagle 2 1 Spilornis cheela 6 Hen Harrier 1 1 Circus cyaneus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 China Yunnan Cumulative Bird List… 3 1 Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis 5 Crested Goshawk 2 1 Accipiter trivirgatus 1 Shikra Accipiter badius 2 Besra Accipiter virgatus 4 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 1 2 Accipiter nisus 1 Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis 6 Accipiter sp. 2 2 Accipiter sp. 6 Himalayan Buzzard 7 4 Buteo burmanicus 1 Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius 4 Eastern Buzzard 1 2 Buteo japonicus 1 Rufous-bellied Hawk-eagle Lophotriorchis kienerii 5 Black Eagle 4 3 Ictinaetus malayensis 1 Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata 5 Mountain Hawk Eagle 1 1 Nisaetus nipalensis 4 Collared Falconet 1 3 Microhierax caerulescens 6 Common Kestrel 5 2 Falco tinnunculus 1 Merlin Falco columbarius 4 Peregrine Falcon 2 2 Falco peregrinus 3 " " 1 1 " " calidus or japonensis 1 " " 1 1 " " peregrinator 1 Great Bustard Otis tarda 3 White-breasted Waterhen 1 3 H Amaurornis phoenicurus 5 Grey-headed Swamphen 1 17 Porphyrio poliocephalus 6 Common Moorhen 5 160 Gallinula chloropus 6 Eurasian Coot 3 10000 Fulica atra 1 White-naped Crane Grus vipio 3 Common Crane Grus grus 2 Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 1 River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii 6 Grey-headed Lapwing 1 1 Vanellus cinereus 1 Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus 6 Little Ringed Plover 3 6 Charadrius dubius 1 Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus 3 Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus 1 Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 5 Common Snipe 1 1 Gallinago gallinago 5 Common Greenshank 2 2 Tringa nebularia 6 Green Sandpiper 2 2 Tringa ochropus 2 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 6 Common Sandpiper 1 1 Actitis hypoleucos 5 Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii 1 Dunlin Calidris alpina 4 Small Pratincole 1 2 Glareola lactea ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 China Yunnan Cumulative Bird List… 4 6 Brown-headed Gull 3 65 Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus 5 Black-headed Gull 3 100 Chroicocephalus ridibundus 4 Pallas's Gull 1 11 Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus 3 Mew Gull Larus canus 4 Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1 Larus fuscus heuglini 4 River Tern 1 3 Sterna aurantia 6 Speckled Wood Pigeon 1 7 Columba hodgsonii 6 Oriental Turtle Dove 2 3 Streptopelia orientalis 3 Eurasian Collared Dove 1 3 Streptopelia decaocto 6 Spotted Dove 8 25 Spilopelia chinensis 2 Barred Cuckoo Dove Macropygia unchall 5 Emerald Dove 3 7 Chalcophaps indica 1 Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra 6 Pin-tailed Green Pigeon 1 15 Treron apicauda 1 Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus 4 Mountain Imperial Pigeon 2 25 Ducula badia 1 Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii 3 Blosom-headed Parakeet 1 2 Psittacula roseata 2 Red-breasted Parakeet 1 1 Psittacula alexandri 5 Greater Coucal 1 2 Centropus sinensis 1 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis 4 Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis 6 Large Hawk-cuckoo 6 3 H Hierococcyx sparverioides 1 Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus 1 Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus 5 Banded Bay Cuckoo 5 1 (H) Cacomantis sonneratii 2 Plaintive Cuckoo 1 1 Cacomantis merulinus 3 Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea 5 Mountain Scops Owl 1 1 H Otus spilocephalus 2 Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia 1 Spot-bellied Eagle Owl Bubo nipalensis 5 Brown Wood Owl 2 1 Strix leptogrammica 1 Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum 6 Collared Owlet 7 3 (H) Glaucidium brodiei 6 Asian Barred Owlet 4 2 H Glaucidium cuculoides 1 Short-eared Owl 1 1 Asio flammeus 3 Grey Nightjar 1 1 Caprimulgus jotaka 1 Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata 5 Himalayan Swiftlet 1 5 Aerodramus brevirostris 3 Silver-backed Needletail 1 5 Hirundapus cochinchinensis 6 Asian Palm Swift 3 4 Cypsiurus balasiensis 6 Cook's Swift 2 10 Apus pacificus ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 China Yunnan Cumulative Bird List… 5 6 House Swift 6 50 Apus affinis 5 Red-headed Trogon 1 1 Harpactes erythrocephalus 1 Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis 4 Oriental Dollarbird 2 4 Eurystomus orientalis 6 White-throated Kingfisher 5 4 Halcyon smyrnensis 6 Common Kingfisher 5 2 Alcedo atthis 3 Pied Kingfisher 1 1 Ceryle rudis 1 Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris 5 Blue-bearded Bee-eater 2 1 H Nyctyornis athertoni 2 Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis 5 Chestnut-headed Bee-eater 3 15 Merops leschenaulti 6 Eurasian Hoopoe 7 3 Upupa epops 2 Oriental Pied Hornbill 1 2 Anthracoceros albirostris 2 Great Hornbill NT Buceros bicornis 4 Wreathed Hornbill 1 3 Rhyticeros undulatus 6 Great Barbet 8 12 (H) Megalaima virens 6 Golden-throated Barbet 5 12 (H) Megalaima franklinii 6 Blue-throated Barbet 6 7 (H) Megalaima asiatica 5 Blue-eared Barbet 2 7 (H) Megalaima australis 6 Coppersmith Barbet 2 3 (H) Megalaima haemacephala 6 Speckled Piculet 3 6 (H) Picumnus innominatus 5 White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea 6 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 3 2 Dendrocopos canicapillus 5 Stripe-breasted Woodpecker 1 3 Dendrocopos atratus 1 Crimson-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos cathpharius 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 H Dendrocopos major 2 Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus 4 Lesser Yellownape 1 1 H Picus chlorolophus 6 Greater Yellownape 5 3 Picus flavinucha 5 Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus 5 Greater Flameback 1 4 Chrysocolaptes lucidus 1 Pale-headed Woodpecker Gecinulus grantia 6 Bay Woodpecker 3 3 Blythipicus pyrrhotis 3 Great Slaty Woodpecker 1 3 Mulleripicus pulverulentus 5 Long-tailed Broadbill 1 2 Psarisomus dalhousiae 1 Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus 3 Blue-naped Pitta 2 2 H Hydrornis nipalensis 1 Rusty-naped Pitta 1 1 H Hydrornis oatesi 6 Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike 2 3 Hemipus picatus 6 Large Woodshrike 3 20 Tephrodornis virgatus 4 Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus 4 Common Iora 1 4 Aegithina tiphia 3 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N.
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