Lhasa and the Tibetan Plateau

Cumulative Bird List Column A: Total number of tours (out of 6) that the species was recorded Column B: Total number of days that the species was recorded on the 2016 tour Column C: Maximum daily count for that particular species on the 2016 tour Column D: H = Heard Only; (H) = Heard more than seen

Globally threatened species as defined by BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-Rom Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International are identified as follows: EN = Endangered; VU = Vulnerable; NT = Near- threatened.

A B C D

6 Greylag Goose 2 15 Anser anser

6 Bar-headed Goose 4 300 Anser indicus

3 Whooper Swan 1 2 Cygnus cygnus

1 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna

6 Ruddy Shelduck 8 700 Tadorna ferruginea

3 Gadwall 2 3 Anas strepera

1 Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope

5 Mallard 2 8 Anas platyrhynchos

2 Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha

1 Indian or Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhynchos or A. zonorhyncha

1 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

1 Northern Pintail Anas acuta

1 Garganey 2 15 Anas querquedula

4 Eurasian Teal 2 50 Anas crecca

6 Red-crested Pochard 3 2000 Netta rufina

6 Common Pochard 2 200 Aythya ferina

3 Ferruginous Duck NT 1 8 Aythya nyroca

6 Tufted Duck 2 200 Aythya fuligula

5 Common Goldeneye 2 11 Bucephala clangula

4 Common Merganser 3 51 Mergus merganser

5 Chinese Grouse NT 2 1 Tetrastes sewerzowi

4 Verreaux's Monal-Partridge 1 1 H Tetraophasis obscurus 5 Tibetan Snowcock 1 5 H Tetraogallus tibetanus 4 Przevalski's Partridge 1 1 Alectoris magna

1 Daurian Partridge Perdix dauurica

6 Tibetan Partridge 2 11 Perdix hodgsoniae

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6 Tibetan Eared Pheasant NT 1 51 Crossoptilon harmani

4 Blue Eared Pheasant 2 8 Crossoptilon auritum

6 Common Pheasant 3 3 Phasianus colchicus strauchi

1 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

6 Great Crested Grebe 4 210 Podiceps cristatus

1 Horned Grebe Podiceps auritus

6 Black-necked Grebe 2 43 Podiceps nigricollis

1 Black-cowned Night Heron 1 4 Nycticorax nycticorax

2 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus

4 Eastern Cattle Egret Bubulcus coromandus

6 Grey Heron 3 6 Ardea cinerea

2 Great Egret 1 2 Egreta alba

6 Great Cormorant 3 200 Phalacrocorax carbo

6 Bearded Vulture 4 3 Gypaetus barbatus

6 Himalayan Vulture 8 40 Gyps himalayensis

2 Cinereous Vulture NT Aegypius monachus

6 Golden Eagle 3 2 Aquila chrysaetos

4 Eurasian Sparrowhawk 2 2 Accipiter nisus

3 Northern Goshawk 1 1 Accipiter gentilis

3 Accipter sp. Accipter sp.

6 Black Kite 5 4 Milvus migrans

6 Pallas's Fish Eagle VU 1 1 Haliaeetus leucoryphus

6 Upland Buzzard 6 95 Buteo hemilasius

6 Himalayan Buzzard 1 1 Buteo burmanicus

4 Common Moorhen 1 8 Gallinula chloropus

6 Eurasian Coot 3 250 Fulica atra

6 Black-necked Crane VU 4 23 Grus nigricollis

1 Ibisbill 1 3 Ibidorhyncha struthersii

3 Black-winged Stilt 2 10 Himantopus himantopus

1 Pied Avocet 1 20 Recurvirostra avosetta

2 Northern Lapwing 2 3 Vanellus vanellus

3 Pacific Golden Plover 2 1 Pluvialis fulva

1 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula

3 Little Ringed Plover 4 4 Charadrius dubius

6 Kentish Plover 5 40 Charadrius alexandrinus

6 Lesser Sand Plover 1 5 Charadrius mongolus schaeferi

3 Greater Sand Plover Charadrius leschenaultii

1 Pin-tailed or Swinhoe's Snipe 1 1 Gallinago stenura or G. megala

1 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago

5 Black-tailed Godwit NT 3 30 Limosa limosa

2 Eurasian Curlew NT Numenius arquata

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3 Spotted Redshank 1 9 Tringa erythropus

6 Common Redshank 4 70 Tringa totanus

6 Common Greenshank 3 6 Tringa nebularia

6 Green Sandpiper 4 3 Tringa ochropus

6 Wood Sandpiper 4 25 Tringa glareola

1 Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

6 Common Sandpiper 1 8 Actitis hypoleucos

1 Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis

2 Little Stint 1 21 Calidris minuta

6 Temminck's Stint 3 168 Calidris temminckii

2 Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta

2 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 1 1 Calidris acuminata

5 Curlew Sandpiper 3 4 Calidris ferruginea

1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax

6 Brown-headed Gull 5 300 Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

6 Black-headed Gull 2 1 Chroicocephalus ridibundus

1 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus

6 Pallas's Gull 5 100 Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus

2 Vega Gull 1 1 Larus vegae

1 Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

1 Little Tern Sternula albifrons

6 Common Tern 6 50 Sterna hirundo

4 Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida

2 White-winged Tern 2 1 Chlidonias leucopterus

1 Tibetan Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes tibetanus

1 Pallas's Sandgrouse Syrrhaptes paradoxus

6 Rock Dove 5 60 Columba livia

6 Hill Pigeon 10 56 Columba rupestris

6 Oriental Turtle Dove 4 13 Streptopelia orientalis

6 Eurasian Collared Dove 5 12 Streptopelia decaocto

5 Spotted Dove 1 1 Spilopelia chinensis

4 Common Cuckoo 2 5 Cuculus canorus

1 Eurasian Eagle-owl 2 2 (H) Bubo bubo 5 Little Owl 2 1 Athene noctua

6 Common Swift 2 60 Apus apus

6 Salim Ali's Swift 4 50 Apus salimalii

6 Eurasian Hoopoe 9 420 Upupa epops

3 Eurasian Wryneck 1 1 Jynx torquilla

1 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus

6 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 1 Dendrocopos major beicki

4 Black Woodpecker 2 2 (H) Dryocopus martius

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5 Grey-headed Woodpecker 2 1 Picus canus

6 Common Kestrel 7 4 Falco tinnunculus

2 Amur Falcon Falco amurensis

5 Eurasian Hobby 2 1 Falco subbuteo

6 Saker Falcon EN 4 42 Falco cherrug

4 Brown Shrike 2 1 Lanius cristatus

6 Isabelline Shrike 1 2 Lanius isabellinus saidamensis

6 Grey-backed Shrike 8 13 Lanius tephronotus

1 Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus

4 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

6 Eurasian Jay 2 4 (H) Garrulus glandarius kansuensis 5 Azure-winged Magpie 4 25 Cyanopica cyanus

6 Eurasian Magpie 9 9 Pica pica

6 Henderson's Ground Jay 1 3 Podoces hendersoni

6 Red-billed Chough 11 150 Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

3 Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus

3 Rook Corvus frugilegus

4 Carrion Crow Corvus corone orientalis

6 Large-billed Crow 3 6 Corvus macrorhynchos

6 Northern Raven 2 203 Corvus corax

4 Rufous-vented Tit 1 4 Periparus rubidiventris

6 Grey Crested Tit 2 5 Lophophanes dichrous

6 White-browed Tit 2 6 Poecile superciliosus

1 Marsh Tit Poecile palustris

6 Willow Tit 2 15 Poecile montanus

6 Ground Tit 7 100 Parus humilis

6 Japanese Tit 4 8 Parus minor tibetanus

3 Bearded Reedling 1 2 Panurus biarmicus russicus

6 Oriental Skylark 5 ##### Alauda gulgula

5 Crested Lark Galerida cristata

6 Horned Lark 7 30 Eremophila alpestris

6 Hume's Short-toed Lark 1 4 Calandrella acutirostris

1 Greater Short-toed Lark 5 125 Calandrella brachydactyla dukhunensis

6 Mongolian Lark 1 7 Melanocorypha mongolica

6 Tibetan Lark 1 6 Melanocorypha maxima

1 Asian Short-toed Lark Calandrella cheleensis

3 Light-vented Bulbul 1 2 Pycnonotus sinensis

6 Pale Martin 6 100 Riparia diluta

6 Eurasian Crag Martin 5 25 Ptyonoprogne rupestris

6 Barn Swallow 3 15 Hirundo rustica

6 Asian House Martin 5 40 Delichon dasypus cashmeriense

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2 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

1 Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis

6 White-browed Tit-warbler 3 6 Leptopoecile sophiae

1 Dusky Warbler 1 1 Phylloscopus fuscatus

6 Smoky Warbler 1 2 Phylloscopus fuligiventer weigoldi

6 Tickell's Leaf Warbler 2 4 Phylloscopus affinis

6 Alpine Leaf Warbler 7 8 Phylloscopus occisinensis

6 Yellow-streaked Warbler 2 10 Phylloscopus armandii

5 Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher

6 Gansu Leaf Warbler 2 10 (H) Phylloscopus kansuensis 2 Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis

3 Yellow-browed Warbler 1 1 H Phylloscopus inornatus 6 Hume's Leaf Warbler 3 20 (H) Phylloscopus humei 6 Greenish Warbler 2 16 (H) Phylloscopus trochiloides obscuratus 5 Large-billed Leaf Warbler 1 1 H Phylloscopus magnirostris 5 Spotted Bush Warbler 3 4 (H) Locustella thoracica 6 Plain Laughingthrush 3 5 Garrulax davidi

6 Elliot's Laughingthrush 3 15 (H) Trochalopteron elliotii 6 Brown-cheeked Laughingthrush 1 40 Trochalopteron henrici

6 Giant Babax 1 21 Babax waddelli

1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 1 Sylvia curruca margelanica

1 Goldcrest 2 2 Regulus regulus

6 Eurasian Wren 1 1 H Troglodytes troglodytes 6 Chinese Nuthatch 2 4 Sitta villosa

6 Przevalski's Nuthatch 1 4 Sitta przewalskii

2 Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

6 Eurasian Treecreeper 2 4 Certhia familiaris bianchii

1 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus

2 White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus

2 Rosy Starling Pastor roseus

6 Tibetan Blackbird 2 4 Turdus maximus

5 Chestnut Thrush 2 3 Turdus rubrocanus

5 Kessler's Thrush 2 1 Turdus kessleri

2 Chinese Thrush 1 1 Turdus mupinensis

2 Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta

1 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa latirostris

4 White-bellied Redstart 1 2 Hodgsonius phoenicuroides

1 White-tailed Rubythroat Luscinia pectoralis tschebaiewi

5 Siberian Rubythroat Luscinia calliope

6 Red-flanked Bluetail 2 15 Tarsiger cyanurus albocoeruleus

2 Slaty-backed Flycatcher 1 1 Ficedula hodgsonii

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2 Taiga Flycatcher 1 5 Ficedula albicilla

3 Przevalski's Redstart Phoenicurus alaschanicus

6 Black Redstart 7 25 Phoenicurus ochruros rufiventris

6 Hodgson's Redstart 5 10 Phoenicurus hodgsoni

6 White-throated Redstart 2 8 Phoenicurus schisticeps

2 Daurian Redstart 1 1 H Phoenicurus auroreus 6 Güldenstädt's Redstart 2 4 Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

6 Blue-fronted Redstart 4 8 Phoenicurus frontalis

6 Plumbeous Water Redstart 2 1 Rhyacornis fuliginosa

6 White-capped Redstart 2 2 Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

3 Common Rock Thrush 1 1 Monticola saxatilis

6 Siberian Stonechat 3 7 Saxicola maurus przewalskii

5 Desert Wheatear 2 3 Oenanthe deserti

1 Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka

6 Isabelline Wheatear 3 3 Oenanthe isabellina

5 White-throated Dipper 1 1 Cinclus cinclus

3 Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans

6 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 10 80 Passer montanus

6 Rock Sparrow 5 45 Petronia petronia

6 Henri's Snowfinch 1 3 Montifringilla henrici

6 Tibetan Snowfinch 3 30 Montifringilla adamsi

6 White-rumped Snowfinch 4 30 Onychostruthus taczanowskii

5 Pere David's Snowfinch 2 8 Pyrgilauda davidiana

6 Rufous-necked Snowfinch 4 45 Pyrgilauda ruficollis

6 Blanford's Snowfinch 1 7 Pyrgilauda blanfordi

2 Rufous-necked or Blanford's Snowfinch Pyrgilauda ruficollis or P. blanfordi

6 Robin Accentor 1 6 Prunella rubeculoides

6 Rufous-breasted Accentor 4 2 Prunella strophiata

6 Brown Accentor 6 9 Prunella fulvescens

6 Western Yellow Wagtail 1 1 Motacilla flava

2 Western or Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava or M. tschutschensis

6 Citrine Wagtail 4 25 Motacilla citreola

3 Grey Wagtail 2 2 Motacilla cinerea

6 White Wagtail 9 10 Motacilla alba

4 " " alboides 2 6 " " alboides

1 " " alba " " alba

6 " " leucopsis 3 3 " " leucopsis

6 Richard's Pipit 2 3 Anthus richardi

2 Blyth's Pipit 5 5 Anthus godlewskii

6 Olive-backed Pipit 3 10 Anthus hodgsoni

6 Rosy Pipit 4 8 Anthus roseatus

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4 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta blakistoni

6 Przevalski's Finch 1 8 Urocynchramus pylzowi

6 White-winged Grosbeak 1 6 Mycerobas carnipes

6 Grey-headed Bullfinch 2 7 Pyrrhula erythaca

6 Mongolian Finch 1 6 Eremopsaltria mongolica

5 Plain Mountain Finch 1 3 Leucosticte nemoricola

4 Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti

6 Common Rosefinch 2 2 Carpodacus erythrinus

6 Streaked Rosefinch 4 22 Carpodacus rubicilloides

6 Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch 1 8 Carpodacus davidianus

6 Stresemann's Rosefinch 1 25 Carpodacus eos

1 Pale Rosefinch Carpodacus synoicus

5 Tibetan Rosefinch 1 2 Kozlowia roborowskii

6 Chinese White-browed Rosefinch 3 8 (H) Carpodacus dubius 1 Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus

1 Crimson-browed Finch 1 1 Propyrrhula subhimachala

6 Grey-capped Greenfinch 4 15 Chloris sinica

1 Desert Finch Rhodospiza obsoleta

6 Twite 7 80 Carduelis flavirostris miniakensis

3 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra

2 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus

6 Pine Bunting 3 2 Emberiza leucocephalos

6 Godlewski's Bunting 1 3 Emberiza godlewskii

1 Meadow Bunting Emberiza cioides

1 Yellow-breasted Bunting EN Emberiza aureola

4 Black-faced Bunting 1 2 Emberiza spodocephala

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