China - Sichuan - Birding Trip Report 21/05/ /06/2011

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1 China - Sichuan - Birding Trip Report 21/05/ /06/2011 Summary After several trips in Europe, South America and Africa, I wanted to visit the Asian continent. Although we went in India last year, it was not the truly Asia. I started to read some trip reports on the internet and I choose China, especially Sichuan, because this destination offers good diversity of Asian birds, lots of endemics and an easy logistics. Participants This trip was a great success! We saw 278 species of birds and 10 species of mammals (including Red Panda and Wolf). Eva Andreu, François Gabillard and Raphaël Lebrun (lebrun.raphael@gmail.com) China Sichuan

2 Itinerary Day 1-21/05: Flight Bruxelles (1h50 pm) Beijing (5h10 am next morning) with Hainan Airlines Day 2-22/05: Flight Beijing Chengdu (7h55 am - 10h30 am). Transport to Laojunshan NP Day 3-23/05: Laojunshan NP Walk Er Ya Ping Guesthouse to Laojun Guesthouse Day 4-24/05: Laojunshan NP Higher elevations Day 5-25/05: Laojunshan NP Walk Laojun Guesthouse to Er Ya Ping Guesthouse. At 10h30 am drive to Wawushan Day 6-26/05: Wawushan morning drive for Pheasant + top elevation Day 7-27/05: Wawushan top and middle elevation Day 8-28/05: Wawushan middle elevation Day 9-29/05: Wawushan entrance road. At 9 am: drive to Wolong - Around 4 pm: Sawan Day 10-30/05: Wolong - Wuyipeng Day 11-31/05: Wolong - Balangshan Day 12-01/06: Wolong - Wuyipeng Day 13-02/06: Wolong - Balangshan Day 14 03/06: Wolong Balangshan - At 10am Drive to Maerkang via Rilong Day 15-04/06: Mengbishan Day 16-05/06: Drive Maerkang Honguyan Ruoergai Day 17-06/06: Early morning in Baxi - From 10 am birding between Ruoergai and Flower Lake Day 18-07/06: Early morning in Baxi - From 10 am drive to Jiuzhaigou NP - Around 4 pm birding outside of the park Day 19-08/06: Jiuzhaigou NP Day 20-09/06: Jiuzhaigou NP Day 21-10/06: Drive Jiuzhaigou NP Chengdu via Gon Gon Lin Pass - Between 5 pm and 6.30 pm Du Fu Cottage Park Day 22-11/06: Flight Chengdu Bejing (11h35 am 2h30 pm) Day 23-12/06: Flight Bejing Bruxelles (1h20 am 6h am) Acknowledgments I would like to thank Peter and Erwin Collaerts, Bart and Kris de Keersmaecker for the precious info they provide me (maps, advices and bird sounds) to organize the trip. Thanks also to Eva and François for their patience on the field and for the good atmosphere during the entire trip. Getting there - flights We booked a return flight Bruxelles Beijing - Chengdu through Go Voyages website. The cost of the flight was 753 /pers. All the flights were operated by Hainan Airlines. Departure o 21/05/2011: Bruxelles (1h50 pm) Beijing (22/05/2011 5h10 am) o 22/05/2011: Beijing (7h55 am) Chengdu (10h30 am) Return o o 11/06/2011: Chengdu (11h35 am) Beijing (2h30 pm) 12/06/2011: Beijing (1h20 am) Bruxelles (6h am) Initially the flight Chengdu - Beijing was planned on the 11/06/2001 at 8h50 pm and will arrive at Beijing around 11h10 pm. Two weeks before the departure Hainan Airlines changed the schedule. We had a very long stop-over at Beijing but the company provided us a comfortable hotel near the airport. Getting around - transport Laojunshan: we used the service of Mr Dai Bo and he arranged the lodging and the transport to the park. He was waiting for us, together with 2 Laojunshan National Park staff members, at Chengdu aiport. The price was CNY (~ 150 ) for the transport from Chengdu airport to the park. You can contact him by mail dai-bo@126.com. China Sichuan

3 Rest of the trip: we hired a van with driver by Samtours. We choose a van instead of a 4WD (more expensive). We had plenty of space and it was very comfortable albeit a bit slow (max 90km/h on speedway). The price was CNY (~ 1120 ) for 17 days. The price include rental of the van, fuel, toll fee, salary and accommodation of the driver. Contact person: Samuel Yue Company name: Chengdu Overseas Tourist Corporation Address: No. 246 Wuhouci Dajie, Chengdu, China Tel: Fax: Mobile: samtour@yahoo.com On the last day on Chengdu, the drive from the hotel to the airport was not included, the driver charged us 100 CNY (~ 10 ). Jiuzhaigou: the park can be explored by foot or by bus. There are 2 types of bus stop: one to get off and one to get on. Between the 2 stops, you have to walk surrounded, at some place, by hundreds of Chinese tourists. It s nearly impossible to take a bus from a get off stop or along the road, although on the last day a bus stopped to pick up. Accomodations Laojunshan NP: we stayed 1 night at the Er Ping Guesthouse and 2 nights at Laojun Guesthouse at the top of the mountain. The accommodation was very basic there, only a bed, no electricity and no heating. We were so tired that we slept quite well! The price was CNY (entrance, accommodation and food) for 3 persons. Rest of the tour: Sam takes care of booking all the hotels for us. Due to a misunderstanding he booked only a room for 2 persons. Finally, François shared the accommodation with the driver in every place except in Ruoergai where we shared the room with him. We paid CNY for 17 nights for a double room in each hotel. François paid less, as he benefits from the driver s accommodation price. Not a bad deal :-) Accomodation was generally ok. Laojunshan Name: Er Ping Guesthouse and Laojun Guesthouse Number of nights spent: 3 Review: very basic accommodation, no electricity and no heating. Restaurant: food was included (noodles in the morning and good lunch at midday and the evening, not very varied but ok for 3 days). Wawushan China Sichuan

4 Name: Gongtong Shanzhuang Number of nights spent: 4 Review: expensive (220 CNY) regarding the state of the rooms. Not hot water and no heating, only heating blanket. The staff provides thermos with hot water. European toilet in the room. Restaurant: Only one available on the top. Good and cheap. Menu in English but only few meals translate. Breakfast only served as from 7h30 am. Wolong Name: Linhui Hostel Number of nights spent: 5 Review: Nice hotel with hot water but Turkish toilet. Restaurant: good and cheap. They invited us to go in the kitchen in order to choose what we wanted to eat. Maerkang Name: Minshan Hotel Number of nights: 2 Review: Very good hotel, clean room and bed. Hot water and air-conditioning in the room. Restaurant: no restaurant in the hotel, but lots around. Ruoergai Name: Highland Peal Hotel Number of nights: 2 Review: Good hotel, clean room and bed. Hot water and air-conditioning in the room. Restaurant: no restaurant in the hotel, but lots around. Jiuzhaigou Name: Fengye Meishi Hotel Number of nights: 2 Review: Very expensive hotel regarding where we went before (the cheaper in the area I guess). The room cleanliness is not top as the price. They didn t provide towels, after Sam has discussed with the owner they have provided us some. Restaurant: we didn t try the hotel restaurant because it looks expensive, plenty small place to eat around hotels, sometimes expensive (very touristic place). Jiuzhaigou Name: Pension inside the park Number of nights: 1 Review: good enough to spend a night. Shower and Turkish toilet available. The cost for a night is 100 CNY included evening lunch. Restaurant: a good supper was included in the price. Chengdu Name: Holly s Hostel Number of nights: 1 Review: maybe the best hotel during our stay! Very clean place with hot water and airconditioning in the room. Free internet at disposal! Restaurant: we didn t try the hotel restaurant, we preferred to had lunch outside. Food The food was good and quite cheap everywhere (except in some restaurant in Jiuzhaigou). The breakfast in restaurant consists in noodles (no breads) but are served quite late (around 7h30am). Expect to pay around 40 CNY (~ 4 ) for 4 persons. For the evening lunch we took rice with pork/beef meat and a plate of vegetables. Menus are in Chinese and, except in some restaurant, there is no pictures of the dishes. At some places we went directly in the kitchen and we showed what we wanted to eat. We paid a lunch around 160CNY for 4 persons. We brought our own Tupperware, so sometimes we took with us the remaining to eat the next day in the field. China Sichuan

5 A 50cl beer is around 8 CNY :-) Weather In small shop along the road or in villages you can buy tape water (1 to 2 CNY for a 50cl bottle) and some pastries. It s very difficult (impossible?) to find bread and sometimes you can t identify what they sold :-) Rice cakes are quite good! We encountered all type of weather during our stay: sun, fog, rain and even snow! So bring hat, gloves, fleece jacket, umbrella and rain gear! You never know! We had rain nearly every day (either day or evening/night). In the daily log the weather is specified. The fog at the top of Wawushan costs us at least one endemic (Gray-hooded Parrotbill) and in Balangshan we had only one very clear morning in 3 days with snow on the ground between km 92 and 94. Health & Safety Endemic We didn t encounter any troubles during our stay. We saw 28 species of endemic birds Verreaux's Partridge Sichuan Partridge Chinese Monal Blue Eared-Pheasant Golden Pheasant Severtsov's Grouse Sichuan Jay White-browed Tit Pere David's Tit Yellow-bellied Tit Sooty Tit Sichuan Treecreeper Sichuan Leaf-Warbler Emei Leaf-Warbler Spectacled Fulvetta Chinese Fulvetta Three-toed Parrotbill Pere David s Laughingthrush Sukatschev's Laughingthrush Barred Laughingthrush Giant Laughingthrush Buffy Laughingthrush Elliot s Laughingthrush Gray-faced Liocichla Slaty Bunting Pink-rumped Rosefinch Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Tibetan Snowfinch References I collected several trip reports from Travellingbirder but now you can find these reports on The following reports were the most interesting: Laojunshan, Sichuan, China : Björn Anderson Sichuan (18/05 18/06/2006) : Peter Collaerts Sichuan (19/05 05/06/2006) : Remco Hofland China: Sichuan & Qing Hai 7-27 July 2007 China - 2 April - 7 June 2009 : Noëlle & Hervé Jacob Sichuan 1 May 24 May 2010, including Crested Ibis extension : Henk Hendriks Literature We took with us: A Field Guide to the Birds of China by J. MacKinnon and K. Phillipps A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia by C. Robson A copy of the article about the Phylloscopus and Seicercus warblers, written by F. Rheindt and published in Birding Asia number 5 June 2006 China Sichuan

6 Sites visited & birding facts Laojunshan National Park This park is not regularly visited but it s the best place for the endemic Sichuan Partridge. We spent 3 days here but maybe it s better to take 1 day more, especially if the weather is bad. We had a full day of fog on the top but despite that fact we saw good species. Lower part Don t spend too much time around Er Ya Ping Guesthouse because the best species are on the ridge. Upper part After climbing the steep steps you will reach the ridge. Wawushan Road near the entrance Just after the entrance on your left it s a road that follows the river and passes next to some buildings. Take this road and go up to a rusty pipe that crosses the road (from above), just before a right turn. 20m before the pipe on the right side there are some bushes where Ashy-throated Parrotbill is easy. Just after the turn we found a pair of Chestnut-crowned Warbler. Mid elevation We explore the area between Km19 and Km7 several morning and evening by car and also by foot. It s the best strategy to see the Lady Amherst's Pheasant, we saw at least 4 and we heard another 3 calling. The area around Km11 is very good for warblers, especially Emei Leaf-Warbler. Top elevation The main problem is the weather. It s difficult to predict from the bottom what the conditions will be at the top. We spent 2 days there and we had only 3 hours of good weather. The weather can change quickly at the top On the first day we explored the trail going right from the top of the cable car, but as there was too much fog we went back in the forest via the trail to Len Xi Water Fall. We did the entire tour via the Tai Qing Temple. China Sichuan

7 On our second day we started directly in the forest and when we arrived in the open area the fog was already thick. The area near the closed trail is good for Brown Bush-warbler. Gongtong Shanzhuang hotel We didn t spent lots of time exploring this area. We took the trail behind the hotel but it s very difficult to follow. We saw nothing special there. Wawushan hotel We spent 2 hours around this hotel near the entrance of the park. We saw there our only Brown Shrike of the trip. Wolong area Sawan Due to construction works, the trail behind the hotel is not easily reachable. On our first day, a Sunday, it was possible to use it but during weekdays it s not. We found another trail at the start of the village. First the trail goes through cultivated field but after a few hundred meters it merges with the forest trail. We went there two times before we saw our target: Slaty Bunting. Wuyipeng We spent 2 days at this site. We easily found the entrance of the trail but we lost our way during the rise on the first day. This site required a permit to explore the trails behind the ranger s office. As a group, with permit, visits this site on the same day, we decided to explore the trail from the bottom until the station. On the second day we walked directly to the ranger s station, it took us at least 1.30 hours, with 2 stops, to reach the station. At 8.30am we were on the trail behind the station, we spent the rest of the day between the station and the top of the hill. The first part of the trail was nearly birdless but after passing a rocky area, requiring some climbing, we reached a much better forest with bamboos. Here we saw good birds Three-toed and Fulvous Parrotbill, Black-faced Laughingthrush and a Sichuan Treecreeper. China Sichuan

8 500m before reaching the top, Eva found a Red Panda resting on a branch of a big fir tree. We spent the next half hour to observe it before he disappeared in the bamboo. Balangshan We spent 2 full days and 1 morning at this site. Normally there are mileage sign along the road but very few signs remain. Only the sign 94km is still in place. Km92 Pheasant site We visit this area between 6.30am and 8am. After the tunnel (when coming from the bottom) there is a parking area. When facing the high mountains, on your left side you have an open area where we saw White Eared-pheasant. Several Koklass Pheasant were calling between bushes but we haven t seen any. China Sichuan

9 On the other side of the road, hills holds several Snow Pigeon, Rosy Pipit and several calling Verreaux's Partridge giving very good view. On a low hill nearby we saw a couple of Chinese Monal feeding between low bushes. Km 94 Wood Snipe site Before you reach the 94 km sign you will see high voltage eletric wires crossing the road. The Wood Snipe inhabits this area. It s easy to hear this bird but it s more difficult to have a view on it. On our first morning the view was quite clear and we managed to have a brief view of a flying bird. The 2 next mornings the fog was thick and it prevented us to see anything. The bird is active from 5 to 5.45am. Km 88 Obelisk area We walked 2 times between km92 and km88, one afternoon and one morning. The best area was between km 89 and 88 and the grassy areas around the obelisk. We saw here Darkbreasted and Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, Crimson-browed Finch, Collared Grosbeak, Giant Laughingthrush and Chinese Babax. Km 94 Top We stopped regularly along the road and we easily found all our targets. The area above the second obelisk is good fortibetan Snowcock. Juste below the house near the top of the pass we found Red-fronted Rosefinch. China Sichuan

10 Mengbishan We plan to visit the area for 1.5 days and we had enough. We walked several time, on an afternoon and the next morning, the area between Km29 and Km23. We focused on this area because it s the best place to see the endmic Sichuan Jay and Crested Titwarbler (we missed it). The Jay is not easy and not very responsive to the tape, only the Giant Laughingthrush answered the Jay song, so be careful with heard-only tick. We spent 4 hours in the afternoon on the trail leaving from the house on the Km29. The descent is easy and goes through a good fir tree forest. This forest holds several Blood Pheasant. In the valley there is an area with low bushes. We flushed 1, maybe 2, Severtzov's Grouse(s) which fed on buds. Luckily I was able to have a very good look on a male running towards the forest. This area held also the endemic Chinese Fulvetta, very responsive to the tape but hard to see well. The rise is quite steep but by walking slowly it s not so hard, especially if you have already been to other mountain sites like we did. China Sichuan

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12 Tibetan Plateau On the first day we went straight from Maerkang to Ruoergai. We made several stops along the road checking some water bodies and fileds. The weather was very bad the entire morning but the afternoon it has improved a bit and we were able to explore on foot some areas. The area starting 20 km before Hongyuan is good for Black-necked Crane. We had a group of 20 feeding together. 10 km after Hongyuan there is an area with low hills and low bushes, it s a good place for Pere David s Laughingthrush and Godlewski s Bunting. After taking the road towards Ruoergai you will soon start climbing a low hill. Just before this hill on your left hand side there is a rocky area. Here we found a pair of Tibetan Partridge. 10 km further there are some other hills on the left side of the road and here we saw Tibetan Snowfinch. The others Tibetan species are widespread and by stopping regularly along the road you will easily find them. A good area around Ruoergai is the road leaving towards Flower Lake. After the first hill there is a Ruoergai Marshes sign on the right of the road. Park there and walk uphill and you will access a good field with lots of White-rumped Snowfinch, here we had also a Rufous-necked Snowfinch. Along this road raptors are quite numerous. It s a good place for Cinereous Vulture. Around 10 km before the lake you will cross a field with low poles. It s where we had Saker Falcon. We didn t visit the lake itself but we walked in a field on the left side of the road roughly 1 km before it. It s a good spot for White-rumped Snowfinch, Saker Falcon, Brown-headed Gull and Tibetan Lark. On the other side of the road on a hill we found a Gray Wolf and 2 Himalayan Gazelle. China Sichuan

13 Baxi We spent 2 times 3 hours early morning in this area. It s a very nice place with hills and nice patch of scrubs. It s a good spot for several endemic species: Blue Eared-Pheasant, Plain and Sukatschev's Laughingthrush. The good area for the Phesant starts roughly 5 km from the main road Ruoergai Jiuzhaigou. 7 km from the main road, after passing a barrier near the first houses on your left there are several low hills. On the top of one we saw a party of 4 males Blue Eared-Pheasant feeding. We spent some time checking the scrubs on the other side of the road and it s where we found some trip exclusive species: Tiger Shrike, Black-naped Oriole and Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike. This is a mountain site, so there may be fog. The first morning was perfect but on the second we couldn t see the top of the hills. China Sichuan

14 We continued this road a little further (1km) until we reached some big fir trees on the right side of the road. Here we saw a pair of White-browed Tit-Warbler and 2 Godlewski s Bunting. After the village, the road passed through a very good fir forest with very tall trees. Here we saw several Snowy-browed Nuthatch. China Sichuan

15 Jiuzhaigou National Park Definitely it s not a good place for a birdwatcher but it s the only place where you can see «easily» 2 difficult species: Rufous-headed Robin and Pere David s Tit. All other specialities can be seen more easily outside of the park. If you want to have a chance to see Sukatschev's Laughingthrush and Blue-eared Pheasant you have to be the first at the top of the moutain and it s very difficult. The best approach, I think, is to see these 2 species before entering the park (see Baxi area information). The robin is easily heard along the Kezegou Valley trail but it s hard to have a look on it. We sat roughly 3 hours before having a view on a bird. It responds quite well to the tape. Advice : play the tape once it s far, but when it seems to move in your direction, stop playing and try to catch a movement on the ground. We tried for the tit around Pear Schoal but no sign of it, we finally found a displaying pair of this nice species near the top of the Kezegou Valley trail around 1,5 km from the main road in a nice forest with big pine trees. To reach the Kezegou Valley, stop with the bus at the Zechawa village and then walk around 3 km until you reach on your left side a «wooden path». Follow this path and pass the toilet block, 50 m further you will have on your left side a trail going into the forest. Another 50 m further your are in the good habitat for the robin. For the tit follow this trail until a first dam on your left, after this dam you enter in a good pine forest. Gong Gon Lin Pass This site is situated along the main road Ruoergai Jiuzhaigou, nearly 1 hour from the park. It s a high altitude birding site, around 3500 m. We spend several hours on this spot. China Sichuan

16 Daily logs Day 1: 21/05/2011 We took off on time and the flight went fine. Day 2: 22/05/2011 BEIJING + Road to LAOJUNSHAN NP (Weather: Hot) We arrive on time at Beijing and we pass quickly through customs. At Bruxelles they told us that our luggages will be directly transfer to Chengdu but it s not the case at all. Fortunately Eva saw our luggages ont the carpet! We registered them again. As we have some time before the next flight we exchange our Euro and we buy a Chinese phone card. We go outisde of the aiport and we see our first species of the trip: Common Swift ssp pekinensis. At 7.30 am we embark for the flight to Chengdu. At Chengdu airport we quickly met Mr Dai Bo and the Laojunshan team and we take the road. On the parking we see our first Light-vented Bulbul and the only Oriental Magpie-Robin of the trip. We drive from Chengdu airport to Er Ya Ping Guesthouse directly with the 4WD. On the road we don t stop for birding but we add some easy roadside species: Crested Myna, Asian House-Martin, Brownbreasted Bulbul, Common Magpie, Long-tailed Shrike and Gray Treepie. Around 4.30 pm we were at the Laojunshan NP headquarters in Pingshan. 30 minutes later we are on the road again for the first guesthouse. On the way we flush a female Silver Pheasant who give good but very brief view! In the evening we explore the area around the lodge, we hear lots of species but not many views on these birds! We see/hear Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler, Large-billed Leaf-Warbler (HO), Temminck s Tragopan (HO) and Lesser Cuckoo (HO). After the lunch we prepare a small bag for the next morning and we go to bed. Day 3: 23/05/2011 LAOJUNSHAN NP (Weather: Foggy and rains) Before the breakfast we explore the trail behind the guesthouse for a few hundred meters. We see Gray-faced Liocichla, Gray-headed Parrotbill, Reb-billed Leiothrix and Kloss's Leaf-Warbler. Around 8 am we are back at the guesthouse for the breakfast (noddles) and soon after we leave for the top. 50 m from the guesthouse a male Silver Pheasant cross the trail just in front of us. Wouaw!!! On the lower part we see few birds, best were Bay Woodpecker, Moutain Bulbul, Blue-throated Flycatcher, White-throated Laughingthrush and Lesser Cuckoo. It takes us at least 4 hours to reach the guesthouse. The steep steps are really a killer and with difficulty we reach the ridge. Once at the top the bird density is better! During the way to the guesthouse we add several new species: Golden-breasted and Streak-throated Fulvetta, White-backed and Gray-capped Woodpecker, Golden Parrotbill. Around 1 pm we have a lunch at the guesthouse and 45 min later we are back on the trail. China Sichuan

17 Day 4: 24/05/2011 LAOJUNSHAN NP (Weather: Rain and Fog - visibility less than 15m!) Due to a very bad weather we start late, around 7 am. The fog prevents us to see the trees surrounding the guesthouse. After the breakfast, the weather improved a bit and we go on the trail. We spent the entire day on the trail but the fog is still present and we can t see the birds in the canopy. We flush a female Temminck s Tragopan from the trail, a male is calling nearby and despite some taping he doesn t come in view. In the evening another Tragopan come in flight and land in a tree, 50 m from us. It s a young male. During the day we see Sichuan Patridge, Spotted Laughingthrush, Striated and Stripe-throated Yuhina, White-tailed Robin and Pacific Swift, Day 5: 25/05/2011 LAOJUNSHAN NP (Weather: Sunny) Drive to WAWUSHAN The weather is beautiful but unfortunately we have to leave around 10 am for Wawushan. At 6.15 am we are on the trail walking slowly. We have very few time but we manage to see some new species like Pygmy Cupwing. From the car between the Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and the start of the entrance road we see a Chinese Bamboo-Partridge. Sam s driver was on time and around am we leave for Wawushan. We pass through nice landscapes and we see several new species: Chinese Pond Heron and Oriental Greenfinch. Around 5 pm we are at the entrance of Wawushan, we drive slowly along the road but no sign of Pheasants. Day 6: 26/05/2011 WAWUSHAN (Weather: Cloudy + mist on top + rain as from 3pm) We start at 6 am from our hotel and we drive to km 16. As from this point we drive slowly and soon we find our first Lady Amherst s Pheasant next to the road. It s a young male unfortunately. We continue the road until km 12 and we walk. Soon we locate another target: Emei Leaf-Warbler. One is singing next to the road, after several minutes he offers us very good view. Other birds we see: Hair-crested Drongo, Yellow-bellied tit, Ashy-throated Warbler, Large-billed leaf-warbler, Claudia's Leaf-Warbler and Japanese White-eye. Around 7.30 am we are back at the restaurant to have our noddles-breakfast. The weather seems not so bad at the top so we take our chance and we embark for the summit. Just before arriving at the top we enter in a thick fog! We try first the trail going right from the cable car station. The fog is quite thick but we see Aberrant Bush-warbler and Sichuan Leaf- Warbler. After 500 m we decide to go back and to walk more in the forest, in the hope of having less fog. It was not the case. Despite the fog we saw see new species: Dark-sided, Ferruginous, Rufous-throated and a female Slaty-blue Flycatcher, Two-barred Warbler, Spotted Bush-Warbler, Bianchi s Warbler, 3 Threetoed Parrotbill and 1 Vinaceous Rosefinch. Around 2.30 pm we take the cable car down and at 3 pm we are around the hotel. It s raining so hard that we retreat in our room. Around 4 pm the rain stops and we are back in the field. We stop around km 19 and we walk along the road. François locates soon another Lady Amherst s Pheasant, a male this time, along the road but he is the only one to see it. We see some new species: Crimson-breasted Woodpecker and Yellow-browed Tit. China Sichuan

18 Day 7: 27/05/2011 WAWUSHAN (Weather: Sun + fog around 12 am, rain on lower elevation) Today the weather is better than yesterday. We explore the trail behind the Gongong Hotel. It s very muddy and difficult to follow. We see very few birds. At 7.30 am we take our breakfast and at 8 am we are back in the cable car. Once at the top the sun is shining, perfect weather! We take the trail on the left and we add soon new species: White-throated Needletail and Gray-crested Tit. We check each tree and finally we find a Treecreeper. Bingo, it s a Sichuan Treecreeper! We continue slowly in the forest and we find a group of Great Parrotbill. A bit further we meet a birdwatcher group and they tell us that they just saw a Red Panda near the temple. We go there straight but no sign of the panda. In the meantime the fog is coming back and the visibility drop again to few meters! We continue our way towards the cable car station and we hear the characteristic song of a Brown Bush-warbler. He is singing from the top of a bush. We continue the trail but the fog is thicker. We finally find a Brown Parrotbill but no sign of the Gray-hooded! Around 1.30 pm we are back at the bottom of the cable car. Despite the rain we decide to explore the lower part of the park. Nothing special except a Hodgson s Hawk-cuckoo and another Lady Amherst s Pheasant. Day 8: 28/05/2011 WAWUSHAN (Weather: Thick fog + some rain) For our last full day in the park the weather has not improved. We decide to explore in depth the area between km 19 and km 9. We see Spotted Forktail and Chinese Babax and we find a noisy group of Hymalayan Macaque feeding next to the road. We spend the rest of the day along the road just before the entrance gate. This road first follows the river and then goes up the hill. The river is normally a good spot for forktails but due to works next to the river (building of a pad) no birds were present. We see a Crested Goshawk and a Chinese Goshawk. We continue by car this road until we reach a rusty pipe that crosses the road. In the scrub on the right side of the road (very few bamboos) we hear an Ashy-throated Parrotbill but despite some taping we don t see the bird. Day 9: 29/05/2011 WAWUSHAN Road to Wolong Sawan (Weather: Thick fog + some rain) Today is our last chance to go to the top of the mountain but due to very bad weather we decide to drive directly to the entrance of the park. We go straight to the road near the entrance and we checked the scrub near the rusty pipe. We hear the characteristic calls of the Ashy-throated Parrotbill and finally we see a pair. The birds move and I decide to follow them, soon after I find 2 Chestnut-crowned Warbler. We find the only Brown Shrike of the trip around the Wawu Shan hotel. Despite some search, no sign of the Black-throated Yuhina. Around 9 am we take the road to Wolong, we will have thick fog all the way. We find an unexpected Spot-breasted Parrotbill on an electricity wire a few km s from the entrance of the park. A little further we find our first Black Drongo. We stop several times along the road and we find our first White-browed Laughingthrush. China Sichuan

19 We end the day at Sawan where we hear our first Golden Pheasant. We see also an Indian Blue Robin, a Collared Finchbill and the endemic Sooty Tit. Day 10: 30/05/2011 WUYIPENG (Weather: Foggy + rain as from 3pm) We leave the hotel at 4 am in order to be early at Balang Shan. Due to a landslide around km 76 we can t reach the good area for birding. We decide to visit Wuyipeng but as there is a group of birder with the permit to access this area for two days it means that guards will be at the ranger station. We decide to explore the area from the bottom until the ranger station. We hear several Golden Pheasant and as one is calling not far from us we leave the trail in order to get closer. Finally we find a gorgeous male calling from a low tree. Birding is quite slow but we see some new species: Rufous-bellied Niltava, Eurasian Nutcracker, and lots of Chinese Leaf-Warbler. We heard a Firethroat singing not far but despite some tapping we don t see it. On the ridge between the top of the stairs and the ranger station we encounter a good flock and we find a male Fire-capped Tit. We see also a Scaly-breasted Cupwing. Day 11: 31/05/2011 BALANG SHAN PASS (Weather: Snow -> sunny as from 11am) Again we leave the hotel at 4 am. We stop several times to remove rocks from the road but we finally can reach the mountains. At 5.25 am we are at km 94. The weather is not good at first sight, snow falls and there are 2 cm snows on the ground but in facts it s easier to find birds! Soon as we left the car we heard the Wood Snipe roding. We try a while to see her but it s very difficult. Some of us saw a silhouette but that s all! Frustrating At 7 am we are at km 92 (just before the tunnel when coming from the mountain pass). Here we have a good view on the best area for pheasants. Verreaux's Partridges are calling everywhere and we soon find at least 5, then we find a male White-eared Pheasant calling from a rock before he flies into an open grass place where he stays for 1 hour! At least 3 Koklass Pheasant are calling but despite continuous searches we can t see one! We finally see the most wanted bird of the area: Chinese Monal. A couple is feeding on the top of a ridge 300 m from us. Thanks to the 60x scope we had a very good sighting. Other birds in the area: Snow Pigeon, White-backed Thrush, Blue-fronted Redstart, Rosy Pipit and Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch. Around 9 am we drive to the pass and we see Red-billed and Yellow-billed Chough, Alpine Accentor, Rufous-breasted Accentor, Plain and Black-headed Mountain-Finch. Just below the pass, near a stone monument, we find a Tibetan Snowcock feeding. A little further we see a flock of at least 50 Grandala in flight and at least 30 feeding. Below the Tibetan house we find 1 male and 2 females Red-fronted Rosefinch. We then drive back and along the road we see Lammergeier, Himalayan Griffon, Common Buzzard, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Eurasian Hobby, Chestnut Thrush and 2 Buff-throated Warbler. In the afternoon we walk between Km 92 and the Km 88 but the bird activity is very slow. We add only Hill Pigeon and a male Himalayan Bluetail. China Sichuan

20 Day 12: 01/06/2011 WUYIPENG (Weather: Sun -> rain as from 3pm) At 6.15 am we are at the bottom of the trail. We walk as fast as we can and around 8 am we are on the ridge. During the climb we stop for Barred Laughingthrush and for a Firethroat, who after some efforts some of us have a good view on it. There is no guard on the ranger station and then we take the trail behind the house. On the first part of the trail we see almost no bird except a Tibetan Siskin and some Slaty-backed Flycatcher. Soon as we reach the bamboo area, birds are more numerous. We find some species missed at Wawu Shan like Fulvous Parrotbill and Black-faced Laughingthrush. We see a Three-toed Parrotbill and a Sichuan Treecreeper, 2 species not so common at this place. The best species of the day is not a bird but a mammal: a RED PANDA. Eva found him lying on a branch of a tall fir tree. We observe it for at least 30 minutes before it descends into to the bamboo and disappear. WAOUW!!! Maybe my most wanted species for this trip We continue the trail until the top and 50 m before it we heard a song that nobody knows. We used the pushing technique and after 10 seconds the bird comes in view. It s a gorgeous male Whitebrowed Shortwing. Around 4 pm we walk back to the car. The descend is uneventful except 2 Speckled Wood-Pigeon. Day 13: 02/06/2011 BALANGSHAN (Weather: Fog at mid elevation - Sun at top) We leave again the hotel at 4 am and we are at Km 94 around 5.30 am. The fog is thick and no chance to see the Wood Snipe, but we heard it again. At Km 92 it s the same. We heard Koklass Pheasant calling but due the thick fog we can t see the place from where they call. We drive down the mountain until we leave the fog and from Km 90 we walk along the road. Soon we add some species: Common, Dark-breasted and Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, Olive-backed Pipit. A Plain-backed Thrush is calling from the top of a fir tree. Around the white obelisk, at Km 88, we find a calling Giant Laughingthrush. On a top of a fir tree I finnd a male Collared Grosbeak and next to him a first year male Crimson-browed Finch. We drive to the mountain pass in the hope of finding the Snow Partridge but no sign of it. We find a singing White-tailed Rubythroat and we see 2 Golden Eagle. Around 4 pm we are at Sawan and with lots of difficulties we find a trail going into the forest. By crossing a cultivated area I flush a Yellow-legged Buttonquail. Unfortunately the rest of the group does not see it. In a flock we find a single Chestnut-flanked White-eye. We continue the trail until we reach the ridge where we encounter a noisy flock of 10 Collared Grosbeak. On the way back, in a flock we finally locate 2 male Slaty Bunting. Day 14: 03/06/2011 Road to Rilong and then to Maerkang (Weather: Fog at mid elevation - Sun) We leave the hotel a bit later today, around 5 am. Once again the area around Km is foggy. We heard Wood Snipe and Koklass Pheasant at Km92. We stop several times along the road but nothing special. We go over the mountain pass and we see our first Himalayan Marmot. China Sichuan

21 We make a stop around Km 134 where we see 2 Wallcreeper next to the road. Several Whitethroated Redstart are in the area. We cross the beautiful town of Rilong and then we take the direction of Maerkang, along the way we see 2 Yellow-streaked Warbler, a male Hodgson s Redstart, a male Daurian Redstart and several Blue Rock-Thrush. Around 3 pm we are at Mengbishan. We observe in the rain Ashy Drongo, Goldcrest and several Lemon-rumped Warbler. Around km 27 we see a couple of Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker. At 5 pm it s raining so hard that we leave the area. We reach Maerkang under downpours! Day 15: 04/06/2011 MENGBISHAN (Weather: Fog at the top -> Sun -> Rain as from 5pm) We leave Maerkang around 5.15 am and due to a police check we arrived at the summit around 6.30 am. Along the way we see an Oriental Turtle-Dove. During the entire morning we will walk several times betweend Km 29 and Km 26. We see Black Woodpecker, Northern Goshawk, Sichuan Jay, Winter Wren, Buff-barred Warbler, Maroon-backed Accentor and White-winged Grosbeak. The Sichuan Jay is not easy but after seeing 2 birds far away in the canopy, we finally see at least 4 more different birds. We spend the afternoon on the trail starting from the only house situated just below the pass and going through an open field and then a good forest. During this walk we see 2 Blood Pheasant in the fir forest. In the first scrub area we flush at least 2 big birds. I manage to see one of those and it turns to be a Severtzov's Grouse, certainly feeding on buds. We continue the trail until a quite flat area with lots of decidious low trees. There we tape out a Chinese Fulvetta, after some effort everyone has seen it well. In this area we see also a male Gray-headed Bullfinch and a White-throated Dipper. Day 16: 05/06/2011 HONGYUAN - RUOERGAI (Weather: Rain -> Sunny) We leave Maerkang at 5 am under a heavy rain. It will rain the entire morning. The pass just before the Tibetan plateau is covered with fresh snow, fortunately the road is ok. Once on the plateau we quickly find our first target: Black-necked Crane. Two birds are feeding close to the road. A marshy area nearby holds some birds: Ruddy Shelduck, Common Redshank and Common Tern. A little further we observe our first Upland Buzzard and in a nearby field Oriental and Horned Lark. Black Kites hunt over the fields and a groupd of 40 Daurian Jackdaw is feeding close to the road. Just before Hongyuan we observe a Ground Tit and next to it there are Black Redstart and Siberian Stonechat. We don t stop in this town; we take directly the road to Ruoergai. 10 km from Hongyuan we explore an area with low scrub and there we find 2 males Godlewski s Bunting and a couple of Pere David s Laughingthrush. Along the way we see also Graylag Goose, Eurasian Hoopoe, Brown-headed Gull and Azure-winged Magpie. On a rocky area near Km 51 sign we find an unexpected couple of Tibetan Partridge. A little further away we have a rewarding stop with Tibetan Lark, Rock Petronia and 2 males Citrine Wagtail ssp calcarata. A few km before Ruoergai, we find a couple of Tibetan Snowfinch and some Little Owl. China Sichuan

22 We see several Tibetan Fox and many Himalayan Marmots along the way. Day 17: 06/06/2011 BAXI RUOERGAI to FLOWER LAKE (Weather: Sun) We plan to spend the entire day between Ruoergai to Flower Lake but as Baxi area is only 20 km from Ruoergai we decide to start first at Baxi. We leave the hotel around 6.30 am and we are at Baxi around 7 am. The area starting 5 km from the main road Ruoergai Jiuzhaigou, just before the toll gate, is good for Blue-eared Pheasant. We see our first Ring-necked Pheasant of the trip. We scan each grassy area on hills and finally we find 4 male Blue Eared-Pheasant feeding on a top of a hill. They are quite distant but with the scope we have an excellent view! The road is lined by fields and good bushes. We spent a few hours in this area and we finaly see our other target: Sukatschev s Laughingthrush. Two are presents together with Elliot s and Giant Laughingthrush. In this area we find 2 others unexpected species: a male Black-naped Oriole and a Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike. The latter is chased by all the birds, included Songar Tit. Around 9.30 am we take the road towards Flower Lake via Ruoergai. Soon as we leave Ruoergai, François sees a Snowfinch crossing the road. We stop and check the area where it flew. Soon we find the bird: it s a Rufous-necked Snowfinch. This area holds also Twite, lots of Pica and a colony of White-rumped Snowfinch. The weather is very hot today and it s good for raptors. In a group of Himalayan Vutlure a Cinereous Vulture is circling. 5 kms before the Lake it s a good area for raptors with lots of poles in the fields. By scanning all of them we finally find a Saker Falcon. The Flower Lake seems not so promising so we prefer to walk in a field 1 km before the entrance to the lake. This area is full of White-rumped Snowfinch. Not far from the lake some Tibetan Lark are displaying. An adult Black Stork and then a Saker Falcon fly just above us. The falcon lands on a pole 50 m from us. It even allows us to approach it until 20 m. On the other side of the road, François find 2 Himalayan Gazelle and when checking the nearby hill I find a WOLF lying on a marmot burrow. In a nearby marshy area, a couple of Mallard is feeding. Another top day! Day 18: 07/06/2011 BAXI ROAD TO JIUZHAIGOU (Weather: Sun) We are back in Baxi and the top of the hills are covered by thick fog so we didn t see the Blue Eared- Pheasant today. Along the way I notice a small shrike on an electric wire, it s a Tiger Shrike. We spend several hours in the same area but nothing more than yesterday. We continue a little further along the road and we stop just before the village. The area is still good and we find a pair of White-browed Tit-Warbler that gives us excellent view! It s time now to leave for a long journey to Jiuzhaigou National Park. Our driver told us that we don t need to go back to the main road Ruoergai Jiuzhaigou but we can continue via this road. 2 km after Baxi there is a very good fir trees forest. We walk along the road and soon Eva finds a Snowy-browed Nuthatch. We see no less than 5 individuals! We see also our only Great Tit of the trip. China Sichuan

23 The journey via this road is uneventful except the very bad state of this road. I think it s better to take the main road. We arrive in Jiuzhaigou around 3 pm. After checking in the hotel it s time to go birding around the town. We went to a good place for Spectacled Fulvetta. After some taping, one individual responds. It takes at least half hour before having a good view of a pair! Day 19: 08/06/2011 JIUZHAIGOU NP (Weather: Sun) At 7.45 am we are at the entrance of the park and it s crowded. We quickly buy our entrance ticket and met the owner of the B&B where we will sleep tonight. He shows us on the map where to get off the bus. We go by bus to stop and he is there waiting for us. We visit his pension and rooms are perfect to stay a night! After the traditional welcome tea we are ready to visit the park. We go back to the bus stop but it s not possible to take the bus to "Center station" there, we must walk until the next bus stop. We walk on the wooden path with hundreds of people around us!!! Once at the bus stop we take a bus and I ask the hostes to drop us a Zechawa Village. They forget us and we arrive at Long Lake. We make 2 pictures of this site and we try to catch a bus to Zechawa Village but it s not possible! We must walk to the next stop. Grrrrr. It s already 11 am and we haven t seen any bird! On the next stop we take one and I ask at the hostes to drop us at Primeval Lake, it s not possible because there is no stop there. They drop us at Zechawa Village and then we walk back the 3 km until the Kezegou Valley Trail. We find easily the trail. At pm we were on the trail and we soon heard the song of a Rufous-headed Robin. In the next 3 hours we try to see it. Finally only I have a very good view on it, roughly 15 seconds of observations in 3 hours. Eva has a quick glimpse of the bird but François can t see it! In order to catch the last bus we leave the area around 4 pm. We take a bus at Zechawa Village and we stop at Around 5pm it begins to rain, this will continue the entire night. In the evening we negotiate, with the help of Sam, a taxi to go to Hidden trail the next morning around 5 am. We have a good supper at the pension. Day 20: 09/06/2011 JIUZHAIGOU NP (Weather: Rain until 10am -> sunny) It s raining so hard that we decide to wait until the weather improves. Around 8 am the rain stopped and we walk to the Rhinoceros Lake to catch a bus to the top. We drive directly to Pear Shoal Falls. There are no many people on the trail and without any problem we take the Forbidden Trail. In the meantime rain starts again. We stay on this trail from 9 am until 11 am. Nothing special except several Snowy-browed Nuthatch in tits flocks. We spend again the afternoon in the Kezegou Valley but we follow the trail until the fir forest. In this nice forest we finally find a displaying pair of the endemic Pere David s Tit. Other bird of interest around is a pair of Sooty Tit. Around 3.30 pm we walk back to Zechawa Village when a bus stopped along the road to take us. It s exceptional because normally they never stop between 2 stops. We stop at Water Falls to pick up our stuff at the B&B and then we take a bus to the entrance. China Sichuan

24 Day 21: 10/06/2011 Road JIUZHAIGOU NP to Chengdu + Du Fu Cottage Park (Weather: Sun) We leave the hotel at 5 am and when we are waiting the driver we heard an Indian Nightjar singing from the mountain. We are going directly to Gong Gong Lin Pass and we reach the place around 6 am. We stop once on the plateau and we walk in the flat area with low scrub. Several pairs of Dusky Warbler are displaying and busy with nest construction. We find also two singing male of Siberian Rubythroat. The White-browed Tit is sometimes seen around but we didn t find it. We decide to take the road for Chengdu and we stop again several kms later at the first fir forest on the right side of the road. It s our last chance for this endemic. We spend 1 hour in this exploited fir forest and we finally find a distant singing White-browed Tit. A Chinese Thrush is singing from the top of a fir tree. We see at least 2 pairs of Blood Pheasant with chicks. In the late afternoon we make a quick visit to the Du Fu Cottage Park. We arrive around 4.30 pm so it means that we have only 1.30 hour to explore the area. We see a party of Black-throated Tit and numerous Vinous-throated parrotbill. We taped out a beautiful Rufous-faced Warbler. When driving to our hotel we see flying Gray Heron and Black-crowned Night-Heron. China Sichuan

25 Full bird list The taxonomy of the list follows Clements Checklist of Birds of the World 6 th edition (including updates to September 2012) Anatidae 1. Graylag Goose - Anser anser 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai Ruddy Shelduck - Tadorna ferruginea 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Phasianidae 4. Verreaux's Partridge - Tetraophasis obscurus Endemic 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km92-15 ( HO) 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan Tibetan Snowcock - Tetraogallus tibetanus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp henrici - 2 (1 + 1 HO) 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp henrici HO 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp henrici - 1 HO 6. Tibetan Partridge - Perdix hodgsoniae 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai - 2 China Sichuan

26 7. Sichuan Partridge - Arborophila rufipectus Endemic Endangered 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge HO 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge HO 25/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge HO 8. Chinese Bamboo-Partridge - Bambusicola thoracicus 25/05/ Road Pinshan - Er Ya Pin Guesthouse ssp thoracicus Blood Pheasant - Ithaginis cruentus 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu - 7 (5 + 2 pulli) 10. Temminck's Tragopan - Tragopan temminckii 22/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Around Er Ya Pin Guesthouse HO 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs HO 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge HO 26/05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel 1 chick 28/05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10-1 HO 11. Koklass Pheasant - Pucrasia macrolopha 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km HO 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km HO 03/06/ Wolong - Balang Shan HO 12. Chinese Monal - Lophophorus lhuysii Endemic Vulnerable 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km Silver Pheasant - Lophura nycthemera 22/05/ Road Pinshan - Er Ya Pin Guesthouse White Eared-Pheasant - Crossoptilon crossoptilon Near Threatened 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km Blue Eared-Pheasant - Crossoptilon auritum Endemic 06/06/ Baxi Ring-necked Pheasant - Phasianus colchicus 06/06/ Baxi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail /06/ Gong Gong Lin Pass Golden Pheasant - Chrysolophus pictus Endemic 29/05/ Wolong Sawan HO 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road HO 01/06/ Wuyipeng - Access road HO 02/06/ Wolong Sawan HO China Sichuan

27 18. Lady Amherst's Pheasant - Chrysolophus amherstiae 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km HO 29/05/ Wawushan HO 19. Severtzov's Grouse - Bonasa sewerzowi Endemic Near Threatened 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29-1 Ciconiidae 20. Black Stork - Ciconia nigra 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake - 1 Ardeidae 21. Gray Heron - Ardea cinerea 10/06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park Intermediate Egret - Mesophoyx intermedia 03/06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan Little Egret - Egretta garzetta 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan /05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan /05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park Cattle Egret - Bubulcus ibis 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road - 1 China Sichuan

28 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Chinese Pond-Heron - Ardeola bacchus 25/05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Gong Gong Lin Pass Black-crowned Night-Heron - Nycticorax nycticorax 10/06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park - 1 Accipitridae 27. Lammergeier - Gypaetus barbatus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp barbatus - 1 (ad) 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp barbatus - 3 (1ad + 1 3CY + 1 1CY) 07/06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp barbatus Cinereous Vulture - Aegypius monachus Near Threatened 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Himalayan Griffon - Gyps himalayensis 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Golden Eagle - Aquila chrysaetos 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km92-2 (1 ad + 1 imm) 03/06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou Crested Goshawk - Accipiter trivirgatus 28/05/ Wawushan - Access road /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road Chinese Sparrowhawk - Accipiter soloensis 28/05/ Wawushan - Access road Eurasian Sparrowhawk - Accipiter nisus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88-1 China Sichuan

29 34. Northern Goshawk - Accipiter gentilis 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km Black Kite - Milvus migrans 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan - ssp lineatus /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai - ssp lineatus /06/ Baxi - ssp lineatus /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake - ssp lineatus /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai - ssp lineatus /06/ Baxi - ssp lineatus /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou - ssp lineatus Common Buzzard - Buteo buteo 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp japonicus /06/ Mengbi Shan ssp japonicus /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp japonicus /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp japonicus /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp japonicus Upland Buzzard - Buteo hemilasius 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake 4 Rallidae 38. White-breasted Waterhen - Amaurornis phoenicurus 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai - 1 China Sichuan

30 Gruidae 39. Black-necked Crane - Grus nigricollis Vulnerable 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake 4 Scolopacidae 40. Common Redshank - Tringa totanus 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai Wood Snipe - Gallinago nemoricola Vulnerable 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km HO 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km HO 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km94-1 Turnicidae 42. Yellow-legged Buttonquail - Turnix tanki 02/06/ Wolong Sawan ssp blanfordii - 1 Laridae 43. Brown-headed Gull - Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Common Tern - Sterna hirundo 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake - 2 China Sichuan

31 Columbidae 45. Hill Pigeon - Columba rupestris 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp rupestris Snow Pigeon - Columba leuconota 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km92 ssp gradaria /06/ Road Top Balang Shan - Rilong ssp gradaria /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp gradaria Speckled Wood-Pigeon - Columba hodgsonii 01/06/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park Oriental Turtle-Dove - Streptopelia orientalis 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp orientalis /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp orientalis /06/ Baxi ssp orientalis Red Collared-Dove - Streptopelia tranquebarica 29/05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan ssp humilis /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan ssp humilis /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan ssp humilis /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp humilis Wedge-tailed Pigeon - Treron sphenurus 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp sphenurus /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp sphenurus /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp sphenurus - 3 Cuculidae 51. Large Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx sparverioides 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp sparverioides - 6 (1 + 5 HO) 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp sparverioides HO 25/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp sparverioides HO 28/05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp sparverioides /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp sparverioides /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp sparverioides Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo - Hierococcyx nisicolor 27/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road Indian Cuckoo - Cuculus micropterus HO 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp micropterus /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp micropterus /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan ssp micropterus Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus 25/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs HO 25/05/ Road Pinshan - Er Ya Pin Guesthouse HO China Sichuan

32 29/05/ Wawushan - Entry Road /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Oriental Cuckoo - Cuculus optatus 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge HO 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge HO 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail Lesser Cuckoo - Cuculus poliocephalus 22/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Around Er Ya Pin Guesthouse /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs HO 26/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Sawan - 1 Strigidae 57. Collared Owl - Glaucidium brodiei 23/05/2011 Around Laojunshan Guesthouse HO 58. Little Owl - Athene noctua 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp ludlowi 3 06/06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai ssp ludlowi - 1 Caprimulgidae 59. Gray Nightjar - Caprimulgus indicus 23/05/ /06/ Wolong Balang Shan - Bottom ssp hazarae /06/ Jiuzhaigou 1 - ssp hazarae - HO Apodidae 60. White-throated Needletail - Hirundapus caudacutus 27/05/ Wawushan Top ssp nudipes /05/ Wawushan ssp nudipes Himalayan Swiftlet - Aerodramus brevirostris 27/05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel ssp innominatus /05/ Wawushan Top ssp innominatus /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp innominatus /05/ Wawushan ssp innominatus /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp innominatus /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp innominatus - 3 China Sichuan

33 62. Common Swift - Apus apus 22/05/ Bejing - Airport ssp pekinensis 50 11/06/ Bejing - Airport ssp pekinensis Pacific Swift - Apus pacificus 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu - 6 Upupidae 64. Eurasian Hoopoe - Upupa epops 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai - 1 Picidae 65. Gray-capped Woodpecker - Dendrocopos canicapillus 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge 2 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Crimson-breasted Woodpecker - Dendrocopos cathpharius 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp pernyii /05/ Wawushan Top ssp pernyii /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp pernyii Darjeeling Woodpecker - Dendrocopos darjellensis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge White-backed Woodpecker - Dendrocopos leucotos 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp tangi /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp tangi Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker - Picoides tridactylus 03/06/ Mengbi Shan ssp funebris Black Woodpecker - Dryocopus martius 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp khamensis Gray-faced Woodpecker - Picus canus 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp guerini /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp guerini HO 72. Bay Woodpecker - Blythipicus pyrrhotis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp pyrrhotis - 2 China Sichuan

34 Falconidae 73. Eurasian Kestrel - Falco tinnunculus 03/06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Eurasian Hobby - Falco subbuteo 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km Saker Falcon - Falco cherrug Endangered 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake ssp milvipes 2 Campephagidae 76. Long-tailed Minivet - Pericrocotus ethologus 26/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /05/ Wolong Sawan /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /06/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Baxi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail Black-winged Cuckooshrike - Lalage melaschistos 06/06/ Baxi - 1 China Sichuan

35 Laniidae 78. Tiger Shrike - Lanius tigrinus 07/06/ Baxi Brown Shrike - Lanius cristatus 29/05/ Wawushan - Around Wawushan Hotel Long-tailed Shrike - Lanius schach 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan /05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan Gray-backed Shrike - Lanius tephronotus 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp tephronotus /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp tephronotus /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp tephronotus /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km92 ssp tephronotus /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Around the white obelisk ssp tephronotus /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan ssp tephronotus /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp tephronotus /06/ Mengbi Shan ssp tephronotus /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp tephronotus /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan ssp tephronotus /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp tephronotus /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai ssp tephronotus /06/ Baxi ssp tephronotus /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp tephronotus /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake ssp tephronotus /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp tephronotus /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp tephronotus /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp tephronotus - 2 Oriolidae 82. Black-naped Oriole - Oriolus chinensis 06/06/ Baxi ssp diffusus - 1 Dicruridae 83. Black Drongo - Dicrurus macrocercus 29/05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan ssp cathoecus /05/ Wolong ssp cathoecus /05/ Wolong ssp cathoecus /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp cathoecus /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp cathoecus /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp cathoecus /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan ssp cathoecus /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp cathoecus /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai ssp cathoecus /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake ssp cathoecus /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp cathoecus Ashy Drongo - Dicrurus leucophaeus 03/06/ Mengbi Shan ssp salangensis 1 China Sichuan

36 85. Hair-crested Drongo - Dicrurus hottentottus 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp brevirostris - 1 Corvidae 86. Sichuan Jay - Perisoreus internigrans Endemic Vulnerable 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km Eurasian Jay - Garrulus glandarius 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp sinensis /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp sinensis /05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan ssp sinensis /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp sinensis /05/ Wawushan Top ssp sinensis /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp sinensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake ssp sinensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp sinensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp sinensis Azure-winged Magpie - Cyanopica cyanus 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp kansuensis Blue Magpie - Urocissa erythrorhyncha 25/05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan /05/ Road Pinshan - Er Ya Pin Guesthouse /05/ Wawushan /05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel /05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road Gray Treepie - Dendrocitta formosae 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan Eurasian Magpie - Pica pica 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan ssp bottanensis /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp bottanensis Eurasian Nutcracker - Nucifraga caryocatactes 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp yunnanensis /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp yunnanensis /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp yunnanensis /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km92 ssp yunnanensis /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp yunnanensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp yunnanensis Red-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu - 15 China Sichuan

37 94. Yellow-billed Chough - Pyrrhocorax graculus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp digitatus /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp digitatus /06/ Road Top Balang Shan - Rilong ssp digitatus /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp digitatus Daurian Jackdaw - Corvus dauuricus 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai /06/ Baxi Large-billed Crow - Corvus macrorhynchos 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu - 3 China Sichuan

38 Alaudidae 97. Tibetan Lark - Melanocorypha maxima 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Oriental Skylark - Alauda gulgula 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake 60 China Sichuan

39 99. Horned Lark - Eremophila alpestris 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake - 15 Hirundinidae 100. Eurasian Crag-Martin - Ptyonoprogne rupestris 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan ssp rustica /05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan ssp rustica /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp rustica Red-rumped Swallow - Cecropis daurica 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan /05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park Asian House-Martin - Delichon dasypus 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan ssp cashmiriensis /05/ Wawushan - Access road ssp cashmiriensis /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp cashmiriensis /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp cashmiriensis /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp cashmiriensis /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp cashmiriensis /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp cashmiriensis /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai ssp cashmiriensis /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp cashmiriensis /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp cashmiriensis - 5 Stenostiridae 104. Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher - Culicicapa ceylonensis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp calochrysea /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp calochrysea /05/ Wawushan - Around Wawushan Hotel ssp calochrysea /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp calochrysea /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp calochrysea /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp calochrysea /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp calochrysea - 1 Paridae 105. Songar Tit - Poecile songarus 06/06/ Baxi ssp weigoldicus /06/ Baxi ssp weigoldicus /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp weigoldicus 2 China Sichuan

40 106. White-browed Tit - Poecile superciliosus Endemic 10/06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Pere David's Tit - Poecile davidi Endemic 09/06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley Coal Tit - Periparus ater 26/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail Rufous-vented Tit - Periparus rubidiventris 26/05/ Wawushan Top ssp beavani /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp beavani /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp beavani /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan ssp beavani /06/ Mengbi Shan ssp beavani /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp beavani /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp beavani /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp beavani /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp beavani /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp beavani /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp beavani - 2 China Sichuan

41 110. Yellow-bellied Tit - Pardaliparus venustulus Endemic 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /06/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail Gray-crested Tit - Lophophanes dichrous 27/05/ Wawushan Top /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Baxi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Great Tit - Parus major 07/06/ Baxi Green-backed Tit - Parus monticolus 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp yunnanensis /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp yunnanensis /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp yunnanensis /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp yunnanensis /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road ssp yunnanensis /05/ Wolong Sawan ssp yunnanensis /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp yunnanensis /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp yunnanensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake ssp yunnanensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp yunnanensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp yunnanensis /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp yunnanensis Yellow-browed Tit - Sylviparus modestus 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp modestus Ground Tit - Pseudopodoces humilis 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake 15 China Sichuan

42 Remizidae 116. Fire-capped Tit - Cephalopyrus flammiceps 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp olivaceus - 1 Aegithalidae 117. White-browed Tit-Warbler - Leptopoecile sophiae 07/06/ Baxi ssp obscurus China Sichuan

43 118. Black-throated Tit - Aegithalos concinnus 10/06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp concinnus Sooty Tit - Aegithalos fuliginosus Endemic 29/05/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley - 2 Sittidae 120. Eurasian Nuthatch - Sitta europaea 09/06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail Chestnut-vented Nuthatch - Sitta nagaensis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp nagaensis /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp nagaensis /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp nagaensis /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp nagaensis Snowy-browed Nuthatch - Sitta villosa 07/06/ Baxi ssp bangsi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp bangsi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp bangsi 1 Tichodromidae 123. Wallcreeper - Tichodroma muraria 03/06/ Road Top Balang Shan - Rilong - ssp nepalensis - 2 Certhiidae 124. Eurasian Treecreeper - Certhia familiaris 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Mengbi Shan - 2 China Sichuan

44 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Sichuan Treecreeper - Certhia tianquanensis Endemic Near Threatened 27/05/ Wawushan Top /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top - 1 Troglodytidae 126. Eurasian Wren - Troglodytes troglodytes 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26-2 Cinclidae 127. White-throated Dipper - Cinclus cinclus 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp przewalskii /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp przewalskii /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp przewalskii Brown Dipper - Cinclus pallasii 25/05/ Wawushan /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road - 1 Pycnonotidae 129. Collared Finchbill - Spizixos semitorques 29/05/ Wolong Sawan ssp semitorques /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp semitorques Brown-breasted Bulbul - Pycnonotus xanthorrhous 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan ssp andersoni Light-vented Bulbul - Pycnonotus sinensis 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan ssp hoyi /05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan ssp hoyi /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp hoyi Black Bulbul - Hypsipetes leucocephalus 27/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp leucothorax /05/ Wawushan - Access road ssp leucothorax /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road ssp leucothorax Mountain Bulbul - Ixos mcclellandii 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp holtii - 1 Regulidae 134. Goldcrest - Regulus regulus 03/06/ Mengbi Shan ssp yunnanensis /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp yunnanensis /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp yunnanensis /06/ Baxi ssp yunnanensis /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp yunnanensis /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp yunnanensis - 2 China Sichuan

45 Pnoepygidae 135. Scaly-breasted Cupwing - Pnoepyga albiventer 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp albiventer - 2 (1 + 1HO) 136. Pygmy Cupwing - Pnoepyga pusilla 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp pusilla HO 25/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp pusilla /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp pusilla HO 27/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp pusilla /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp pusilla /05/ Wawushan ssp pusilla - 1 Cettiidae 137. Rufous-faced Warbler - Abroscopus albogularis 10/06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp fulvifacies Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler - Cettia fortipes HO 22/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Around Er Ya Pin Guesthouse ssp davidiana - 2 (1 + 1 HO) 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp davidiana /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp davidiana HO 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp davidiana HO 25/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp davidiana /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp davidiana /05/ Wawushan ssp davidiana /05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel ssp davidiana HO 29/05/ Wawushan ssp davidiana /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp davidiana /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp davidiana /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp davidiana Chestnut-crowned Bush-Warbler - Cettia major 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp major /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp major Aberrant Bush-Warbler - Cettia flavolivacea 26/05/ Wawushan Top - 15 ( HO) 27/05/ Wawushan Top Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler - Cettia acanthizoides 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp acanthizoides /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp acanthizoides - 2 Phylloscopidae 142. Dusky Warbler - Phylloscopus fuscatus 10/06/ Gong Gong Lin Pass Tickell's Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus affinis 25/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs HO 03/06/ Road Top Balang Shan - Rilong /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29-2 China Sichuan

46 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km Buff-throated Warbler - Phylloscopus subaffinis 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass Yellow-streaked Warbler - Phylloscopus armandii 03/06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan ssp perplexus /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp perplexus /06/ Baxi ssp perplexus Buff-barred Warbler - Phylloscopus pulcher 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp pulcher /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp pulcher Ashy-throated Warbler - Phylloscopus maculipennis 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp maculipennis Pallas's Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus proregulus 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /06/ Baxi Pale-rumped Warbler - Phylloscopus chloronotus 03/06/ Mengbi Shan Sichuan Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus forresti Endemic 26/05/ Wawushan Top - 33 ( HO) 27/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /06/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley Chinese Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus yunnanensis 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Baxi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley Hume's Warbler - Phylloscopus humei 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp mandellii /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp mandellii - 1 China Sichuan

47 153. Arctic Warbler - Phylloscopus borealis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus trochiloides 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp trochiloides /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Around the white obelisk ssp trochiloides /06/ Mengbi Shan ssp trochiloides /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp trochiloides /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp trochiloides /06/ Baxi ssp trochiloides /06/ Baxi ssp trochiloides Two-barred Greenish Warbler - Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus 26/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top Large-billed Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus magnirostris 22/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Around Er Ya Pin Guesthouse /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge HO 26/05/ Wawushan Top HO 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11-31 ( HO) 26/05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /05/ Wawushan /05/ Wolong Sawan /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /05/ Wolong /05/ Wolong /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley Claudia's Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus claudiae 26/05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel /05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail Emei Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus emeiensis Endemic 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10-3 China Sichuan

48 29/05/ Wawushan Kloss's Leaf-Warbler - Phylloscopus ogilviegranti 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp disturbans Gray-crowned Warbler - Seicercus tephrocephalus 28/05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /06/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake Martens's Warbler - Seicercus omeiensis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Bianchi's Warbler - Seicercus valentini 26/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail White-spectacled Warbler - Seicercus affinis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs Chestnut-crowned Warbler - Seicercus castaniceps 29/05/ Wawushan - Entry Road ssp sinensis - 2 Locustellidae 165. Spotted Bush-Warbler - Bradypterus thoracicus 26/05/ Wawushan Top ssp thoracicus - 3 (1 + 2 HO) 27/05/ Wawushan Top ssp thoracicus /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp thoracicus Chinese Bush-Warbler - Bradypterus tacsanowskius 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Brown Bush-Warbler - Bradypterus luteoventris 27/05/ Wawushan Top - 1 Sylviidae 168. Golden-breasted Fulvetta - Lioparus chrysotis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Spectacled Fulvetta - Fulvetta ruficapilla Endemic 07/06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake - 2 China Sichuan

49 170. Chinese Fulvetta - Fulvetta striaticollis Endemic 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km White-browed Fulvetta - Fulvetta vinipectus 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Streak-throated Fulvetta - Fulvetta manipurensis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top Great Parrotbill - Conostoma oemodium 27/05/ Wawushan Top Brown Parrotbill - Paradoxornis unicolor 27/05/ Wawushan Top Gray-headed Parrotbill - Paradoxornis gularis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp fokiensis /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp fokiensis /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp fokiensis Three-toed Parrotbill - Paradoxornis paradoxus Endemic 26/05/ Wawushan Top ssp paradoxus /05/ Wawushan Top ssp paradoxus /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp paradoxus 1 China Sichuan

50 177. Spot-breasted Parrotbill - Paradoxornis guttaticollis 29/05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan Vinous-throated Parrotbill - Paradoxornis webbianus 10/06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp elisabethae Ashy-throated Parrotbill - Paradoxornis alphonsianus 28/05/ Wawushan - Access road ssp alphonsianus HO 29/05/ Wawushan - Entry Road ssp alphonsianus Fulvous Parrotbill - Paradoxornis fulvifrons 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp cyanophrys Golden Parrotbill - Paradoxornis verreauxi 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp verreauxi /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp verreauxi /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp verreauxi - 1 Zosteropidae 182. Striated Yuhina - Yuhina castaniceps 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Stripe-throated Yuhina - Yuhina gularis 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp omiensis /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp omiensis /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp omiensis White-collared Yuhina - Yuhina diademata 26/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road 2 China Sichuan

51 185. Chestnut-flanked White-eye - Zosterops erythropleurus 02/06/ Wolong Sawan Japanese White-eye - Zosterops japonicus 26/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp simplex /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp simplex - 1 Leiothrichidae 187. Chinese Babax - Babax lanceolatus 28/05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Around the white obelisk White-throated Laughingthrush - Garrulax albogularis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp eous /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp eous Pere David's Laughingthrush - Garrulax davidi Endemic 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp davidi /06/ Baxi ssp davidi /06/ Baxi ssp davidi Sukatschev's Laughingthrush - Garrulax sukatschewi Endemic Vulnerable 06/06/ Baxi Spotted Laughingthrush - Garrulax ocellatus 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp artemisiae /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp artemisiae /05/ Wawushan Top ssp artemisiae - 1 China Sichuan

52 192. Barred Laughingthrush - Garrulax lunulatus Endemic 01/06/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley Giant Laughingthrush - Garrulax maximus Endemic 03/06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Baxi Buffy Laughingthrush - Garrulax berthemyi Endemic 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge - 12 ( HO) 195. White-browed Laughingthrush - Garrulax sannio 29/05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan ssp oblectans /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp oblectans Elliot's Laughingthrush - Garrulax elliotii Endemic 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp elliotii /05/ Wawushan Top ssp elliotii /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp elliotii /06/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp elliotii /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp elliotii /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Around the white obelisk ssp elliotii /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp elliotii /06/ Baxi ssp elliotii /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake ssp elliotii /06/ Baxi ssp elliotii /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp elliotii /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp elliotii /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp elliotii /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp elliotii 1 China Sichuan

53 197. Black-faced Laughingthrush - Garrulax affinis 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp blythii Red-winged Laughingthrush - Garrulax formosus 25/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp formosus Red-billed Leiothrix - Leiothrix lutea 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wawushan - Access road /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road Black-headed Sibia - Heterophasia desgodinsi 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Gray-faced Liocichla - Liocichla omeiensis Endemic Vulnerable 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs Blue-winged Minla - Minla cyanouroptera 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs Red-tailed Minla - Minla ignotincta 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp jerdoni /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp jerdoni - 3 China Sichuan

54 Timaliidae 204. Rufous-capped Babbler - Stachyridopsis ruficeps 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp davidi /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp davidi Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler - Pomatorhinus gravivox 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler - Pomatorhinus ruficollis 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge - 4 Muscicapidae 207. Dark-sided Flycatcher - Muscicapa sibirica 26/05/ Wawushan Top ssp rothschildi /05/ Wawushan Top ssp rothschildi /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp rothschildi /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp rothschildi /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp rothschildi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp rothschildi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake ssp rothschildi Ferruginous Flycatcher - Muscicapa ferruginea 26/05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan Top /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /05/ Wolong Sawan /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Wolong Sawan 2 China Sichuan

55 209. Oriental Magpie-Robin - Copsychus saularis 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan - ssp prosthopellus Blue-throated Flycatcher - Cyornis rubeculoides 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp glaucicomans /06/ Baxi ssp glaucicomans - 1 (M) 211. Rufous-bellied Niltava - Niltava sundara 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp denotata Verditer Flycatcher - Eumyias thalassinus 25/05/ Wawushan ssp thalassinus /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp thalassinus /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp thalassinus /05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel ssp thalassinus /05/ Wawushan Top ssp thalassinus /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp thalassinus /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp thalassinus White-browed Shortwing - Brachypteryx montana 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp cruralis Rufous-headed Robin - Larvivora ruficeps Vulnerable 08/06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley HO 09/06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley HO 215. Indian Blue Robin - Larvivora brunnea 29/05/ Wolong Sawan ssp brunnea HO) 01/06/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp brunnea /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp brunnea /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp brunnea /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp brunnea /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp brunnea White-bellied Redstart - Luscinia phaenicuroides 09/06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp ichangensis Blue Whistling-Thrush - Myophonus caeruleus 25/05/ Road Pinshan - Er Ya Pin Guesthouse ssp caeruleus /05/ Wawushan ssp caeruleus /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp caeruleus /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp caeruleus /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp caeruleus /05/ Wawushan ssp caeruleus /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp caeruleus Spotted Forktail - Enicurus maculatus 28/05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp bacatus - 1 China Sichuan

56 219. Firethroat - Calliope pectardens Near Threatened 30/05/ Wuyipeng - Access road HO 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top HO 01/06/ Wuyipeng - Access road Siberian Rubythroat - Calliope calliope 10/06/ Gong Gong Lin Pass White-tailed Rubythroat - Calliope pectoralis 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp tschebaiewi White-tailed Robin - Cinclidium leucurum 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp leucurum - 11 ( HO) 24/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp leucurum HO 223. Grandala - Grandala coelicolor 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass Himalayan Bluetail - Tarsiger rufilatus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88-1 (ad) 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km Taiga Flycatcher - Ficedula albicilla 07/06/ Baxi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher - Ficedula strophiata 26/05/ Wawushan Top ssp strophiata /05/ Wawushan Top ssp strophiata /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp strophiata /06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top ssp strophiata Slaty-backed Flycatcher - Ficedula hodgsonii 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Baxi /06/ Baxi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Slaty-blue Flycatcher - Ficedula tricolor 26/05/ Wawushan Top ssp diversa - 1 China Sichuan

57 229. Blue-fronted Redstart - Phoenicurus frontalis 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou Plumbeous Redstart - Phoenicurus fuliginosus 29/05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan ssp fuliginosus /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp fuliginosus /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake ssp fuliginosus /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp fuliginosus /06/ Baxi ssp fuliginosus /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp fuliginosus White-capped Redstart - Phoenicurus leucocephalus 27/05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu Hodgson's Redstart - Phoenicurus hodgsoni 03/06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Baxi White-throated Redstart - Phoenicurus schisticeps 03/06/ Road Top Balang Shan - Rilong /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Baxi /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu China Sichuan

58 234. Black Redstart - Phoenicurus ochruros 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan ssp rufiventris /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp rufiventris /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake ssp rufiventris /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp rufiventris Daurian Redstart - Phoenicurus auroreus 03/06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan ssp leucopterus /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake ssp leucopterus Blue Rock-Thrush - Monticola solitarius 03/06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan ssp pandoo /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp pandoo /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp pandoo Siberian Stonechat - Saxicola maura 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp przewalskii /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan ssp przewalskii /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp przewalskii - 2 Turdidae 238. Plain-backed Thrush - Zoothera mollissima 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp griseiceps Eurasian Blackbird - Turdus merula 07/06/ Baxi ssp mandarinus /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp mandarinus - 3 China Sichuan

59 240. Chestnut Thrush - Turdus rubrocanus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp gouldi /05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp gouldi /05/ Wolong ssp gouldi /05/ Wolong ssp gouldi /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp gouldi /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Around the white obelisk ssp gouldi /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp gouldi /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp gouldi /06/ Baxi ssp gouldi /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp gouldi /06/ Baxi ssp gouldi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp gouldi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley ssp gouldi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Pear Schoal Falls Trail ssp gouldi /06/ Gong Gong Lin Pass ssp gouldi White-backed Thrush - Turdus kessleri 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Baxi /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Gong Gong Lin Pass Chinese Thrush - Turdus mupinensis China Sichuan

60 10/06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu - 1 Sturnidae 243. Crested Myna - Acridotheres cristatellus 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan ssp cristatellus /05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan ssp cristatellus /06/ Chengdu - Du Fu Cottage park ssp cristatellus - 1 Nectariniidae 244. Gould's Sunbird - Aethopyga gouldiae 23/05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp dabryii /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Between Er Ya Ping Guesthouse and stairs ssp dabryii /05/ Laojunshan National Park - Ridge between stairs and lodge ssp dabryii /05/ Wawushan Around Gongtong Hotel ssp dabryii /05/ Wawushan Between km15 and km11 ssp dabryii /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km10 ssp dabryii /05/ Wawushan - Entry Road ssp dabryii /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp dabryii /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp dabryii - 2 Prunellidae 245. Alpine Accentor - Prunella collaris 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan Rufous-breasted Accentor - Prunella strophiata 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp strophiata /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass ssp strophiata /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp strophiata /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp strophiata /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp strophiata /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp strophiata Maroon-backed Accentor - Prunella immaculata 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road - 10 Motacillidae 248. Citrine Wagtail - Motacilla citreola 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp calcarata China Sichuan

61 249. Gray Wagtail - Motacilla cinerea 25/05/ Wawushan /05/ Road Laojunshan National Park - Wawushan /05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km /05/ Wawushan /05/ Wolong Sawan /05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan /06/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou White Wagtail - Motacilla alba 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan ssp alboides /05/ Wolong Sawan ssp alboides /05/ Wuyipeng - Access road ssp alboides /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp alboides /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan ssp alboides /06/ Mengbi Shan - Road ssp alboides /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp alboides /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp alboides /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp alboides Rosy Pipit - Anthus roseatus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou - 2 China Sichuan

62 252. Olive-backed Pipit - Anthus hodgsoni 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp hodgsoni /06/ Mengbi Shan ssp hodgsoni - 1 Emberizidae 253. Slaty Bunting - Latoucheornis siemsseni Endemic 02/06/ Wolong Sawan Godlewski's Bunting - Emberiza godlewskii 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake /06/ Baxi 2 Fringillidae 255. Plain Mountain-Finch - Leucosticte nemoricola 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass /06/ Road Top Balang Shan - Rilong /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan Black-headed Mountain-Finch - Leucosticte brandti 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass Crimson-browed Finch - Pinicola subhimachala 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Around the white obelisk - 1 H Gray-headed Bullfinch - Pyrrhula erythaca 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp erythaca /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou ssp erythaca - 1 China Sichuan

63 07/06/ Baxi ssp erythaca /06/ Road Gong Gong Lin Pass - Chengdu ssp erythaca Dark-breasted Rosefinch - Carpodacus nipalensis 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp intensicolor Common Rosefinch - Carpodacus erythrinus 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Km92 ssp roseatus /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp roseatus /06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp roseatus /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp roseatus /06/ Baxi ssp roseatus /06/ Baxi ssp roseatus Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch - Carpodacus davidianus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Km Pink-rumped Rosefinch - Carpodacus eos Endemic 03/06/ Road Top Balang Shan - Rilong /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km Vinaceous Rosefinch - Carpodacus vinaceus 26/05/ Wawushan Top ssp vinaceus /05/ Wawushan Top ssp vinaceus /06/ Wolong Sawan ssp vinaceus /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Around Rhinoceros Lake ssp vinaceus Chinese White-browed Rosefinch - Carpodacus dubius Endemic 02/06/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and Km88 ssp femininus /06/ Mengbi Shan ssp femininus China Sichuan

64 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp femininus /06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp femininus /06/ Baxi ssp femininus /06/ Baxi ssp femininus Red-fronted Rosefinch - Carpodacus puniceus 31/05/ Wolong Balang Shan Between Km92 and the pass Oriental Greenfinch - Chloris sinica 25/05/ Road Laojunshan National Park Wawushan ssp sinica Twite - Carduelis flavirostris 05/06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan ssp miniakensis /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp miniakensis /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake ssp miniakensis Tibetan Serin - Serinus thibetanus 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top /06/ Baxi /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou /06/ Baxi /06/ Jiuzhaigou - Kezegou Valley Collared Grosbeak - Mycerobas affinis 02/06/ Wolong Sawan /06/ Wolong Balang Shan Around the white obelisk /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km White-winged Grosbeak - Mycerobas carnipes China Sichuan

65 04/06/ Mengbi Shan - Trail Km 29 ssp carnipes /06/ Mengbi Shan - Between Km 29 and Km 26 ssp carnipes Passeridae 271. Eurasian Tree Sparrow - Passer montanus 22/05/ Road Chengdu - Pinshan /05/ Road Wolong - Wawushan /06/ Road Rilong Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Maerkang - Hongyuan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake /06/ Road Baxi - Jiuzhaigou Rock Petronia - Petronia petronia 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai ssp brevirostris Tibetan Snowfinch - Montifringilla henrici Endemic 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai White-rumped Snowfinch - Montifringilla taczanowskii 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake 80 China Sichuan

66 275. Rufous-necked Snowfinch - Montifringilla ruficollis 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake 1 China Sichuan

67 Full mammal list 1. Tibetan Macaque - Macaca thibetana 28/05/ Wawushan - Between km19 and km Red Panda - Procavia capensis 01/06/ Wolong Wuyipeng Between research center and the top Wolf - Canis lupes 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Red Fox Vulpes vulpes 05/06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Tibetan Gazelle - Procapra picticaudata 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake - 1 China Sichuan

68 6. Plateau Pika - Ochotona curzoniae 06/06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake Himalayan Marmot - Marmota himalayana 03/06/ Wolong - Balang Shan ssp gradaria /06/ Mengbi Shan /06/ Road Hongyuan - Ruoergai 60 06/06/ Road Baxi - Ruoergai /06/ Road Ruoergai - Flower Lake - 40 China Sichuan