Birds of Western Yunnan contains four parts. This is Part 1: Non-Passerines.
Part 1: Non-passerines
Part 2: Passerines (Vangidae through Phylloscopidae)
Part 3: Passerines (Locustellidae through Leiothrichidae)
Part 4: Passerines (Sylviidae through Emberizidae)
On these pages, I offer you an illustrated list of the interesting birds that I have recorded in Western Yunnan. — Craig Brelsford
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
赤麻鸭 (chì máyā)
2 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23 & 2014-01-29
Indian Spot-billed Duck
印缅斑嘴鸭 (yìnmiǎn bānzuǐyā)
Anas poecilorhyncha
2 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (200 m) on 2014-01-21
Hill Partridge
环颈山鹧鸪 (huánjǐng shānzhègū)
Arborophila torqueola
1-3 each day at Dà Fēng Bāo, Baihualing (2400 m) on 2014-02-24, 2014-02-25, & 2014-03-01
Rufous-throated Partridge
红喉山鹧鸪 (hónghóu shānzhègū)
Arborophila rufogularis
2 at Blind 12, Baihualing (1840 m) on 2014-02-11
9 (2 coveys) between Dà Fēng Bāo & Huáng Zhú Hé, Baihualing (2420 m) on 2014-02-21
Mountain Bamboo Partridge
棕胸竹鸡 (zōngxiōng zhújī)
Bambusicola fytchii
2 near clearing at Jīnchǎng Hé, Baihualing (2300 m) on 2014-02-05
Temminck’s Tragopan
红腹角雉 (hóngfù jiǎozhì)
Tragopan temminckii
1 female on Tengchong side of Chá-Mǎ Gǔdào, Baihualing (2940 m) on 2014-02-28
Red Junglefowl
红原鸡 (hóng yuánjī)
Gallus gallus
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23 & 2014-01-28
Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae
Striated Heron
绿鹭 (lǜ lù)
Butorides striata
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-29
Chinese Pond Heron
池鹭 (chílù)
Ardeola bacchus
1-2 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23, 2014-01-27, & 2014-01-28
Eastern Cattle Egret
牛背鹭 (niúbèi lù)
Bulbulcus coromandus
3 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22, 2014-01-23, 2014-01-28, & 2014-01-29
Intermediate Egret
中白鹭 (zhōng báilù)
Egretta intermedia
3 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-28
Little Egret
白鹭 (báilù)
Egretta garzetta
2-3 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23 & 2014-01-28
Suliformes: Phalacrocoracidae
Great Cormorant
普通鸬鹚 (pǔtōng lúcí)
Phalacrocorax carbo
6 at Yingjiang (820 m) on 2014-01-31
Accipitriformes: Accipitridae
Black-winged Kite
黑翅鸢 (hēichì yuān)
Elanus caeruleus
1 at Yingjiang (820 m) on 2014-01-31
Crested Serpent Eagle
蛇鵰 (shédiāo)
Spilornis cheela
1 at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (930 m) on 2014-01-24 & 2014-01-26
Black Eagle
林鵰 (líndiāo)
Ictinaetus malayensis
1 at Er Taipo, Baihualing (2230 m) on 2014-02-19
1 at Huáng Zhú Hé, Baihualing (2400 m) on 2014-02-21
1 near Dà Fēng Bāo, Baihualing (2350 m) on 2014-02-23
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
雀鹰 (quèyīng)
Accipiter nisus
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22
Himalayan Buzzard
喜山鵟 (xǐshān kuáng)
Buteo burmanicus
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22 & 2014-01-28
Gruiformes: Rallidae
White-breasted Waterhen
白胸苦恶鸟 (báixiōng kǔ’ě’niǎo)
Amaurornis phoenicurus
1 in Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22
1-4 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22, 2014-01-23, 2014-01-28, & 2014-01-29
Common Moorhen
黑水鸡 (hēi shuǐjī)
Gallinula chloropus
1-2 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23, 2014-01-27, & 2014-01-28
Gruiformes: Gruidae
Common Crane
灰鹤 (huī hè)
Grus grus
3 flying over the pass at Nanzhai Gongfang, Baihualing (3180 m) on 2014-02-27
Charadriiformes: Ibidorhynchidae
Ibisbill
鹮嘴鹬 (huánzuǐ yù)
Ibidorhyncha struthersii
2 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (200 m) on 2014-01-21
Charadriiformes: Charadriidae
River Lapwing
距翅麦鸡 (jùchì màijī)
Vanellus duvaucelii
3 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (200 m) on 2014-01-21
Red-wattled Lapwing
肉垂麦鸡 (ròuchuí màijī)
Vanellus indicus
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22 & 2014-01-23 (same individual, identifiable by withered tarsus)
Little Ringed Plover
金眶鸻 (jīnkuàng héng)
Charadrius dubius
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (200 m) on 2014-01-21
Charadriiformes: Scolopacidae
Gallinago sp.
2 in Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-21; most likely pin-tailed/Swinhoe’s (supercilium broader than eye-stripe at bill base)
6 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-28
Common Sandpiper
矶鹬 (jī yù)
Actitis hypoleucos
2 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (200 m) on 2014-01-21
Columbiformes: Columbidae
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon)
原鸽 (yuángē)
Columba livia
4 at Laifengshan, Tengchong (1660 m) on 2014-02-03
Speckled Wood Pigeon
点斑林鸽 (diǎnbān língē)
Columba hodgsonii
1 near Da Lu Chang, Baihualing (2150 m) on 2014-02-05
Oriental Turtle Dove
山斑鸠 (shān bānjiū)
Streptopelia orientalis
1 at Laifengshan, Tengchong (1660 m) on 2014-01-16 & 2014-02-03
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22
Spotted Dove
珠颈斑鸠 (zhūjǐng bānjiū)
Spilopelia chinensis
1-2 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22 & 2014-01-28
1 at Laifengshan, Tengchong (1660 m) on 2014-02-03
Common Emerald Dove
绿翅金鸠 (lǜchì jīnjiū)
Chalcophaps indica
1 along road at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (770 m) on 2014-01-24
1 along road at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (740 m) on 2014-01-26
1 along road below Da Lu Chang, Baihualing (1800 m) on 2014-02-18 & 2014-02-21
Mountain Imperial Pigeon
山皇鸠 (shān huángjiū)
Ducula badia
1 heard at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (940 m) on 2014-01-24 & 2014-01-26
5 at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (720 m) on 2014-01-25
Cuculiformes: Cuculidae
Greater Coucal
褐翅鸦鹃 (hèchì yājuān)
Centropus sinensis
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23, 2014-01-28, & 2014-01-29
Large Hawk-Cuckoo
鹰鹃 (yīngjuān)
Hierococcyx sparverioides
1 at Laifengshan, Tengchong (1790 m) on 2014-01-16
1 heard at Laifengshan, Tengchong (1750 m) on 2014-02-01
Strigiformes: Strigidae
Collared Owlet
领鸺鹠 (lǐng xiūliú)
Glaucidium brodiei
1 heard at Zhànkēng, Baihualing (2430 m) on 2014-02-19
1 heard at Er Taipo, Baihualing (2230 m) on 2014-02-21
owl sp.
1 briefly seen at twilight on utility wire in Nabang (230 m) on 2014-01-21
Trogoniformes: Trogonidae
Red-headed Trogon
红头咬鹃 (hóngtóu yǎojuān)
Harpactes erythrocephalus
1 on Nabang Creek, Nabang (400 m) on 2014-01-18
Coraciiformes: Alcedinidae
White-throated Kingfisher
白胸翡翠 (báixiōng fěicuì)
Halcyon smyrnensis
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22 & 2014-01-23
Common Kingfisher
普通翠鸟 (pǔtōng cuìniǎo)
Alcedo atthis
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23
Crested Kingfisher
冠鱼狗 (guān yúgǒu)
Megaceryle lugubris
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-28
Pied Kingfisher
斑鱼狗 (bān yúgǒu)
Ceryle rudis
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-21 & 2014-01-22
Coraciiformes: Meropidae
Blue-bearded Bee-eater
蓝须夜蜂虎 (lánxū yè fēnghǔ)
Nyctyornis athertoni
1 on Nabang-Xima Trail, Nabang (570 m) on 2014-01-19
3 on Nabang-Xima Trail, Nabang (670 m) on 2014-01-20
2 on S318 between Nabang and Yingjiang (540 m) on 2014-01-31
Green Bee-eater
绿喉蜂虎 (lǜhóu fēnghǔ)
Merops orientalis
2-6 each day in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-22, 2014-01-23, 2014-01-27, 2014-01-28, & 2014-01-29
Bucerotiformes: Upupidae
Eurasian Hoopoe
戴胜 (dàishèng)
Upupa epops
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (220 m) on 2014-01-23, 2014-01-28, & 2014-01-29
1 along road below Baihualing (1430 m) on 2014-02-21
Bucerotiformes: Bucerotidae
Wreathed Hornbill
花冠皱盔犀鸟 (huāguān zhòukuī xīniǎo)
Rhyticeros undulatus
2 on Nabang-Xima Trail, Nabang (570 m) on 2014-01-19
Piciformes: Megalaimidae
Great Barbet
大拟啄木鸟 (dà nǐzhuómùniǎo)
Megalaima virens
1 at Laifengshan, Tengchong (1750 m) on 2014-01-16
1 heard on Nabang-Xima Trail, Nabang (570 m) on 2014-01-19
1 heard at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (940 m) on 2014-01-25
1 heard at Laifengshan, Tengchong (1750 m) on 2014-02-01
1 heard above Er Taipo, Baihualing (2300 m) on 2014-02-24
Golden-throated Barbet
金喉拟啄木鸟 (jīnhóu nǐzhuómùniǎo)
Megalaima franklinii
1 at Jiujiezi, Baihualing (1990 m) on 2014-02-07
1 heard at Jiujiezi, Baihualing (1990 m) on 2014-03-01
Blue-throated Barbet
蓝喉拟啄木鸟 (lánhóu nǐzhuómùniǎo)
Megalaima asiatica
2 at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (800 m) on 2014-01-17
2 on Nabang-Xima Trail, Nabang (570 m) on 2014-01-20
1-2 each day at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (940 m) on 2014-01-24 & 2014-01-25
1 at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (740 m) on 2014-01-26
1 near Blind 4, Baihualing (1590 m) on 2014-02-14
Piciformes: Picidae
Eurasian Wryneck
蚁䴕 (yǐ liè)
Jynx torquilla
1 in Mengnai River Valley, Nabang (240 m) on 2014-01-29
Speckled Piculet
斑姬啄木鸟 (bānjī zhuómùniǎo)
Picumnus innominatus
1 at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (930 m) on 2014-01-25
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
星头啄木鸟 (xīngtóuzhuómùniǎo)
Dendrocopos canicapillus
1 at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (940 m) on 2014-01-25
1 at Er Taipo, Baihualing (2230 m) on 2014-02-16
Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
纹胸啄木鸟 (wénxiōng zhuómùniǎo)
Dendrocopos atratus
1 at Rongshu Wang, Nabang (930 m) on 2014-01-24
Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
赤胸啄木鸟 (chìxiōng zhuómùniǎo)
Dendrocopos cathpharius
1 at Er Taipo, Baihualing (2230 m) on 2014-02-16 & 2014-02-18
1 near Dà Fēng Bāo, Baihualing (2350 m) on 2014-02-21 & 2014-02-23
Darjeeling Woodpecker
黄颈啄木鸟 (huángjǐng zhuómùniǎo)
Dendrocopos darjellensis
1 above Huáng Zhú Hé, Baihualing (2400 m) on 2014-03-01
Lesser Yellownape
黄冠啄木鸟 (huángguānzhuómùniǎo)
Picus chlorolophus
2 on Nabang-Xima Trail, Nabang (500 m) on 2014-01-19
Bay Woodpecker
黄嘴栗啄木鸟 (huángzuǐ lìzhuómùniǎo)
Blythipicus pyrrhotis
1 at Jiujiezi, Baihualing (1990 m) on 2014-02-15
1 heard at Er Taipo, Baihualing (2230 m) on 2014-02-19
Western Yunnan, January-March 2014: Part 1
Featured image: Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler, Baihualing, Yunnan, 12 Feb. 2014. (Craig Brelsford)
