Pink tail at Tibetan plateau, Mission Accomplished - ALL 250!
Project progress - Bird Families of the World 250/250
100%
Not many records this year for Przevalski’s Pinktail. Originally, we plan to check the Rubber Mountains near Qinghai Lake, but just 2 weeks before our trip, a local birder reported the bird near Haibei. We changed our itinerary, and headed on our first day north on an easy highway (toll), all the way from Xining (with a fruitful stop on the way on Datong Forest). The shrubby plains were a bit windy, but after not too long, the bird located. All 250 done! My Bird Families of the World project accomplished. We had a few more days to get some of the special spices of the area around the lake and near Chaka. Many thanks to Stefan Hirsch and Carmen Fuertes who joined, and of course to the professional, helpful, and extremely nice guides from Alpine Birding Bella Zang and Wenyi Zhou.
250. Family #227: Przevalski’s Pinktail (Urocynchramidae) | Przevalski’s Pinktail
| Common Name | Scientific Name | 1st seen location |
| Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Graylag Goose | Anser anser | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Gadwall | Mareca strepera | Lake Xiligou |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | Auto selected 36.89988, 98.49267 |
| Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Common Merganser | Mergus merganser | S206, Haibei CN-Qinghai 37.03592, 99.73892 |
| Daurian Partridge | Perdix dauurica | Haixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.8481,99.0312) |
| Ring-necked Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Przevalski’s Partridge | Alectoris magna | Auto selected 36.75440, 98.75099 |
| Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Auto selected 37.61677, 101.37749 |
| Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | Eri, Haibei CN-Qinghai 37.14083, 100.55027 |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Pallas’s Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | Chaka Salt Lake–Salt Flats |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Salim Ali’s Swift | Apus salimalii | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | Lake Xiligou |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | Lake Xiligou |
| Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Black-necked Crane | Grus nigricollis | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | Lake Xiligou |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Pallas’s Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | Hainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691) |
| Himalayan Griffon | Gyps himalayensis | G315, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.3146,100.1574) |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | Halihatu Forest Park |
| Black Kite | Milvus migrans | Halihatu Forest Park |
| Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | Hainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691) |
| Buteo sp. | Buteo sp. | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | Auto selected 36.93479, 98.36736 |
| woodpecker sp. | Picidae sp. | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.2023,100.4322) |
| Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | Haixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.8481,99.0312) |
| Gray-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyanus | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Black-rumped Magpie | Pica bottanensis | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Oriental Magpie | Pica serica | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Mongolian Ground-Jay | Podoces hendersoni | Haixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.7029,99.2597) |
| Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Rook | Corvus frugilegus | Shanqing Alley, Xining CN-Qinghai 37.02197, 101.78757 |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Rufous-vented Tit | Periparus rubidiventris | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Sichuan Tit | Poecile weigoldicus | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Ground Tit | Pseudopodoces humilis | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Japanese Tit | Parus minor | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6442,101.4302) |
| Hume’s Lark | Calandrella acutirostris | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Calandra Lark | Melanocorypha calandra | Chaka–Eastern Fields & Poplars |
| Tibetan Lark | Melanocorypha maxima | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Mongolian Lark | Melanocorypha mongolica | Ganzihe Estuary Wetlands |
| Asian Short-toed Lark | Alaudala cheleensis | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Eurasian Skylark | Alauda arvensis | Chaka–Eastern Fields & Poplars |
| Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | Lake Xiligou |
| Spotted Bush Warbler | Locustella thoracica | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Pale Martin | Riparia diluta | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Eurasian Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Hume’s Warbler | Phylloscopus humei | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Gansu Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus kansuensis | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Yellow-streaked Warbler | Phylloscopus armandii | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Tickell’s Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus affinis | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Smoky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuligiventer | Hainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691) |
| Crested Tit-Warbler | Leptopoecile elegans | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Silver-throated Tit | Aegithalos glaucogularis | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Lesser Whitethroat | Curruca curruca | Auto selected 36.88446, 98.51896 |
| Tarim Babbler | Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris | Auto selected 36.88446, 98.51896 |
| Elliot’s Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron elliotii | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Pere David’s Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus davidi | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | Halihatu Forest Park |
| Snowy-browed Nuthatch | Sitta villosa | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | Halihatu Forest Park |
| White-throated Dipper | Cinclus cinclus | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Chinese Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| White-backed Thrush | Turdus kessleri | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Chestnut Thrush | Turdus rubrocanus | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Blue-fronted Redstart | Phoenicurus frontalis | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| White-throated Redstart | Phoenicurus schisticeps | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Rufous-tailed Rock-Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | Lake Xiligou |
| Siberian Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (36.9681,100.5986) |
| Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | Haixi, Haixi CN-Qinghai (36.7029,99.2597) |
| Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Przevalski’s Pinktail | Urocynchramus pylzowi | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| Robin Accentor | Prunella rubeculoides | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| Rufous-breasted Accentor | Prunella strophiata | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Brown Accentor | Prunella fulvescens | Hainan, Hainan CN-Qinghai (36.8025,99.6691) |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
| Black-winged Snowfinch | Montifringilla adamsi | |
| White-rumped Snowfinch | Onychostruthus taczanowskii | |
| Rufous-necked Snowfinch | Pyrgilauda ruficollis | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.2023,100.4322) |
| Blanford’s Snowfinch | Pyrgilauda blanfordi | Unnamed Road, CN (36.778, 99.109) |
| Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | Hills S of Lejiawan |
| Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| White-winged Grosbeak | Mycerobas carnipes | Halihatu Forest Park |
| Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch | Carpodacus pulcherrimus | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Streaked Rosefinch | Carpodacus rubicilloides | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6442,101.4302) |
| Chinese White-browed Rosefinch | Carpodacus dubius | Datong, Xining CN-Qinghai (37.0032,101.8365) |
| Black-headed Mountain Finch | Leucosticte brandti | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| Oriental Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| Twite | Linaria flavirostris | Haibei, Haibei CN-Qinghai (37.6481,101.3130) |
| Godlewski’s Bunting | Emberiza godlewskii | Hills S of Lejiawan |
