This checklist includes all bird species found in Shanxi , based on the best information available at this time. It is based on a wide variety of sources that I collated over many years. I am pleased to offer these checklists as a service to birdwatchers. If you find any error, please do not hesitate to .
The taxonomic order and nomenclature follows Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2). If you prefer to view the list based on a different authority, click on one of the list available below. Globally threatened species (status in red) were identified by Birdlife International in Birdlife Data Zone (species).
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Country or region: Shanxi [map]
Other names: Shansi, Shanxi Sheng
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Tundra Swan | Cygnus columbianus | |
Whooper Swan | Cygnus cygnus | |
Brent Goose | Branta bernicla | |
Bar-headed Goose | Anser indicus | |
Greylag Goose | Anser anser | |
Swan Goose | Anser cygnoid | |
Bean Goose | Anser fabalis | |
Greater White-fronted Goose | Anser albifrons | |
Lesser White-fronted Goose | Anser erythropus | |
Long-tailed Duck | Clangula hyemalis | |
Common Goldeneye | Bucephala clangula | |
Smew | Mergellus albellus | |
Goosander | Mergus merganser | |
Scaly-sided Merganser | Mergus squamatus | |
Red-breasted Merganser | Mergus serrator | |
Common Shelduck | Tadorna tadorna | |
Ruddy Shelduck | Tadorna ferruginea | |
Red-crested Pochard | Netta rufina | |
Common Pochard | Aythya ferina | |
Baer's Pochard | Aythya baeri | |
Ferruginous Duck | Aythya nyroca | |
Tufted Duck | Aythya fuligula | |
Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
Baikal Teal | Sibirionetta formosa | |
Falcated Duck | Mareca falcata | |
Gadwall | Mareca strepera | |
Eurasian Wigeon | Mareca penelope | |
Chinese Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha | |
Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
Common Teal | Anas crecca | |
Mandarin Duck | Aix galericulata | |
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Japanese Quail | Coturnix japonica | |
Chukar Partridge | Alectoris chukar | |
Common Pheasant | Phasianus colchicus | |
Brown Eared Pheasant | Crossoptilon mantchuricum | |
Daurian Partridge | Perdix dauurica | |
Koklass Pheasant | Pucrasia macrolopha | |
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Greater Flamingo | Phoenicopterus roseus | Rare/Accidental |
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Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
Great Crested Grebe | Podiceps cristatus | |
Black-necked Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
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Rock Dove | Columba livia | |
Hill Pigeon | Columba rupestris | |
Oriental Turtle Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
Eurasian Collared Dove | Streptopelia decaocto | |
Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
Spotted-necked Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
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Pallas's Sandgrouse | Syrrhaptes paradoxus | |
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Grey Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | |
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Fork-tailed Swift | Apus pacificus | |
House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
Common Swift | Apus apus | |
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Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
Common Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
Large Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
Whistling Hawk Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | |
Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | |
Himalayan Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | |
Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | |
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Western Water Rail | Rallus aquaticus | |
Eastern Water Rail | Rallus indicus | |
Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
Baillon's Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
Common Coot | Fulica atra | |
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Sandhill Crane | Antigone canadensis | |
Demoiselle Crane | Grus virgo | |
Red-crowned Crane | Grus japonensis | |
Common Crane | Grus grus | |
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Great Bustard | Otis tarda | |
Macqueen's Bustard | Chlamydotis macqueenii | |
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Black Stork | Ciconia nigra | |
Oriental White Stork | Ciconia boyciana | |
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Great White Pelican | Pelecanus onocrotalus | |
Dalmatian Pelican | Pelecanus crispus | |
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Eurasian Bittern | Botaurus stellaris | |
Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
Schrenck's Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
Chinese Pond Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
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Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | |
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Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
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Ibisbill | Ibidorhyncha struthersii | |
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Pied Avocet | Recurvirostra avosetta | |
Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
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Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
Pacific Golden Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
Long-billed Plover | Charadrius placidus | |
Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
Lesser Sand Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
Greater Sand Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
Northern Lapwing | Vanellus vanellus | |
Grey-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
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Greater Painted-snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
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Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | |
Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | |
Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | |
Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
Temminck's Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | |
Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
Pintail Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
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Yellow-legged Buttonquail | Turnix tanki | |
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Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
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Black-legged Kittiwake | Rissa tridactyla | |
Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
Relict Gull | Ichthyaetus relictus | |
Pallas's Gull | Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus | |
Mew Gull | Larus canus | |
American Herring Gull | Larus smithsonianus | |
Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
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Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
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Oriental Honey Buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
Short-toed Eagle | Circaetus gallicus | |
Cinereous Vulture | Aegypius monachus | |
Steppe Eagle | Aquila nipalensis | |
Eastern Imperial Eagle | Aquila heliaca | |
Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | |
Eastern Marsh Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | |
Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | |
Pallas's Fish Eagle | Haliaeetus leucoryphus | |
White-tailed Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus albicilla | |
Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
Japanese Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
Upland Buzzard | Buteo hemilasius | |
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Northern Boobook | Ninox japonica | |
Little Owl | Athene noctua | |
Oriental Scops Owl | Otus sunia | |
Collared Scops Owl | Otus bakkamoena | |
Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | |
Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | |
Tawny Fish Owl | Ketupa flavipes | |
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Common Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
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Northern Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
Speckled Piculet | Picumnus innominatus | |
Grey-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
Black Woodpecker | Dryocopus martius | |
Japanese Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos kizuki | |
Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Dendrocopos canicapillus | |
White-backed Woodpecker | Dendrocopos leucotos | |
Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | |
Rufous-bellied Woodpecker | Dendrocopos hyperythrus | |
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Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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Blyth's Kingfisher | Alcedo hercules | |
Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
Crested Kingfisher | Megaceryle lugubris | |
Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | |
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Lesser Kestrel | Falco naumanni | |
Common Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
Amur Falcon | Falco amurensis | |
Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
Eurasian Hobby | Falco subbuteo | |
Saker Falcon | Falco cherrug | |
Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
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Long-tailed Minivet | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
Swinhoe's Minivet | Pericrocotus cantonensis | |
Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Lalage melaschistos | |
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Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
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Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
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Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
Bull-headed Shrike | Lanius bucephalus | |
Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
Isabelline Shrike | Lanius isabellinus | |
Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
Grey-backed Shrike | Lanius tephronotus | |
Chinese Grey Shrike | Lanius sphenocercus | |
Northern Shrike | Lanius borealis | |
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Red-billed Chough | Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | |
Yellow-billed Blue Magpie | Urocissa flavirostris | |
Red-billed Blue Magpie | Urocissa erythroryncha | |
Azure-winged Magpie | Cyanopica cyanus | |
Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | |
Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | |
Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes | |
Daurian Jackdaw | Corvus dauuricus | |
Rook | Corvus frugilegus | |
Common Raven | Corvus corax | |
Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | |
Collared Crow | Corvus pectoralis | |
Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
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Amur Paradise-flycatcher | Terpsiphone incei | |
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Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | |
Brown Accentor | Prunella fulvescens | |
Siberian Accentor | Prunella montanella | |
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White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
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Russet Sparrow | Passer cinnamomeus | |
Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
Eurasian Rock Sparrow | Petronia petronia | |
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Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
Rosy Pipit | Anthus roseatus | |
American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | |
Water Pipit | Anthus spinoletta | |
Richard's Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | |
Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
Citrine Wagtail | Motacilla citreola | |
Green-headed Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
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Common Chaffinch | Fringilla coelebs | |
Brambling | Fringilla montifringilla | |
Hawfinch | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | |
Yellow-billed Grosbeak | Eophona migratoria | |
Japanese Grosbeak | Eophona personata | |
Common Rosefinch | Erythrina erythrina | |
Long-tailed Rosefinch | Carpodacus sibiricus | |
Pallas's Rosefinch | Carpodacus roseus | |
Père David's Rosefinch | Carpodacus davidianus | |
Pink-rumped Rosefinch | Carpodacus waltoni | |
Vinaceous Rosefinch | Carpodacus vinaceus | |
Grey-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythaca | |
Mongolian Finch | Eremopsaltria mongolica | |
Grey-capped Greenfinch | Chloris sinica | |
Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | |
White-winged Crossbill | Loxia leucoptera | |
Eurasian Siskin | Spinus spinus | |
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Lapland Longspur | Calcarius lapponicus | |
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Chestnut-eared Bunting | Emberiza fucata | |
Meadow Bunting | Emberiza cioides | |
Godlewski's Bunting | Emberiza godlewskii | |
Pine Bunting | Emberiza leucocephalos | |
Yellow-throated Bunting | Schoeniclus elegans | |
Japanese Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus yessoensis | |
Pallas's Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus pallasi | |
Eurasian Reed Bunting | Schoeniclus schoeniclus | |
Black-faced Bunting | Schoeniclus spodocephala | |
Rustic Bunting | Schoeniclus rusticus | |
Little Bunting | Schoeniclus pusillus | |
Yellow-breasted Bunting | Schoeniclus aureolus | |
Yellow-browed Bunting | Schoeniclus chrysophrys | |
Tristram's Bunting | Schoeniclus tristrami | |
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Yellow-bellied Tit | Pardaliparus venustulus | Endemic (country/region) |
Coal Tit | Periparus ater | |
Marsh Tit | Poecile palustris | |
Willow Tit | Poecile montanus | |
Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | |
Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
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Eastern Penduline Tit | Remiz consobrinus | |
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Asian Short-toed Lark | Alaudala cheleensis | |
Mongolian Lark | Melanocorypha mongolica | |
Greater Short-toed Lark | Calandrella brachydactyla | |
Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris | |
Eurasian Sky Lark | Alauda arvensis | |
Oriental Sky Lark | Alauda gulgula | |
Crested Lark | Galerida cristata | |
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Bearded Reedling | Panurus biarmicus | |
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Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
Striated Prinia | Prinia crinigera | |
Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
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Gray's Warbler | Locustella fasciolata | |
Rusty-rumped Warbler | Locustella certhiola | |
Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
Chinese Bush Warbler | Locustella tacsanowskia | |
Baikal Bush Warbler | Locustella davidi | |
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Thick-billed Warbler | Arundinax aedon | |
Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
Blunt-winged Warbler | Acrocephalus concinens | |
Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
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Asian House Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
Eurasian Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne rupestris | |
Dusky Crag Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | Rare/Accidental |
Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | |
Pale Martin | Riparia diluta | |
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Collared Finchbill | Spizixos semitorques | |
Brown-breasted Bulbul | Pycnonotus xanthorrhous | |
Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | |
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Chinese Leaf Warbler | Abrornis yunnanensis | |
Yellow-browed Warbler | Abrornis inornatus | |
Hume's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis humei | |
Forrest's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis forresti | |
Pallas's Leaf Warbler | Abrornis proregulus | |
Buff-barred Warbler | Abrornis pulcher | |
Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
Buff-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus subaffinis | |
Yellow-streaked Warbler | Phylloscopus armandii | |
Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | |
Eastern Crowned Leaf Warbler | Seicercus coronatus | |
Greenish Leaf Warbler | Seicercus trochiloides | |
Two-barred Leaf Warbler | Seicercus plumbeitarsus | |
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Seicercus tenellipes | |
Large-billed Leaf Warbler | Seicercus magnirostris | |
Ticehurst's Leaf Warbler | Seicercus claudiae | |
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Brown-flanked Bush Warbler | Horornis fortipes | |
Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler | Horornis acanthizoides | |
Aberrant Bush Warbler | Horornis flavolivaceus | |
Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
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Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | |
Black-browed Tit | Aegithalos iouschistos | |
Long-tailed Tit | Aegithalos caudatus | |
Silver-throated Tit | Aegithalos glaucogularis | Endemic (country/region) |
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Chinese Hill Warbler | Rhopophilus pekinensis | |
Streak-throated Fulvetta | Fulvetta cinereiceps | |
Fulvous-fronted Parrotbill | Suthora fulvifrons | |
Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Sinosuthora webbiana | |
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Chestnut-flanked White-eye | Zosterops erythropleurus | |
Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus | |
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Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus ruficollis | |
Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler | Erythrogenys erythrocnemis | |
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Melodious Laughing-thrush | Garrulax canorus | |
Grey Laughing-thrush | Garrulax maesi | |
Moustached Laughing-thrush | Garrulax cineraceus | |
Masked Laughing-thrush | Garrulax perspicillatus | |
Plain Laughing-thrush | Garrulax davidi | |
Elliot's Laughing-thrush | Trochalopteron elliotii | |
Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | |
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Goldcrest | Regulus regulus | |
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Bohemian Waxwing | Bombycilla garrulus | |
Japanese Waxwing | Bombycilla japonica | |
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Eurasian Treecreeper | Certhia familiaris | |
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Eurasian Nuthatch | Sitta europaea | |
Chinese Nuthatch | Sitta villosa | |
Wallcreeper | Tichodroma muraria | |
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Eurasian Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes | |
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Common Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | |
Purple-backed Starling | Agropsar sturninus | |
Red-billed Starling | Spodiopsar sericeus | Breeding endemic |
White-cheeked Starling | Spodiopsar cineraceus | |
Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | |
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Brown Dipper | Cinclus pallasii | |
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Oriental Magpie Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
Grey-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
Zappey's Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cumatilis | |
Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
Rufous-headed Robin | Larvivora ruficeps | |
Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
White-bellied Redstart | Luscinia phaenicuroides | |
White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti | |
Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | |
Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
Slaty-blue Flycatcher | Ficedula tricolor | |
Slaty-backed Flycatcher | Ficedula sordida | |
White-throated Redstart | Adelura schisticeps | |
Plumbeous Water Redstart | Rhyacornis fuliginosa | |
White-capped Water Redstart | Chaimarrornis leucocephalus | |
Black Redstart | Phoenicurus ochruros | |
Przevalski's Redstart | Phoenicurus alaschanicus | |
Daurian Redstart | Phoenicurus auroreus | |
Güldenstädt's Redstart | Phoenicurus erythrogastrus | |
White-throated Rock Thrush | Monticola gularis | |
Common Rock Thrush | Monticola saxatilis | |
Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
Eastern Stonechat | Saxicola maurus | |
Grey Bush Chat | Saxicola ferreus | |
Northern Wheatear | Oenanthe oenanthe | |
Isabelline Wheatear | Oenanthe isabellina | |
Desert Wheatear | Oenanthe deserti | |
Pied Wheatear | Oenanthe pleschanka | |
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Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
Chinese Thrush | Otocichla mupinensis | |
Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | |
Eastern Blackbird | Turdus mandarinus | |
Grey-backed Thrush | Turdus hortulorum | |
Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
Grey-sided Thrush | Turdus feae | Endemic (country/region) |
Pale Thrush | Turdus pallidus | |
Chestnut Thrush | Turdus rubrocanus | |
Naumann's Thrush | Turdus naumanni | |
Dusky Thrush | Turdus eunomus | |
Black-throated Thrush | Turdus atrogularis | |
Red-throated Thrush | Turdus ruficollis |
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