Bird AlbumChina · Sichuan
Balang Shan [General Area]
290 species and 10,970 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, with up to 185 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
Snow PigeonColumba leuconota
Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectus
Tibetan SnowcockTetraogallus tibetanus
Green-backed TitParus monticolus
Brandt's Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandti
Plumbeous Water RedstartPhoenicurus fuliginosus
Snow PartridgeLerwa lerwa
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
Rufous-fronted BushtitAegithalos iouschistosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Balang Shan – Tunnel Area2 km236 species
- Dengsheng Valley4 km121 species
- Balang Shan – Summit4 km131 species
- Balang Shan Pass7 km256 species
- Balang Shan – Main Tunnel North11 km70 species
- Mt. Siguniang – Viewing Point16 km123 species
All 290 species recorded here
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
- Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus
- Sichuan Tit Poecile weigoldicus
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Firethroat Calliope pectardens
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Sharpe's Rosefinch Carpodacus verreauxii
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Sichuan Thrush Zoothera griseiceps
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Barred Laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulata
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Crested Tit-warbler Leptopoecile elegans
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Sichuan Bush Warbler Locustella chengi
- Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Sooty Bushtit Aegithalos fuliginosus
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Grey-hooded Fulvetta Fulvetta cinereiceps
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Emei Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus emeiensis
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Ibisbill Ibidorhyncha struthersii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Alström's Warbler Phylloscopus soror
- Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Red-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron formosum
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Black-winged Snowfinch Montifringilla adamsi
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Grey-hooded Parrotbill Suthora zappeyi
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Güldenstädt's Redstart Phoenicurus erythrogastrus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Silver-throated Bushtit Aegithalos glaucogularis
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Rusty-capped Fulvetta Schoeniparus dubius
- Ground Tit Pseudopodoces humilis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Green Shrike-babbler Pteruthius xanthochlorus
- Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
- Spectacled Fulvetta Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
- Himalayan Shortwing Brachypteryx cruralis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Balang Shan [General Area]?
May–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 185 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Balang Shan [General Area]?
290 species, from 10,970 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Balang Shan [General Area] in November?
The most recorded in November: Large-billed Crow, Red-billed Chough, Himalayan Vulture, Snow Pigeon and Plain Mountain Finch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.