Bird AlbumChina · Sichuan
Balang Shan – Main Tunnel North
70 species and 730 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May–June, with up to 37 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chinese White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus dubius
White-throated RedstartPhoenicurus schisticeps
Chinese FulvettaFulvetta striaticollis
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
Blood PheasantIthaginis cruentus
Giant LaughingthrushIanthocincla maxima
Red-billed ChoughPyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Pink-rumped RosefinchCarpodacus waltoni
Sichuan TitPoecile weigoldicus
White-browed Tit-warblerLeptopoecile sophiae
Rufous-fronted BushtitAegithalos iouschistosSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Balang Shan Pass4 km256 species
- Mt. Siguniang – Viewing Point4 km123 species
- Balang Shan – Summit8 km131 species
- Mt. Siguniang8 km88 species
- Balang Shan [General Area]11 km290 species
- Mt. Siguniang – Shuangqiao Valley12 km76 species
All 70 species recorded here
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Sichuan Tit Poecile weigoldicus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-headed Sibia Heterophasia desgodinsi
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Sharpe's Rosefinch Carpodacus verreauxii
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Balang Shan – Main Tunnel North?
May–June. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 37 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Balang Shan – Main Tunnel North?
70 species, from 730 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Balang Shan – Main Tunnel North in November?
The most recorded in November: Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, White-throated Redstart, Chinese Fulvetta, Himalayan Vulture and Blood Pheasant.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.