China · Sichuan
Balang Shan – Summit
131 species and 935 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 42 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Balang Shan Pass4 km256 species
- Balang Shan [General Area]4 km290 species
- Balang Shan – Tunnel Area6 km236 species
- Balang Shan – Main Tunnel North8 km70 species
- Dengsheng Valley8 km121 species
- Mt. Siguniang – Viewing Point12 km123 species
All 131 species recorded here
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Sichuan Tit Poecile weigoldicus
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Twite Linaria flavirostris
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Sharpe's Rosefinch Carpodacus verreauxii
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Barred Laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulata
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni
- Sichuan Bush Warbler Locustella chengi
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Firethroat Calliope pectardens
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Balang Shan – Summit?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 42 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Balang Shan – Summit?
131 species, from 935 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.