Bird AlbumChina · Sichuan
Balang Shan – Tunnel Area
236 species and 7,581 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May, with up to 122 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chinese White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus dubius
Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
Himalayan BuzzardButeo refectus
Elliot's LaughingthrushTrochalopteron elliotii
Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes
Koklass PheasantPucrasia macrolopha
Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricola
Blood PheasantIthaginis cruentus
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris
Black-faced LaughingthrushTrochalopteron affine
Giant LaughingthrushIanthocincla maxima
Himalayan VultureGyps himalayensis
Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus15 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 236 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Balang Shan [General Area]2 km290 species
- Dengsheng Valley3 km121 species
- Balang Shan – Summit6 km131 species
- Balang Shan Pass9 km256 species
- Balang Shan – Main Tunnel North12 km70 species
- Mt. Siguniang – Viewing Point17 km123 species
All 236 species recorded here
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima
- White Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
- Himalayan Vulture Gyps himalayensis
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata
- Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
- White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
- Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
- White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Golden Bush Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
- Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
- Sharpe's Rosefinch Carpodacus verreauxii
- Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
- Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
- Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
- Crimson-browed Finch Carpodacus subhimachalus
- Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
- Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Black-faced Laughingthrush Trochalopteron affine
- Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
- Grandala Grandala coelicolor
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Sichuan Tit Poecile weigoldicus
- Sichuan Thrush Zoothera griseiceps
- Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Snow Partridge Lerwa lerwa
- Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Coal Tit Periparus ater
- Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Firethroat Calliope pectardens
- Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
- Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides
- Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler Cettia major
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Brandt's Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Grey-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
- White-browed Bush Robin Tarsiger indicus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
- Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
- White-browed Fulvetta Fulvetta vinipectus
- Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
- Streaked Rosefinch Carpodacus rubicilloides
- Grey-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
- Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
- Barred Laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulata
- Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- White-browed Tit-warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Sichuan Bush Warbler Locustella chengi
- Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Spotted Laughingthrush Ianthocincla ocellata
- Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
- Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
- Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Grey-hooded Fulvetta Fulvetta cinereiceps
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti
- Robin Accentor Prunella rubeculoides
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Great Parrotbill Paradoxornis aemodius
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni
- Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
- Blue Eared Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis
- Brown Accentor Prunella fulvescens
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Red-throated Thrush Turdus ruficollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Spectacled Fulvetta Fulvetta ruficapilla
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Red-tailed Minla Minla ignotincta
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Red-winged Laughingthrush Trochalopteron formosum
- White-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus albogularis
- Brown Bush Warbler Locustella luteoventris
- Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Sooty Bushtit Aegithalos fuliginosus
- Emei Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus emeiensis
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Blue-fronted Robin Cinclidium frontale
- Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Tibetan Partridge Perdix hodgsoniae
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Golden-breasted Fulvetta Lioparus chrysotis
- Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis
- Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Balang Shan – Tunnel Area?
May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 122 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Balang Shan – Tunnel Area?
236 species, from 7,581 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Balang Shan – Tunnel Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Chinese White-browed Rosefinch, Large-billed Crow, Himalayan Buzzard, Elliot's Laughingthrush and Common Kestrel.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.