Beidaihe Bird Checklist - with spring status (ref. M Williams)

CR – critically endangered; EN – endangered; VU – vulnerable; NT – near threatened. Ww – birds on Wildwings checklist.

Status codes refer to the Beidaihe region: e, m and l represent early, middle and late spring - `Spring' is from March to the beginning of June: 1 – rare; 2 – scarce; 3 – uncommon; 4 - fairly common; 5 – common; 6 - abundant. Most mid or late Spring birds might be seen. (E.g. Daurian Starling, lSpr 3-4, is present in late Spring – May – uncommonly to fairly commonly, with a good chance of being seen.)

Status uncertain

? Pacific/Black-throated Diver Gavia pacifica/arctica
? Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa
? Pacific Reef Egret Egretta sacra
? Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus 29.4.1994: 8
? Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis
? Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri e-mSpr 1
? (NT) Latham's Snipe Gallinago hardwickii m-lSpr 1-2
? Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
? Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris 22.5.1994
? Chinese Bush Warbler Bradypterus tacsanowskius
? Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella ochotensis lSpr
? Styan’s Grasshopper Warbler Locustella pleskei 17.5.1989
? (VU) Jankowski's Bunting Emberiza jankowskii

Reference

Martin Williams, A Checklist of the Birds of Beidaihe/Qinghuangdao District, Hebei Province
http://members.tripod.com?~Martin Williams/beidaihe/beidaihelist.html

 Species Status
2001
   
Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata ? eSpr 1-2      
Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis mSpr+ 4      
Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus ?? e-mSpr 4-5      
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena        
Slavonian Grebe (Horned Grebe) Podiceps auritus eSpr 2-3      
Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis e-mSpr 3-6      
Great Frigatebird Fregata minor        
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo ?? e-mSpr 3-6      
Temminck's Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus e-lSpr 2-3      
Pelagic Cormorant Phalacrocorax pelagicus ? e-mSpr 2-4      
(VU) Dalmatian Pelican Pelecanus crispus        
Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris eSpr      
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis lSpr 4      
(NT) Von Schrenck's Bittern Ixobrychus eurhythmus lSpr 4      
Cinnamon Bittern Ixobrychus cinnamomeus ? lSpr 1-2      
Black Bittern Dupetor flavicollis        
Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax mSpr 3-4      
Striated Heron Butorides striatus ?? m-lSpr 3      
Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus ?? lSpr+ 4      
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis ? m-lSpr 1-2      
(EN) Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes lSpr 2      
Little Egret Egretta garzetta ? m-lSpr 2-3      
Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia ? m-lSpr 2-3      
Great Egret Egretta alba m-lSpr 3      
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea ? e-mSpr 5      
Purple Heron Ardea purpurea m-lSpr 4      
Black Stork Ciconia nigra eSpr 4      
(EN) Oriental White Stork Ciconia boyciana eSpr 2-3      
(NT) Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus m-lSpr 2      
Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia ??? e-mSpr 2-3      
Mute Swan Cygnus olor eSpr 2      
Bewick's Swan Cygnus columbianus bewickii ? eSpr 3      
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus eSpr 2      
(VU) Swan Goose Anser cygnoides eSpr 3      
Bean Goose Anser fabalis ?? eSpr 5-6      
White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons eSpr 3      
(VU) Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus eSpr 1-2      
Greylag Goose Anser anser ? eSpr 2-3      
Brent Goose Branta bernicla nigricans ?(Black Brant) e-mSpr 1-2      
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea ??? e-mSpr 3-4      
Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna ? e-mSpr      
(NT) Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata mSpr 3      
Eurasian Wigeon Anas penelope e-mSpr 3-4      
Falcated Teal Anas falcata e-mSpr 4      
Gadwall Anas strepera e-mSpr 3-4      
(VU) Baikal Teal Anas formosa eSpr 2      
Common Teal Anas crecca e-mSpr 5      
Green-winged Teal Anas carolinensis 1.4.1989      
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos ? e-mSpr 5-6      
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha aonorhyncha e-mSpr 5-6      
Northern Pintail Anas acuta e-mSpr 3-4      
Garganey Anas querquedula ??? mSpr 5-6      
Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata e-mSpr 3-4      
Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina 19.4.1989      
Common Pochard Aythya ferina e-mSpr 3-4      
(VU) Baer's Pochard Aythya baeri e-mSpr 3      
(VU) Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca        
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula ??? eSpr 2-3      
Greater Scaup Aythya marila ? eSpr 2      
Steller's Eider Polysticta stelleri 16.4.1985      
Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus e-mSpr 1-2      
Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis ? mSpr 2      
White-winged Scoter Melanitta (fusca) stejnegeri ? e-mSpr 2-4      
Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula eSpr 5-6      
Smew Mergus albellus ??? eSpr      
Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator ? e-mSpr      
Goosander Mergus merganser eSpr 3-4      
Osprey Pandion haliaeetus ? mSpr 3      
Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes 15.5.2001      
Crested Honey-Buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus orientalis m-lSpr 3-4      
Black Kite Milvus migrans ? e-lSpr 3-4      
(NT) White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla ?? eSpr 2      
(NT) Eurasian Black Vulture Aegypius monachus        
Short-toed Snake-eagle Circaetus gallicus lSpr 1-2      
Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus e-mSpr 3-4      
Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos m-lSpr 4-5      
Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus mSpr 4      
Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis ? mSpr 3-4      
Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis mSpr 3-4      
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus e-mSpr 4      
Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis ??? e-mSpr 4      
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo ? e-mSpr 3-4      
Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius e-mSpr 2      
Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus eSpr 2-3      
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus m-lSpr 3      
(VU) Greater Spotted Eagle Aquila clanga m-lSpr 2-3      
Steppe Eagle Aquila nipalensis        
(VU) Imperial Eagle Aquila heliaca m-lSpr 1-2      
Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos        
(VU) Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni ??? eSpr 2      
Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus e-mSpr 3-4      
Amur Falcon Falco amurensis m-lSpr 3      
Merlin Falco columbarius ? e-mSpr 2-3      
Northern Hobby Falco subbuteo m-lSpr 4      
Saker Falcon Falco cherrug ? e-mSpr 2-3      
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus e-mSpr 2-3      
Chukar Alectoris chukar 1-2      
Daurian Partridge Perdix dauuricae        
Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica ?? m-lSpr 3-4      
Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha Ww OP        
Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 1-2      
Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki lSpr 3      
Common Crane Grus grus ? eSpr 5-6      

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