Surfbirds Life and Year List Rankings

Greater China List Showing Records 1 through 22 of 22 Total Records Rank Name Nationality Total Highlights 1 Paul Leader Based in Hong Kong 978 Sclater's Monal, Fire-tailed Myzornis, Wood Warbler, Jerdon's Bushchat, Blue-rumped Pitta, McQueen's Bustard, Yellow-vented Warbler 2 Liu Yang China 948 2008 Xinjiang-Qinghai, Wood Warbler, Przewalski's Redstart.2008Jan.-Feb.,European Robin at Beijing, Brown-headed Thrush at HK. White-eared Night-Heron, Scaly-sided Merganser, Cabot's Tragopan, Elliot's Pheasant, Reeves's Pheasant,Brown-eared Pheasant, Chinese Monal,Forrest Eagle Owl,Crested Ibis, Blue Pitta,Blue-winged Pitta,Sichuan Jay,Wire-tailed Swallow,Gould's Shortwing,Courtois's Laughingthrush,Cachar Wredge-billed Babbler Sichuan Treecreeper,Jankowski's Bunting. 3 Mike Kilburn British (HK resident) 915 White-winged Magpie, Silver Oriole, Sandhill Crane, Sclater's Monal, Calandra Lark, Hume's Pheasant, Short-tailed Shearwater, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Xinjiang Groundjay 4 Chen Liang Chinese living in Beijing 905 Ancient Murrelete, Przewalski's Parrotbilll, Silver Oriole, Grey Laughingthrush, Blue-winged Pitta, Palla's Fish Eagle, Eurasian Stone Curlew, Song Thrush, Barbarian Falcon, Altai Accentor, Corn Crake, Thick-billed Flowpecker, Limestone Wren Babbler and Kozlov's Accentor in 2009; Pacific Diver, Scarlet & Himalayan Monal, Rusty-bellied Shortwing and Red-breasted Goose, Golden-crested Myna in 2008 5 Gan Liqing Mainland China 902 2009 Hainan: Hainan Partridge,White-throated Rock Thrush Fujian :White-necklaced Partridge,Cabot's Tragopan Yunnan:Rufous-throated Partridge ,Bronze-winged Jacana,Wreathed Hornbill,Oriental Pied Hornbill 6 Bjorn Anderson Swedish 890 Birded in China 2003-2008: 1310 of 1333 Chinese birds recorded. Nonggang Babbler, Hainan Peacock-Pheasant, Biets' Laughingthrush, Lord Derby's Parakeet, Jerdon's Baza, Moustached Laugher, Streaked Barwing, Przewalski's Parrotbilll, Blackthroat, Cachar Wedge-billed Babbler, Long-billed Thrush, Grass Owl, Silver Oriole, White-eared Night-Heron, Gould's Shortwing, Biddulph's Ground-Jay, Scaly-sided Merganser, Cabot's Tragopan, Elliot's Pheasant, Tibetan Sandgrouse, Crested Ibis, Chinese Crested Tern, Swinhoe's Rail, Sichuan Hill-Partridge, Gold-fronted Fulvetta, Courtois's Laughingthrush, Reed Parrotbill, Jankowski's Bunting. 7 Michael Leven Scottish / Hong Kong Resident 833 2008 additions: White-billed Diver, Short-tailed Shearwater, Great Frigatebird, White-tailed Tropicbird and Red-breasted Flycatcher in Hong Kong; Reeve's Pheasant, Blue-throated Bee-eater and Fairy Pitta in Henan. Excludes heards and ferals. Upadated 14/8/08 8 Shi Jin English (living in Beijing) http://www.chinesecurrents.com/wild_side.html 803 Ringed Plover and Slaty-backed Gull at Beidaihe in May 2009. Before that: Lord Derby's Parakeet, Tibetan Eared-Pheasant, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Jankowski's Bunting, all 10 species of sunbird, 14 species of parrotbill, Blue-capped Redstart, Baer's Pochard, Sichuan Jay, Sichuan Treecreeper, Sukachev's Laughingthrush, Prince Henri's Laughingthrush, Rufous-headed Robin, Pere Bonvalot's Tit, Verraux's Monal Partridge, Severtzov's Grouse, Chinese Monal, River Lapwing, Wire-tailed Swallow, Red-wattled Lapwing, Collared Myna, White-vented Myna, Lesser Whistling Duck, Manipur Fulvetta, Mrs Hume's Pheasant, White-winged Magpie (2 races), Chinese Monal, Tibetan Grey Shrike, Purple Cochoa, Green Cochoa, Giant Nuthatch, Swinhoe's Rail, Ratchet-tailed Treepie; Banded Bay Cuckoo, Greater Flameback, River Tern, Small Pratincole, Brown-winged Parrotbill, Collared Treepie, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Wreathed Hornbill 9 Lei Jinyu Mainland China 779 09 Oct. Cotton Pygmy Goose in Changsha, Hunan.Always good:White-cheeked Nuthatch, Severtsov's Grouse, Sukatschev's Laughingthrush,Band-bellied Crake, Great Hornbill, Golden-crested Myna, Courtois's Laugher, Silver Oriole, White-tailed Tropicbird, Red phalarope;Barnacle Goose, Red-breasted Goose, Hodgson's Frogmouth, Japanese Robin, Lesser Frigatebird,Glaucous-winged Gull,Chinese Crested Tern,Spoon-billed Sandpiper,Nordmann's Greenshank, Nonggang babbler,Green Cochoa,Dusky Crag-Martin,Clamorous Reed-Warbler,Pale-footed Bush-Warbler,Blue-winged Pitta 10 Zhang Lin China 771 Imperial Eagle's nest and hatchlings,Xinjiang 11 Joakim Hammar Swedish 719 Nonggang Babbler, Biddulph's Groundjay, Sukatchev's Laughingthrush, Moustashed Laughingthrush, Pallas's Fish-eagle, Eversmann's Redstart, lepidus Long-tailed Rosefinch, White-eared Nightheron, Chinese Monal, Gould's Shortwing, Gold-fronted Fulvetta, Scaly-sided Merganser, Crested Ibis, Chinese Crested Tern, Reed-, Short-tailed and Grey-hooded Parrotbills, Rufous-headed Robin, Firethroat, Severtzovs Grouse, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Baer's Pochard, Sichuan Treecreeper, Short-tailed shearwater, Aleutian tern 12 Wang Jiyi China 673 080726 Chinese Crested Tern, 080817 Spoon-billed Sandpiper 13 James Eaton / Birdtour Asia British 664 Latest: Nonggang Babbler, Reeve's Pheasant, Scaly-sided Merganser, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Yellow-browed and Ochre-rumped Buntings, Siberian Crane. Past Highlights: Jiangxi: Cabot's Tragopan, Courtois's Laugher, Reed Parrotbill, Rickett's Partridge. Sichuan, Hill & Rufous-throated Partridge, Chinese Monal, Blue Eared-Pheasant, Oriental Scops Owl, Purple Cochoa, Black-backed Forktail, Gold-fronted Fulvetta, Red-tailed & Grey-sided Laugher, Bar-winged Wren Babbler, Cutia, Streaked Barwing, Yunnan Nuthatch, Collared Myna, Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher, all Taiwan endemics 14 Claes-Göran Cederlund Swedish 593 Updated 1 June 2008. Taiwan endemics April-May 2008 15 Remco Hofland Dutch 592 Updated July 1, 2009. Visited Hong Kong Jan Aug Nov; Sichuan Jan 05, May and July 06; Poyang Hu Jan 05, Qinghai & Xizang Aug 06, Yunnan July 08 and Shanghai, Jianxi, Fujian & Taiwan May 09. Excl HO (like Brown & Blue Eared-Pheasant). Highlights incl Scaly-sided Merganser, Black-necked & Siberian White Crane, Tibetan Snowcock, Cabot’s & Temminck's Tragopan, Mikado, Koklass and Lady Amherst’s Pheasant, White and Tibetan Eared-Pheasant, Severtsov's Grouse, Malayan Night-Heron, Chinese Tawny Owl ssp yamadae, Fairy Pitta, Spoon-billed Sandpiper & Chinese Crested Tern (both Fujian), Ibisbill, 5 sp of forktail, Long-billed Thrush, Ala Shan Redstart, Purple Cochoa, Courtois’s, Red-winged and Barred Laughingthrush, Reed Parrotbill, Taiwan Barwing, Yellow Tit, Yunnan Nuthatch, Henderson’s Ground-Jay, 6 sp of snowfinch, Roborovski's & Three-banded Rosefinch, Pink-tailed Bunting. 16 Yvon Princen Belgian 459 Scaly-sided Merganser, Japanese Waxwing, Siberian Crane, Black-faced Spoonbill, Ochre-rumped Bunting 17 ZXM China 400 18 Mikael Bauer Swedish, living in Sweden 300 Gould's Shortwing in Sichuan 19 Mike Passant British 222 20 Rick Waldrop USA 121 All seen on a layover in Hong Kong. Best bird: Black-faced Spoonbill 21 Russ Lamb Australian 45 3 days only around Taepei, Taiwan, May 09 22 que pinjia China 1 Not entered in these rankings and want to enter yourself? Update or Delete your ranking Back to Life and Year List Home