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Tibet

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Large Niltava Niltava grandis �Laurence Poh http://www.laurencepoh.com/

Tibet is consider, by the Republic of China, to be one of its provinces; Xizang - for a different perspective look at the Xizang page off the China page... http://www.fatbirder.com/links_geo/asia/china_xizang.html Also see that page for a fuller description of the geography etc. of the area. Most links to other relevant websites are posted on that page

Number of Species

Number of bird species: 561

Endemics

Number of endemics: 1
Sillem's Mountain-Finch Leucosticte sillemi

Useful Reading

* Field Guides & Bird Song

For a comprehensive list of recommended titles covering Asia as a whole - please see the Asia page of Fatbirder

A Field Guide to the Birds of China, Tibet and Taiwan

Paul Leader, Geoff Carey and Phil Round c. 600 pages, 120 col plates, maps. Christopher Helm 2007
ISBN: 9780713660326
Buy this book from NHBS.com

A Field Guide to the Birds of South-East Asia

Craig Robson Hardcover - 504 pages ( 1 February, 2000) New Holland Publishers (UK)
ISBN: 1843307464
Buy this book from NHBS.com

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Trip Reports

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2001 [May] - Steve Bale

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This was not a birding trip, as such. My wife and I joined a tour group, organised by the Tibetan Tourist Bureau in Shanghai, (the only official way a foreigner living in Shanghai is allowed into Tibet). The itinerary, therefore, was focused on Tibetan culture and not Tibetan birds. I broke away from the group at every opportunity � typically birding the area outside the respective monastery, while the group (including my wife) toured the inside...

2005 [July] - Hannu Jannes

Report

...Despite all my worries, everything went very well and our long journey through the breathtakingly beautiful highlands produced 201 species...

2005 [June] - George Wagner

Report

The mystical land of Tibet holds many attractions to westerners. Many come to visit the monasteries, its people, and the stark landscape. In June of 2005, I went there to see the birds of the Tibetan plateau. Traditional Tibet is now split among four Chinese governmental provinces. This trip report covers birding areas I visited the two largest Tibetan provinces � Xizang and Qinghai. These two provinces constitute most of traditional Tibet and hold nearly all of the birds associated with the Tibetan Plateau...

2005 [June] - Mr. Tang Jun, Ms Dang Rong &Mr. Dong Xiaohe - SE of Qinghai/Tibet Plateau

Report

I think this is probably the first birding report from this area by a local Chinese people. So it should be good to let the birders worldwide have more view of birds of this area from a Chinese viewpoint...

2006 [November] - Jesper Hornskov

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Guides & Tour Operators

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Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

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There are 370 kinds of birds on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, of which, 30 are under top government protection...

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