Free field guide to Jiuzhaigou Valley

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A free printable field guide to Jiuzhaigou Valley covers 3 mammals and 265 birds in taxonomic order, with photos for 265 species and a tick-box checklist. It downloads as a PDF (A5 pocket size) or EPUB e-book. You choose the animal groups; the book is built in your browser in under a minute.

Inside the guide

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Plumbeous Redstart

Chestnut Thrush

White-capped Redstart

Gray-crested Tit

White Wagtail

Green-backed Tit

Mallard

How to make your Jiuzhaigou Valley field guide

1. Open the field guide builder (Jiuzhaigou Valley is already selected).
2. Pick animal groups: mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians (reptiles and amphibians come from a 20 km grid around the area).
3. Choose pocket or full size, then save as PDF or download the EPUB.

Checklist: mammals of Jiuzhaigou Valley (3)

Cercopithecidae

• Golden Snub-nosed Monkey Rhinopithecus roxellana

Bovidae

• Himalayan Takin Budorcas taxicolor
• Blue Sheep Pseudois nayaur

Checklist: birds of Jiuzhaigou Valley (265)

Anatidae

• Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
• Common Merganser Mergus merganser
• Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
• Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
• Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
• Green-winged Teal Anas crecca

Phasianidae

• Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus
• Temminck's Tragopan Tragopan temminckii
• Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis obscurus
• Buff-throated Monal-Partridge Tetraophasis szechenyii
• Chinese Monal Lophophorus lhuysii
• Koklass Pheasant Pucrasia macrolopha
• Chinese Grouse Tetrastes sewerzowi
• Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
• Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
• Blue Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon auritum
• White Eared-Pheasant Crossoptilon crossoptilon
• Tibetan Snowcock Tetraogallus tibetanus

Podicipedidae

• Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis

Cuculidae

• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
• Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
• Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
• Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Columbidae

• Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
• Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis
• Speckled Wood-Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
• Snow Pigeon Columba leuconota
• Hill Pigeon Columba rupestris
• Rock Pigeon Columba livia

Rallidae

• Eurasian Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
• Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
• White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

Scolopacidae

• Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos

Laridae

• Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
• Common Tern Sterna hirundo

Phalacrocoracidae

• Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo

Ardeidae

• Little Egret Egretta garzetta
• Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus
• Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
• Purple Heron Ardea purpurea

Caprimulgidae

• Gray Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka

Apodidae

• House Swift Apus nipalensis
• Salim Ali's Swift Apus salimalii
• White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
• Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
• Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris

Strigidae

• Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
• Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum

Accipitridae

• Bearded Vulture Gypaetus barbatus
• Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis
• Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos
• Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
• Black Kite Milvus migrans
• Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
• Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
• Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus

Upupidae

• Common Hoopoe Upupa epops

Alcedinidae

• Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
• Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata

Picidae

• Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
• Gray-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
• Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius
• Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker Picoides tridactylus
• Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
• Darjeeling Woodpecker Dendrocopos darjellensis
• Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
• Crimson-naped Woodpecker Dryobates cathpharius

Falconidae

• Eurasian Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Campephagidae

• Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
• Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
• Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
• Brown-rumped Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis

Oriolidae

• Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis

Dicruridae

• Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
• Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus

Laniidae

• Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
• Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
• Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
• Gray-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

Corvidae

• Yellow-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus
• Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
• Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
• Sichuan Jay Perisoreus internigrans
• Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
• Oriental Magpie Pica serica
• Black-rumped Magpie Pica bottanensis
• Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
• Daurian Jackdaw Coloeus dauuricus
• Common Raven Corvus corax
• Collared Crow Corvus torquatus
• Carrion Crow Corvus corone
• Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

Stenostiridae

• Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

Paridae

• Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
• Great Tit Parus major
• Asian Tit Parus cinereus
• Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
• Coal Tit Periparus ater
• Rufous-vented Tit Periparus rubidiventris
• Gray-crested Tit Lophophanes dichrous
• White-browed Tit Poecile superciliosus
• Pere David's Tit Poecile davidi
• Black-bibbed Tit Poecile hypermelaenus
• Sichuan Tit Poecile weigoldicus

Alaudidae

• Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
• Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris

Locustellidae

• Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
• Spotted Bush Warbler Locustella thoracica

Pnoepygidae

• Scaly-breasted Cupwing Pnoepyga albiventer
• Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla

Hirundinidae

• Pale Martin Riparia diluta
• Eurasian Crag-Martin Ptyonoprogne rupestris
• Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
• Asian House-Martin Delichon dasypus
• Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

Aegithalidae

• Crested Tit-Warbler Leptopoecile elegans
• White-browed Tit-Warbler Leptopoecile sophiae
• Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus
• Sooty Tit Aegithalos fuliginosus
• Black-browed Tit Aegithalos iouschistos

Cettiidae

• Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
• Gray-sided Bush Warbler Cettia brunnifrons
• Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
• Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
• Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
• Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler Horornis acanthizoides

Phylloscopidae

• Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
• Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
• Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei
• Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
• Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
• Gansu Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus kansuensis
• Sichuan Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus forresti
• Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
• Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
• Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
• Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
• Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
• Gray-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
• Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
• Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
• Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
• Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
• Large-billed Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus magnirostris
• Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
• Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
• Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
• Kloss's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

Pycnonotidae

• Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
• Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
• Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
• Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Paradoxornithidae

• Spectacled Fulvetta Fulvetta ruficapilla
• Chinese Fulvetta Fulvetta striaticollis
• Gray-hooded Fulvetta Fulvetta cinereiceps
• Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis
• Three-toed Parrotbill Paradoxornis paradoxus
• Rusty-throated Parrotbill Suthora przewalskii
• Spectacled Parrotbill Suthora conspicillata
• Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana

Zosteropidae

• White-collared Yuhina Parayuhina diademata
• Stripe-throated Yuhina Yuhina gularis
• Swinhoe's White-eye Zosterops simplex
• Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus

Timaliidae

• Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis
• Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler Erythrogenys gravivox

Leiothrichidae

• David's Fulvetta Alcippe davidi
• Elliot's Laughingthrush Trochalopteron elliotii
• Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
• Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush Ianthocincla sukatschewi
• Giant Laughingthrush Ianthocincla maxima
• Barred Laughingthrush Ianthocincla lunulata
• White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
• Pere David's Laughingthrush Pterorhinus davidi
• Chinese Babax Pterorhinus lanceolatus

Regulidae

• Goldcrest Regulus regulus

Tichodromidae

• Wallcreeper Tichodroma muraria

Sittidae

• Przevalski's Nuthatch Sitta przewalskii
• Snowy-browed Nuthatch Sitta villosa
• Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
• Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis

Certhiidae

• Hodgson's Treecreeper Certhia hodgsoni
• Bar-tailed Treecreeper Certhia himalayana
• Sichuan Treecreeper Certhia tianquanensis

Troglodytidae

• Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

Cinclidae

• Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
• White-throated Dipper Cinclus cinclus

Turdidae

• Grandala Grandala coelicolor
• Long-tailed Thrush Zoothera dixoni
• Alpine Thrush Zoothera mollissima
• Chinese Thrush Turdus mupinensis
• Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
• White-backed Thrush Turdus kessleri
• Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus

Muscicapidae

• Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
• Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
• Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
• Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
• Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
• Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
• Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
• Chinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis glaucicomans
• White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
• Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
• Chinese Rubythroat Calliope tschebaiewi
• Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
• White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
• Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
• Indian Blue Robin Larvivora brunnea
• Rufous-headed Robin Larvivora ruficeps
• Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
• Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
• Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
• Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
• Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
• White-browed Bush-Robin Tarsiger indicus
• Golden Bush-Robin Tarsiger chrysaeus
• Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
• White-throated Redstart Phoenicurus schisticeps
• White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
• Plumbeous Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
• Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
• Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
• Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
• White-throated Rock-Thrush Monticola gularis
• Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
• Gray Bushchat Saxicola ferreus
• Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus

Prunellidae

• Maroon-backed Accentor Prunella immaculata
• Rufous-breasted Accentor Prunella strophiata

Passeridae

• Rock Sparrow Petronia petronia
• Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
• House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Motacillidae

• Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
• Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
• White Wagtail Motacilla alba
• Blyth's Pipit Anthus godlewskii
• Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
• Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
• Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus

Fringillidae

• Collared Grosbeak Mycerobas affinis
• White-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas carnipes
• Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
• Pink-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus waltoni
• Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus
• Dark-rumped Rosefinch Carpodacus edwardsii
• Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus
• Long-tailed Rosefinch Carpodacus sibiricus
• Red-fronted Rosefinch Carpodacus puniceus
• Three-banded Rosefinch Carpodacus trifasciatus
• Chinese White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus dubius
• Gray-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
• Blanford's Rosefinch Agraphospiza rubescens
• Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis
• Plain Mountain Finch Leucosticte nemoricola
• Black-headed Mountain Finch Leucosticte brandti
• Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
• Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
• Tibetan Serin Spinus thibetanus

Emberizidae

• Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
• Slaty Bunting Emberiza siemsseni
• Godlewski's Bunting Emberiza godlewskii
• Rock Bunting Emberiza cia

Order follows AviList (birds) and the Mammal Diversity Database (mammals).

Data last updated 2026-11-05. Species–place links come from GBIF occurrence downloads (GBIF.org) matched to protected-area boundaries from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and other open boundary sources, plus places listed by our own guides. Record counts are what has been reported to GBIF, not population sizes. Reptiles and amphibians are never shown at park level. How this database works · Data sources and limits.