Giant Panda National Park

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Where the eastern slopes of China's Sichuan plateau descend into cloud-wrapped valleys, one of Asia's most biodiverse landscapes unfolds across more than 350,000 square kilometres. This vast protected region encompasses a mosaic of montane forests, alpine meadows, and deep gorges carved by ancient waterways, creating a patchwork of microclimates that support extraordinary ecological richness. The terrain rises from subtropical river valleys to high mountain ridges, each elevation band hosting its own distinct community of plants and animals. Mist-laden temperate forests cloak the mid-slopes, where tangled understories shelter small mammals, ground-feeding birds, and amphibians adapted to the perpetual damp. Higher still, mixed conifer woodlands give way to alpine scrub and grassland, haunts of mountain ungulates and high-altitude raptors that ride the thermals above the ridgelines. This is a landscape of deep endemism, where species found nowhere else on Earth have evolved in isolation across countless valleys and peaks.

For wildlife photographers and birders, the park's scale and elevation gradient present unmatched opportunities to document creatures across their full ecological range. The sheer habitat diversity means that a single expedition can encompass lowland forest specialists, montane warblers and thrushes, high-altitude corvids, and the predatory birds that hunt across all zones. Spring brings a flush of breeding activity and migratory passage; autumn offers clearer air and dramatic seasonal movements. The region's remoteness and rugged topography have preserved populations that have vanished elsewhere, making encounters with forest mammals and woodland songbirds genuinely unpredictable. Access via Mianyang provides entry to one of the world's greatest remaining wilderness expanses—a place where the sheer biological abundance and landscape drama reward patience, preparation, and a willingness to venture beyond the most frequented reserves.

Golden Pheasant

Chrysolophus pictus

Lophophorus lhuysii

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephalus

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

White-throated Redstart

Phoenicurus schisticeps

Sichuan Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus forresti

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

Claudia's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus claudiae

Large-billed Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus magnirostris

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus castaniceps

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula erithacus

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Hodgson's Redstart

Phoenicurus hodgsoni

Buff-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus subaffinis

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

Blyth's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus reguloides

Elliot's Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron elliotii

Cinclus pallasii

Green-backed Tit

Parus monticolus

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

Chinese White-browed Rosefinch

Carpodacus dubius

Nipponia nippon

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Collared Finchbill

Spizixos semitorques

Rufous-vented Tit

Periparus rubidiventris

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Himalayan Vulture

Gyps himalayensis

Red-billed Leiothrix

Leiothrix lutea

White-browed Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus sannio

Emberiza siemsseni

David's Fulvetta

Little Forktail

Enicurus scouleri

Crested Kingfisher

Megaceryle lugubris

Grey-headed Bullfinch

Pyrrhula erythaca

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

White-collared Yuhina

Parayuhina diademata

Yellow-bellied Tit

Periparus venustulus

Ketupa flavipes

White-throated Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus albogularis

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Rufous-breasted Accentor

Prunella strophiata

Anthus roseatus

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird

Aethopyga gouldiae

Black-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos concinnus

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos major

Passer cinnamomeus

Motacilla cinerea

Southern Nutcracker

Nucifraga hemispila

Giant Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla maxima

Yellow-throated Bunting

Emberiza elegans

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

Aegithalos fuliginosus

Dark-breasted Rosefinch

Procarduelis nipalensis

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Black-chinned Yuhina

Yuhina nigrimenta

Red-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurus

Himalayan Buzzard

White-backed Woodpecker

Dendrocopos leucotos

Eurasian Nuthatch

Ithaginis cruentus

Temminck's Tragopan

Tragopan temminckii

Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

White-crowned Forktail

Enicurus leschenaulti

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

Grey-crested Tit

Lophophanes dichrous

Golden-fronted Fulvetta

Schoeniparus variegaticeps

Pterorhinus lanceolatus

Grandala coelicolor

Saxicola ferreus

Columba leuconota

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus

Maroon-backed Accentor

Prunella immaculata

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Green Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius xanthochlorus

Rufous-fronted Bushtit

Aegithalos iouschistos

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Egretta garzetta

Asian Barred Owlet

Glaucidium cuculoides

White-browed Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius aeralatus

Garrulus glandarius

Oriental Magpie

Golden-breasted Fulvetta

Lioparus chrysotis

Stripe-throated Yuhina

Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus ruficollis

Troglodytes troglodytes

Golden Bush Robin

Tarsiger chrysaeus

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

Chrysolophus amherstiae

Bar-tailed Treecreeper

Certhia himalayana

White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

Vinaceous Rosefinch

Carpodacus vinaceus

Mountain Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus nipalensis

Grey-hooded Fulvetta

Fulvetta cinereiceps

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

Sitta nagaensis

Collared Grosbeak

Mycerobas affinis

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch

Carpodacus pulcherrimus

Emberiza pusilla

Tibetan Snowcock

Tetraogallus tibetanus

Light-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus sinensis

Plain Mountain Finch

Leucosticte nemoricola

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

Tadorna ferruginea

Anas platyrhynchos

Common Goldeneye

Bucephala clangula

Common Merganser

Mergus merganser

Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge

Tetraophasis obscurus

Blue Eared Pheasant

Crossoptilon auritum

Chinese Bamboo Partridge

Bambusicola thoracicus

Apus nipalensis

Large Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides

Cuculus poliocephalus

Cuculus canorus

Columba rupestris

Speckled Wood Pigeon

Columba hodgsonii

Red Collared Dove

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Spilopelia chinensis

Gallinula chloropus

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Black-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Great Cormorant

Phalacrocorax carbo

Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

Pandion haliaetus

Bearded Vulture

Gypaetus barbatus

Crested Honey Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus

Aquila chrysaetos

Eurasian Sparrowhawk

Accipiter nisus

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Buteo hemilasius

Eastern Buzzard

Buteo japonicus

Oriental Scops Owl

Strix nivicolum

Common Kingfisher

Psilopogon virens

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

Dendrocopos hyperythrus

Darjeeling Woodpecker

Dendrocopos darjellensis

Blythipicus pyrrhotis

Falco tinnunculus

Falco amurensis

Grey-chinned Minivet

Pericrocotus solaris

Black-naped Oriole

Oriolus chinensis

Lanius tigrinus

Lanius cristatus

Black-rumped Magpie

Pica bottanensis

Red-billed Chough

Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax

Pyrrhocorax graculus

Fire-capped Tit

Cephalopyrus flammiceps

Pere David's Tit

Poecile weigoldicus

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Eurasian Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne rupestris

Hirundo rustica

Pnoepyga pusilla

Rufous-faced Warbler

Abroscopus albogularis

Brown-flanked Bush Warbler

Horornis fortipes

Yellow-bellied Bush Warbler

Horornis acanthizoides

Crested Tit-warbler

Leptopoecile elegans

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

Chinese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus yunnanensis

Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus proregulus

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Phylloscopus armandii

Tickell's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus affinis

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus coronatus

Grey-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus tephrocephalus

Bianchi's Warbler

Phylloscopus valentini

Sulphur-breasted Warbler

Phylloscopus ricketti

Kloss's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus ogilviegranti

Baikal Bush Warbler

Locustella davidi

Spotted Bush Warbler

Locustella thoracica

Rufous-tailed Babbler

Moupinia poecilotis

Spectacled Fulvetta

Fulvetta ruficapilla

Chinese Fulvetta

Fulvetta striaticollis

White-browed Fulvetta

Fulvetta vinipectus

Spot-breasted Parrotbill

Paradoxornis guttaticollis

Great Parrotbill

Paradoxornis aemodius

Brown Parrotbill

Paradoxornis unicolor

Three-toed Parrotbill

Paradoxornis paradoxus

Fulvous Parrotbill

Suthora fulvifrons

Ashy-throated Parrotbill

Suthora alphonsiana

Indochinese Yuhina

Staphida torqueola

Rufous-vented Yuhina

Yuhina occipitalis

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

Swinhoe's White-eye

Zosterops simplex

Indian White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus

Black-streaked Scimitar Babbler

Erythrogenys gravivox

Black-faced Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron affine

Red-winged Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron formosum

Garrulax canorus

Tichodroma muraria

Hodgson's Treecreeper

Certhia hodgsoni

Red-billed Starling

Spodiopsar sericeus

White-cheeked Starling

Spodiopsar cineraceus

Zoothera griseiceps

Turdus mupinensis

Chinese Blackbird

Turdus mandarinus

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

White-backed Thrush

Turdus kessleri

White-bellied Redstart

Luscinia phaenicuroides

Siberian Rubythroat

Calliope calliope

Chinese Rubythroat

Calliope tschebaiewi

Spotted Forktail

Enicurus maculatus

Indian Blue Robin

Larvivora brunnea

Sapphire Flycatcher

Ficedula sapphira

White-browed Bush Robin

Tarsiger indicus

White-throated Dipper

Cinclus cinclus

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola

Anthus godlewskii

Fringilla montifringilla

Spot-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas melanozanthos

Brown Bullfinch

Pyrrhula nipalensis

Pink-rumped Rosefinch

Carpodacus waltoni

Dark-rumped Rosefinch

Carpodacus edwardsii

Sharpe's Rosefinch

Carpodacus verreauxii

Red-fronted Rosefinch

Carpodacus puniceus

Crimson-browed Finch

Carpodacus subhimachalus

Oriental Greenfinch

Black-headed Greenfinch

Chloris ambigua

Spinus thibetanus

Eurasian Siskin

Godlewski's Bunting

Emberiza godlewskii

Black-faced Bunting

Emberiza spodocephala

Scaly-breasted Cupwing

Pnoepyga albiventer

Bar-headed Goose

Aix galericulata

Mareca strepera

Ferruginous Duck

Buff-throated Monal-Partridge

Tetraophasis szechenyii

Koklass Pheasant

Pucrasia macrolopha

Tetrastes sewerzowi

Tibetan Partridge

Perdix hodgsoniae

Common Pheasant

Phasianus colchicus

Caprimulgus jotaka

Himalayan Swiftlet

Aerodramus brevirostris

White-throated Needletail

Hirundapus caudacutus

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Clamator coromandus

Eudynamys scolopaceus

Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx nisicolor

Cuculus micropterus

Himalayan Cuckoo

Cuculus saturatus

Eurasian Collared Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron sphenurus

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Black-necked Crane

Grus nigricollis

Yellow-legged Buttonquail

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Northern Lapwing

Vanellus vanellus

Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

Gallinago solitaria

Gallinago nemoricola

Gallinago gallinago

Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Tringa glareola

Brown-headed Gull

Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Aviceda jerdoni

Aviceda leuphotes

Cinereous Vulture

Aegypius monachus

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela

Hieraaetus pennatus

Eastern Imperial Eagle

Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

Taenioptynx brodiei

Collared Scops Owl

Japanese Scops Owl

Otus semitorques

Short-eared Owl

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

Eurasian Wryneck

Black Woodpecker

Dryocopus martius

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Swinhoe's Minivet

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Lalage melaschistos

Hair-crested Drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Dicrurus macrocercus

Long-tailed Shrike

Azure-winged Magpie

Cyanopica cyanus

Daurian Jackdaw

Coloeus dauuricus

Corvus torquatus

Japanese Waxwing

Bombycilla japonica

White-browed Tit

Poecile superciliosus

Oriental Skylark

Eremophila alpestris

Riparia riparia

Manchurian Bush Warbler

Horornis canturians

Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler

Grey-sided Bush Warbler

Cettia brunnifrons

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Silver-throated Bushtit

Aegithalos glaucogularis

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Radde's Warbler

Phylloscopus schwarzi

Phylloscopus fuscatus

White-spectacled Warbler

Phylloscopus intermedius

Alström's Warbler

Phylloscopus soror

Martens's Warbler

Phylloscopus omeiensis

Phylloscopus borealis

Blunt-winged Warbler

Acrocephalus concinens

Thick-billed Warbler

Arundinax aedon

Chinese Bush Warbler

Locustella tacsanowskia

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Prinia inornata

Grey-headed Parrotbill

Paradoxornis gularis

Golden Parrotbill

Suthora verreauxi

Spectacled Parrotbill

Suthora conspicillata

Grey-hooded Parrotbill

Suthora zappeyi

Przevalski's Parrotbill

Suthora przewalskii

Rusty-capped Fulvetta

Schoeniparus dubius

Black-headed Sibia

Heterophasia desgodinsi

Blue-winged Minla

Actinodura cyanouroptera

Red-tailed Minla

Minla ignotincta

Grey Laughingthrush

Snowy-cheeked Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla sukatschewi

Spotted Laughingthrush

Ianthocincla ocellata

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus pectoralis

Plain Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus davidi

Regulus regulus

Chinese Nuthatch

Acridotheres cristatellus

Long-tailed Thrush

Zoothera dixoni

Zoothera mollissima

Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurus

Black-throated Thrush

Turdus atrogularis

Red-throated Thrush

Turdus ruficollis

Naumann's Thrush

Turdus naumanni

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Muscicapa muttui

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara

Zappey's Flycatcher

Cyanoptila cumatilis

Chinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis glaucicomans

Luscinia svecica

White-tailed Robin

Myiomela leucura

Calliope obscura

Calliope pectardens

Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

Himalayan Shortwing

Brachypteryx cruralis

Chinese Shortwing

Brachypteryx sinensis

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Ficedula zanthopygia

Slaty-blue Flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla

Gould's Shortwing

Heteroxenicus stellatus

Phoenicurus ochruros

Güldenstädt's Redstart

Phoenicurus erythrogastrus

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Saxicola stejnegeri

Siberian Stonechat

Saxicola maurus

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

Fork-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga christinae

Fire-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga ignicauda

Passer domesticus

Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

Prunella rubeculoides

Prunella fulvescens

Dendronanthus indicus

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla tschutschensis

Richard's Pipit

Anthus richardi

Anthus spinoletta

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Chinese Grosbeak

Eophona migratoria

Japanese Grosbeak

Eophona personata

Blanford's Rosefinch

Agraphospiza rubescens

Three-banded Rosefinch

Carpodacus trifasciatus

Linaria flavirostris

Loxia curvirostra

Emberiza cioides

Chestnut-eared Bunting

Emberiza fucata

Yellow-browed Bunting

Emberiza chrysophrys

Eurasian Wigeon

Mareca penelope

Eastern Spot-billed Duck

Anas zonorhyncha

Red-crested Pochard

Asian Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx maculatus

Plaintive Cuckoo

Cacomantis merulinus

Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus

Black-necked Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis

Common Redshank

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Butorides striata

Ardea intermedia

Greater Spotted Eagle

Short-billed Minivet

Pericrocotus brevirostris

Pericrocotus divaricatus

Dendrocitta formosae

Corvus frugilegus

Poecile palustris

Poecile montanus

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Machlolophus spilonotus

Lemon-rumped Warbler

Phylloscopus chloronotus

Gansu Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus kansuensis

Two-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus

Himalayan Prinia

Prinia crinigera

Manipur Fulvetta

Fulvetta manipurensis

Warbling White-eye

Zosterops japonicus

Common Blackbird

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

Pallas's Reed Bunting

Emberiza pallasi

Great Rosefinch

Carpodacus rubicilla

Western Red Panda

Ailurus fulgens

Golden Snub-nosed Monkey

Rhinopithecus roxellana

Budorcas tibetana

Naemorhedus griseus

Tibetan Macaque

Macaca thibetana

Reeves's Muntjac

Muntiacus reevesi

Swinhoe's Striped Squirrel

Tamiops swinhoei

Elaphodus cephalophus

Eurasian Wild Pig

Pere David's Rock Squirrel

Sciurotamias davidianus

Masked Palm Civet

Malayan Porcupine

Hystrix brachyura

Mainland Leopard Cat

Prionailurus bengalensis

Northern Hog Badger

Arctonyx albogularis

Asian Black Bear

Ursus thibetanus

Perny's Long-nosed Squirrel

Dremomys pernyi

Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel

Petaurista alborufus

Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Yellow-throated Marten

Martes flavigula

Ochotona thibetana

Capricornis sumatraensis

Pseudois nayaur

Pallas's Squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Himalayan Marmot

Marmota himalayana

Cervus canadensis

Ochotona roylii

Minshan Striped Squirrel

Tamiops minshanicus

Siberian Chipmunk

Eutamias sibiricus

Confucian White-bellied Rat

Niviventer confucianus

Great Himalayan Roundleaf Bat

Hipposideros armiger

Greater Japanese Horseshoe Bat

Rhinolophus nippon

Small-toothed Ferret-badger

Melogale moschata

Lepus oiostolus

Chinese Red Pika

Ochotona erythrotis

Altai Mountain Weasel

Mustela altaica

Eastern Roe Deer

Capreolus pygargus

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