14 Days Qinghai & Tibet Birding Tour Report

We traveled through areas with an elevation range from 2500 to 4700 meters. Most of times, we searched for birds in areas with an elevation of about 3000 meters. We searched for birds in a variety of habitats including coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests, coniferous forests, deserts, lakes, alpine scrubs, alpine meadows and alpine screes. Though we traveled through a great variety of complex habitats and did not see many species of birds as we normally birding in lower elevation areas, we saw some great birds endemic to Qinghai-Tibet Plateau such as some raptors, snowfinches, redstarts and larks.