Tengchong is located in the western border of Yunnan, with a forest coverage rate of 73%, and rich forest resources, so that Tengchong preserves a good biodiversity.
Gaoligong Mountain, the "species gene bank" in the east of Tengchong, blocks the warm and humid air flow of Bangladesh, making Tengchong not only have "abundance of luster", but also become a "paradise for pheasants".
In recent years, Tengchong has discovered and recorded more than 380 species of birds, such as the red-bellied horned pheasant, the ibis-billed sandpiper, the red-bellied biting crane, the sword-billed stork, the fire-tailed green stork and the slender-billed yellow oriole.
Red-tailed Noisy Partridge Bi Scramble
Brown-winged crows 丨bi contention photo
Gray-winged noisy grebes 丨 bi contention
Sword-billed Stork 丨 Bi Controversy
Tattooed back catching spider bird 丨 Bi contention photo
White-tailed blue-tailed plover
Large pseudo woodpecker 丨 Bi Contention photo
Red-billed acacia bird 丨bi contention photo
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With a good ecological environment, Tengchong has successively won the honors of "China's Famous Tourist Counties" and "66 National Tourism Counties to Go in a Lifetime", and has been selected as China's "Most Suitable City to Live in".
As more and more tourists enter Tengchong to feel the birds and flowers of Tengchong, the biodiversity of Tengchong has attracted more and more attention, especially when "bird watching" has become the second largest mainstream outdoor sports in the world, and more tourists regard bird watching, bird recognition, bird love, and bird protection as health activities to increase knowledge and enjoy the body and mind.
In order to facilitate everyone to "bird watching" in Tengchong, we have compiled some information on bird watching in Tengchong for the reference of enthusiasts (as shown below).
Tengchong Bird Watching Guide
01
Big bamboo dam
White-bellied pheasants, woodpeckers, doves,, etc
Location: Mingguang Town Autonomous Village Dazhuba Forest Ranger Point
Route features
Dazhu Dam is a valley surrounded by primeval forest, and its basin is gentle, with a large meadow of hybrid trees in the middle, and a clean river quietly running through it.
Woodpecker 丨cock-robin photo
With its wide views, it's a great place to see white-bellied pheasants, woodpeckers, doves,, and if you're lucky, you might hear the cries of Gaulligong gibbons in the forest.
02
Large tree rhododendron
Red-tailed water plover, white-capped brook plover, swallowtail, etc
Location: Dahetou Ranger Point, Datang Village, Jietou Town
Image source Horse honeycomb runner
Starting from the Great River Head Ranger, there is a forest trail along the stream, and it is about five kilometers to walk to the famous Rhododendron King.
White-topped Brook Plover 丨 Source Baidu Encyclopedia
Along the trail, you can see a lot of stream birds such as red-tailed water plover, white-capped brook plover and swallowtail, and there are also opportunities to see beautiful forest birds such as ring-necked mountain partridge, chestnut-headed warbler, red-headed biting crane, and spotted bird. Walking in the woods in the early morning, there is a chance to meet the Gaoligong gibbon.
03
Lin Jia Pu - Nan Zhai Public Housing
White Plover, Brown-breasted Bamboo Chicken, Woodpecker, Greek Stork, etc
Location: Linjiapu Forest Ranger Point in Qushi Town
Nanzhai public housing 丨 Fan Nandan photo
Starting from the Lin Jia Pu Ranger Point, follow the forest trail to the Nanzhai Public House (located on the main ridge of Gaoligong Mountain) at an altitude of nearly 3,200 meters.
This forest road has an open landscape, a large altitude span, and a high diversity of vegetation, so its bird diversity is also very rich. Common birds include white egrets, brown-breasted bamboo chickens, woodpeckers, greek ibises, phoenixes, sparrowhawks, wonderbirds, sunbirds, etc.; in high altitudes, there is a chance to see rare birds such as red-bellied horned pheasants and fire-tailed green grebes. This route is very suitable for natural observation activities such as bird watching, but it is physically demanding.
04
Jiang Jiazhai
Spotted bird, golden-naped black finch, red-browed pine finch, etc
Location: Qushi Danyang Temple and its surroundings
A centralized bird monitoring point at the Tengchong Pipe Protection Sub-bureau of Gaoligong Mountain. In the area where Gaoligong mountain national nature reserve meets forest farmers, a wide variety of forest birds are gathered. Rare birds include spotted ibis, golden-naped black finch, red-browed pine finch, fire-tailed sunbird, burgundy suzaku, broad-billed wagtail warbler, brown-bellied partridge, chestnut-bellied stork and so on.
Burgundy Suzaku 丨Bi Contention Photo
Warm reminder: According to the provisions of the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Nature Reserves", the core area of the protected area is prohibited from entering; if it belongs to the experimental area of the protected area, it is necessary to apply for a mountain entry permit at the management agency of the protected area, and can only enter after the competent forestry department handles the mountain entry permit. If visitors wish to go to the reserve for nature observation, please go to the Tengchong Protected Area Administration in advance to apply.
05
North Sea wetlands
Small egrets, oxback herons, red hemp ducks, Indo-Burmese spot-billed ducks, etc
Location: Northern suburbs of Tengchong City
The Beihai Wetland has now been built as a wetland park and protected area. Every autumn and winter, many migratory water birds will stay in the Beihai wetland and are an excellent place to watch water birds in Tengchong.
Little White Heron 丨 Gong Detao Photo
Common water birds are small egrets, oxback herons, red hemp ducks, Indochina spot-billed ducks, purple water pheasants, water pheasants, white-eyed diving ducks, bone-top chickens and so on.
06
Come to Fengshan National Forest Park
Slender-billed oriole, long-tailed broad-billed bird, fire-tailed chili, jay, etc
Location: Downtown Tengchong
Come to Fengshan 丨 Hana to take photos
Laifengshan is the closest place to Tengchong City for bird watching.
Firetail Silva 丨 Bumblebee Photo
Laifeng Mountain is higher in altitude than the main mountain range of Ligong Mountain, so it attracts some tropical birds to inhabit here, with more than 100 species of birds, such as slender-billed yellow oriole, long-tailed broadbill, etc., in addition, common birds include fire-tailed brooks, jays, black short-legged birds and so on.
In Tengchong
The harmony between man and nature is best interpreted
In the shadows, cooking smoke, birds singing insects, cuckoos
People are urged to sow hope for the next year
Magpie branches sing, reminding people to cook tea to welcome relatives and friends
Huang Li turned gracefully, rehearsing endless acacia
The noise in the morning light of the magpie duck, the whisper on the pillow...
Research Tengchong
In the name of bird watching, he devoted himself to Gaoligong Mountain
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