Common Birds in Taiwan
Our list for Taiwan has 38 common birds recorded regularly there: 16 residents, 3 summer visitors, 18 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 38, most common first
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made