Birds to See in Taiwan in February
113 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are Little Egret, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Great White Egret, Grey Heron and Moorhen. New this month: Pomarine Jaeger, Grey Phalarope and Kittiwake.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Taiwan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 113 birds in February
113 birds
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Feb
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Feb
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Feb
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Feb
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Feb
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Feb
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Feb
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Feb
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.10% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.99% in Feb
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.97% in Feb
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.90% in Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.86% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.78% in Feb
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.69% in Feb
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Feb
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Feb
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Feb
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Feb
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Feb
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.40% in Feb
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.38% in Feb
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.37% in Feb
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Feb
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Feb
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.23% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Feb
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Feb
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Feb
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Feb
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Feb
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.11% in Feb
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Feb
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Feb
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.04% in Feb
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Feb
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Feb
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Feb
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Feb
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Feb
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Feb
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Feb
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Feb
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Feb
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.00% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Feb · 0.00% in Feb
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Feb
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