Birds to See in Taiwan in January
114 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
114 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Little Egret, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Grey Heron, Great White Egret and Moorhen. New this month: Japanese Waxwing, Common Gull and Monk Parakeet.
New in January3
Leaving after last month3
Residents
(31)Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(4)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(74)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Dusky Thrush
Turdus eunomusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Pochard
Aythya ferinaVU
Regularly Nov–Mar
Greater Scaup
Aythya marilaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Shelduck
Tadorna tadornaLC
Regularly Dec–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Tundra Bean Goose
Anser serrirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Swan Goose
Anser cygnoidesEN
Regularly Nov–Mar
Vega Gull
Larus vegaeLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Tundra Swan
Cygnus columbianusLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Smew
Mergellus albellusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Ruddy Shelduck
Tadorna ferrugineaLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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