Birds to See in Taiwan in January
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.
On the move in January
GBIF · JanArriving
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 114 birds in January
114 birds
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Jan
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Jan
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Jan
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Jan
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jan
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Jan
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jan
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Jan
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.10% in Jan
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.08% in Jan
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.08% in Jan
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.04% in Jan
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Jan
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jan
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Jan
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jan
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.80% in Jan
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jan
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.74% in Jan
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jan
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jan
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jan
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.57% in Jan
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.50% in Jan
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Jan
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.42% in Jan
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.42% in Jan
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.34% in Jan
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Jan
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.26% in Jan
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jan
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.23% in Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Jan
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jan
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Jan
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jan
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.17% in Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jan
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jan
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Jan
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jan
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.10% in Jan
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jan
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Jan
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jan
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Jan
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.05% in Jan
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Jan
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Jan
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Jan
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Jan
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jan
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Jan
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Jan
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Jan
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Jan
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Jan
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Jan
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jan
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Jan
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Jan
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jan
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Jan
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Jan
SmewMergellus albellusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.01% in Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Jan
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jan
Japanese WaxwingBombycilla japonicaPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jan–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jan
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Jan
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Jan
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Jan
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Jan
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Jan
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