Birds to See in Taiwan in June
53 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Black-crowned Night-heron and Rock Dove. New this month: Greylag Goose, White-tailed Sea-eagle and Budgerigar.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
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.
Other months
All 53 birds in June
53 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Jun
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Jun
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Jun
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.70% in Jun
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jun
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jun
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jun
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jun
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Jun
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Jun
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jun
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.15% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jun
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.10% in Jun
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jun
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jun
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.01% in Jun
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
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