Birds to See in Taiwan in May
78 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
78 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Barn Swallow, Little Egret, Black-crowned Night-heron and Rock Dove. New this month: White-winged Tern, Roseate Tern, Monk Parakeet and Wild Turkey.
Leaving after last month40
- Great Cormorant
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Teal
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Dunlin
- Kestrel
- Black-headed Gull
- Tufted Duck
- Common Snipe
- Green Sandpiper
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Great Crested Grebe
- Hobby
- Dusky Thrush
- Brambling
- Gadwall
- Garganey
- Ruff
- Common Starling
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Hen Harrier
- Temminck's Stint
- Greylag Goose
- Vega Gull
- Wryneck
- Japanese Waxwing
- Black Redstart
- Ringed Plover
- Eurasian Woodcock
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Bluethroat
- Rook
- Common Rosefinch
- Oriental Scops-owl
- House Sparrow
- Goldcrest
- Jack Snipe
- Short-eared Owl
Residents
(31)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(9)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougalliiLC
Regularly May–Sep
Winter visitors
(26)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Long-tailed Jaeger
Stercorarius longicaudusLC
Regularly Mar–Sep
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Apr–Aug
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavoLC
Regularly May
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Regularly May–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