Birds to See in Taiwan in November
116 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Little Egret, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Great White Egret, Grey Heron and Moorhen. New this month: Black-headed Gull, Great Crested Grebe, Dusky Thrush and Pochard and 11 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 116 birds in November
116 birds
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Nov
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.23% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.15% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.93% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.80% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.67% in Nov
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.59% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.54% in Nov
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.48% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorCommon38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Nov
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.08% in Nov
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Nov
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Vega GullLarus vegaeWinter visitorRare55–67 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Nov
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Nov
Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferrugineaWinter visitorRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorRare52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
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