Birds to See in Taiwan in October
111 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in October
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Great White Egret, Barn Swallow and Grey Heron. New this month: Great Cormorant, Northern Shoveler, Eurasian Teal and Coot and 26 more.
On the move in October
GBIF · OctArriving
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.
Other months
All 111 birds in October
111 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Oct
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.98% in Oct
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Oct
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Oct
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Oct
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Oct
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.47% in Oct
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Oct
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Oct
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Oct
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Oct
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.00% in Oct
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Oct
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Oct
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Oct
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Oct
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Oct
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.56% in Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.55% in Oct
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Oct
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.41% in Oct
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Oct
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.28% in Oct
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Oct
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Oct
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Oct
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Oct
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Oct
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorCommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Oct
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Oct
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Oct
CootFulica atraWinter visitorCommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Oct
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Oct
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Oct
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Oct
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Oct
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Oct
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.07% in Oct
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Oct
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Oct
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Oct
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Oct
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Oct
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Oct
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Oct
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Oct
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Oct
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Oct
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Oct
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Oct
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Oct
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Oct
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Oct
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Oct
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Oct
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Oct
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Oct
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Oct
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Oct
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Oct
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Oct
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Oct
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Oct
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaScarceRare11–13 cmRegularly Oct · 0.00% in Oct
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisWinter visitorRare69–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Oct
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Oct
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Oct
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Oct
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Oct
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