Birds to See in Taiwan in October
111 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
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.
New in October30
- Great Cormorant
- Northern Shoveler
- Eurasian Teal
- Coot
- Eurasian Wigeon
- Northern Pintail
- Tufted Duck
- Northern Lapwing
- Eurasian Spoonbill
- Red-flanked Bluetail
- Brambling
- Gadwall
- Greater White-fronted Goose
- Common Starling
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Eurasian Siskin
- Eurasian Skylark
- Taiga Bean Goose
- Hen Harrier
- Eurasian Bittern
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Rook
- Common Rosefinch
- Pectoral Sandpiper
- Oriental Scops-owl
- Red-backed Shrike
- Goldcrest
- Budgerigar
- Lapland Longspur
- Lesser Whitethroat
Leaving after last month2
Residents
(31)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Recorded all year
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Recorded all year
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Recorded all year
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Recorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Recorded all year
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Recorded all year
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Recorded all year
Common Pheasant
Phasianus colchicusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Coal Tit
Periparus aterLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Nuthatch
Sitta europaeaLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Recorded all year
Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschataLC
Recorded all year
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulataLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Oystercatcher
Haematopus ostralegusNT
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(8)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Little Tern
Sternula albifronsLC
Regularly Mar–Nov
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly May–Nov
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Recorded all year
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Calidris acuminataVU
Regularly Apr–Oct
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Indian Peafowl
Pavo cristatusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Wren
Troglodytes troglodytesLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(57)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Recorded all year
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Recorded all year
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Recorded all year
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Recorded all year
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Oct–May
Brambling
Fringilla montifringillaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Recorded all year
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Siskin
Spinus spinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Tufted Duck
Aythya fuligulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Recorded all year
Ruff
Calidris pugnaxLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Oct–May
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckiiLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgarisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Skylark
Alauda arvensisLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greater White-fronted Goose
Anser albifronsLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Oct–Mar
Taiga Bean Goose
Anser fabalisLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Jul–May
Northern Goshawk
Astur gentilisLC
Regularly Sep–May
Little Stint
Calidris minutaLC
Regularly Jul–May
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Ringed Plover
Charadrius hiaticulaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–May
Hen Harrier
Circus cyaneusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Gadwall
Mareca streperaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Greylag Goose
Anser anserLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Eurasian Bittern
Botaurus stellarisLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
Passage migrants
(14)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Hobby
Falco subbuteoLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Aug–May
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Mar–Oct
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Mar–Nov
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Arctic Jaeger
Stercorarius parasiticusLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicusLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Monk Parakeet
Myiopsitta monachusLC
Regularly May–Jan
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Scarce visitors
(1)Recorded in some years but not every year
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