Rare Birds in Taiwan
Our list for Taiwan has 52 rare birds recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 20 winter visitors, 26 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustesPassage migrantRare17–18 cmRegularly Nov–May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
RookCorvus frugilegusWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year
Carrion CrowCorvus coroneWinter visitorRare45–47 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaPassage migrantRare16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
House SparrowPasser domesticusPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioPassage migrantRare16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
GoldcrestRegulus regulusPassage migrantRare9–10 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclusScarceRare14–16 cm
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantRare32–34 cmRegularly Apr–May
Fairy PittaPitta nymphaScarceRare16–19 cm
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Apr
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca currucaScarceRare11–13 cmRegularly 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