Birds to See in Taiwan in September
83 bird species on our list for Taiwan are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Barn Swallow, Black-crowned Night-heron and Great White Egret. New this month: Kestrel, Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Snipe and Hobby and 9 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Wood SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
Pacific Golden-PloverBusiest month of the year · Jul–May
SanderlingBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Gull-billed TernBusiest month of the year · All year
Temminck's StintBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Pomarine JaegerBusiest month of the year · Feb–May
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 83 birds in September
83 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Sep
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Sep
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentCommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Sep
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.06% in Sep
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 1.01% in Sep
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Sep
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Grey HeronArdea cinereaWinter visitorCommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusResidentCommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Sep
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep- Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.78% in Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep- Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaWinter visitorCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.62% in Sep
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentCommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Sep
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusResidentCommon24–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Sep
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorCommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Sep
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Sep
AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaWinter visitorCommon42–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.23% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Sep
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorCommon32–39 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraSummer visitorCommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.12% in Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Sep- SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Sep
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Sep
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Sep- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
WryneckJynx torquillaWinter visitorRare16–18 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Sep
Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticulaWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Mandarin DuckAix galericulataResidentRare41–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentRare23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameriWinter visitorRare38–42 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Sep
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.00% in Sep
White-tailed Sea-eagleHaliaeetus albicillaWinter visitorRare66–94 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Northern GoshawkAstur gentilisWinter visitorRare46–61 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Sep
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