Uncommon Birds in Taiwan
Our list for Taiwan has 57 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 13 residents, 6 summer visitors, 36 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorUncommon40–47 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusResidentUncommon52–68 cmRecorded all year
MallardAnas platyrhynchosWinter visitorUncommon50–65 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly May–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusWinter visitorUncommon28–31 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaResidentUncommon10–11 cmRecorded all year
Coal TitPeriparus aterResidentUncommon10–12 cmRecorded all year
Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytesSummer visitorUncommon9–10 cmRecorded all year
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentUncommon25–32 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaWinter visitorUncommon80–90 cmRegularly Oct–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisResidentUncommon65–80 cmRecorded all 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