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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 57, most common first
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusWinter visitorUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
HobbyFalco subbuteoPassage migrantUncommon28–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Dusky ThrushTurdus eunomusWinter visitorUncommon23–25 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian NuthatchSitta europaeaResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorUncommon86–230 cmRecorded all year
PochardAythya ferinaWinter visitorUncommon42–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRecorded all year
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common ShelduckTadorna tadornaWinter visitorUncommon58–67 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRecorded all year
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisWinter visitorUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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