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
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusWinter visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusResidentUncommon40–45 cmRecorded all year
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian SkylarkAlauda arvensisWinter visitorUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisWinter visitorUncommon68–88 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Hen HarrierCircus cyaneusWinter visitorUncommon41–52 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisWinter visitorUncommon66–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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