Birds in Taiwan
147 species listed · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
Our list for Taiwan has 147 bird species recorded regularly there: 31 residents, 9 summer visitors, 74 winter visitors, 29 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors.
The list comes from 11 million birdwatchers' records from 2019–2024, shared through the eBird Observation Dataset on GBIF. A bird is listed when it was recorded in at least 3 of the 6 years and has a Birdfact species guide, so more species occur here than are listed; the months show when it is recorded most years.
Birds to see in Taiwan in September
83 species on our list are recorded regularly this month. These are the ones birdwatchers record most often.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Resident
Little Egret
Resident
Barn Swallow
Resident
Black-crowned Night-heron
Resident
Great White Egret
Resident
Moorhen
Resident
Rock Dove
Resident
Scaly-breasted Munia
Resident
Arriving in September: Kestrel, Yellow-browed Warbler, Common Snipe, Hobby, Garganey, Sparrowhawk, Greylag Goose, Wryneck and 5 more.
Through the year
Species recorded regularly in Taiwan each month: most in November (116), fewest in June (53). Choose a month to see its birds.
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Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serratorLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Pomarine Jaeger
Stercorarius pomarinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Sep–Apr
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustesLC
Regularly Nov–May
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceusNT
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Gull
Larus canusLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Rook
Corvus frugilegusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
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White-tailed Sea-eagle
Haliaeetus albicillaLC
Regularly Jun–Mar
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotosLC
Regularly Apr–Oct
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Carrion Crow
Corvus coroneLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Regularly Apr
Red-backed Shrike
Lanius collurioLC
Regularly Oct–Nov
Goldcrest
Regulus regulusLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Grey Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicariusLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Budgerigar
Melopsittacus undulatusLC
Regularly Jun–Nov
Reed Bunting
Emberiza schoeniclusLC
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Apr–May
Fairy Pitta
Pitta nymphaVU
Rose-ringed Parakeet
Psittacula krameriLC
Regularly Aug–May
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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