Taiwan
Cumulative Bird List Column A: number of tours (out of 11) on which this species was seen. Column B: total number of days that the species was recorded on the 2018 tour Column C: maximum daily count for that particular species on the 2018 tour Column D: H = heard only; (H) = Heard more than seen E = endemic species; Essp = endemic subspecies; (I) = introduced species
A B C D 1 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
2 Gadwall Anas strepera
8 Eurasian Wigeon 1 44 Anas penelope
2 Mallard Anas p. platyrhynchos
11 Eastern Spot-billed Duck 3 12 Anas zonorhyncha
6 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail Anas acuta
3 Garganey Anas querquedula
3 Eurasian Teal Anas c. crecca
4 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
1 Greater Scaup Aythya marila nearctica
11 Taiwan Partridge E. 5 9 (H) Arborophila crudigularis 11 Taiwan Bamboo Partridge E. 4 4 (H) Bambusicola sonorivox 11 Swinhoe's Pheasant E. 2 4 Lophura swinhoii
10 Mikado Pheasant E. 2 2 Syrmaticus mikado
11 Common Pheasant Essp. 4 5 Phasianus colchicus formosanus
8 Streaked Shearwater 2 4 Calonectris leucomelas
1 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus
2 Streaked or Wedge-tailed Shearwater C. leucomelas or P. pacificus
1 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris
6 Sooty or Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus griseus or P. tenuirostris
3 Shearwater sp. Puffinus sp.
4 Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
11 Little Grebe 2 70 Tachybaptus ruficollis philippensis
1 Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
7 African Sacred Ibis (I.) 2 100 Threskiornis aethiopicus
1 Oriental Stork Ciconia boyciana
1 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus
4 Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
11 Black-faced Spoonbill 2 43 Platalea minor
10 Yellow Bittern 2 10 Ixobrychus sinensis
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Taiwan Cumulative Bird List… 2
11 Cinnamon Bittern 1 2 Ixobrychus cinnamomeus
11 Malayan Night Heron 4 3 Gorsachius melanolophus
11 Black-crowned Night Heron 4 100 Nycticorax n. nycticorax
5 Striated Heron 2 2 Butorides striata
10 Chinese Pond Heron 2 1 Ardeola bacchus
11 Eastern Cattle Egret 10 150 Bubulcus coromandus
11 Grey Heron 3 5 Ardea cinerea jouyi
1 Purple Heron 1 1 Ardea purpurea
11 Great Egret 4 400 Ardea alba modesta
11 Intermediate Egret 4 30 Egretta i. intermedia
11 Little Egret 10 400 Egretta g. garzetta
11 Pacific Reef Heron 2 3 Egretta s. sacra
11 Chinese Egret 2 2 Egretta eulophotes
1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster plotus
4 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
8 Western Osprey 1 1 Pandion h. haliaetus
9 Black-winged Kite 3 4 Elanus caeruleus vociferus
9 Crested Honey Buzzard 3 3 Pernis ptilorhynchus orientalis
9 Black Eagle 1 1 Ictinaetus m. malayensis
5 Black Kite 1 1 Milvus migrans lineatus
11 Crested Serpent Eagle Essp. 6 4 Spilornis cheela hoya
11 Crested Goshawk Essp. 3 2 Accipiter trivirgatus formosae
9 Chinese Sparrowhawk 1 1 Accipiter soloensis
8 Japanese Sparrowhawk 2 3 Accipiter gularis
5 Besra Essp. Accipiter virgatus fuscipectus
1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus nisosimilis
6 Accipiter sp. 2 1 Accipiter sp.
8 Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
4 Eastern Buzzard Buteo j. japonicus
2 Mountain Hawk-eagle Nisaetus n. nipalensis
2 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus interstinctus
6 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus calidus
2 Siberian Crane Grus leucogeranus
1 Slaty-legged Crake Essp Rallina eurizonoides formosana
2 Slaty-breasted Rail Essp. 1 5 Gallirallus striatus taiwanus
11 White-breasted Waterhen 4 6 (H) Amaurornis p. phoenicurus 5 Ruddy-breasted Crake Porzana fusca phaeopyga
11 Common Moorhen 3 15 Gallinula c. chloropus
4 Eurasian Coot 1 4 Fulica a. atra
3 Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator rostratus
11 Black-winged Stilt 2 200 Himantopus himantopus
7 Pied Avocet 1 70 Recurvirostra avosetta
11 Pacific Golden Plover 4 390 Pluvialis fulva
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Taiwan Cumulative Bird List… 3
11 Grey Plover 2 5 Pluvialis s. squatarola
1 Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula tundrae
11 Little Ringed Plover 2 2 Charadrius dubius curonicus
11 Kentish Plover 2 15 C. alexandrinus dealbatus
11 Lesser Sand Plover 4 215 Charadrius mongolus stegmanni
11 Greater Sand Plover 2 2 Charadrius l. leschenaultii
4 Greater Painted-Snipe Rostratula benghalensis
4 Pheasant-tailed Jacana 1 40 Hydrophasianus chirurgus
5 Pin-tailed or Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago stenura or G. megala
5 Common Snipe 1 5 Gallinago g. gallinago
1 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
3 Asian Dowitcher 1 4 Limnodromus semipalmatus
10 Black-tailed Godwit 1 12 Limosa limosa melanuroides
6 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
6 Little Curlew 1 2 Numenius minutus
10 Whimbrel 3 10 Numenius phaeopus
8 Eurasian Curlew 1 3 Numenius arquata orientalis
4 Eastern Curlew 1 12 Numenius madagascariensis
6 Curlew sp. 1 1 Numenius sp.
8 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
11 Common Redshank 1 6 Tringa totanus terrignotae
11 Marsh Sandpiper 1 6 Tringa stagnatilis
11 Common Greenshank 2 30 Tringa nebularia
4 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
11 Wood Sandpiper 4 20 Tringa glareola
11 Grey-tailed Tattler 3 3 Tringa brevipes
11 Terek Sandpiper 2 15 Xenus cinereus
11 Common Sandpiper 4 6 Actitis hypoleucos
11 Ruddy Turnstone 2 6 Arenaria i. interpres
9 Great Knot 1 50 Calidris tenuirostris
8 Red Knot Calidris canutus
7 Sanderling 1 1 Calidris alba
11 Red-necked Stint 4 50 Calidris ruficollis
6 Little Stint 1 3 Calidris minuta
11 Long-toed Stint 3 11 Calidris subminuta
1 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
11 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 4 560 Calidris acuminata
11 Curlew Sandpiper 2 290 Calidris ferruginea
9 Dunlin Calidris alpina
10 Broad-billed Sandpiper 2 275 Limicola falcinellus sibirica
1 Ruff Philomachus pugnax
6 Red-necked Phalarope 3 12 Phalaropus lobatus
10 Oriental Pratincole 2 6 Glareola maldivarum
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Taiwan Cumulative Bird List… 4
5 Black-headed Gull 1 1 Chroicocephalus ridibundus
2 Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
4 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica affinis
11 Caspian Tern 2 70 Hydroprogne caspia
9 Greater Crested Tern 1 56 Thalasseus bergii cristatus
11 Little Tern 4 100 Sternula albifrons sinensis
2 Bridled Tern 1 4 Onychoprion anaethetus
1 Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
3 Black-naped Tern Sterna s. sumatrana
10 Common Tern 2 3 Sterna hirundo longipennis
11 Whiskered Tern 3 5000 Chlidonias h. hybrida
8 White-winged Tern 1 15 Chlidonias leucopterus
3 Pomarine Skua 2 1 Stercorarius pomarinus
4 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
11 Ashy Wood Pigeon 2 2 Columba pulchricollis
11 Rock Dove (I) 6 100 Columba livia
11 Oriental Turtle Dove 6 10 Streptopelia orientalis
11 Red Turtle Dove 8 250 Streptopelia t. tranquebarica
11 Spotted Dove 8 35 Spilopelia c. chinensis
11 Philippine Cuckoo-Dove 2 15 Macropygia tenuirostris phaea
10 Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps i. indica
11 White-bellied Green Pigeon Essp. 4 2 Treron sieboldii sororius
11 Whistling Green Pigeon Essp. 2 6 Treron f. formosae
11 Lesser Coucal 4 5 Centropus bengalensis lignator
11 Large Hawk-cuckoo 7 1 H Hierococcyx s. sparverioides 11 Oriental Cuckoo 4 4 (H) Cuculus optatus 5 Cuckoo sp. 1 1 Cuculus sp.
10 Mountain Scops Owl Essp. 1 2 H Otus spilocephalus hambroecki 7 Collared Scops Owl 1 2 Otus lettia glabripes
1 Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
10 Ryukyu Scops Owl Essp. 2 4 (H) Otus elegans botelensis 10 Collared Owlet 4 2 H Glaucidium brodiei 1 Himalayan Wood Owl Strix nivicolum
5 Northern Boobook 2 2 H Ninox japonica totogo 6 Savanna Nightjar 6 4 (H) Caprimulgus affinis stictonus 2 White-throated Needletail Hirundapus c. caudacutus
6 Silver-backed Needletail 1 15 Hirundapus cochinchinensis
11 Pacific Swift 3 50 Apus pacificus
11 House Swift 8 100 Apus nipalensis kuntzi
1 Ruddy Kingfisher 1 1 Halcyon coromanda
1 Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata
11 Common Kingfisher 4 3 Alcedo atthis bengalensis
11 Taiwan Barbet E. 8 12 (H) Megalaima nuchalis
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Taiwan Cumulative Bird List… 5
9 White-backed Woodpecker Essp. 2 3 Dendrocopos leucotos insularis
11 Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker 3 2 (H) D. canicapillus kaleensis 8 Grey-headed Woodpecker 1 1 H Picus canus tancolo 10 Fairy Pitta 1 3 (H) Pitta n. nympha 3 Large Cuckooshrike Coracina macei rexpineti
3 Ashy Minivet 1 1 H Pericrocotus d. divaricatus 11 Grey-chinned Minivet 3 6 Pericrocotus solaris griseogularis
11 Brown Shrike 5 6 Lanius cristatus
8 " " 4 3 " " lucionensis
11 Long-tailed Shrike 3 6 Lanius schach
11 White-bellied Erpornis 2 5 Erpornis zantholeuca griseiloris
5 Black-naped Oriole 1 4 Oriolus chinensis
9 Maroon Oriole Essp. Oriolus traillii ardens
11 Black Drongo Essp. 8 30 Dicrurus macrocercus harterti
11 Bronzed Drongo 2 4 Dicrurus aeneus braunianus
11 Black-naped Monarch Essp. 1 10 Hypothymis azurea oberholseri
1 Amur Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
11 Japanese Paradise-flycatcher 2 3 Terpsiphone atrocaudata
11 Eurasian Jay Essp. 2 5 Garrulus glandarius taivanus
11 Taiwan Blue Magpie E. 1 4 Urocissa caerulea
11 Grey Treepie Essp. 7 10 Dendrocitta formosae formosae
11 Eurasian Magpie 4 10 Pica pica sericea
11 Spotted Nutcracker Essp. 1 3 Nucifraga caryocatactes owstoni
11 Large-billed Crow 6 15 Corvus macrorhynchos colonorum
11 Coal Tit Essp. 3 8 Periparus ater ptilosus
10 Chestnut-bellied Tit E. 1 3 Poecile castaneoventris
11 Green-backed Tit Essp. 6 10 Parus monticolus insperatus
11 Yellow Tit E. 2 3 Parus holsti
9 Oriental Skylark 1 4 Alauda gulgula wattersi
11 Collared Finchbill Essp. 4 6 Spizixos semitorques cinereicapillus
11 Light-vented Bulbul Essp. 8 50 Pycnonotus sinensis formosae
11 Styan's Bulbul E. 3 20 Pycnonotus taivanus
11 Black Bulbul Essp. 7 40 Hypsipetes leucocephalus nigerrimus
11 Brown-eared Bulbul Essp. 2 150 Hypsipetes a. harterti
11 Grey-throated Martin 3 25 Riparia c. chinensis
1 Sand Martin Riparia riparia
2 Sand or Pale Martin Riparia riparia or R. diluta
10 Barn Swallow 10 150 Hirundo rustica
10 " " 1 30 " " rustica
9 " " 2 5 " " saturata
10 Pacific Swallow 7 30 Hirundo tahitica
10 Asian House Martin 4 200 Delichon dasypus nigrimentale
6 Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
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Taiwan Cumulative Bird List… 6
9 Striated Swallow 6 50 Cecropis s. striolata
10 Taiwan Wren Babbler E. 1 6 Pnoepyga formosana
10 Rufous-faced Warbler 3 7 (H) Abroscopus albogularis fulvifacies 10 Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Essp. 1 1 Horornis fortipes robustipes
10 Yellowish-bellied Bush Warbler Essp. 2 20 Horornis acanthizoides concolor
10 Black-throated Bushtit 4 25 Aegithalos c. concinnus
1 Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus f. fuscatus
7 Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
6 Arctic Warbler 1 4 Phylloscopus borealis
3 Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
2 Two-barred Warbler 1 3 Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
1 Pale-legged or Sakhalin Leaf Warbler P. tenellipes or P. borealoides
8 Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
11 Taiwan Bush Warbler E. 1 3 (H) Locustella alishanensis 1 Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella ochotensis
1 Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Locustella c. certhiola
11 Zitting Cisticola 4 4 Cisticola juncidis tinnabulans
11 Golden-headed Cisticola Essp. 1 2 Cisticola exilis tinnabulans
11 Striated Prinia Essp. 1 1 Prinia crinigera striata
11 Yellow-bellied Prinia 3 8 (H) Prinia flaviventris sonitans 11 Plain Prinia Essp. 3 16 Prinia inornata flavirostris
11 Black-necklaced Scimitar Babbler E. 5 2 (H) Pomatorhinus erythrocnemis 11 Taiwan Scimitar Babbler E. 3 9 Pomatorhinus musicus
11 Rufous-capped Babbler Essp. 5 4 (H) Stachyridopsis ruficeps praecognita 11 Dusky Fulvetta Essp. 2 11 (H) Alcippe b. brunnea 11 Grey-cheeked Fulvetta E. 5 10 (H) Alcippe morrisonia 1 Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
11 Taiwan Hwamei E. 1 1 Garrulax taewanus
1 Chinese or Taiwan Hwamei 4 4 H Garrulax canorus or G. taewanus 10 Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush E. 1 15 Garrulax ruficeps
11 Rusty Laughingthrush E. 3 4 Garrulax poecilorhynchus
11 White-whiskered Laughingthrush E. 3 10 Trochalopteron morrisonianum
11 Steere's Liocichla E. 8 25 (H) Liocichla steerii 11 Taiwan Barwing E. 4 4 Actinodura morrisoniana
11 White-eared Sibia E. 4 15 Heterophasia auricularis
11 Taiwan Fulvetta E. 2 10 Fulvetta formosana
9 Vinous-throated Parrotbill Essp. Sinosuthora webbiana bulomacha
7 Golden Parrotbill Essp. 1 15 Suthora verreauxi morrisoniana
11 Taiwan Yuhina E. 7 40 Yuhina brunneiceps
11 Japanese White-eye 8 30 Zosterops japonicus simplex
11 Lowland White-eye Essp. 2 15 Zosterops meyeni batanis
11 Flamecrest E. 2 8 Regulus goodfellowi
9 Eurasian Wren Essp. 2 5 (H) Troglodytes troglodytes taivanus
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Taiwan Cumulative Bird List… 7
10 Eurasian Nuthatch 1 1 Sitta europaea sinensis
2 Asian Glossy Starling (I) 1 3 Aplonis panayensis
4 Crested Myna Essp. Acridotheres cristatellus formosanus
10 Common Myna (I) 5 15 Acridotheres t. tristis
10 Javan Myna (I) 11 50 Acridotheres javanicus
1 Vinous-breasted Starling (I) 1 2 Acridotheres burmannicus
3 Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
1 White-cheeked Starling 1 1 Spodiopsar cineraceus
2 Black-collared Starling (I) Gracupica nigricollis
3 White-shouldered Starling 1 15 Sturnia sinensis
1 Chestnut-tailed Starling (I) 2 2 Sturnia malabarica
2 White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
2 Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
5 Island Thrush Essp. Turdus poliocephalus niveiceps
7 Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
4 Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
2 Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
5 White-rumped Shama (I) 1 4 (H) Copsychus malabaricus 4 Oriental Magpie-robin 1 7 Copsychus saularis
5 Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
3 Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa d. dauurica
9 Ferruginous Flycatcher 2 8 Muscicapa ferruginea
10 Vivid Niltava Essp. 3 8 (H) Niltava v. vivida 11 White-browed Shortwing Essp. 2 10 (H) Brachypteryx montana goodfellowi 7 Siberian Rubythroat 1 3 Luscinia calliope
11 White-tailed Robin Essp. 6 10 (H) Myiomela leucura montium 6 White-browed Bush Robin Essp. 2 2 Tarsiger indicus formosanus
11 Collared Bush Robin E. 2 12 Tarsiger johnstoniae
11 Little Forktail 1 2 Enicurus scouleri
11 Taiwan Whistling Thrush E. 5 6 (H) Myophonus insularis 9 Snowy-browed Flycatcher Essp. 1 8 (H) Ficedula hyperythra innexa 11 Plumbeous Water Redstart Essp. 2 2 Rhyacornis fuliginosa affinis
10 Blue Rock Thrush 2 10 Monticola solitarius
4 " " " 1 1 " " pandoo
10 " " " 2 6 " " philippenensis
" " pandoo or 10 " " " 1 3 philippenensis 5 Stejneger's Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
5 Brown Dipper Cinclus p. pallasii
5 Plain Flowerpecker Essp. 1 2 Dicaeum minullum uchidai
10 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Essp. 2 2 Dicaeum ignipectus formosum
1 Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans
11 Eurasian Tree Sparrow 10 100 Passer montanus saturatus
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Taiwan Cumulative Bird List… 8
2 Indian Silverbill (I) Euodice malabarica
10 White-rumped Munia 1 2 Lonchura striata swinhoei
11 Scaly-breasted Munia 3 20 Lonchura punctulata topela
2 Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla formosana
9 Alpine Accentor Essp. 1 2 Prunella collaris fennelli
11 Eastern Yellow Wagtail 4 15 Motacilla tschutschensis
6 " " " 1 1 " " tschutschensis
11 " " " 2 6 " " taivana
2 " " " " " macronyx
11 Grey Wagtail 6 4 Motacilla cinerea robusta
11 White Wagtail 6 2 Motacilla alba
6 " " 1 1 " " ocularis
11 " " 4 2 " " leucopsis
1 " " " " lugens
11 Richard's Pipit 1 1 Anthus richardi
9 Olive-backed Pipit 1 1 Anthus hodgsoni
6 Pechora Pipit Anthus g. gustavi
2 Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
1 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
2 Eurasian Siskin Carduelis spinus
9 Brown Bullfinch Essp. 2 2 Pyrrhula nipalensis uchidai
9 Grey-headed Bullfinch Essp. 2 7 Pyrrhula erythaca owstoni
11 Taiwan Rosefinch E. 2 10 Carpodacus formosanus
1 Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza f. fucata
1 Tristram's Bunting 1 1 Emberiza tristrami
4 Little Bunting 1 3 Emberiza pusilla
1 Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola
1 Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
8 Black-faced Bunting 1 1 Emberiza s. spodocephala
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