Here is a complete list of all the birds seen throughout our trip to Taiwan. Where available, I have included a link to photos of each species. There are 89 species listed. Taiwan endemic species are listed in CYAN.
| SPECIES | LATIN BINOMIAL |
|---|---|
| Waterfowl – Anatidae | |
| Eastern Spot-billed Duck | Anas zonorhyncha |
| Grouse – Phasianidae | |
| Taiwan Partridge | Arborophila crudigularis |
| Chinese Bamboo-partridge | Bambusicola thoracicus |
| Swinhoe’s Pheasant | Lophura swinhoii |
| Herons & Bitterns – Ardeidae | |
| Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis |
| Grey Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Intermediate Egret | Mesophoyx intermedia |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Chinese Pond-heron | Ardeola bacchus |
| Black-crowned Night-heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Malayan Night-heron | Gorsachius melanolophus |
| Ibises – Threskiornithidae | |
| Sacred Ibis | Threskiornis aethiopicus |
| Hawks – Accipitridae | |
| Crested Serpent-eagle | Spilornis cheela |
| Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus |
| Besra | Accipiter virgatus |
| Rails – Rallidae | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| Stilts – Recurvirostridae | |
| Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
| Plovers – Charadriidae | |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| Greater Sand-plover | Charadrius leschenaultii |
| Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus |
| Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius |
| Sandpipers – Scolopacidae | |
| Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus |
| Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos |
| Grey-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes |
| Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia |
| Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola |
| Common Redshank | Tringa totanus |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| Doves – Columbidae | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Oriental Turtle-dove | Streptopelia orientalis |
| Red Collared-dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica |
| Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis |
| White-bellied Pigeon | Treron sieboldii |
| Cuckoos – Cuculidae | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
| Typical Owls – Strigidae | |
| Mountain Scops-owl | Otus spilocephalus |
| Swifts – Apodidae | |
| Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis |
| Kingfishers – Alcedinidae | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| Asian Barbets – Megalaimidae | |
| Taiwan Barbet | Megalaima nuchalis |
| Drongos – Dicruridae | |
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus |
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus |
| Monarch-flycatchers – Monarchidae | |
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea |
| Crows & Jays – Corvidae | |
| Grey Treepie | Dendrocitta formosae |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica |
| Eurasian Nutcracker | Nucifraga caryocatactes |
| Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos |
| Swallows – Hirundinidae | |
| Grey-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica |
| Asian House-martin | Delichon dasypus |
| Tits – Paridae | |
| Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus |
| Long-tailed Tits – Aegithalidae | |
| Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus |
| Bulbuls – Pycnonotidae | |
| Collared Finchbill | Spizixos semitorques |
| Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis |
| Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus |
| Cupwings – Pnoepygidae | |
| Taiwan Cupwing | Pnoepyga formosana |
| Cisticolas – Cisticolidae | |
| Striated Prinia | Prinia crinigera |
| Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata |
| Parrotbills – Paradoxornithidae | |
| Vinous-throated Parrotbill | Sinosuthora webbiana |
| White-eyes – Zosteropidae | |
| Taiwan Yuhina | Yuhina brunneiceps |
| Japanese White-eye | Zosterops japonicus |
| Babblers – Timaliidae | |
| Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps |
| Taiwan Scimitar-babbler | Pomatorhinus musicus |
| Black-necklaced Scimitar-babbler | Megapomatorhinus erythrocnemis |
| Ground-babblers – Pellorneidae | |
| Grey-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe morrisonia |
| Laughingthrushes – Leiothrichidae | |
| White-whiskered Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron morrisonianum |
| White-eared Sibia | Heterophasia auricularis |
| Steere’s Liocichla | Liocichla steerii |
| Old World Flycatchers – Muscicapidae | |
| Oriental Magpie-robin | Copsychus saularis |
| Vivid Niltava | Niltava vivida |
| Taiwan Whistling-thrush | Myophonus insularis |
| White-tailed Robin | Cinclidium leucurum |
| Collared Bush-robin | Tarsiger johnstoniae |
| Plumbeous Redstart | Phoenicurus fuliginosus |
| Starlings – Sturnidae | |
| Asian Glossy Starling | Aplonis panayensis |
| Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus |
| Javan Myna | Acridotheres javanicus |
| Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
| Black-collared Starling | Gracupica nigricollis |
| Finches – Fringillidae | |
| Brown Bullfinch | Pyrrhula nipalensis |
| Grey-headed Bullfinch | Pyrrhula erythaca |
| Vinaceous Rosefinch | Carpodacus vinaceus |
| Old World Sparrows – Passeridae | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
| Estrildid-finches – Estrildidae | |
| Indian Silverbill | Euodice malabarica |
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata |
| Nutmeg Mannikin | Lonchura punctulata |
On the Wing 