ANNOTATED SPECIES LIST, Taiwan, March 21
– 28, 2003
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Compiled by Peter Candido. Taxonomy, names and sequence follow Clements, JF
(2000) Birds of the World, a Checklist, and subsequent updates.
Species endemic to Taiwan are shown in all caps.
Little Grebe,
Tachybaptus ruficollis – 1 at Tatu River estuary; 20 at Tsengwen
River estuary.
Great Cormorant,
Phalacrocorax carbo – 2 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Grey Heron,
Ardea cinerea – many at Tsengwen River estuary.
Great Egret,
Ardea alba – several in wetland habitats.
Intermediate Egret,
Egretta intermedia – Many at Tsengwen River estuary.
Little Egret,
Egretta garzetta – many in wetland habitats.
Cattle Egret,
Bubulcus ibis – many at Hambao and Tsengwen River estuary.
Striated Heron,
Butorides striatus – 2 at Lushan.
Black-crowned Night-Heron,
Nycticorax nycticorax – many at Tsengwen River estuary and other
wetlands.
Malayan Night-Heron,
Gorsachius melanolophus – 1 at Sun Moon Lake; 1 at Thiany Kin road,
Pillow Mountain.
Cinnamon Bittern,
Ixobrychus cinnamomeus – 4 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Black-faced Spoonbill,
Platalea minor – 290 at Tsengwen River estuary. Globally
threatened.
Eurasian Wigeon,
Anas penelope – 30 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Eurasian Teal,
Anas crecca – 6 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Spot-billed Duck,
Anas poecilorhyncha – 2 at Hambao.
Garganey,
Anas querquedula – 3 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Northern Shoveler,
Anas clypeata – 7 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Osprey,
Pandion haliaetus – 1 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Oriental Honey-buzzard,
Pernis ptilorhyncus – 2 along Yushan Highway.
Crested Serpent-Eagle,
Spilornis cheela – in flight, on Days 3, 5 and 6.
Crested Goshawk,
Accipiter trivirgatus – 1 in flight, Day 3. Not seen by everyone.
Japanese Sparrowhawk,
Accipiter gularis – 1, Thiany Kin, Pillow Mountain, Day 6.
Gray-faced Buzzard,
Butastur indicus – 60 in flight, Pakua Mountain.
Eurasian Kestrel,
Falco tinnunculus – 1 on Day 5.
TAIWAN PARTRIDGE,
Arborophila crudigularis – 1 Dui Yen Trail, Meifeng. Not seen by
everyone.
Chinese Bamboo-Partridge,
Bambusicola thoracica – 2 at Meifeng Experimental Farm.
SWINHOE’S PHEASANT,
Lopohura swinhoii – Bei Dong Yen Mountain.
Slaty-breasted Rail,
Gallirallus striatus – 1 at Tsengwen River estuary. Not seen by
everyone.
White-breasted Waterhen,
Amaurornis phoenicurus – 2 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Common Moorhen,
Gallinula chloropus – 1 at Hambao; 20 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Black-winged Stilt,
Himantopus himantopus – many at Tsengwen River estuary.
Pacific Golden-Plover,
Pluvialis fulva – 20 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Black-bellied Plover,
Pluvialis squatarola – 1 at Hambao, on mudflats.
Snowy Plover,
Charadrius alexandrinus – many at Hambao; 20 at Tsengwen River
estuary.
Common Snipe,
Gallinago gallinago –3 at Hambao; 1 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Long-billed Dowitcher,
Limnodromus scolopaceus – 1 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Bar-tailed Godwit,
Limosa lapponica – 30 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Eurasian Curlew,
Numenius arquata – 3 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Spotted Redshank,
Tringa erythropus – 5 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Common Redshank,
Tringa totanus – 3 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Marsh Sandpiper,
Tringa stagnatilis – 2 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Common Greenshank,
Tringa nebularia – 2 at Hambao; 3 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Common Sandpiper,
Actitis hypoleucos – 1 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Ruddy Turnstone,
Arenaria interpres – many at Hambao.
Great Knot,
Calidris tenuirostris – 4 at Hambao.
Red-necked Stint,
Calidris rufficollis – 100 on mudflats at Hambao.
Dunlin,
Calidris alpina – 3200 on mudflats at Hambao; 3 at Tsengwen River
estuary.
East Siberian Gull,
Larus vegae – 1 adult at Tatu River estuary.
Black-headed Gull,
Larus ridibundus – 3 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Gull-billed Tern,
Sterna nilotica – 3 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Caspian Tern,
Sterna caspia – 120 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Whiskered Tern,
Chlidonias hybridus – 20 at Tsengsen River estuary.
Rock Dove,
Columba livia – many in varied habitats.
Ashy Wood-Pigeon,
Columba pulchricollis – 1 at Bei Dong Yen Mountain, Day 4.
Red Collared-Dove,
Streptopelia tranquebarica – seen almost every day, in various
habitats.
Spotted Dove,
Streptopelia chinensis – common in lowlands.
White-bellied Pigeon,
Treron sieboldii – 2 at Bei Dong Yen Mountain.
Oriental Cuckoo,
Cuculus saturatus – heard only, Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center.
Lesser Coucal,
Centropus bengalensis – 2 at Choshui River, while waiting for
Savannah Nightjars.
Collared Scops-Owl,
Otus lettia – heard only, Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center.
Tawny Owl,
Strix aluco – Meifeng Experimental Farm.
Collared Owlet,
Glaucidium brodiei – Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center.
Savanna Nightjar,
Caprimulgus affinis – 4 at Choshui River.
House Swift,
Apus nipalensis – seen almost every day, in various habitats.
Common Kingfisher,
Alcedo atthis – 2 at Hambao; 1 at Lushan; 2 at Tsengwen River
estuary.
Black-browed Barbet,
Megalaima oorti – 4 at Sun Moon Lake Activity Center; 1 at Meifeng
area; 8 at A Li Shan Park Gardens.
Gray-capped Woodpecker,
Dendrocopos canicapillus – 4 in lowland habitat on Day 4.
Oriental Skylark,
Alauda gulgula – 5 at Tatu River estuary.
Plain Martin,
Riparia paludicola – several on Days 1 and 3.
Barn Swallow,
Hirundo rustica – common in lowlands.
Pacific Swallow,
Hirundo tahitica – 6 at Lushan; many at Tsengwen River estuary.
Striated Swallow,
Hirundo striolata – several, on Days 1, 3, and 6.
Asian Martin,
Delichon dasypus – 6 on Day 5.
White Wagtail,
Motacilla alba – 1 at Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center.
Yellow Wagtail,
Motacilla flava – 1 at Hambao.
Gray Wagtail,
Motacilla cinerea – 1 at Meifeng Experimental Farm; 2 others on Days
5 and 6.
Olive-backed Pipit,
Anthus hodgsoni – 2 at Meifeng Experimental Farm; 5 at A Li Shan; 2
at Yangminshan National Park.
Red-throated Pipit,
Anthus cervinus
– 1 at Hambao.
American Pipit,
Anthus rubescens japonicus – 4 at Hambao.
Large Cuckoo-shrike,
Coracina macei – 3 at Tze En Tower, Sun Moon Lake.
Gray-chinned Minivet,
Pericrocotus solaris – 10 in total; at Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity
Center; Meifeng; A Li Shan Park Gardens.
Collared Finchbill,
Spizixos semitorques – 20 at Dream Valley on Day 3.
Light-vented (Chinese) Bulbul,
Pycnonotus sinensis – common almost everywhere.
Black Bulbul,
Hypsipetes leucocephalus – common on Days 2, 3, and 4.
FLAMECREST,
Regulus goodfellowi – 5 at A Li Shan Park Gardens. All were in
coniferous trees.
Alpine Accentor,
Prunella collaris – 6 on Day 5, at the “Couple Trees”.
FORMOSAN WHISTLING-THRUSH,
Myophonus insularis – 2 at Yangminshan National Park.
Scaly Thrush,
Zoothera dauma – 1 at Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center, 3 at
Meifeng Experimental Farm.
Pale Thrush,
Turdus pallidus – 1 at Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center, 8 at
Meifeng Experimental Farm, 4 at A Li Shan Park Gardens.
Brown-headed Thrush,
Turdus chrysolaus – 1 at Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center.
Golden-headed Cisticola,
Cisticola exilis – 2 at Hambao.
Striated Prinia,
Prinia criniger, – 3 on Day 3 in scrubby habitat.
Plain Prinia,
Prinia inornta – 1 each on Days 1, 2, and 3.
Yellowish-bellied (Verraux’s) Bush-Warbler,
Cettia acanthizoides – 1 at Tataka Recreation Center on Day 5.
TAIWAN BUSH-WARBLER,
Bradypterus alishanensis – 7 at Tataka Recreation Center; 1 seen
well, others heard.
Dusky Warbler,
Phylloscopus fuscatus – 2 at Tataka Recreation Center.
Yellow-browed Warbler,
Phylloscopus inornatus – 1 at Yangminshan National Park.
Arctic Warbler,
Phylloscopus borealis – 2 at Pakua Mountain, Day 2.
Rufous-faced Warbler,
Abroscopus albogularis – 2 at Meifeng area.
Vivid Niltava,
Niltava vivida – 1 at Pakua Mountain; 2 at Sun Moon Lake Youth
Activity Center; 1 in lowlands on Day 5.
Bluethroat,
Erithacus svevicus – 1 at Tataka Recreation Center (unusual habitat).
Red-flanked Bluetail,
Tarsiger cyanurus – 1 on Days 3, 4, and 5.
White-browed Bush-Robin,
Tarsiger indicus – 1 at Meifeng are.
COLLARED BUSH-ROBIN,
Tarsiger johnstoniae – 3 at Meifeng area; 4 at A Li Shan Park
Gardens.
Daurian Redstart,
Phoenicurus auroreus – 1 at Hambao.
Plumbeous Redstart,
Rhyacornis fuliginosus – 8 on Day 3, several locations, including
Lushan and A Li Shan Park Gardens.
White-tailed Robin,
Cinclidium leucurum - 4 at Meifeng area.
Little Forktail,
Enicurus scouleri – 1 at Lushan town, by leader only.
Black-naped Monarch,
Hypothymis azurea – 2 in lowlands on Day 5.
WHITE-WHISKERED LAUGHINGTHRUSH,
Garrulax morrisonianus – 3 at Dui Yen Trail, Meifeng; 5 at the
“Couple Trees” on Day 5.
STEERE’S LIOCICHLA,
Liocichla steerii – 2 at Meifeng area, 4 at the “Couple Trees” on Day
5.
Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler,
Pomatorhinus ruficollis – 2, Thiany Kin, Pillow Mountain, Day 6.
Rufous-capped Babbler,
Stachyris ruficeps – 1 Sun Moon Lake Youth Activity Center; 1 at
Thiany Kin, Pillow Mountain, Day 6.
TAIWAN BARWING,
Actinodura morrisoniana – 2 at Tataka Recreation Center; 3 at A Li
Shan (not seen by all).
Streak-throated Fulvetta,
Alcippe cinereiceps – 1, A Li Shan Park Gardens (out of normal
range).
Dusky Fulvetta,
Alcippe brunnea – 1, Thiany Kin, Pillow Mountain.
Gray-cheeked Fulvetta,
Alcippe morrisonia – 3 on Day 3.
WHITE-EARED SIBIA,
Heterophasia auricularis – 13 total at Dui Yen Trail, Meifeng and Bei
Dong Yen Mountain, Day 4.
TAIWAN YUHINA,
Yuhina brunneiceps – fairly common at Sun Moon Lake, Meifeng, and A
Li Shan Park Gardens.
White-bellied Yuhina,
Yuhina zantholeuca – 1 at Meifeng area; 2 more on Day 5; 3 more on
Day 6.
Vinous-throated Parrotbill,
Paradoxornis webbianus – 1 at Meifeng Experimental Farm (not seen by
all).
Black-throated Tit,
Aegithalos concinnus – 40 at Meifeng area.
Green-backed Tit,
Parus monticolus – 1 at Sun Moon Lake; 3 at Meifeng; 1 at A Li Shan
Park Gardens.
YELLOW TIT,
Macholophys holsti – 1 at Bei Dong Yen Mountain.
Varied Tit,
Sittiparus varius – 4 at Meifeng area.
Eurasian Nuthatch,
Sitta europaea – 2 at Meifeng Experimental Farm.
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker,
Dicaeum ignipectus – 3 on Day 4.
Japanese White-eye,
Zosterops japonicus – fairly common on Days 2 to 5.
Maroon Oriole,
Oriolus traillii ardens – 1 in lowlands on Day 5; 1 at Thiany Kin,
Pillow Mountain on Day 6.
Brown Shrike,
Lanius cristatus – 1 at Hambao; 1 on Day 2; 1 on Day 6.
Long-tailed Shrike,
Lanius schach – 1 at Hambao; 2 at Tsengwen River estuary.
Black Drongo,
Dicrurus macrocercus – 2 on Day 1; many on Day 6; fairly common at
low elevation.
Bronzed Drongo,
Dicrurus aeneus – 30 on Day 3.
Eurasian Jay,
Garrulus glandarius – 2 at Meifeng Experimental Farm.
FORMOSAN MAGPIE,
Urocissa caerulea – 3 at Yangminshan National Park.
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