List of endemic birds of Taiwan explained

The island of Taiwan, which is located in southeast Asia at the junction of the East China Sea and South China Seas, is home to 30 endemic bird species.

Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International defines Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) as places where the breeding ranges of two or more range-restricted species—those with breeding ranges of less than 50000km2—overlap. In order to qualify, the whole of the breeding range of at least two range-restricted species must fall entirely within the EBA. The entire island of Taiwan has been designated as an Endemic Bird Area.

In addition, Orchid Island (Lán Yǔ),  km off the south-east coast of Taiwan has been designated as a secondary area, as two restricted-range species (Taiwan green pigeon and elegant scops owl) occur there.

List of species

	Common name	Picture	Scientific name	Habitat		Notes
1	Taiwan partridge		Arborophila crudigularis		data-sort-value=7
2	Mikado pheasant		Syrmaticus mikado		data-sort-value=6
3	Swinhoe's pheasant		Lophura swinhoii		data-sort-value=6
4	Taiwan bamboo partridge		Bambusicola sonorivox		data-sort-value=7
5	Taiwan barbet		Psilopogon nuchalis		data-sort-value=7
6	Taiwan blue magpie		Urocissa caerulea		data-sort-value=7
7	Chestnut-bellied tit		Sittiparus castaneoventris		data-sort-value=7
8	Yellow tit		Machlolophus holsti		data-sort-value=6
9	Styan's bulbul		Pycnonotus taivanus		data-sort-value=5
10	Taiwan cupwing		Pnoepyga formosana		data-sort-value=7
11	Taiwan bush warbler		Locustella alishanensis		data-sort-value=7		Also known as Taiwan grasshopper-warbler
12	Taiwan fulvetta		Fulvetta formosana		data-sort-value=7
13	Taiwan yuhina		Yuhina brunneiceps		data-sort-value=7
14	Streak-breasted scimitar babbler		Pomatorhinus musicus		data-sort-value=7
15	Black-necklaced scimitar babbler		Erythrogenys erythrocnemis		data-sort-value=7
16	White-whiskered laughingthrush		Trochalopteron morrisonianum		data-sort-value=7
17	White-eared sibia		Heterophasia auricularis		data-sort-value=7
18	Taiwan barwing		Actinodura morrisoniana		data-sort-value=7
19	Steere's liocichla		Liocichla steerii		data-sort-value=7		Also known as Taiwan liocichla
20	Taiwan hwamei		Garrulax taewanus		data-sort-value=6
21	Rufous-crowned laughingthrush		Pterorhinus ruficeps		data-sort-value=7
22	Rusty laughingthrush		Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus		data-sort-value=7
23	Flamecrest		Regulus goodfellowi		data-sort-value=7
24	Taiwan thrush		Turdus niveiceps		data-sort-value=7
25	Taiwan vivid niltava		Niltava vivida		data-sort-value=7		Also known as small niltava
26	Taiwan shortwing		Brachypteryx goodfellowi		data-sort-value=7
27	Collared bush robin		Tarsiger johnstoniae		data-sort-value=7
28	Taiwan whistling thrush		Myophonus insularis		data-sort-value=7
29	Taiwan bullfinch		Pyrrhula owstoni		data-sort-value=9	Not recognised by the IUCN	Sometimes considered a subspecies of the grey-headed bullfinch
30	Taiwan rosefinch		Carpodacus formosanus		data-sort-value=7

Citations

References

• Web site: BirdLife International . BirdLife International . Most Endemic Bird Areas are in the tropics and important for other biodiversity too . 2004 . birdlife.org . 1 April 2022.
• Web site: BirdLife International . BirdLife International . Data Zone: Taiwan . 2022a . 1 April 2022.
• Web site: BirdLife International . BirdLife International . Data Zone: Taiwan Grasshopper-Warbler . 2022b . 2 April 2022 . Taiwan grasshopper warbler.
• Web site: BirdLife International . BirdLife International . Data Zone: Taiwan Liocichla . 2022c . 3 April 2022 . liocichla.
• Web site: BirdLife International . BirdLife International . Data Zone: Small Niltava . 2022d . 5 April 2022 . niltava.
• Web site: BirdLife International . BirdLife International . Data Zone: Grey-headed Bullfinch . 2022e . 5 April 2022 . bullfinch.
• Web site: What is taxonomic order and why is it used for the sequence of birds in my field guide? . Cornell Lab of Ornithology . All About Birds . 16 November 2015 . 31 March 2022.
• Web site: Gill . Frank . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . amp . IOC World Bird List . 2022 . IOC . 31 March 2022.

External links

• Birding in Taiwan website of the Taiwan International Birding Association