List of endemic birds of Taiwan

A topographical map of Taiwan, showing altitude with colours; green lowlands along the island's western edge with a spine of mountains down the center and east showing in various shades of brown

Map of Taiwan, showing the island's topography

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 —overlap. In order to qualify, the whole of the breeding range of at least two range-restricted species must fall entirely within the EBA.Template:Sfn The entire island of Taiwan has been designated as an Endemic Bird Area.Template:Sfn

In addition, Orchid Island (Lán Yǔ), c. Template:Trim 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

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Taxon. order	Common name	Picture	Scientific name	Habitat	IUCN status	Notes
1	Taiwan partridge	Photo of grey-bodied bird with brown and white striped wing and orange legs	Arborophila crudigularis		Template:IUCN status
2	Mikado pheasant	File:Mikado Pheasant 398.jpg	Syrmaticus mikado		Template:IUCN status
3	Swinhoe's pheasant	File:Swinhoe's Pheasant 0673.jpg	Lophura swinhoii		Template:IUCN status
4	Taiwan bamboo partridge	Photo of plump, orange-bellied grey bird walking on gravel	Bambusicola sonorivox		Template:IUCN status
5	Taiwan barbet	File:Taiwan Barbet.jpg	Psilopogon nuchalis		Template:IUCN status
6	Taiwan blue magpie	File:Urocissa caerulea.jpg	Urocissa caerulea		Template:IUCN status
7	Chestnut-bellied tit	File:Sittiparus castaneoventris, Taiwan 1.jpg	Sittiparus castaneoventris		Template:IUCN status
8	Yellow tit	File:Taiwan tit.jpg	Machlolophus holsti		Template:IUCN status
9	Styan's bulbul	File:Styan's Bulbul - Taiwan S4E5288 (17052025025).jpg	Pycnonotus taivanus		Template:IUCN status
10	Taiwan cupwing	File:Taiwan Wren-Babbler - Taiwan S4E8523 (19551633761).jpg	Pnoepyga formosana		Template:IUCN status
11	Taiwan bush warbler	File:2014-03-29 Locustella alishanensis (Taiwan Bush Warbler) 01.jpg	Locustella alishanensis		Template:IUCN status	Also known as Taiwan grasshopper-warblerTemplate:Sfn
12	Taiwan fulvetta	File:Streak-throated Fulvetta - Taiwan S4E6852 (19551581381).jpg	Fulvetta formosana		Template:IUCN status
13	Taiwan yuhina	File:Taiwan Yuhina.jpg	Yuhina brunneiceps		Template:IUCN status
14	Streak-breasted scimitar babbler	File:Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler.jpg	Pomatorhinus musicus		Template:IUCN status
15	Black-necklaced scimitar babbler	File:Black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis) (cropped).jpg	Erythrogenys erythrocnemis		Template:IUCN status
16	White-whiskered laughingthrush	File:Garrulax morrisonianus -Taiwan-8.jpg	Trochalopteron morrisonianum		Template:IUCN status
17	White-eared sibia	File:White-eared Sibia - Taiwan S4E8153 (19547305835).jpg	Heterophasia auricularis		Template:IUCN status
18	Taiwan barwing	File:Formosan Barwing.jpg	Actinodura morrisoniana		Template:IUCN status
19	Steere's liocichla	File:Steere's Liocichla - Taiwan S4E6694 (19301823680).jpg	Liocichla steerii		Template:IUCN status	Also known as Taiwan liocichlaTemplate:Sfn
20	Taiwan hwamei	File:Garrulax taewanus, Taipei 1.jpg	Garrulax taewanus		Template:IUCN status
21	Rufous-crowned laughingthrush	File:GarrulaxRuficepsGould.jpg	Pterorhinus ruficeps		Template:IUCN status
22	Rusty laughingthrush	File:GarrulaxPoecilorhynchaGould.jpg	Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus		Template:IUCN status
23	Flamecrest	File:Flamecrest (Regulus goodfellowi).jpg	Regulus goodfellowi		Template:IUCN status
24	Taiwan thrush	File:Taiwan Thrush 1161.jpg	Turdus niveiceps		Template:IUCN status
25	Taiwan vivid niltava	File:Niltava vivida 9808.jpg	Niltava vivida		Template:IUCN status	Also known as small niltavaTemplate:Sfn
26	Taiwan shortwing		Brachypteryx goodfellowi		Template:IUCN status
27	Collared bush robin	File:Collared Bush Robin.jpg	Tarsiger johnstoniae		Template:IUCN status
28	Taiwan whistling thrush	File:Myophonus insularis.jpg	Myophonus insularis		Template:IUCN status
29	Taiwan bullfinch	File:Pyrrhula erythaca owstoni 1.jpg	Pyrrhula owstoni		Not recognised by the IUCN	Sometimes considered a subspecies of the grey-headed bullfinchTemplate:Sfn
30	Taiwan rosefinch	File:Carpodacus formosanus (cropped).jpg	Carpodacus formosanus		Template:IUCN status

External links

• Birding in Taiwan website of the Taiwan International Birding Association