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Birding2asia – Trip birdlist

Taiwan

Endemics and Black-faced Spoonbills

05 – 12 April 2009

 

Bird names and taxonomy follow Clements 6^th + updates as of time of writing, strictly!

Latin names of distinct subspecies in bold green.  Alternative names between brackets.

English names of possible splits between squares.

 

Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis                                 

                                                                               

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea                                

                                               

Great Egret Ardea alba                                     

                                               

Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia         

                               

Little Egret Egretta garzetta                                             

                               

Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus         

                               

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis                                               

                               

Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax

                                               

Malayan Night-Heron Gorsachius melanolophus      

3 birds seen at Huisun forest reserve

                               

Sacred Ibis          

Introduced- seen in flight from the car on HW 1

                                               

Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor   Endangered

At least 62 birds seen at Tsengwen estuary

 

Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos

                                               

Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha         

Few LongluanLake

                               

Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata

                                               

Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula                                              

                               

Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus             

                               

Crested Serpent-Eagle Spilornis cheela hoya                           

Common and regularly encountered

                                               

Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus formosae                       

Seen twice –Anmashan and Wushe

                                               

Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus                                               

One bird seen at Huisun Forest Reserve

                               

Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis   Country endemic   Near-threatened

Heard only ; Bedongyushan, Huisun and Yushan NP

 

Chinese Bamboo-Partridge [Taiwan BP] Bambusicola thoracica sonorivox   Near-endemic

Couple seen at Anmashan and 1 seen very well on roadside near Wushe.

 

Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii   Country endemic   Near-threatened

3 males and a female seen at Anmashan on our first day birding.  Later on a pair seen at Bedongyushan.

 

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

                               

Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus        

                               

Eurasian Coot Fulica atra                                 

                               

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus                                              

                               

Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum

Approx. 5 birds near Tsengwen estuary.                                       

                               

Pacific Golden-Plover Pluvialis fulva                                             

                                               

Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius       

                               

Snowy Plover (Kentish) Charadrius alexandrinus     

                               

Lesser Sandplover Charadrius       mongolus            

                               

Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii            

                               

Little Curlew Numenius minutes

1 seen Tsengwen estuary                                

                               

Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus

Few at Tsengwen

                               

Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos        

                               

Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus                                

                               

Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia

                                               

Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis

                                               

Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola

                                               

Common Redshank Tringa tetanus

                                               

Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris      

1 bird seen Tsengwen                      

                                               

Sanderling Calidris alba

                                               

Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis                                               

               

Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii                                          

                               

Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos

2 birds near Longluan Lake -Kenting                                            

                                               

Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea          

                               

Dunlin Calidris alpina                        

               

Broad-billed Sandpiper Limicola falcinellus

Few at Tsengwen                                               

               

Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus               

1 seen Kenting                   

                               

Little Tern Sternula albifrons                                           

                                               

Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia

                               

Ashy Wood-Pigeon Columba pulchricollis

3 birds seen Anmashan   

               

Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis orii         

               

Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica           

               

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis formosona

                               

Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica                                               

                                               

White-bellied Pigeon Treron sieboldii soronius         

Few seen Anmashan and Wushe

               

Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides                                              

Heard at Bedongyushan

                               

Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus                                       

Heard at Anmashan

                               

Lesser Coucal     Centropus bengalensis                                    

Heard at LongluanLake

 

Collared Owlet    Glaucidium brodiei pardalotum     

One seen Bedongyushan

 

Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis formosanus    

Small number at Huisun and Wushe

               

Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus     

                               

House Swift Apus nipalensis stictomus

                               

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis                                 

               

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

Heard Anmashan

                                               

Black-browed Barbet [Taiwan Barbet] Megalaima oorti nuchalis                          

Common

               

Grey-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus kaleensis

Seen at Huisun

                               

White-backed Woodpecker Dendrocopos leucotos insularis               

1 seen at Anmashan

               

Gray-faced Woodpecker Picus canus tancolo                          

1 seen at Yushan NP

 

Plain Martin [Grey-throated Martin] Riparia paludicola                                               

Few at Tsengwen

               

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica                        

               

Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica namiyei    

               

Asian Martin Delichon dasypus nigrimentalis

               

Striated Swallow Cecropis striolata stanfordi                            

               

Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni                                             

                               

American Pipit Anthus rubescens                                 

1 bird seen near LongluanLake –Kenting

               

White Wagtail Motacilla alba leucopsis [Amur Wagtail] + lugens [Black-backed Wagtail]

Few leucopsis throughout and lugens seen near LongluanLake.

               

Yellow Wagtail [Green-headed Wagtail] Motacilla flava taivana                              

1 bird seen near LongluanLake –Kenting

 

Eastern Yellow Wagtail [Alaska Wagtail] Motacilla tschutschensis tschutschensis         

15+ birds near LongluanLake –Kenting

               

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea                                       

               

Gray-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris                  

               

Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques cinereicapillus   Near-endemic             

Anmashan, Wushe…

 

Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus   Country endemic Vulnerable

Very common at Kenting.

 

Light-vented Bulbul (Chinese Bulbul) Pycnonotus sinensis formosae

               

Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus nigerrimus

               

Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi   Country endemic 

Seen at Wushe and Yushan NP, heard Anmashan

                               

Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes taivanus                           

HehuanPass

 

Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris fennelli    

3 birds HehuanPass

               

Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius                         

1 near Huisun

               

Formosan Whistling-Thrush Myophonus insularis   Country endemic  

Anmashan, Wushe, Yushan

                               

Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma hancii           

1 seen Yushan NP

               

Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus

Wushe

                                               

Dusky Thrush Turdus naumanni   

1 bird at HehuanPass

                               

White-browed Shortwing [Taiwan Shortwing] Brachypteryx montana goodfellowi             

Seen at Wushe and Yushan NP, heard Anmashan

               

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis                  

               

Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera striata                          

Chung Yang Farm

                               

Plain Prinia Prinia inornata flavirostris                         

 

Japanese Bush-Warbler Cettia diphone     

1 bird at Anmashan

                               

Brownish-flanked Bush-Warbler Cettia fortipes robustipes   

Seen very well Anmashan km 12

               

Yellowish-bellied Bush-Warbler Cettia acanthizoides concolor                            

Common at higher elevations and seen very well at Anmashan and Yushan NP               

                               

Taiwan Bush-Warbler (Alishan Bush-Warbler) Bradypterus alishanensis   Country endemic       

Fantastic looks at HehuanPass, heard Yushan NP

                               

Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis                                         

Fairly common.

                               

Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea                                           

1 bird seen Yushan NP

                                               

Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida vivida                    

Common

                               

White-browed Bush-Robin [Taiwan Bush-Robin] Tarsiger indicus formosanus

2 birds seen, HehuanPass and Anmashan

               

Collared Bush-Robin Tarsiger johnstoniae   Country endemic

Fairly common at higher elevations.

 

White-tailed Robin Cinclidium leucurum montium                    

Rather common at forested roadsides throughout

.

Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri fortis                           

1 bird seen on the Blue Gate track, Wushe

 

Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea oberholseri                           

Huisun Forest Reserve and heard Kenting.

 

White-throated Laughingthrush [Rufous-capped LT] Garrulax albogularis ruficeps

Many seen at Bedongyushan throughout the morning of our visit.

 

Rusty Laughingthrush Garrulax poecilorhynchus poecilorhynchus  Near-endemic

3 encounters, Anmashan, Wushe –Blue Gate and near km 4

               

Hwamei (Taiwan Hwamei) Garrulax canorus  taewanus                        

Several birds seen at LongluanLake –Kenting

 

White-whiskered Laughingthrush Garrulax morrisonianus   Country endemic

Few at Anmashan and HehuanPass, common at Yushan NP

 

Steere's Liocichla Liocichla steerii   Country endemic

Common

 

Spot-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus  erythrocnemis erythrocnemis                        

[Black-necklaced Scimitar-Babbler] Heard and briefly seen by Stijn only at Bedongyushan

 

Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis musicus                  

[Taiwan Scimitar-Babbler] Heard Anmashan

 

Pygmy Wren-Babbler [Taiwan Wren-Babbler] Pnoepyga pusilla formosana                      

Fantastic close looks at Wushe –Blue Gate track.

 

Rufous-capped Babbler Stachyris ruficeps praecognita          

Common

               

Taiwan Barwing Actinodura morrisoniana   Country endemic

Few seen at Blue Gate Wushe and Anmashan

 

Streak-throated Fulvetta [Taiwan Fulvetta] Alcippe cinereiceps formosana        

Only seen at Yushan NP

               

Dusky Fulvetta  Alcippe brunnea brunnea                   

Only seen at Anmashan km 12

 

Gray-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia morrisonia                            

 

White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis   Country endemic             

Common

 

Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps   Country endemic            

Common

 

White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca                                    

Only encountered at Huisun Forest Reserve.

                               

Golden Parrotbill [Taiwan Parrotbill] Paradoxornis verreauxi morrisonianus       

Group of approx. 15 birds at Yushan NP and a single bird at Anmashan km 50

               

Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus     

Fairly common

                               

Coal Tit Periparus ater ptisolus                      

Anmashan km 50 and Yushan NP

                               

Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus insperatus                        

Common

 

Yellow Tit Macholophus holsti   Country endemicNear-threatened

Seen at Anmashan km 24 and on Blue Gate track Wushe

 

Varied Tit Sittiparus varius castaneoventris               

Only seen at Huisun Forest Reserve

               

Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea                 

               

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectum formosum

Wushe and Yushan NP

                               

Japanese White-eye Zosterops  japonicus simplex                 

                               

Maroon Oriole [Red Oriole] Oriolus traillii ardens                  

2 birds seen at Huisun Forest Reserve

 

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus                       

               

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach formosae             

Few at Tsengwen area

               

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus harterti                             

               

Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus brounianus           

               

Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius taivanus

               

Formosan Magpie Urocissa caerulea   Country endemic

A single bird and 3 different small groups seen at Huisun, 19 birds total.

 

Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae formosae           

               

Eurasian Magpie Pica pica              

2 birds at Twengwen

                               

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos  

                               

Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus formosanus                

               

Russet Sparrow Passer rutilans

Small group at Wushe km 2

                                               

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer  montanus                                

                               

Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata                                        

                               

Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus formosanus                      

Several sightings at Yushan NP and a single bird at Anmashan

               

Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis uchidae             

Group of approx. 10 birds at Anmashan km 24 seen very well.

               

Grey-headed Bullfinch [Taiwan Bullfinch] Pyrrhula erythaca owstoni                    

2 sightings of a pair at Yushan NP

 

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