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List of endemic birds of Taiwan

Birds endemic to the island of Taiwan

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[edit]

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 50,000 km² (19,000 sq mi)—overlap. In order to qualify, the whole of the breeding range of at least two range-restricted species must fall entirely within the EBA.^[1] The entire island of Taiwan has been designated as an Endemic Bird Area.^[2]

In addition, Orchid Island (Lán Yǔ), c. 75 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[edit]

Endemic species

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

Notes[edit]

Citations[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Birding in Taiwan website of the Taiwan International Birding Association