Taxonomy following the old HBW
Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis
- a group seen well but not photoable
Taiwan Partridge
Taiwan Partridge
Taiwan Partridge - Canon, cannot
Taiwan Bamboo-partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- finally saw this bird, the best bird of the trip
Taiwan Bamboo-partridge - first view in dense fog
Taiwan Bamboo-partridge - not a good shot but a wonderful lifer after 5 trials
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado
- only female seen in this trip, probably the same bird
Mikado Pheasant
Mikado Pheasant
Mikado Pheasant
Mikado Pheasant
Mikado Pheasant - very friendly but I want male more
Swinhoe’s Pheasant Lophura swinhoii
- rather common
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant - immature is also a beauty
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant - 400mm, so close!
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant
Swinhoe’s Pheasant - one of my favorite photos in this trip
Chinese Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- seen with chicks
Mallard Anas platyrhyncho
- free flying birds
Rock Dove Columba livia
Ashy Woodpigeon Columba pulchricollis
- heard only
Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis
Oriental Turtle-dove
Red Turtle-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
Red Turtle-dove - love the floating bread island (?)
Eastern Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
White-bellied Green-pigeon Treron sieboldii
- sadly no photo but still good view
Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- heard only, will bring the thermal scope next time
Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
Silver-backed Needletail
Silver-backed Needletail - the back
Silver-backed Needletail
House Swift Apus nipalensis
Large Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- heard only
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
Oriental Cuckoo - the underwing, different from Common right?
Oriental Cuckoo - quite vocal in Taiwan, good to separate from Common or Himalayan
Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- heard only
Malay Night-heron Gorsachius melanolophus
Malay Night-heron
Malay Night-heron
Malay Night-heron - never bored to watch one in Taiwan
Malay Night-heron - angle and lighting look like a Japanese lol....
Black-crowned Night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-crowned Night-heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
Black-crowned Night-heron - close up
Rufous Night-heron Nycticorax caledonicus
- long staying vagrant, still there now!
Rufous Night-heron and Black-crowned Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron - in flight
Rufous Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron
Rufous Night-heron with birders
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
- as Eastern Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret - close up
Cattle Egret
Cattle Egret
Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
Great White Egret Ardea alba
Little Egret Egretta garzetta
Little Egret
Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei
Collared Owlet
Collared Scops-owl Otus lettia
- heard only
Mountain Scops-owl Otus spilocephalus
- heard only... included a very close bird! I should find it if I had the thermal scope
Himalayan Owl Strix nivicolum
- memorable experience, one bird showed after 30mins play-back. Saw another one in another spot next day
Himalayan Owl
Himalayan Owl
Himalayan Owl
Himalayan Owl
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- as Western Osprey, it is lumped in BOW as well
Osprey and Grey-faced Buzzard
Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
Black-winged Kite
Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Crested Serpent-eagle Spilornis cheela
Crested Serpent-eagle
Mountain Hawk-eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
Mountain Hawk-eagle - very distant, wing shape looks like one?
Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- seen
Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus
Besra Accipiter virgatus
Accipiter sp.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk or Northern Goshawk? - very distant bird in 51K of Dasyeushan
Black Kite Milvus migrans
Black Kite
Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
Grey-faced Buzzard
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
Taiwan Barbet - a common colorful endemic
Taiwan Barbet
Taiwan Barbet
Taiwan Barbet
Taiwan Barbet
Taiwan Barbet - busy building nest hole
Taiwan Barbet
Taiwan Barbet
Grey-capped Woodpecker Picoides canicapillus
Grey-capped Woodpecker
Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
Bronzed Drongo
Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
Brown Shrike
Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- did not take any photos this trip
Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
Taiwan Blue Magpie
Taiwan Blue Magpie - broken tail
Taiwan Blue Magpie
Taiwan Blue Magpie - in flight
Taiwan Blue Magpie
Taiwan Blue Magpie
Eurasian Magpie Pica pica
- means Oriental Magpie here
Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- means Spotted Nutcracker here
Southern Nutcracker
Southern Nutcracker
Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
Coal Tit Periparus ater
Coal Tit
Coal Tit - busy collecting nesting materials
Chestnut-bellied Tit Sittiparus castaneoventris
Chestnut-bellied Tit
Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
Green-backed Tit
Green-backed Tit - collecting nesting materials too
Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti
Yellow Tit
- split as Swinhoe's Prinia from the Striated Prinia complex (Alström et al. 2019)
Striated Prinia
Chinese Prinia Prinia sonitans
- means Yellow-bellied Prinia, a split in HBW
Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
Plain Prinia
Taiwan Cupwing Pnoepyga formosana
Taiwan Cupwing - finally tick
Taiwan Cupwing
Taiwan Cupwing
Taiwan Cupwing
Taiwan Cupwing
Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler
Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler
Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler
Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler
Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler - well seen but not easy photo
Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- means Striated Swallow here
House Swallow Hirundo javanica
- means Pacific Swallow here, different name in HBW
House Swallow
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Black Bulbul
Black Bulbul
Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
Collared Finchbill
Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- heard only
Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- seen and heard
Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
Rufous-faced Warbler
Rufous-faced Warbler
Rufous-faced Warbler
Rufous-faced Warbler
Rufous-faced Warbler
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Horornis acanthizoides
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler - the call is so distinctive
Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler
Korean Bush-warbler Horornis canturians
- means Manchurian Bush Warbler
Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus
Black-throated Tit
Taiwan Fulvetta Fulvetta formosana
Taiwan Fulvetta
Taiwan Fulvetta - cutie
Taiwan Fulvetta
Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps
Taiwan Yuhina
Taiwan Yuhina
Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- means Swinhoe's White-eye here, not yet split in HBW
Taiwan Scimitar-babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
Taiwan Scimitar-babbler
Black-necklaced Scimitar-babbler Megapomatorhinus erythrocnemis
Black-necklaced Scimitar-babbler - another Common-but-hard-to-see species, thanks to Canon for great photo
Black-necklaced Scimitar-babbler - IDable
Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
Rufous-capped Babbler
Dusky Fulvetta Schoeniparus brunneus
Dusky Fulvetta - always thanks to Canon for the best focusing branch or leaf photo
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
- not yet split in HBW
Grey-cheeked Fulvetta
Black-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax chinensis
- mimicking Rusty Laughingthrush call..... WTF...
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax ruficeps
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush - not easy photoable laughingthrush
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum
White-whiskered Laughingthrush - much friendlier laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush - excellent view of this beautiful endemic
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-whiskered Laughingthrush
White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis
White-eared Sibia
White-eared Sibia
Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii
Taiwan Liocichla
Taiwan Liocichla
Taiwan Liocichla
Taiwan Liocichla
Taiwan Liocichla
Taiwan Liocichla
Taiwan Barwing Sibia morrisoniana
Taiwan Barwing
Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
Brown Dipper
Brown Dipper
Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
Javan Myna Acridotheres javanicus
Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
Oriental Magpie-robin Copsychus saularis
Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
Ferruginous Flycatcher
Ferruginous Flycatcher
Small Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida
- means Vivid Niltava here, maybe a future split
Small Vivid Niltava
Small Vivid Niltava
Taiwan Shortwing Brachypteryx goodfellowi
- finally lifer again!
Taiwan Shortwing - thanks to Canon again and again I have this wonderful toe photo
White-tailed Blue Robin Myiomela leucura
White-tailed Blue Robin
White-tailed Blue Robin
White-tailed Blue Robin
White-tailed Blue Robin
White-tailed Blue Robin
Collared Bush-robin Tarsiger johnstoniae
Collared Bush-robin
Collared Bush-robin
Collared Bush-robin
Collared Bush-robin
Collared Bush-robin
Collared Bush-robin
Collared Bush-robin
Collared Bush-robin - IDing female can be challenging
Little Forktail Enicurus scouleri
Little Forktail - so far, so little
Little Forktail
Little Forktail - find the forktail
Little Forktail
Little Forktail
Taiwan Whistling-thrush
Taiwan Whistling-thrush
Taiwan Whistling-thrush
Taiwan Whistling-thrush
Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
Snowy-browed Flycatcher - quite unexpected in this trip
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Plumbeous Water-redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Blue Rock-thrush Monticola solitarius
Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi
Flamecrest - always difficult to photo
Flamecrest
Flamecrest
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- flowerpeckers heard and seen flight in Dasyueshan, probably this species
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
White Wagtail Motacilla alba
Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus
Taiwan Rosefinch
Taiwan Rosefinch
Taiwan Rosefinch
Taiwan Rosefinch
Taiwan Rosefinch - so fat
Taiwan Rosefinch
Taiwan Rosefinch
Taiwan Rosefinch
Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca
- may be a future split, tried awhile to see one in 51K
Grey-headed Bullfinch
Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
Black-faced Bunting
Also some mammals.... I may identify wrongly.
Pallas's Squirrel
Pallas's Squirrel
Taiwan Serow 台灣長鬃山羊 - big one
Reeves's Muntjac 山羌 - small one
Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel 白面鼯鼠
Red-and-white Giant Flying Squirrel 白面鼯鼠
Formosan Rock Macaque 台灣獼猴
Slaty-breasted Rail taiwanus - ummmm...
Barred Buttonquail rostratus - always love buttonquail
Eastern Grass-owl pithecops - heard it is easier now
Mountain Scops-owl hambroecki - quite confident
Ryukyu Scops-owl botelensis - Lanyu
White-backed Woodpecker insularis - dipped
Japanese Paradise Flycatcher periophthalmica - not endemic subspecies but I need, in Lanyu
Golden-headed Cisticola volitans - heard before but did not look for it
Plain-crowned Jay / Eurasian Jay taivanus - well I need this
Brown-eared Bulbul harterti - Lanyu
Brownish-flanked Bush-warbler robustipes - need better view
Golden Parrotbill morrisoniana - likely a split
Vinous-throated Parrotbill bulomacha - missed every times
Rusty Laughingthrush - !!!
Eurasian Nuthatch formosana - need better view
Taiwan Thrush - !!!
Fire-breasted Flowerpecker formosum - need better view
Alpine Accentor fennelli - only one spot I can think of
Brown Bullfinch uchidae - missed every times
We will be back.
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