2020年7月9日 星期四

Taiwan 7-12 Apr 2019 - still more to go

HDD birding in this no-trip period, and the following is the Taiwan trip list in 2019. Not the best trip ever but still happy and memorable. Still 2 more true endemics to go, which are the Rusty Laughingthrush and Taiwan Thrush (also some endemic subspecies twitch). Anyway, I am quite optimistic for these.

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 

Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera
- 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 Locustella alishanensis

Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler

Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler

Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler

Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler

Taiwan Grasshopper-warbler - well seen but not easy photo

Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus

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 Myophonus insularis

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


Some more endemic species / subspecies I still need in Taiwan like...

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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