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.
