Taiwan (China) · Chiayi County
Aogu Wetland IBA
279 species and 123,513 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March, with up to 168 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Budai Wetland IBA – Northeast Area / Budai Wetland Park16 km144 species
- Budai Wetland IBA16 km166 species
- Budai Wetland IBA – Xinwen Detention North Ponds / Budai #9 Salt Pan20 km139 species
- Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan30 km143 species
- Qingkunshen IBA – Jiangjun33 km144 species
- Chiayi – NCYU Lantan Campus36 km114 species
All 279 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Vinous-breasted Myna Acridotheres leucocephalus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Western Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Taiwan Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Common Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Red-footed Booby Sula sula
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Aogu Wetland IBA?
November–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 168 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Aogu Wetland IBA?
279 species, from 123,513 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Aogu Wetland IBA in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Northern Shoveler, Great Cormorant, Great Egret and Grey Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.