Bird AlbumTaiwan (China) · Tainan
Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan
143 species and 30,748 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: August–October, with up to 92 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
DunlinCalidris alpina
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Great EgretArdea alba
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Common MynaAcridotheres tristisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Qingkunshen IBA – Jiangjun4 km144 species
- Budai Wetland IBA – Xinwen Detention North Ponds / Budai #9 Salt Pan12 km139 species
- Budai Wetland IBA15 km166 species
- Budai Wetland IBA – Northeast Area / Budai Wetland Park16 km144 species
- Qigu IBA18 km299 species
- Tainan – Guantian Pheasant-tailed Jacana Ecological Education Park21 km166 species
All 143 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan?
August–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 92 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan?
143 species, from 30,748 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Black-winged Stilt, Kentish Plover, Little Ringed Plover and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.