Taiwan (China) · Chiayi County
Budai Wetland IBA – Northeast Area / Budai Wetland Park
144 species and 27,135 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–December, with up to 86 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Great EgretArdea alba
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Plain PriniaPrinia inornataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Budai Wetland IBA1 km166 species
- Budai Wetland IBA – Xinwen Detention North Ponds / Budai #9 Salt Pan4 km139 species
- Aogu Wetland IBA16 km279 species
- Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan16 km143 species
- Qingkunshen IBA – Jiangjun19 km144 species
- Tainan – Guantian Pheasant-tailed Jacana Ecological Education Park25 km166 species
All 144 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Budai Wetland IBA – Northeast Area / Budai Wetland Park?
November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 86 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Budai Wetland IBA – Northeast Area / Budai Wetland Park?
144 species, from 27,135 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Budai Wetland IBA – Northeast Area / Budai Wetland Park in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Shoveler, Great Egret, Great Cormorant, Black-winged Stilt and Black-headed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.