Bird AlbumTaiwan (China) · Taichung
Gaomei Wetland IBA – All Area
239 species and 38,320 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April and November–December, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great EgretArdea alba
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
DunlinCalidris alpina
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulvaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Taichung – Taichung Metropolitan Park13 km193 species
- Taichung – Dali River Dakeng Reach25 km108 species
- Dasyueshan IBA – Hengliu Creek (15K)38 km155 species
- Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5K41 km124 species
- Dasyueshan IBA – Xiaoxueshan Lodge (50K)49 km126 species
- Nantou – Puli Gongtiangou54 km158 species
All 239 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Common Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Gaomei Wetland IBA – All Area?
April and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Gaomei Wetland IBA – All Area?
239 species, from 38,320 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Gaomei Wetland IBA – All Area in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Great Egret, Common Greenshank, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Plain Prinia.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.