Bird AlbumTaiwan (China) · Hsinchu City
Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan Jincheng Lake
253 species and 65,917 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–April, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian CootFulica atra
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Great EgretArdea alba
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan2 km303 species
- Hsinchu Coast IBA – Meishan Dazhuang2 km203 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA – Xucuogang41 km227 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA41 km234 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA – Dayuan Litcuo42 km197 species
- Taipei – Shulin Lujiaoxi Wetland55 km169 species
All 253 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Chinese Penduline Tit Remiz consobrinus
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan Jincheng Lake?
November–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan Jincheng Lake?
253 species, from 65,917 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan Jincheng Lake in November?
The most recorded in November: Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Eurasian Teal, Grey Heron, Eurasian Coot and Northern Shoveler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.