Taiwan (China) · Hsinchu City
Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan
303 species and 81,290 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–January and April, with up to 167 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Great EgretArdea alba
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
DunlinCalidris alpinaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan Jincheng Lake2 km253 species
- Hsinchu Coast IBA – Meishan Dazhuang4 km203 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA – Xucuogang39 km227 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA40 km234 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA – Dayuan Litcuo40 km197 species
- Taipei – Shulin Lujiaoxi Wetland53 km169 species
All 303 species recorded here
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Japanese Wagtail Motacilla grandis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-crested Cardinal Paroaria coronata
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Common Hill Myna Gracula religiosa
- Spotted Crake Porzana porzana
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Southern Nutcracker Nucifraga hemispila
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
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?
November–January and April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 167 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan?
303 species, from 81,290 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Gangnan in November?
The most recorded in November: Light-vented Bulbul, Eurasian Teal, Grey Heron, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.