Taiwan (China) · Hsinchu City
Hsinchu Coast IBA – Meishan Dazhuang
203 species and 27,482 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, April–May and October, with up to 100 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
DunlinCalidris alpina
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus74 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 203 species recorded here ↓
Species 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 – Gangnan4 km303 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA – Xucuogang42 km227 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA42 km234 species
- Dapingding and Xucuogang IBA – Dayuan Litcuo43 km197 species
- Taipei – Shulin Lujiaoxi Wetland55 km169 species
All 203 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus chinensis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Meishan Dazhuang?
January, April–May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 100 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Meishan Dazhuang?
203 species, from 27,482 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hsinchu Coast IBA – Meishan Dazhuang in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Great Egret, Grey Heron, Light-vented Bulbul and Pacific Swallow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.