Bird AlbumTaiwan (China) · Hualien
Hualien River Estuary IBA
246 species and 54,340 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May, with up to 145 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Great EgretArdea alba
Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus103 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 246 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hualien – Xincheng Jialin9 km185 species
- Hualien – Fenglin Beilin23 km210 species
- Nantou – Meifeng Highland Experimental Farm of NTU47 km149 species
- Yilan – Nan'ao River Mouth South Bank60 km224 species
- Yilan – Nan'ao River Mouth North Bank61 km231 species
- Yilan – Nan'ao Chaoyang62 km196 species
All 246 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Dusky Fulvetta Schoeniparus brunneus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Taiwan Bush Warbler Locustella alishanensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Taiwan Whistling Thrush Myophonus insularis
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficeps
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Hualien River Estuary IBA?
April–May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 145 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Hualien River Estuary IBA?
246 species, from 54,340 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Hualien River Estuary IBA in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Little Egret, Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Great Egret and Grey-throated Martin.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.