Bird AlbumTaiwan (China) · Kaohsiung
Kaohsiung – Qijin VTC Tower
239 species and 34,245 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 137 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicus
Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Rock DoveColumba livia
Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius104 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 239 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Kaohsiung – Weiwuying Metropolitan Park8 km140 species
- Kaohsiung – Niaosong Wetland12 km129 species
- Pingtung – Donggang River Laopi Section30 km147 species
- Pingtung – Pingtung University of Science and Technology32 km187 species
- Qieding Wetland IBA – Main Wetland39 km152 species
- Kaohsiung – Meinong Zhongzheng Lake Pheasant-tailed Jacana Habitat47 km117 species
All 239 species recorded here
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Taiwan Thrush Turdus niveiceps
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis
- Japanese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus xanthodryas
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Hartert's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus goodsoni
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Fujian Niltava Niltava davidi
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kaohsiung – Qijin VTC Tower?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 137 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kaohsiung – Qijin VTC Tower?
239 species, from 34,245 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kaohsiung – Qijin VTC Tower in November?
The most recorded in November: Light-vented Bulbul, Brown Shrike, Spotted Dove, Eurasian Tree Sparrow and Common Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.