Taiwan (China) · Yilan
Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Eastern Riverbed
209 species and 30,132 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January, with up to 112 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Siberian RubythroatCalliope calliope
Eurasian TealAnas crecca95 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 209 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Xinnan1 km220 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA2 km318 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – North Shore Observation Spot3 km225 species
- Yilan – Wujie Jixin4 km154 species
- Lizejian IBA – 52-Jia Wetland6 km235 species
- Yilan – Dingliao Ecological Park9 km255 species
All 209 species recorded here
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Eastern Riverbed?
December–January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 112 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Eastern Riverbed?
209 species, from 30,132 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Eastern Riverbed in November?
The most recorded in November: Eastern Spot-billed Duck, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Plain Prinia, Long-tailed Shrike and Black Drongo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.