Taiwan (China) · Yilan
Lanyang River Estuary IBA – North Shore Observation Spot
225 species and 35,059 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and November, with up to 105 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Great EgretArdea alba
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
DunlinCalidris alpinaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA1 km318 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Xinnan2 km220 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Eastern Riverbed3 km209 species
- Yilan – Wujie Jixin4 km154 species
- Lizejian IBA – 52-Jia Wetland6 km235 species
- Yilan – Dingliao Ecological Park9 km255 species
All 225 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Great Frigatebird Fregata minor
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Masked Booby Sula dactylatra
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Japanese Cormorant Phalacrocorax capillatus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Black-chinned Fruit Dove Ramphiculus leclancheri
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
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 – North Shore Observation Spot?
April–May and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 105 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lanyang River Estuary IBA – North Shore Observation Spot?
225 species, from 35,059 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lanyang River Estuary IBA – North Shore Observation Spot in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Long-tailed Shrike, Kentish Plover and Great 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.