Taiwan (China) · Yilan
Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Xinnan
220 species and 47,223 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubius
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
DunlinCalidris alpinaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Eastern Riverbed1 km209 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA2 km318 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – North Shore Observation Spot2 km225 species
- Yilan – Wujie Jixin5 km154 species
- Lizejian IBA – 52-Jia Wetland7 km235 species
- Zhu'an IBA – Wendi9 km228 species
All 220 species recorded here
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
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 – Xinnan?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Xinnan?
220 species, from 47,223 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Xinnan in November?
The most recorded in November: Wood Sandpiper, Common Greenshank, Little Egret, Kentish Plover and Eastern Yellow Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.