Bird AlbumTaiwan (China) · Yilan
Lanyang River Estuary IBA
318 species and 61,882 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 153 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Great EgretArdea alba
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Eastern Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus144 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 318 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 – North Shore Observation Spot1 km225 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Eastern Riverbed2 km209 species
- Lanyang River Estuary IBA – Xinnan2 km220 species
- Yilan – Wujie Jixin3 km154 species
- Lizejian IBA – 52-Jia Wetland6 km235 species
- Yilan – Dingliao Ecological Park8 km255 species
All 318 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Common Gull Larus canus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Ochre-rumped Bunting Emberiza yessoensis
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Black Noddy Anous minutus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Pied Wheatear Oenanthe pleschanka
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Asian Short-toed Lark Alaudala cheleensis
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Christmas Shearwater Puffinus nativitatis
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Daurian Starling Agropsar sturninus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Taiwan Green Pigeon Treron formosae
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Smew Mergellus albellus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Von Schrenck's Bittern Botaurus eurhythmus
- Red-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon rubricauda
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
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?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 153 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Lanyang River Estuary IBA?
318 species, from 61,882 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Lanyang River Estuary IBA in November?
The most recorded in November: Grey Heron, Plain Prinia, Little Egret, Light-vented Bulbul 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.