Taiwan (China) · Tainan
Qigu IBA
299 species and 33,014 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April, with up to 155 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great EgretArdea alba
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Oriental MagpiePica sericaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sicao IBA12 km201 species
- Qingkunshen IBA – Jiangjun15 km144 species
- Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan18 km143 species
- Qieding Wetland IBA – Main Wetland26 km152 species
- Tainan – Guantian Pheasant-tailed Jacana Ecological Education Park28 km166 species
- Budai Wetland IBA – Xinwen Detention North Ponds / Budai #9 Salt Pan30 km139 species
All 299 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Gray's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes fasciolatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Grey-backed Thrush Turdus hortulorum
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Blue-and-white Flycatcher Cyanoptila cyanomelana
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Yellow-rumped Flycatcher Ficedula zanthopygia
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- White-throated Rock Thrush Monticola gularis
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambica
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Kamchatka Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus examinandus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Bulwer's Petrel Bulweria bulwerii
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Slaty-backed Gull Larus schistisagus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Swinhoe's Storm Petrel Hydrobates monorhis
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Goldcrest Regulus regulus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Taiwan Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Rufous-tailed Robin Larvivora sibilans
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- Oriental Plover Anarhynchus veredus
- Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater Ardenna pacifica
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Qigu IBA?
April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 155 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Qigu IBA?
299 species, from 33,014 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Qigu IBA in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Great Egret, Light-vented Bulbul, Grey Heron and Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.