Bird AlbumTaiwan (China) · Tainan
Sicao IBA
201 species and 30,805 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–January and March, with up to 111 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinus
Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Common RedshankTringa totanus93 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 201 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Qigu IBA12 km299 species
- Qieding Wetland IBA – Main Wetland16 km152 species
- Qingkunshen IBA – Jiangjun21 km144 species
- Tainan – Guantian Pheasant-tailed Jacana Ecological Education Park23 km166 species
- Beimen IBA – Shanliaowan24 km143 species
- Budai Wetland IBA – Xinwen Detention North Ponds / Budai #9 Salt Pan34 km139 species
All 201 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Falcated Duck Mareca falcata
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Baikal Teal Sibirionetta formosa
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Vega Gull Larus vegae
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Little Curlew Numenius minutus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Lesser Frigatebird Fregata ariel
- Short-tailed Shearwater Ardenna tenuirostris
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Streaked Shearwater Calonectris leucomelas
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Sicao IBA?
December–January and March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 111 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Sicao IBA?
201 species, from 30,805 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Sicao IBA in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Great Egret, Northern Shoveler, Black-winged Stilt and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.