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Taipei – Beitou Guizikeng Drainage Canal
214 species and 56,961 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March and November–December, with up to 122 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Oriental MagpiePica serica
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis121 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 214 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Taipei – Beitou Zhongyi Trail1 km177 species
- Taipei – Shezidao Wetlands2 km159 species
- Guandu IBA – Nature Park2 km240 species
- Guandu IBA – Guandu Embankment2 km190 species
- Guandu IBA3 km285 species
- Taipei – Luzhou Embankment4 km161 species
All 214 species recorded here
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Brambling Fringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Bittern Botaurus stellaris
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
- Upland Buzzard Buteo hemilasius
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Baillon's Crake Zapornia pusilla
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Swinhoe's Snipe Gallinago megala
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Pallas's Reed Bunting Emberiza pallasi
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
- Middendorff's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes ochotensis
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Naumann's Thrush Turdus naumanni
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Taiwan Whistling Thrush Myophonus insularis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina
- Oriental Greenfinch Chloris sinica
- Chinese Grey Shrike Lanius sphenocercus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Chestnut-cheeked Starling Agropsar philippensis
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Rook Corvus frugilegus
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Bull-headed Shrike Lanius bucephalus
- Japanese Thrush Turdus cardis
- Carrion Crow Corvus corone
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
- Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyanus
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Taipei – Beitou Guizikeng Drainage Canal?
March and November–December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 122 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Taipei – Beitou Guizikeng Drainage Canal?
214 species, from 56,961 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Taipei – Beitou Guizikeng Drainage Canal in November?
The most recorded in November: Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Oriental Turtle Dove, Light-vented Bulbul, Little Egret and Oriental Magpie.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.