Taiwan (China) · New Taipei City
Taipei – Xindian Sikanshui
178 species and 16,816 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 87 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Taiwan Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus musicus
Grey-cheeked FulvettaAlcippe morrisonia
Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
Rufous-capped BabblerCyanoderma ruficeps
Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
White-bellied ErpornisErpornis zantholeuca
Taiwan BarbetPsilopogon nuchalis
Grey-chinned MinivetPericrocotus solaris
Dusky FulvettaSchoeniparus brunneus
Taiwan Bamboo PartridgeBambusicola sonorivox
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
Little EgretEgretta garzetta63 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 178 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Taipei – Wulai4 km173 species
- Taipei – NTU Experimental Farm/Ecological Pond15 km166 species
- Taipei – National Taiwan University Main Campus15 km177 species
- Taipei – Da'an Forest Park16 km165 species
- Taipei – Taipei Botanical Garden17 km212 species
- Taipei – Shulin Lujiaoxi Wetland18 km169 species
All 178 species recorded here
- Taiwan Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus musicus
- Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia
- Taiwan Barbet Psilopogon nuchalis
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Taiwan Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola sonorivox
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea
- Dusky Fulvetta Schoeniparus brunneus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Taiwan Whistling Thrush Myophonus insularis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Chestnut-bellied Tit Sittiparus castaneoventris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Black-throated Laughingthrush Pterorhinus chinensis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Oriental Magpie Pica serica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Taiwan Vivid Niltava Niltava vivida
- White-bellied Green Pigeon Treron sieboldii
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Japanese Robin Larvivora akahige
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Grey-throated Martin Riparia chinensis
- Malayan Night Heron Gorsachius melanolophus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Brown-headed Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Rusty Laughingthrush Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus
- Taiwan Hwamei Garrulax taewanus
- Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Slaty-legged Crake Rallina eurizonoides
- Grey-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Yellow-bellied Tit Periparus venustulus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii
- Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficeps
- Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Ryukyu Minivet Pericrocotus tegimae
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Brown Dipper Cinclus pallasii
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Collared Finchbill Spizixos semitorques
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Manchurian Bush Warbler Horornis canturians
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Yellow-throated Bunting Emberiza elegans
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Vinous-throated Parrotbill Suthora webbiana
- Chinese Hwamei Garrulax canorus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Ashy Wood Pigeon Columba pulchricollis
- African Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Black Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Mugimaki Flycatcher Ficedula mugimaki
- Northern Boobook Ninox japonica
- Red-billed Leiothrix Leiothrix lutea
- Brown-eared Bulbul Hypsipetes amaurotis
- Rustic Bunting Emberiza rustica
- Eurasian Nuthatch Sitta europaea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Eurasian Siskin Spinus spinus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Siberian Pipit Anthus japonicus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Taiwan Bush Warbler Locustella alishanensis
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Eurasian Wren Troglodytes troglodytes
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Japanese Bush Warbler Horornis diphone
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Asian Glossy Starling Aplonis panayensis
- Taiwan Fulvetta Fulvetta formosana
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
- White-throated Needletail Hirundapus caudacutus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Dusky Thrush Turdus eunomus
- Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Brown-flanked Bush Warbler Horornis fortipes
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Pechora Pipit Anthus gustavi
- Eastern Spot-billed Duck Anas zonorhyncha
- Yellow Tit Machlolophus holsti
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Chinese Grosbeak Eophona migratoria
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Taipei – Xindian Sikanshui?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 87 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Taipei – Xindian Sikanshui?
178 species, from 16,816 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Taipei – Xindian Sikanshui in November?
The most recorded in November: Taiwan Scimitar Babbler, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta, Grey Treepie, Rufous-capped Babbler and Light-vented Bulbul.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.