Birds 鳥類 Aves

Taiwan Birds

Ciconiiformes 鸛形目 large, long-legged wading birds with large bills, including storks, herons, egrets, ibises and spoonbills
	Ardeidae 鷺科
		Gray Heron 蒼鷺 Ardea cinerea Orchid Island 蘭嶼, 12 November, 2006
Gruiformes 鶴形目 cranes
	Rallidae 秧雞科 rails, crakes, coots, and gallinules
		Common Moorhen, 紅冠水雞, Gallinula chloropus Taida pond 台大池塘, March, 2006 2006/4/23 worldwide (Common Gallinule), common in marshy environments; dark plumage apart from the white undertail, yellow legs and a red facial shield. The young are browner and lack the red shield. It has a wide range of gargling calls.
Passeriformes 雀形目 (燕雀目) perching birds
	Cinclidae 河烏科 river birds
		Brown Dipper 河鳥, Cinclus pallasii in the NanShiXi 南勢溪 roughly a kilometer east of FuShan 幅山, late morning, 2007/7/15
	Prunellidae 岩鷚屬 Accentors are endemic to the Palearctic, inhabitants of the mountainous regions of Europe and Asia. They are a small drab species superficially similar, but unrelated to, sparrows. Accentors have thin sharp bills, reflecting their diet of insects in summer, augmented with seeds and berries in winter. They build neat cup nests and lay about 4 unspotted green or blue eggs. Both sexes incubate.
		Alpine Accentor 岩鷚, Prunella collaris near Hsuehshan East peak 雪山東峰, near noon, close to freezing 2008/2/16 common in the rocks and on the ground in alpine terrain above 2200m
	Turdidae 鶇亞科 thrushes and allies
	Formosan Whistling Thrush, Taiwan Whistling Thrush 紫嘯鶇, 台湾紫啸鸫 Myiophoneus insularis The young bird had fallen out the yard, where it's nest was, onto the street and was being stalked by cats. New Garden City 花園新城, 2006/4/23
	Timaliidae 畫眉科 Old World babblers or timaliids
		Rusty Laughing-thrush, Rufous Laughing Thrush, Formosan Rufous Laughing Thrush 竹鳥, 棕噪眉, 竹林花眉 (Tek-nâ hoe-bî) Garrulax poecilorhynchus Gould 巴福越嶺古道 "Fu(shan) Ba(ling) pass old trail", Winter, 2006 2006/11/26
		Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler 小彎嘴, Pomatorhinus ruficollis Kalamoji trail 卡拉莫基步道 (Hapen trail 哈盆越嶺步道), 2007/09/01
	Zosteropidae 繡眼科 white-eyes
		Japanese White-eye 綠繡眼, 青池仔, 青絲仔 Zosterops japonicus New Garden City, 2007/9/1
	Corvidae 鴉科 oscine passerine birds including crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies and nutcrackers
		Treepie, Eurasian Magpie 喜鵲, 客鳥 Pica pica Daan Forest Park 大安森林公園 Cool and wet, 2007/2/25

Common Birds around New Garden City 花園新城常見鳥類

References and Links

• Clements Bird Checklists of Taiwan @ Avibase
• Tesri
• Taiwan Bird Databank (English)
• Taiwan Bird Databank (中文)
• Taiwan Bird Count
• Birding In Taiwan
• Bird list in Taiwanese