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(Redirected from Endemic Birds of Taiwan) Birds endemic to the island of Taiwan
A topographical map of Taiwan, showing altitude with colours; green lowlands along the island's western edge with a spine of mountains down the center and east showing in various shades of brown
Map of Taiwan, showing the island's topography

The island of Taiwan, which is located in southeast Asia at the junction of the East China Sea and South China Seas, is home to 30 endemic bird species.

Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International defines Endemic Bird Areas (EBAs) as places where the breeding ranges of two or more range-restricted species—those with breeding ranges of less than 50,000 km (19,000 sq mi)—overlap. In order to qualify, the whole of the breeding range of at least two range-restricted species must fall entirely within the EBA. The entire island of Taiwan has been designated as an Endemic Bird Area.

In addition, Orchid Island (Lán Yǔ), c. 75 km off the south-east coast of Taiwan has been designated as a secondary area, as two restricted-range species (Taiwan green pigeon and elegant scops owl) occur there.

List of species

IUCN Red List categories
Conservation status
 EX Extinct (0 species)
 EW Extinct in the wild (0 species)
 CR Critically Endangered (0 species)
 EN Endangered (0 species)
 VU Vulnerable (1 species)
 NT Near threatened (4 species)
 LC Least concern (24 species)
Other categories
 DD Data deficient (0 species)
 NE Not evaluated (1 species)
Endemic species
Taxon.
order 		Common name Picture Scientific name Habitat IUCN
status 		Notes
1 Taiwan partridge Photo of grey-bodied bird with brown and white striped wing and orange legs Arborophila crudigularis LC
2 Mikado pheasant Syrmaticus mikado NT
3 Swinhoe's pheasant Lophura swinhoii NT
4 Taiwan bamboo partridge Photo of plump, orange-bellied grey bird walking on gravel Bambusicola sonorivox LC
5 Taiwan barbet Psilopogon nuchalis LC
6 Taiwan blue magpie Urocissa caerulea LC
7 Chestnut-bellied tit Sittiparus castaneoventris LC
8 Yellow tit Machlolophus holsti NT
9 Styan's bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus VU
10 Taiwan cupwing Pnoepyga formosana LC
11 Taiwan bush warbler Locustella alishanensis LC Also known as Taiwan grasshopper-warbler
12 Taiwan fulvetta Fulvetta formosana LC
13 Taiwan yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps LC
14 Streak-breasted scimitar babbler Pomatorhinus musicus LC
15 Black-necklaced scimitar babbler Erythrogenys erythrocnemis LC
16 White-whiskered laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum LC
17 White-eared sibia Heterophasia auricularis LC
18 Taiwan barwing Actinodura morrisoniana LC
19 Steere's liocichla Liocichla steerii LC Also known as Taiwan liocichla
20 Taiwan hwamei Garrulax taewanus NT
21 Rufous-crowned laughingthrush Pterorhinus ruficeps LC
22 Rusty laughingthrush Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus LC
23 Flamecrest Regulus goodfellowi LC
24 Taiwan thrush Turdus niveiceps LC
25 Taiwan vivid niltava Niltava vivida LC Also known as small niltava
26 Taiwan shortwing Brachypteryx goodfellowi LC
27 Collared bush robin Tarsiger johnstoniae LC
28 Taiwan whistling thrush Myophonus insularis LC
29 Taiwan bullfinch Pyrrhula owstoni Not recognised by the IUCN Sometimes considered a subspecies of the grey-headed bullfinch
30 Taiwan rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus LC

Notes

  1. This list uses the taxonomy proposed by the International Ornithologists' Union. Avian checklists and field guides typically list species in taxonomic order to show the evolutionary relationships between species; those which are more closely related are physically listed nearer each other.
  2. This column sorts by threat level, as outlined in the key above.

Citations

  1. BirdLife International 2004.
  2. BirdLife International 2022a.
  3. Gill, Donsker & Rasmussen 2022.
  4. Cornell Lab of Ornithology 2015.
  5. BirdLife International 2022b.
  6. BirdLife International 2022c.
  7. BirdLife International 2022d.
  8. BirdLife International 2022e.

References

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