Common Birds in Taichung City, Taiwan

'In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)

No.

Description (Photos via Creative Commons)

1


photo by KENPEI

Bamboo Partridge   竹雞   Bambusicola thoracicus
31 cm
200-342 g

2


Male by Lukasz Lukasik

Female by Andy Vernon

Ring-necked Pheasant   環頸雉   Phasianus colchicus
Male: 75-89 cm 0.77-1.99 kg
Female: 53-62 cm 054-1.45 kg

3


by Richard Bartz

Mallard   綠頭鴨   Anas platyrhinchos
50-60 cm
0.75-1.6 g
Call (MP3)

4


by DAVID ILIFF   License: CC-BY-SA 3.0

Domestic Goose   灰雁   Anser anser domesticus

5


by Cary Bass

Chinese Goose   鴻雁   Anser cygnoides domesticus

6


by Alnus

Malayan Night Heron   黑冠麻鷺   Gorsachinus melanolophus
47-51 cm
417-450 g

7


by D. Gordon Robertson

Black-crowned Night Heron   夜鷺   Nycticorax nycticorax
58-65 cm
525-800 g

8


by JJHarrison

Grey Heron   蒼鷺   Ardea cinerea
84-102 cm
1.02-2.07 kg
Winter: grey with yellowish beak, legs, and feet
Summer: Grey with pinkish-orange beak, legs, and feet

9


by Stuart Burns

Cattle Egret   黃頭鷺   Bubulcus coromandus
46-56 cm
680-390 kg
Winter: white with yellow beak, black legs and feet
Summer: Yellow head, shoulders, beak, legs, and feet

Different calls (MP3)

10


by Googie Man

Great White Egret   大白鷺   Casmerodius alba
80-104 cm
0.7-1.5 kg
Winter: yellow beak, legs and feet
Summer: black beak and feet

11


by Brett Donald

Intermediate Egret   中白鷺   Mesophoyx intermedia
65-72 cm
about 400 g
Winter: yellow beak and black legs and feet
Summer: black beak, legs, and feet

12


by pjt56

Little Egret   小白鷺   Egretta garzetta
55-65 cm
0.28-.064 kg
Winter & Summer: black beak and legs, yellow feet

13


by John Gerrard Kuelemans 1894. Catalogue of the birds in the British Museum

Slaty-legged Crake   灰腳秧雞   Rallina eurizonoides
21-25 cm
90-180 g

14


by Savithri Singh

Barred Buttonquail   棕三趾鶉   Turnix susciator
15-17 cm
Male: 35-52 g
Female: 47-68 g

15


by Marek Szczepanek

Common Sandpiper   夏鷸   Actitis hypoleucos

Call (MP3)

16


by J.M.Garg

Rock Dove   野鴿   Columba livia
29-35 cm
180-355 g

17


by Francis M. Clement

Red Turtle Dove   紅鳩   Streptopelia tranquiebarica
20-23 cm
104 g

18


by DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/)

Spotted Dove   珠頸斑鳩   Streptopelia chinensis

Call (MP3)

19


by Yathin sk

Lesser Coucal   番鵑   Centropus bengalensis
31-42 cm
88-152 g

20


by Brian Gratwicke

Savanna Nightjar   台灣夜鷹   Caprimulgus affinis
31-42 cm
88-152 g

21


by Nitin Srinivasamurthy

House Swift   小雨燕   Apus nipalensis
12-15 cm
20-35 g

22


by coniferconifer

Common Kingfisher   翠鳥   Alcedo atthis
16-20 cm
19-40 g

23


by Robert tdc

Taiwan Barbet   五色鳥   Megalaima nuchalis
20-22 cm
62-123 g

24


by J.M.Garg

Brown Shrike   紅尾伯勞   Lanius cristatus
17-20cm
30-38 g
Call (MP3)

25


by Raju Kasambe

Black Drongo   大卷尾   Dicrurus macrocercus
27-30 cm

26


by JJ Harrison

Black-naped Monarch   黑枕藍鶲   Hypothymis azurea
15-17 cm
9-13 g
Song (MP3)

27


by J.M.Garg

Grey Treepie   樹鵲   Dendrocitta formosae
34-40 cm

28


by JJ Cadiz, Cajay

Barn Swallow   家燕   Hirundo rustica
19-21 cm
48-64 g

29


by Ariefrahman

Pacific Swallow   洋燕   Hirundo tahitica
13 cm
11-16 g

30


by Stella C Eagle

Asian House Martin   東方毛腳燕   Delichon dasypus

Call (MP3)

31


by J.M.Garg

Oriental Skylark   小雲雀   Alauda gulgula
15-18 cm
24-30 g

32


by Sudhir Shivaram

Golden-headed Cisticola (Pale-headed Fan-tailed Warbler)  
黃頭扇尾鶯   Cisticola exilis
9-11 cm
6-10 g

33


by Earthshine..

Yellow-bellied Prinia (Yellow-bellied Wren Warbler)
灰頭鷦鶯   Prinia flaviventris
12-14 cm
6-9 g

34


by J.M.Garg

Plain Prinia (Tawny Wren Warbler)   褐頭鷦鶯   Prinia inornata
11 cm
6-9 g

35


by Earthshine..

Chinese Bulbul   白頭翁   Pycnonotus sinensis
18-19 cm

36


by Alnus

Black Bulbul   紅嘴黑鵯   Hypsipetes leucocephaluss
23-27 cm

37


by Alnus

Vinous-throated Parrotbill   粉紅鸚嘴   Paradoxornis webbianus
12-13 cm

38


by DickDaniels

Japanese White-eye   綠繡眼   Zosterops japonicus
10-11 cm

39


by Lip Kee Yap

Javan Myna   白尾八哥   Acridotheres javanicus
23-25 cm

40


by Ariefrahman

Oriental Magpie-Robin   麻雀   Copsychus saularis
19-21 cm
29-41 g
Song & Calls (YouTube)

41


by Ariefrahman

Eurasian Tree Sparrow   麻雀   Passer montanus
14-15 cm
18-27 g

42


By Kclama

Grey Wagtail   灰鶺鴒   Motacilla cinerea
17-20 cm
14-22 g

43


by J.M.Garg

White Wagtail   白鶺鴒   Motacilla alba
16-18 cm
18-25 g


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