List of endemic birds of Taiwan
This article is one of a series providing information about endemism among birds in the world's various zoogeographic zones. For an overview of this subject see Endemism in birds.
Endemic Bird Areas
Birdlife International has defined the whole of Taiwan as an Endemic Bird Area (EBA 149).
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
The following is a list of species endemic to Taiwan:
- Taiwan partridge
- Taiwan bamboo partridge
- Swinhoe's pheasant
- Mikado pheasant
- Taiwan barbet (Psilopogon nuchalis)
- Taiwan bush warbler (Locustella alishanensis)
- Taiwan cupwing (Pnoepyga formosana)
- Styan's bulbul
- Taiwan fulvetta (Fulvetta formosana)
- Streak-breasted scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus musicus)
- Black-necklaced scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys erythrocnemis)
- White-whiskered laughingthrush (Garrulax morrisonianus)
- Taiwan hwamei (Garrulax taewanus)
- Rufous-crowned laughingthrush (Garrulax ruficeps)
- Rusty laughingthrush (Garrulax poecilorhynchus)
- Steere's liocichla
- Taiwan barwing
- White-eared sibia
- Taiwan yuhina
- Taiwan bush-warbler
- Flamecrest
- Yellow tit
- Chestnut-bellied tit
- Taiwan blue magpie
- Taiwan thrush (Turdus niveiceps)
- Taiwan vivid niltava (Niltava vivida)
- Taiwan shortwing (Brachypteryx goodfellowi)
- Collared bush robin
- Taiwan whistling thrush
Also, the Taiwan green pigeon, although not endemic to Taiwan is a restricted-range species.
In addition the following subspecies may be better treated as full species, according to Collar (2004):
- Brownish-flanked bush warbler (Cettia fortipes robustipes)
References
- Collar, N.J. (2004), "Endemic Subspecies of Taiwan Birds — First Impressions", BirdingASIA No. 2, December 2004.
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