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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 —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), 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
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan partridge
| 200px|alt=Photo of grey-bodied bird with brown and white striped wing and orange legs
| Arborophila crudigularis
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | Mikado pheasant
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| Syrmaticus mikado
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| data-sort-value=6 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | Swinhoe's pheasant
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| Lophura swinhoii
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| data-sort-value=6 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan bamboo partridge
| 200px|alt=Photo of plump, orange-bellied grey bird walking on gravel
| Bambusicola sonorivox
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 5
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan barbet
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| Psilopogon nuchalis
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 6
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan blue magpie
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| Urocissa caerulea
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 7
| style="text-align: center;" | Chestnut-bellied tit
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| Sittiparus castaneoventris
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 8
| style="text-align: center;" | Yellow tit
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| Machlolophus holsti
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| data-sort-value=6 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 9
| style="text-align: center;" | Styan's bulbul
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| Pycnonotus taivanus
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| data-sort-value=5 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 10
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan cupwing
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| Pnoepyga formosana
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 11
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan bush warbler
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| Locustella alishanensis
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| data-sort-value=7 |
| Also known as Taiwan grasshopper-warbler
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 12
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan fulvetta
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| Fulvetta formosana
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 13
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan yuhina
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| Yuhina brunneiceps
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 14
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan scimitar babbler
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| Pomatorhinus musicus
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 15
| style="text-align: center;" | Black-necklaced scimitar babbler
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| Erythrogenys erythrocnemis
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 16
| style="text-align: center;" | White-whiskered laughingthrush
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| Trochalopteron morrisonianum
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 17
| style="text-align: center;" | White-eared sibia
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| Heterophasia auricularis
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 18
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan barwing
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| Actinodura morrisoniana
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 19
| style="text-align: center;" | Steere's liocichla
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| Liocichla steerii
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| data-sort-value=7 |
| Also known as Taiwan liocichla
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 20
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan hwamei
| 200px|alt=
| Garrulax taewanus
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| data-sort-value=6 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 21
| style="text-align: center;" | Rufous-crowned laughingthrush
| 200px|alt=
| Pterorhinus ruficeps
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 22
| style="text-align: center;" | Rusty laughingthrush
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| Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 23
| style="text-align: center;" | Flamecrest
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| Regulus goodfellowi
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 24
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan thrush
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| Turdus niveiceps
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 25
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan vivid niltava
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| Niltava vivida
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| data-sort-value=7 |
| Also known as small niltava
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 26
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan shortwing
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| Brachypteryx goodfellowi
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 27
| style="text-align: center;" | Collared bush robin
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| Tarsiger johnstoniae
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 28
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan whistling thrush
| 200px|alt=
| Myophonus insularis
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 29
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan bullfinch
| 200px
| Pyrrhula owstoni
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| data-sort-value=9 | Not recognised by the IUCN
| Sometimes considered a subspecies of the grey-headed bullfinch
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | 30
| style="text-align: center;" | Taiwan rosefinch
| 200px|alt=
| Carpodacus formosanus
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| data-sort-value=7 |
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Fossil species
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! scope="col" | Common name
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Picture
! scope="col" | Scientific name
! scope="col" | Habitat
! scope="col" | Status
! scope="col" | Notes
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! scope="row" style="text-align: center;" | N/A
| style="text-align: center;" | Extinct peafowl
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| Pavo miejue
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| data-sort-value=7 |
| The only extinct endemic bird species of Taiwan at the time of its description in 2026
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