Taiwan Ramsar wetland
Sihcao Wetlands
314 bird species recorded; the most from January to April.
Lin Wen Hung · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
212 species in January.213 species in February.208 species in March.215 species in April.195 species in May.140 species in June.140 species in July.151 species in August.183 species in September.205 species in October.206 species in November.201 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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NTNTVUNTVU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
314 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 314Speciesrecorded more than once
- 151Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 15ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 390,592Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 19Raptors
- 3Owls
- 55Waders
- 34Gulls & seabirds
- 24Ducks & geese
- 26Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 109Songbirds
- 41Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 314 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors19 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Upland BuzzardButeo hemilasius
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Crested GoshawkAccipiter trivirgatus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Japanese SparrowhawkAccipiter gularis
- Chinese SparrowhawkAccipiter soloensis
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern BoobokNinox japonica
- Short-eared OwlAsio flammeus
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
Waders55 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataVU
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Little ringed ploverCharadrius dubius
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Long-billed dowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusNT
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Charadrius mongolusCharadrius mongolus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Little StintCalidris minuta
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Little CurlewNumenius minutus
- Eurasian OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNT
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
- Oriental DotterelCharadrius veredus
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Swinhoe's SnipeGallinago megala
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Common Ringed PloverCharadrius hiaticula
- Lesser yellowlegsTringa flavipesVU
- Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimus
Gulls & seabirds34 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Slaty-backed GullLarus schistisagus
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Anous stolidusAnous stolidus
- Roseate TernSterna dougallii
- Vega GullLarus vegae
- Puffinus tenuirostrisPuffinus tenuirostris
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Aleutian TernOnychoprion aleuticusVU
- Lesser FrigatebirdFregata ariel
- Streaked ShearwaterCalonectris leucomelasNT
- Black-legged kittiwakeRissa tridactylaVU
- Chinese Crested TernThalasseus bernsteiniCR
- European Herring GullLarus argentatus
- Common GullLarus canus
- Long-tailed SkuaStercorarius longicaudus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- Arctic SkuaStercorarius parasiticus
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterPuffinus pacificus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Ancient MurreletSynthliboramphus antiquus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
- Sooty shearwaterPuffinus griseus
Ducks & geese24 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Common ShelduckTadorna tadorna
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Bewick's SwanCygnus columbianus
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Baer's PochardAythya baeriCR
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostris
Herons, ibises & grebes26 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Western Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
- Yellow BitternIxobrychus sinensis
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Cinnamon BitternIxobrychus cinnamomeus
- Malay Night-heronGorsachius melanolophus
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Eared GrebePodiceps nigricollis
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
- Dalmatian PelicanPelecanus crispusNT
- Black BitternDupetor flavicollis
- Ardea modestaArdea modesta
- Eastern Cattle EgretBubulcus coromandus
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black storkCiconia nigra
- Japanese White StorkCiconia boyciana
- Hooded CraneGrus monachaVU
Songbirds109 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Oriental MagpiePica serica
- Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Javan MynaAcridotheres javanicusVU
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Azure-winged MagpieCyanopica cyanus
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Crested mynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- Pacific SwallowHirundo tahitica
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Striated SwallowCecropis striolata
- Zosterops japonicusZosterops japonicus
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Brown-headed ThrushTurdus chrysolaus
- Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Pale ThrushTurdus pallidus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Grey-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa griseisticta
- Vinous-throated ParrotbillSinosuthora webbiana
- Taiwan Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus musicus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Turdus eunomusTurdus eunomus
- Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Rufous-capped BabblerStachyridopsis ruficeps
- Taiwan HwameiGarrulax taewanusNT
- HwameiGarrulax canorus
- Japanese Paradise-FlycatcherTerpsiphone atrocaudata
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Pale-legged WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
- Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica
- Black-winged CuckooshrikeCoracina melaschistos
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Middendorff's Grasshopper-warblerLocustella ochotensis
- Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Chinese GrosbeakEophona migratoria
- Gray's Grasshopper WarblerHelopsaltes fasciolatus
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Yellow TitParus holsti
- Yellow-browed BuntingEmberiza chrysophrys
- Ferruginous FlycatcherMuscicapa ferruginea
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Yellow-throated BuntingEmberiza elegans
- Yellow BuntingEmberiza sulphurata
- Red-breasted flycatcherFicedula parva
- Taiwan Vivid NiltavaNiltava vivida
- Bull-headed ShrikeLanius bucephalus
- White-eared SibiaHeterophasia auricularis
- Java SparrowLonchura oryzivora
- African Sand MartinRiparia paludicola
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Chestnut-cheeked StarlingAgropsar philippensis
Other birds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- CootFulica atra
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Slaty-breasted RailGallirallus striatus
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Savanna NightjarCaprimulgus affinis
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Taiwan Bamboo-partridgeBambusicola sonorivox
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Taiwan BarbetPsilopogon nuchalis
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Rose-ringed ParakeetPsittacula krameri
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- White-browed CrakePorzana cinerea
- Taiwan Green-pigeonTreron formosaeNT
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Silver-backed NeedletailHirundapus cochinchinensis
- Sulphur-crested CockatooCacatua galerita
- White-bellied Green-PigeonTreron sieboldii
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Chinese Bamboo-PartridgeBambusicola thoracicus
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from January to April.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan22°/18°39 mm
- Feb22°/18°30 mm
- Mar24°/20°48 mm
- Apr26°/23°79 mm
- May28°/26°223 mm
- Jun29°/27°344 mm
- Jul30°/28°289 mm
- Aug30°/28°441 mm
- Sep29°/27°242 mm
- Oct28°/25°72 mm
- Nov26°/23°49 mm
- Dec23°/20°34 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Sihcao Wetlands.
Protected ecological environment in Tainan, Taiwan
Sihcao Wetlands is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Taiwan.
314 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 390,592 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Great White Egret and the Black-winged Stilt.
48 species come for the summer, 95 for the winter and 8 only pass through.
15 are threatened worldwide, including Javan Myna, Black-faced Spoonbill and Grey Plover.
The most species are recorded from January to April.
Get there and watch
- 四草舟屋campsite · 1.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- 維悅統茂酒店place to stay · 5.0 km · 162 within 10 km
- Tainannearest town · 8.9 km in a straight line
- Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air Base (TNN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 11 km in a straight lineCar hire in KaohsiungDiscover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 1visitor centres within 6 km安平旅遊資訊中心
- 7viewpoints within 5 km劍獅, 竹筏港溪(溪筏港溪), 安平港觀景平台 and 4 more
- 23car parks within 3 km
- 10restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 km四草舟屋, 漫度漁光
- 162places to stay within 10 km維悅統茂酒店, Love House 愛閤精品汽車旅館, F商旅 and 159 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Sihcao Wetlands.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas14 mountains within 25 kmQigu Salt Mountain · 14 kmNiuchang Shan · 19 kmXiyang Feng · 19 kmGuokengzi · 20 kmWang Shan · 21 kmDaping Shan · 23 kmMa Shan · 24 kmDajian Mountain · 25 km
Lakeyas1 lakes within 15 kmQigu Lagoon0.4 km² · 12 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q9005404) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 390,592 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas, Coastya, Lakeyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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