List of endemic birds of Taiwan

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 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, km off the south-east coast of Taiwan has been designated as a secondary area, as two restricted-range species occur there.

List of species

	Common name	Picture	Scientific name	Habitat		Notes
1	Taiwan partridge		Arborophila crudigularis
2	Mikado pheasant		Syrmaticus mikado
3	Swinhoe's pheasant		Lophura swinhoii
4	Taiwan bamboo partridge		Bambusicola sonorivox
5	Taiwan barbet		Psilopogon nuchalis
6	Taiwan blue magpie		Urocissa caerulea
7	Chestnut-bellied tit		Sittiparus castaneoventris
8	Yellow tit		Machlolophus holsti
9	Styan's bulbul		Pycnonotus taivanus
10	Taiwan cupwing		Pnoepyga formosana
11	Taiwan bush warbler		Locustella alishanensis			Also known as Taiwan grasshopper-warbler
12	Taiwan fulvetta		Fulvetta formosana
13	Taiwan yuhina		Yuhina brunneiceps
14	Streak-breasted scimitar babbler		Pomatorhinus musicus
15	Black-necklaced scimitar babbler		Erythrogenys erythrocnemis
16	White-whiskered laughingthrush		Trochalopteron morrisonianum
17	White-eared sibia		Heterophasia auricularis
18	Taiwan barwing		Actinodura morrisoniana
19	Steere's liocichla		Liocichla steerii			Also known as Taiwan liocichla
20	Taiwan hwamei		Garrulax taewanus
21	Rufous-crowned laughingthrush		Pterorhinus ruficeps
22	Rusty laughingthrush		Pterorhinus poecilorhynchus
23	Flamecrest		Regulus goodfellowi
24	Taiwan thrush		Turdus niveiceps
25	Taiwan vivid niltava		Niltava vivida			Also known as small niltava
26	Taiwan shortwing		Brachypteryx goodfellowi
27	Collared bush robin		Tarsiger johnstoniae
28	Taiwan whistling thrush		Myophonus insularis
29	Taiwan bullfinch		Pyrrhula owstoni		Not recognised by the IUCN	Sometimes considered a subspecies of the grey-headed bullfinch
30	Taiwan rosefinch		Carpodacus formosanus