LANYU ISLAND

TAIWAN

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00o00´/00o00´ ha, m,

September-August especially for seabird passage (2 and 3.05.2006)

 

Birding Site Guide

After enquiring about a possible flight to Lanyu, we found they were regular and flew from Tai Tung, cost was NT280 return.

 

Birds seen

Tai Tung flight Lanyu Island 2nd May, 3rd May Lanyu Island flight back to Tai Tung

  • Little Egret Egretta garzetta
  • Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes V
  • Pacific Reef-Heron Egretta sacra
  • Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
  • Striated Heron Butorides striata
  • Osprey Pandion haliaetus
  • Chinese Goshawk Accipiter soloensis
  • Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
  • Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
  • White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
  • Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
  • Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
  • Greater Sandplover Charadrius leschenaultii
  • Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
  • Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
  • Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
  • Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
  • Philippine Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia tenuirostris
  • Whistling Green-Pigeon Treron formosae NT
  • Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
  • Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
  • Ryukyu Scops-Owl Otus elegans NT
  • Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
  • Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda
  • Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
  • Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
  • White Wagtail Motacilla alba
  • Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava
  • Gray Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
  • Brown-eared Bulbul Ixos amaurotis
  • Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius
  • Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
  • Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
  • Oriental Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
  • Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
  • Gray-streaked Flycatcher Muscicapa griseisticta
  • Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
  • Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone atrocaudata NT
  • Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonicus
  • Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla

 

Author: Andy Marshall

 

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