The island of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

, which is located in southeast Asia at the junction of the East China Sea and

South China Sea The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean. It is bounded in the north by the shores of South China (hence the name), in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Phi ...

s, is home to 30 endemic bird species.

Endemic Bird Areas

Birdlife International defines

Endemic Bird Areas An Endemic Bird Area (EBA) is an area of land identified by BirdLife International as being important for habitat-based bird conservation because it contains the habitats of restricted-range bird species (''see below for definition''), which are the ...

(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 Orchid Island, also known by other names, is a volcanic island off the southeastern coast of Taiwan Island. The island is part of Taiwan. It is separated from the Batanes of the Philippines by the Bashi Channel of the Luzon Strait. It is g ...

(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

Notes

Citations

References

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External links

Birding in Taiwan
website of the Taiwan International Birding Association {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Endemic Birds Of Taiwan

* Endemic birds Lists of birds