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Bird species recorded from 1994~1999 by month. Click on the common names with links to see photos of the birds that I took on the TAS campus.
 

#
 Common Name Scientific Name
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Status
1
 Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
 
 
 
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R
2
 Little Egret Egretta eulophotes
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
3
 Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
R/W
4
 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UC
5
 Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
 
R/W
6
 Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
 
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R
7
 Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
 
^
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^ 
UC/W
8
 Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracica
 
 
 
h
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R
9
 Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
10
 Rufous Turtle Dove Streptopelia orentalis        
^
              
R
11
 Red Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
^
^
^
^
^
^b
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
12
 Rock Dove (feral pigeon) Columba livia
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
13
 Gray-fronted/Gray-chested Dove (?) Leptotila rufaxilla/cassinii
 
 
 
 
 
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
R *
14
 Muller's Barbet Megalaima oorti
 
 
 
 
^
 
h
 
 
 
 
 
R
15
 House Swift Apus affinis
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
16
 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
UC
17
 Pacific Swallow Hirundo tahitica
^
^
^
^b
^b
^b
^b
^
^
^
^
^
C
18
 White/Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba leucopsis
^
^
^
^
^b
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C/W, UC/S
19
 Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
 
^
 
 
 
R/S
20
 Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis
^
^
^
^
^b
^
^b
^
^
^
^
^
C
21
 Black Bulbul Hypsipetes madagascariensis
 
 
 
^
^
^
^
^
^b
 
^
 
C/S, UC/W
22
 Brown Shrike Lanis cristatus
 
h
 
 
^
 
 
 
 
 
^
^
UC/W
23
 Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius philippensis
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R/W
24
 Taiwan Whistling Thrush Myiophoneus insularis
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
R
25
 Brown/Red-bellied Thrush Turdus chrysolaus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
 
 
R/W
26
 Pale Thrush Turdus pallidus
 
^
^
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R/W
27
 Hwa-Mei/Melodious Laughing Thrush Garrulax canorus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
 
 
R *
28
 Tawny-flanked Prinia Prinia subflava
 
 
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
 
R
29
 Japanese White-eye Zosterops japonica simplex
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
30
 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
^
^
^
^
^b
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
31
 Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
^
^
^
^
^b
^
^
^b
^b
^
^
^b
C
32
 White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
^
 
 
 
R
33
 Crested Myna Acridotheres cristatellus
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C
34
 White-vented Myna Acridotheres javanicus
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C *
35
 Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
C *
36
 Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocerus
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
 
 
 
C
37
 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
^
UC
38
 Gray Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
 
^
 
^
^
 
 
^
^
 
 ^
 ^
UC
39
 Goffin's Cockatoo Cacatua goffini
 
^
 
 
^
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
R *
40
 Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R *
41
 Red Lory Eos bornea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R *
42
 ? Toucan Ramphastos sp.?
 
^
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
R *
Key:
^ recorded by sight 
h heard only 
C-common (regularly seen) 
UC-uncommon (occasionally seen) 
R-rare (seen only once or twice) 
S-summer 
W-winter 
* introduced or escapees 
b evidence of breeding on campus 
Muller's Barbet
Gray-fronted/Gray-chested Dove
 
A pair of Red Turtle Doves in front of TAS.
See also the list of Birds Recorded From my Home.

Compiled as of May 19, 1999

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