Of the almost 500 species of birds recorded in Taiwan, 14 are recognized as endemic.
Passeriformes:
Taiwan Laughing Thrush – Garrulax morrisonianus
Taiwan Tit – Parus holsti
Taiwan White-eared Sibia – Heterophasia auricularis - Easily spotted
Taiwan Yuhina – Yuhina brunneiceps - Easily spotted
Taiwan Barwing – Actinodura morrisoniana
Steere's Liocichla – Liocichla steerii - Easily spotted
Formosan Blue Magpie – Urocissa caerulea
Collared Bush Robin – Tarsiger johnstoniae - Easily spotted
Taiwan Firecrest – Regulus goodfellowi -have to love that name!
Taiwan Styan's Bulbul – Pycnonotus taivanus Threatened
Taiwan Whistling Thrush – Myiophoneus insularis
Taiwan Bush-warbler – Bradypterus alishanensis
Galliformes:
Formosan Hill Partridge – Arborophila crudigularis - Can be hard to spot. Near-threatened
Mikado Pheasant – Syrmaticus mikado Can be hard to spot.
Swinhoe's Pheasant – Lophura swinhoii Near-threatened
Subspecies deserving species categorization:
Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler Cettia fortipes robustipes
Chinese Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola thoracicus sonorivox
Black-browed Barbet Megalaima oorti nuchalis
Island Thrush Turdus poliocephalus niveiceps
Hwamei Garrulax canorus taewanus
Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys erythrocnemis
Rusty Laughingthrush Garrulax poecilorhynchus poecilorhynchus
Streakbreasted Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ruficollis musicus
White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana goodfellowi
White-throated Laughingthrush Garrulax albogularis ruficeps
Additionally the Whistling Green-pigeon (Treron formosae) is a restricted-range species - Taiwan, Japan and The Philippines. And the Ryukyu Scops Owl or Elegant Scops Owl (Otus elegans) - Lanyu (island of Taiwan's east coast), Japan and The Philippines.
