Current view: Data table and detailed info
The site was identified as internationally important for bird conservation in 2001 because it was regularly supporting significant populations of the species listed below, meeting ('triggering') IBA criteria.
Populations meeting IBA criteria ('trigger species') at the site:
| Species |
Red List |
Season (year/s of estimate) |
Size |
IBA criteria |
| Taiwan Partridge Arborophila crudigularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Swinhoe's Pheasant Lophura swinhoii |
NT |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Taiwan Blue Magpie Urocissa caerulea |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus |
VU |
resident (2001) |
unknown |
A1, A2, A3 |
| Yellowish-bellied Bush-warbler Horornis acanthizoides |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Taiwan Yuhina Yuhina brunneiceps |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| White-eared Sibia Heterophasia auricularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Taiwan Liocichla Liocichla steerii |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| White-browed Bush-robin Tarsiger indicus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Taiwan Whistling-thrush Myophonus insularis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A2, A3 |
| Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Grey-headed Bullfinch Pyrrhula erythaca |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Brown Bullfinch Pyrrhula nipalensis |
LC |
resident (2000) |
present |
A3 |
| Year |
Protected Area |
Designation (management category) |
% coverage of IBA |
| 1986 |
Taroko
|
國家公園 (II) |
100
|
| Habitat |
% of IBA |
Habitat detail |
| Artificial/Terrestrial |
major (>10) |
|
| Forest |
major (>10) |
|
| Land use |
% of IBA |
| nature conservation and research |
99 |
| tourism/recreation |
1 |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Taroko National Park (Taiwan, China). Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/taroko-national-park-iba-taiwan-china on 23/12/2024.
