Liocichla steerii
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The Taiwan liocichla (Liocichla steerii), also known as Steere's liocichla, is a small passerine bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. The species was first described by Robert Swinhoe in 1877. It is endemic to Taiwan.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taroko National Park | 🇹🇼 Taiwan |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 50% of wildlife watchers report a Steere's Liocichla sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 1,893 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 147 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and September
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Steere's Liocichla in Taroko National Park on a given day, against about 20% in February, the lowest month.
Between 3 and 6 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Steere's Liocichla sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Taroko National Park, in our data
Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Steere's Liocichla sightings: about 50% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Leiothrichidae
The closest relatives of the Steere's Liocichla that you can see in Taroko National Park (family Leiothrichidae, Laughingthrushes and Allies) are White-eared Sibia (about 70%), White-whiskered Laughingthrush (about 40%) and Taiwan Barwing (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Steere's Liocichla is recorded against all the birds logged in Taroko National Park (1,893 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
