Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge

Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge

Bambusicola sonorivox

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR Endemic
Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible
at Taroko National Park

In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%

346 Verified sightings at Taroko National Park From 2019 to 2026
346 In 1 park
April Best month
🌅 Crepuscular When it's spotted

About the Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge

The Taiwan bamboo partridge (Bambusicola sonorivox) is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae. It is endemic to Taiwan. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Chinese bamboo partridge. It has several onomatopoeic names known among Taiwanese indigenous peoples: tkurih (Seediq and Truku), tikulhat (Thao), tikulas (Bunun), tjikulai (Paiwan), and tikolac (Amis). Wikipedia →

Sounds

Alarm call1:07

Taiwan · 1984

© Jelle Scharringa · XC774655 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Call1:11

Taiwan · 2012

© Jerome Chie-Jen Ko · XC653329 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Song0:20

Taiwan · 2018

© Tsai-Yu Wu · XC406696 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Taroko National Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan
~20%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Kaohsiung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
2 Taichung 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
3 Tainan 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%
4 Taipei 🇹🇼 Taiwan
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Fonghuanggu Bird and Ecology Park 🇹🇼 Taiwan In captivity
2 Green World Ecological Farm 🇹🇼 Taiwan In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge in Taroko National Park?

Possible

About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge sighting in Taroko National Park on a given day, based on 346 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 41st most-seen of the 147 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge in Taroko National Park?

April

In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge in Taroko National Park on a given day, against about 10% in June–July and September–November, the lowest months.

What time of day is best to see a Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge?

Between 3 and 6 am

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge sightings with a recorded time, and about half of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.

Where else can you see a Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge?

Only Taroko National Park, in our data

Taroko National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.

Where does the Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Taiwan Bamboo-Partridge is recorded against all the birds logged in Taroko National Park (346 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.

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