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PATTERNS OF ENDEMISM Taiwan has no endemic bird families. ENDEMIC BIRD AREAS Birdlife International has defined the whole of Taiwan as an Endemic Bird Area (EBA 149). In addition, the island of Lanyu (or Orchid Island), c.75km off the south-east coast of Taiwan has been designated as a secondary area, as two restricted-range species ( Whistling Green-pigeon and Elegant Scops-owl ) occur there. LIST OF SPECIES The following is a list of species endemic to Taiwan:
Also, Whistling Green Pigeon , although not endemic to Taiwan is a restricted-range species. In addition the following ten subspecies may be better treated as full species, according to Collar (2004):
REFERENCES Collar, N.J. (2004), Endemic Subspecies of Taiwan birds — first impressions, BirdingASIA No. 2, December 2004. EXTERNAL LINKS
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