A Guide to Threatened Birds of Taiwan

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This book follows the most recent IUCN threatened species criteria and deals with two categories of threatened species in Taiwan. First there are the globally threatened species; then there are the globally secure but nationally threatened species. The globally threatened species are subdivided into those that are resident or regular visitors, and those species that are merely vagrant or occasional visitors to the island. The Nationally threatened species are also divided into two groups: first the endemic subspecies, and second those species that have broader distribution or are migratory. Each subgroup was treated with brief and concise comments.

The book also provides a list of Important Bird Areas in Taiwan, an explanation of the nine categories in the IUCN Red List system, and the set of quantitative criteria and codes for the classification of threatened categories. Then follows the threatened species accounts as the major body of the publication.

Language: Bilingual in English and Chinese.