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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23,816,775
Area
36,193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2026
Animalia 1779
Bacteria 872
Fungi 594
Chromista 352
Protozoa 181
Archaea 7
Viruses 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Taiwan

white evening-primrose

Oenothera speciosa

Not Evaluated

White-faced Plover

Charadrius dealbatus

Data Deficient

White-flowered black mangrove

Lumnitzera racemosa

Least Concern

White-foot Bell

Epiblema foenella

Least Concern

White-Footed Slime

Diachea leucopodia

Not Evaluated

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

White-headed Munia

Lonchura maja

Least Concern

Whitelady

Thunbergia fragrans

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

whiteleg shrimp

Penaeus vannamei

Not Evaluated

White Lupin

Lupinus albus

Not Evaluated

White-marked spider beetle

Ptinus fur

Least Concern

White moneywort

Alysicarpus vaginalis

Not Evaluated

white mugwort

Artemisia lactiflora

Not Evaluated

White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus

Not Evaluated

White Scroll Algae

Padina sanctae-crucis

Not Evaluated

White-shouldered house moth

Endrosis sarcitrella

Not Evaluated

White-shouldered Starling

Sturnia sinensis

Least Concern

white silk cottontree

Ceiba pentandra

Least Concern

White-tailed Eagle

Haliaeetus albicilla

Near Threatened

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

White Thread Fish

Holothuria leucospilota

Least Concern

White-throated Rock-Thrush

Monticola gularis

Least Concern

whitetip reef shark

Triaenodon obesus

Vulnerable

White-whiskered Coral Crayfish

Panulirus femoristriga

Least Concern

White-whiskered Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron morrisonianum

Least Concern

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Not Evaluated

Whooper Swan

Cygnus cygnus

Least Concern

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Least Concern

Wide-taek Crab

Geothelphusa eurysoma

Data Deficient

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

wild celery

Apium graveolens

Not Evaluated

wild date palm

Phoenix sylvestris

Not Evaluated

Wild Lettuce

Lactuca indica

Not Evaluated

Wild sugarcane

Saccharum spontaneum

Least Concern

Wild Tantan

Desmanthus virgatus

Least Concern

Willow bent-wing

Phyllocnistis saligna

Least Concern

Willow Bracket

Phellinus igniarius

Least Concern

Willow-Leaved Water Croton

Homonoia riparia

Least Concern

Willow Warbler

Phylloscopus trochilus

Vulnerable

winged prickly-ash

Zanthoxylum armatum

Least Concern

winged water-primrose

Ludwigia decurrens

Least Concern

Winter Jasmine

Jasminum nudiflorum

Not Evaluated

wire crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora

Not Evaluated

wiry fern moss

Abietinella abietina

Vulnerable

Wolf'S Milk

Lycogala epidendrum

Not Evaluated

Woman's tongue

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

Wonderful firefly squid

Lampadioteuthis megaleia

Least Concern

Wood Duck

Aix sponsa

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

Wood Mushroom

Agaricus sylvicola

Least Concern

wood rustwort

Nowellia curvifolia

Vulnerable

Wood Sandpiper

Tringa glareola

Least Concern

Wood's Whipwort

Mastigophora woodsii

Not Evaluated

Woodsy Silk-Moss

Plagiothecium nemorale

Vulnerable

Wood Warbler

Phylloscopus sibillatrix

Vulnerable

Woolly aphids

Eriosoma ulmi

Not Evaluated

Woolly Hair

Ulothrix flacca

Least Concern

woolly jelly palm

Butia eriospatha

Vulnerable

woolly liverwort

Trichocolea tomentella

Vulnerable

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