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Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung

Kuan-Chieh (Chuck) Hung

English

Founder of Taiwan Bird Guide and a guide since 2009, Chuck is an eBird reviewer and iNaturalist curator for Taiwan, contributes more than 1,000 eBird checklists annually in Taiwan, and has counted all the waterbirds in Budai Salt Pan Wetlands monthly since 2016.

Experience & roles
In the media (6)
Trip reports (39)

Existing archive · August 2026

Jian-Long Wu

Jian-Long Wu

English

Jian-Long conducts bird surveys, leads birding tours in Taiwan, and translates books on birds and natural history, combining extensive field experience in Taiwan and abroad with an interest in ornithological literature.

Experience & roles
Books & translations
  • A Field Guide to the Birds of Taiwan — Translated into English
  • Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle — Chinese translation; honorable mention, translation category, 8th Popular Science Book Award, Wu Ta-You Foundation
  • Why Did the Chicken Cross the World? — Chinese translation; Openbook Award Best Books in Translation, 2020
  • The Feather Thief — Chinese translation; Openbook Award Best Books in Translation, 2021
  • What It’s Like to Be a Bird — Chinese translation
Trip reports (27)

Existing archive · August 2026

Chien-Wei (Bao) Tseng

Chien-Wei (Bao) Tseng

English

Bao is an owl researcher, autumn raptor counter in Kending, and mammal specialist.

Experience & roles
Trip reports (49)

Existing archive · August 2026

RIIO Lu

RIIO Lu

English · Japanese

RIIO offers birding tours in Japanese and English, with an interest in bird calls and the historical evolution of Japanese bird names.

Experience & roles
  • Longtime survey volunteer with the Wild Bird Society of Taiwan (Taichung City).
Trip reports (7)

Existing archive · August 2026

Ben Tsai

Ben Tsai

English

Ben has been a keen ebirder, naturalist and photographer since he can remember. Anything that moves piques his interest; from birds, to mammals and insects. He holds a MSc in biodiversity.

Education & thesis

Education: Master’s degree in Biodiversity

Master’s thesis title
台灣彰化曬池魚塭對供遷徙性水鳥的覓食重要性
The importance of semi-dry ponds as foraging habitat to migratory shorebirds in Changhua, Taiwan

Trip reports (13)

Existing archive · August 2026

Po Wei Chi

Po Wei Chi

English

Po Wei specializes in organizing and analyzing bird citizen-science data and has participated in several citizen-science projects.

Experience & roles
  • Co-author of the Taiwan New Year Bird Count annual report.
  • Member of the Dong’ao seabird team in Yilan.