The endemic species of Taiwan are organisms that are endemic to the island of Taiwan— that is, they occur nowhere else on Earth. In biology and ecology, an organism (in Greek organon = instrument) is an assembly of molecules that influence each other in such a way that they function as a more or less stable whole and have properties of life. ... This article is about the ecological meaning of endemic. See also endemic (epidemiology). ... Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century) Tellus, is the third planet outward from the Sun. ...
Endemic birds
Fourteen endemic bird species of Taiwan have been identified (out of a total of 471 bird species). These birds make up about 9 percent of all birds living in Taiwan. Another 69 subspecies are endemic, accounting for another 45 percent of the local resident population.
Binomial name Regulus goodfellowi Ogilvie-Grant, 1906 The Taiwan Firecrest, also Taiwan Flamecrest, is a species of bird that is endemic to Taiwan. ... The Taiwan Yuhina (Yuhina brunneiceps) also known as Formosan Yuhina is a small songbird endemic to the island of Taiwan. ... Binomial name Urocissa caerulea Gould, 1863 The Formosan Blue Magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called Taiwan Magpie, is a member of the Crow family. ...
Taiwan is mostly mountainous in the east, but gradually transitions to gently sloping plains in the west (satellite photo by NASA).
"Taiwan" is commonly used to refer to the government of the Republic of China Republic of China is a multiparty democratic state that is effectively composed of the island groups of Taiwan, the Pescadores, Quemoy, and Matsu.
Taiwan's two largest cities, Taipei City and Kaohsiung City, although on the island of Taiwan, are not part of the Taiwan Province, but centrally administered municipalities, with the same level as provinces.
Taiwan is a medium-sized archipelago in East Asia, located at 23°30N, 121°00E and running through the middle of the Tropic of Cancer (23°5N).
Taiwan island is separated from the mainland China by the Taiwan Strait and borders the South China Sea and Philippine Sea to the south, the East China Sea in the north, and the Pacific Ocean in the west.
Taiwan's area is 35,980 km² of which 32,260 km² is land and 3,720 km² is territorial water claims, making it slightly smaller than the combined area of Maryland and Delaware.
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