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Kaeng Krachan  National Park

 

 

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Doi Inthanon

 

 

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

 

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Kaeng Krachan

 

 

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Eurasian Jay

Mae Ping  National Park

 

 

Golden-fronted Leafbird

Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

 

Greater Flameback

Kaeng Krachan

 

 

Green-eared Barbet

Khao Yai  National Park

 

 

Grey-chinned Minivet

Doi Ang Khan

 

 

Grey Bushchat

Doi Chiang Dao

 

 

Gull-billed Tern

Pak Thale

 

 

Hill Prinia

Doi Ang Khan

 

 

Pig-tailed Macaque

Khao Yai  National Park

 

 

Plumbeous Redstart

Doi Inthanon

 

 

Specled Piculat

Doi Ang Khan

 

 

Thick-billed Green Pigeon

Kaeng Krachan

 

 

Taiga Flycatcher

Khao Yai

 

 

 

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B2A guided trip, central & north Thailand, 31 October – 14 November 2009.

 

 

Guests ; Shaun and Marie Robson

 

Trip list taxonomy Clements 6th, notes Italic with the most interesting sightings.

 

Indian Cormorant  Phalacrocorax fuscicollis

 

Little Cormorant  Phalacrocorax niger

 

Grey Heron  Ardea cinerea

 

Purple Heron  Ardea purpurea

 

Great Egret  Ardea alba

 

Intermediate Egret  Egretta intermedia

 

Little Egret   Egretta garzetta

 

Chinese Egret  Egretta eulophotes  Vulnerable (VU)

3 birds seen at Laem Pak Bia

 

Pacific Reef-Heron  Egretta sacra

2 dark morph Laem Pak Bia

 

Chinese Pond-Heron  Ardeola bacchus

 

Javan Pond-Heron   Ardeola speciosa

 

Cattle Egret   Bubulcus ibis

 

Striated Heron  Butorides striata

 

Black-crowned Night-Heron  Nycticorax nycticorax

 

Painted Stork  Mycteria leucocephala   Near-threatened (NT)

Good numbers at Pak Thale - Laem Pak Bia with a max. count of 17 birds on 3 November.

 

Asian Openbill  Anastomus oscitans

 

Lesser Whistling-Duck  Dendrocygna javanica

 

Osprey  Pandion haliaetus

 

Black Baza  Aviceda leuphotes

Briefly seen near Bangkok and then good views later at MaePingNational Park.

 

Oriental Honey-buzzard  Pernis ptilorhynchus

 

Black-shouldered Kite  Elanus caeruleus

 

Black Kite  Milvus migrans

 

Brahminy Kite  Haliastur indus

 

Crested Serpent-Eagle  Spilornis cheela

 

Eastern Marsh-Harrier  Circus spilonotus

3 birds seen Laem Pak Bia area

 

Crested Goshawk  Accipiter trivirgatus

Seen at Khao Yai, Kaeng Krachan and Doi Chiang Dao.

 

Shikra  Accipiter badius

 

Besra  Accipiter virgatus

 

Rufous-winged Buzzard  Butastur liventer

1 bird near MaePingNational Park

 

Grey-faced Buzzard   Butastur indicus

 

Eurasian Buzzard  Buteo buteo

 

Black Eagle  Ictinaetus malayensis

3 birds at Khao Yai, 1 at Kaeng Krachan NP

 

Rufous-bellied Eagle  Aquila kienerii

3 birds seen Khao Yai NP

 

Mountain Hawk-Eagle   Spizaetus nipalensis

singles at Khao Yai and Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Eurasian Kestrel  Falco tinnunculus

 

Peregrine Falcon  Falco peregrinus

1 seen Laem Pak Bia

 

Rufous-throated Partridge  Arborophila rufogularis

heard Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Bar-backed Partridge  Arborophila brunneopectus

heard Doi Chiang Dao

 

Scaly-breasted Partridge  Arborophila chloropus

heard Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan

 

Mountain Bamboo-Partridge   Bambusicola fytchii

3 seen by the roadside on Doi Ang Khan

 

Red Junglefowl  Gallus gallus

 

Slaty-breasted Rail  Gallirallus striatus

1 seen Laem Pak Bia

 

White-breasted Waterhen  Amaurornis phoenicurus

 

Black-tailed Crake  Amaurornis bicolor

Good views of 3 birds on Doi Inthanon.

 

Ruddy-breasted Crake  Porzana fusca

1 seen Laem Pak Bia

 

Common Moorhen  Gallinula chloropus

 

Greater Painted-snipe  Rostratula benghalensis

A male seen Laem Pak Bia

 

Black-winged Stilt  Himantopus himantopus

 

Grey-headed Lapwing  Vanellus cinereus

Seen en-route near Bangkok and near Pak Thale.

 

Red-wattled Lapwing  Vanellus indicus

 

Pacific Golden-Plover  Pluvialis fulva

 

Black-bellied Plover  Pluvialis squatarola

 

White-faced Plover  Charadrius daelbatus

1 male on the sandspit at Laem Pak Bia seen well

 

Little Ringed Plover  Charadrius dubius

 

Kentish Plover  Charadrius alexandrinus

 

Malaysian Plover  Charadrius peronii   Near-threatened (NT)

19 birds on the Laem Pak Bia sandspit

 

Lesser Sandplover  Charadrius mongolus

 

Greater Sandplover  Charadrius leschenaultii

 

Pintail Snipe  Gallinago stenura

 

Common Snipe  Gallinago gallinago

 

Black-tailed Godwit  Limosa limosa

approx. 500 Laem Pak Bia area

 

Bar-tailed Godwit  Limosa lapponica

few Laem Pak Bia

 

Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus

 

Eurasian Curlew  Numenius arquata

 

Terek Sandpiper  Xenus cinereus

2 birds noted Laem Pak Bia

 

Common Sandpiper  Actitis hypoleucos

 

Spotted Redshank  Tringa erythropus

 

Common Greenshank  Tringa nebularia

 

Nordmann's Greenshank  Tringa guttifer   Endangered (EN)

24 birds Laem Pak Bia

 

Marsh Sandpiper  Tringa stagnatilis

 

Wood Sandpiper  Tringa glareola

 

Common Redshank  Tringa totanus

 

Great Knot  Calidris tenuirostris

1000+ birds Laem Pak Bia

 

Sanderling  Calidris alba

 

Red-necked Stint  Calidris ruficollis

 

Long-toed Stint  Calidris subminuta

 

Curlew Sandpiper  Calidris ferruginea

 

Dunlin  Calidris alpina

single birds note on 2 dates Pak Thale

 

Spoon-billed Sandpiper  Eurynorhynchus pygmeus   Critically endangered (CR)

1 bird seen on 3 November Pak Thale with 2, possibly 3 on 5 November at Pak Thale

 

Broad-billed Sandpiper  Limicola falcinellus

Good numbers at Pak Thale - Laem Pak Bia area, 100+ birds on both 5th and 7th November

 

Ruff  Philomachus pugnax

 

Brown-headed Gull  Larus brunnicephalus

 

Little Tern  Sternula albifrons

 

Gull-billed Tern  Gelochelidon nilotica

 

Caspian Tern  Hydroprogne caspia

Only 3 noted Pak Thale

 

White-winged Tern  Chlidonias leucopterus

few Laem Pak Bia

 

Whiskered Tern  Chlidonias hybrida

 

Common Tern  Sterna hirundo

 

Great Crested Tern  Thalasseus bergii

Total 10 birds seen Pak Thale - LPB area

 

Lesser Crested Tern  Thalasseus bengalensis

2 birds Laem Pak Bia

 

Red Collared-Dove  Streptopelia tranquebarica

 

Spotted Dove  Streptopelia chinensis

 

Barred Cuckoo-Dove   Macropygia unchall

few seen Khao Yai

 

Emerald Dove  Chalcophaps indica

 

Zebra Dove  Geopelia striata

 

Thick-billed Pigeon  Treron curvirostra

 

Yellow-vented Pigeon  Treron seimundi

3 birds brief at Kaeng Krachan

 

Mountain Imperial-Pigeon  Ducula badia

 

Grey-headed Parakeet   Psittacula finschii

3 birds seen very well MaePingNational Park

 

Vernal Hanging-Parrot  Loriculus vernalis

 

Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo  Cuculus vagans   Near-threatened (NT)

heard Kaeng Krachan

 

Indian Cuckoo  Cuculus micropterus

heard Kaeng Krachan

 

Banded Bay Cuckoo  Cacomantis sonneratii

 

Asian Koel  Eudynamys scolopaceus

 

Green-billed Malkoha  Phaenicophaeus tristis

 

Greater Coucal  Centropus sinensis

 

Barn Owl  Tyto alba

 

Collared Scops-Owl  Otus lettia

 

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl  Bubo nipalensis

heard Chiang Dao temple

 

Collared Owlet  Glaucidium brodiei

Good views at Kaeng Krachan km 27

 

Asian Barred Owlet  Glaucidium cuculoides

 

Brown Hawk-Owl  Ninox scutulata

1 seen in spotlight Kaeng Krachan

 

Javan Frogmouth  Batrachostomus javensis

heard Chiang Dao temple

 

Great Eared-Nightjar  Eurostopodus macrotis

2 seen Khao Yai

 

Large-tailed Nightjar  Caprimulgus macrurus

A total of 13 birds seen throughout the trip.

 

Indian Nightjar  Caprimulgus asiaticus

2 birds seen Laem Pak Bia

 

Himalayan Swiftlet  Aerodramus brevirostris

 

German's Swiftlet  Aerodramus germani

 

White-throated Needletail  Hirundapus caudacutus

1 bird seen very well and at close range Phanoeng Tung, Kaeng Krachan

 

Brown-backed Needletail  Hirundapus giganteus

several seen at both Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan

 

Asian Palm-Swift  Cypsiurus balasiensis

 

Fork-tailed Swift  Apus pacificus

 

House Swift  Apus nipalensis

 

Crested Treeswift  Hemiprocne coronata

 

Red-headed Trogon  Harpactes erythrocephalus

5 seen at Khao Yai and 1 at Kaeng Krachan

 

Orange-breasted Trogon  Harpactes oreskios

1 at Kaeng Krachan

 

Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis

 

White-throated Kingfisher  Halcyon smyrnensis

 

Black-capped Kingfisher  Halcyon pileata

 

Collared Kingfisher  Todiramphus chloris

 

Red-bearded Bee-eater  Nyctyornis amictus

We found 1 at Kaeng Krachan that gave brilliant views after some effort trying get it into view.

 

Blue-bearded Bee-eater  Nyctyornis athertoni

1 seen Khao Yai

 

Green Bee-eater  Merops orientalis

 

Blue-tailed Bee-eater  Merops philippinus

 

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater  Merops leschenaulti

 

Indian Roller  Coracias benghalensis

 

Dollarbird  Eurystomus orientalis

Only 1 seen, at Phanoeng Tung, Kaeng Krachan

 

Oriental Pied-Hornbill  Anthracoceros albirostris

 

Great Hornbill  Buceros bicornis   Near-threatened (NT)

Couples seen at Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan lower part, then on 6th November at KK, we watched the spectacle of 66 Great Hornbills going to roost as they flew eye-level across the valley near km 22. Once perched in the roost trees we counted up to 30 birds in a single tree!

 

Rusty-cheeked Hornbill  Anorrhinus tickelli  Near-endemic

We were very lucky to see 1 fly across the track at Kaeng Krachan as November is normally not a good period to find this scarce Hornbill at KK.

 

Wreathed Hornbill  Aceros undulatus

Up to 25 seen at Khao Yai, single bird at Kaeng Krachan

 

Great Barbet  Megalaima virens

only 2 birds seen, Kaeng Krachan, more heard

 

Lineated Barbet  Megalaima lineata

 

Green-eared Barbet  Megalaima faiostricta

 

Golden-throated Barbet  Megalaima franklinii

 

Blue-throated Barbet  Megalaima asiatica

 

Moustached Barbet  Megalaima incognita

3 birds seen Khao Yai

 

Blue-eared Barbet  Megalaima australis

 

Coppersmith Barbet  Megalaima haemacephala

 

Speckled Piculet  Picumnus innominatus

1 seen Doi Ang Khan

 

White-browed Piculet  Sasia ochracea

1 seen Thaksin Maharat NP

 

Grey-capped Woodpecker  Dendrocopos canicapillus

 

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker   Dendrocopos atratus

Couple seen on Doi Chiang Dao

 

White-bellied Woodpecker  Dryocopus javensis

2 seen in the diperocarp forests at Mae Ping NP

 

Lesser Yellownape  Picus chlorolophus

Good views of 1 on Doi Chiang Dao

 

Greater Yellownape  Picus flavinucha

Seen at Mae Ping NP and Khao Yai

 

Laced Woodpecker  Picus vittatus

3 sightings at Khao Yai NP

 

Black-headed Woodpecker  Picus erythropygius

No less than 15 birds seen on our morning at Mae Ping NP

 

Grey-faced Woodpecker  Picus canus

seen both Kaeng Krachan and Doi Chiang Dao

 

Greater Flameback  Chrysocolaptes lucidus

Quite a few sightings at both Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan NP

 

Bay Woodpecker  Blythipicus pyrrhotis

Brief views first at Kaeng Krachan were followed by good looks at Doi Chiang Dao. Always shy and often difficult to get good views but it worked for us in the end at DCD.

 

Heart-spotted Woodpecker  Hemicircus canente

A female seen at Khao Yai and 2 birds at Kaeng Krachan NP

 

Long-tailed Broadbill  Psarisomus dalhousiae

A single bird at Doi Chiang Dao and a nice group of at least 15 birds on Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Banded Broadbill  Eurylaimus javanicus

November isn't the best month to see Broadbills but after some significant effort we got good looks of a single bird at Kaeng Krachan.

 

Blue Pitta  Pitta cyanea

Brilliant looks of 1 bird on our first afternoon at Khao Yai was the perfect start of our trip. Four other birds were heard at Khao Yai, despite the windy conditions Blue Pitta seemed pretty vocal this early November.

 

Bank Swallow  Riparia riparia

 

Barn Swallow  Hirundo rustica

 

Asian Martin  Delichon dasypus

 

Red-rumped Swallow  Cecropis daurica

 

Striated Swallow  Cecropis striolata

 

Oriental Pipit  Anthus rufulus

 

Red-throated Pipit  Anthus cervinus

 

Olive-backed Pipit  Anthus hodgsoni

 

White Wagtail  Motacilla alba

 

Yellow Wagtail  Motacilla flava

 

Grey Wagtail  Motacilla cinerea

 

Large Cuckoo-shrike  Coracina macei

 

Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike  Coracina melaschistos

 

Rosy Minivet  Pericrocotus roseus

3 birds seen Mai Ping NP

 

Brown-rumped Minivet  Pericrocotus cantonensis

Seen daily at Khao Yai NP

 

Ashy Minivet  Pericrocotus divaricatus

 

Small Minivet  Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

 

Short-billed Minivet  Pericrocotus brevirostris

5 birds seen Doi Inthanon NP

 

Scarlet Minivet  Pericrocotus flammeus

 

Grey-chinned Minivet  Pericrocotus solaris

 

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike  Hemipus picatus

 

Crested Finchbill  Spizixos canifrons

Singles Doi Pha Hom Pok and Doi Ang Khan

 

Striated Bulbul  Pycnonotus striatus

 

Black-headed Bulbul  Pycnonotus atriceps

 

Black-crested Bulbul  Pycnonotus melanicterus

 

Red-whiskered Bulbul   Pycnonotus jocosus

 

Brown-breasted Bulbul  Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

5 birds Doi Pha Hom Pok and 2 seen Doi Ang Khan

 

Sooty-headed Bulbul  Pycnonotus aurigaster

 

Stripe-throated Bulbul  Pycnonotus finlaysoni

 

Flavescent Bulbul  Pycnonotus flavescens

 

Streak-eared Bulbul  Pycnonotus blanfordi

 

White-throated Bulbul  Alophoixus flaveolus

Good views of 4 birds at Thaksin Maharat NP

 

Puff-throated Bulbul  Alophoixus pallidus

Khao Yai and Chiang Dao

 

Ochraceous Bulbul  Alophoixus ochraceus

Kaeng Krachan

 

Olive Bulbul  Iole virescens

Good looks of several birds at Thaksin Maharat NP

 

Grey-eyed Bulbul  Iole propinqua

 

Mountain Bulbul  Ixos mcclellandii

 

Ashy Bulbul  Hemixos flavala

 

Black Bulbul  Hypsipetes leucocephalus

 

White-headed Bulbul  Hypsipetes thompsoni   Near-endemic

4 birds seen on Doi Inthanon

 

Greater Green Leafbird  Chloropsis sonnerati

A female at Kaeng Krachan NP

 

Blue-winged Leafbird  Chloropsis cochinchinensis

 

Golden-fronted Leafbird  Chloropsis aurifrons

 

Orange-bellied Leafbird  Chloropsis hardwickii

 

Common Iora  Aegithina tiphia

 

Great Iora  Aegithina lafresnayei

 

Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush  Monticola rufiventris

A female seen on Doi Ang Khan

 

Blue Rock-Thrush  Monticola solitarius

 

Blue Whistling-Thrush  Myophonus caeruleus

 

Orange-headed Thrush  Zoothera citrina

Single bird seen at Thaksin Maharat NP

 

Scaly Thrush  Zoothera dauma

Single bird on Doi Pha Hom Phok

 

Grey-sided Thrush  Turdus feae   Vulnerable (VU)

Doi Inthanon, Doi Chiang Dao and Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Eyebrowed Thrush  Turdus obscurus

Single bird Doi Pha Hom Phok

 

White-browed Shortwing   Brachypteryx montana

2 Doi Inthanon summit boardwalk

 

Zitting Cisticola   Cisticola juncidis

 

Hill Prinia  Prinia atrogularis

Seen Doi Ang Khan, heard Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Rufescent Prinia  Prinia rufescens

Few seen Doi Chiang Dao only

 

Plain Prinia  Prinia inornata

 

Chestnut-headed Tesia  Tesia castaneocoronata

Good views of this nice and in Thailand very scarce species on our Doi Pha Hom Pok stake-out spot.

 

Slaty-bellied Tesia   Tesia olivea

Doi Inthanon jeeptracks

 

Aberrant Bush-Warbler   Cettia flavolivacea

Doi Inthanon, Doi Chiang Dao and DoiPa Hom Phok

 

Black-browed Reed-Warbler  Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

Laem Pak Bia

 

Oriental Reed-Warbler  Acrocephalus orientalis

Laem Pak Bia

 

Thick-billed Warbler   Acrocephalus aedon

Chiang Dao

 

Mountain Tailorbird  Orthotomus cuculatus

Doi Inthanon

 

Common Tailorbird  Orthotomus sutorius

 

Dark-necked Tailorbird  Orthotomus atrogularis

 

Dusky Warbler  Phylloscopus fuscatus

 

Buff-throated Warbler  Phylloscopus subaffinis

Few Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Radde's Warbler  Phylloscopus schwarzi

Thaksin Maharat and Mae Ping

 

Buff-barred Warbler  Phylloscopus pulcher

 

Ashy-throated Warbler  Phylloscopus maculipennis

 

Lemon-rumped Warbler  Phylloscopus proregulus

 

Yellow-browed Warbler  Phylloscopus inornatus

 

Arctic Warbler  Phylloscopus borealis

 

Greenish Warbler  Phylloscopus trochiloides

 

Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler  Phylloscopus tenellipes

 

Eastern Crowned Leaf-Warbler   Phylloscopus coronatus

 

Blyth's Leaf-Warbler  Phylloscopus reguloides

 

White-tailed Leaf-Warbler  Phylloscopus davisoni

 

Sulphur-breasted Warbler   Phylloscopus ricketti

 

Grey-crowned Warbler  Seicercus tephrocephalus

 

Plain-tailed Warbler  Seicercus soror

Khao Yai

 

Bianchi's Warbler  Seicercus valentini

 

Yellow-bellied Warbler  Abroscopus superciliaris

 

Dark-sided Flycatcher  Muscicapa sibirica

 

Asian Brown Flycatcher  Muscicapa dauurica

 

Slaty-backed Flycatcher  Ficedula hodgsonii

female Doi Ang Khan

 

Taiga Flycatcher  Ficedula albicilla

 

White-gorgeted Flycatcher  Ficedula monileger

1 seen Doi Inthanon km 34

 

Rufous-browed Flycatcher  Ficedula solitaris

A nice find at Thaksin Maharat NP, single bird

 

Little Pied Flycatcher  Ficedula westermanni

3 birds on Doi Chiang Dao

 

Sapphire Flycatcher  Ficedula sapphira

This very scarce winterer must have arrived in good numbers this year as we noted 3 birds in a single day on Doi Chiang Dao

 

Blue-and-white Flycatcher  Cyanoptila cyanomelana

Another scarce migrant, 1 imm. seen at Khao Yai NP

 

Verditer Flycatcher  Eumyias thalassinus

 

Large Niltava  Niltava grandis

A female on Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Small Niltava  Niltava macgrigoriae

Single seen Doi Inthanon km 34

 

Rufous-bellied Niltava  Niltava sundara

Single on Doi Chiang Dao

 

Hainan Blue-Flycatcher  Cyornis hainanus

Khao Yai and Mae Ping NP

 

Blue-throated Flycatcher  Cyornis rubeculoides

 

Hill Blue-Flycatcher  Cyornis banyumas

 

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher  Culicicapa ceylonensis

 

Siberian Blue Robin  Luscinia cyane

males seen at Kaeng Krachan and Chiang Dao temple

 

Oriental Magpie-Robin  Copsychus saularis

 

White-rumped Shama  Copsychus malabaricus

 

Daurian Redstart  Phoenicurus auroreus

Male and female at the campsite on Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

White-capped Redstart  Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

2 birds seen Doi Inthanon

 

Plumbeous Redstart  Rhyacornis fuliginosa

Doi Inthanon

 

Slaty-backed Forktail  Enicurus schistaceus

1 seen Doi Inthanon

 

Siberian Stonechat  Saxicola maurus

 

Pied Bushchat  Saxicola caprata

 

Grey Bushchat  Saxicola ferreus

 

Yellow-bellied Fantail  Rhipidura hypoxantha

 

White-throated Fantail  Rhipidura albicollis

 

White-browed Fantail  Rhipidura aureola

1 seen Mae Ping NP

 

Pied Fantail  Rhipidura javanica

 

Black-naped Monarch   Hypothymis azurea

 

Asian Paradise-Flycatcher  Terpsiphone paradisi

seen Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan

 

White-crested Laughingthrush  Garrulax leucolophus

 

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush  Garrulax monileger

Khao Yai

 

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush  Garrulax pectoralis

Khao Yai

 

Black-throated Laughingthrush  Garrulax chinensis

few seen at Khao Yai and 3 birds Chiang Dao temple gully

 

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush  Garrulax erythrocephalus

Doi Inthanon and Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Abbott's Babbler  Malacocincla abbotti

 

Buff-breasted Babbler  Pellorneum tickelli

 

Spot-throated Babbler  Pellorneum albiventre

 

Puff-throated Babbler   Pellorneum ruficeps

 

Large Scimitar-Babbler  Pomatorhinus hypoleucos

4 birds Kaeng Krachan

 

White-browed Scimitar-Babbler  Pomatorhinus schisticeps

 

Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler  Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps

 

Limestone Wren-Babbler   Napothera crispifrons

Successful twitch at Wat Phra Phuttabath Noi with good views of 2 birds.

 

Streaked Wren-Babbler  Napothera brevicaudata

Single bird seen Chiang Dao temple

 

Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler  Napothera epilepidota

Doi Inthanon km 37

 

Pygmy Wren-Babbler  Pnoepyga pusilla

Doi Inthanon summit

 

Rufous-fronted Babbler  Stachyris rufifrons

Seen at Kaeng Krachan and invalid Deignan's on Doi Chiang Dao.

 

Golden Babbler  Stachyris chrysaea

 

Grey-throated Babbler  Stachyris nigriceps

 

Striped Tit-Babbler  Macronous gularis

 

Silver-eared Mesia  Leiothrix argentauris

20+ Doi Ang Khan

 

White-browed Shrike-Babbler  Pteruthius flaviscapis

 

Black-eared Shrike-Babbler  Pteruthius melanotis

2 birds seen Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

White-hooded [Collared] Babbler  Gampsorhynchus rufulus

3 seen Kaeng Krachan

 

Spectacled Barwing  Actinodura ramsayi

2 on Doi Inthanon, 1 on Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Blue-winged Minla  Minla cyanouroptera

 

Chestnut-tailed Minla  Minla strigula

Doi Inthanon summit area

 

Rufous-winged Fulvetta  Alcippe castaneceps

 

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta  Alcippe poioicephala

 

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta  Alcippe morrisonia

 

Rufous-backed Sibia  Heterophasia annectens

not always easy to find but we got 2 birds on Doi Inthanon, at km 34

 

Black-backed Sibia  Heterophasia melanoleuca

 

Whiskered Yuhina  Yuhina flavicollis

5+ Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

White-bellied Yuhina  Yuhina zantholeuca

 

Golden-bellied Gerygone  Gerygone sulphurea

 

Great Tit  Parus major

 

Yellow-cheeked Tit  Parus spilonotus

 

Sultan Tit  Melanochlora sultanea

3 birds at Kaeng Krachan NP

 

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch  Sitta nagaensis

 

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch  Sitta frontalis

 

Giant Nuthatch  Sitta magna   Vulnerable (VU)  Near-endemic

5+ seen Doi Chiang Dao

 

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird  Chalcoparia singalensis

 

Olive-backed Sunbird  Cinnyris jugularis

 

Gould's Sunbird  Aethopyga gouldiae

 

Green-tailed Sunbird  Aethopyga nipalensis

 

Black-throated Sunbird  Aethopyga saturata

 

Eastern Crimson Sunbird  Aethopyga siparaja

 

Little Spiderhunter  Arachnothera longirostra

 

Spectacled Spiderhunter  Arachnothera flavigaster   Near-endemic

 

Thick-billed Flowerpecker  Dicaeum agile

Khao Yai

 

Yellow-vented Flowerpecker  Dicaeum chrysorrheum

Doi Ang Khan

 

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker   Dicaeum trigonostigma

Unexpected find at Kaeng Krachan

 

Plain Flowerpecker  Dicaeum concolor

 

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker  Dicaeum ignipectum

 

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker  Dicaeum cruentatum

 

Chestnut-flanked White-eye  Zosterops erythropleurus

 

Oriental White-eye   Zosterops palpebrosus

 

Japanese White-eye   Zosterops japonicus

 

Black-naped Oriole   Oriolus chinensis

 

Slender-billed Oriole  Oriolus tenuirostris

brief views Doi Chiang Dao

 

Maroon Oriole  Oriolus traillii

Doi Ang Khan

 

Asian Fairy-bluebird  Irena puella

 

Brown Shrike  Lanius cristatus

 

Burmese Shrike  Lanius collurioides

single seen near Mae Ping NP

 

Long-tailed Shrike  Lanius schach

 

Grey-backed Shrike  Lanius tephronotus

 

Common Woodshrike   Tephrodornis pondicerianus

several at Mae Ping NP

 

Black Drongo   Dicrurus macrocercus

 

Ashy Drongo   Dicrurus leucophaeus

 

Bronzed Drongo  Dicrurus aeneus

 

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo  Dicrurus remifer

 

Hair-crested Drongo  Dicrurus hottentottus

 

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo  Dicrurus paradiseus

 

Ashy Woodswallow  Artamus fuscus

 

Eurasian Jay   Garrulus glandarius

 

Blue Magpie  Urocissa erythrorhyncha

Khao Yai

 

Green Magpie  Cissa chinensis

Khao Yai, 3 birds, 2 dates

 

Rufous Treepie  Dendrocitta vagabunda

 

Grey Treepie  Dendrocitta formosae

 

Racket-tailed Treepie  Crypsirina temia

Wat Phra Phuttabath Noi and Laem Pak Bia

 

Ratchet-tailed Treepie   Temnurus temnurus

2 birds Kaeng Krachan km 27

 

Large-billed Crow  Corvus macrorhynchos

 

Golden-crested Myna  Ampeliceps coronatus

10 to 15 birds in huge fruiting fig at Khao Yai NP

 

Common Hill Myna  Gracula religiosa

 

White-vented Myna  Acridotheres grandis

 

Common Myna  Acridotheres tristis

 

Black-collared Starling  Gracupica nigricollis

 

Asian Pied Starling  Gracupica contra

 

White-shouldered Starling  Sturnia sinensis

10s Laem Pak Bia

 

Chestnut-tailed Starling  Sturnia malabarica

few Khao Yai

 

House Sparrow  Passer domesticus

scarce in Thailand, seen in Tak

 

Plain-backed Sparrow  Passer flaveolus

Khao Yai

 

Eurasian Tree Sparrow  Passer montanus

 

White-rumped Munia  Lonchura striata

 

Scaly-breasted Munia  Lonchura punctulata

 

Common Rosefinch  Carpodacus erythrinus

 

Little Bunting  Emberiza pusilla

single on Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Total number of birds: 380

 

Mammal list

 

Pig-tailed Macaque

Long-tailed Macaque

Dusky Langur

Banded Langur

White-handed Gibbon

Indian Elephant

Leopard Cat

Yellow-throated Marten

Small-toothed Palm Civet

Common Palm Civet

Red Muntjac

Sambar

Black Giant Squirrel

Variable Squirrel

Western Striped Squirrel

Grey-bellied Squirrel

Pallas’ Squirrel

Northern Treeshrew

Large Flying Fox

 

Khao Yai

Wat Phra Phuttabath Noi and Petchaburi

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan  NP

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Khao Yai National Park

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Khao Yai National Park

Khao Yai National Park

Khao Yai and Kaeng Krachan  NP

Khao Yai National Park

Khao Yai (Cambodian?) + various sites

Khao Yai National Park

Doi Inthanon

Kaeng Krachan National Park

Laem Pak Bia

 

common

common

common

rare, 3 seen KK

common both KY and KK

dangerous, 1 seen

scarce, 1 in spotlight

scarce, 3 seen KK

scarce, 1 in spotlight

common, 3 in spotlight

common

common

fairly common

common

common

fairly common

fairly common

few seen

20.000+ !!

   

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