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Important Birdwatching Sites in Thailand -
The following sites are
considered to be representative of a variety of different habitats and
geographical areas and include many, but by no means all, of the sites
of key importance for bird conservation in Thailand.
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....Waterfowl
and their Habitats in the Gulf of Thailand - by Philip D.
Round.
This is part of the excellent Thaiwaterbirds
website, which includes flyway information and maps. Both in terms of total
numbers of waterfowl, and range of species represented, the Inner Gulf
of Thailand, in the vicinity of Bangkok, is the single most important site
for migratory waterfowl, especially waders and terns, in the entire country
and is a wetland of international importance. The estimated numbers of
waterfowl using the site per year are in the region of 150,000- 300,000.
Counts and projected populations for 102 species are presented. These include
16 species which are globally threatened or near threatened. And 17 species
for which the gulf regularly supports more than 1% of the flyway population.
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....Amazing
Thailand and its Amazing Birds - by Tony Ball
Thailand has more than 900
documented species of birds and of these approximately one third are migrants
but it's not as simple as that. Some species are migrant, resident and
breeding visitors. One of these migrants, the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica),
was recently found to be a resident also in a small area around Doi Angkhang
on the Burmese border in the north of Thailand. Consider, also, that Thailand
is host to almost 10% of the world's species and then you will understand
why it is a "must" on any birdwatcher's itinerary.
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....Chiang
Mai Birding - by Tony Ball. Includes information on the exotic
birds of Thailand as well
as Tony's Birdwatching Diary.
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....Chiang
Dao Birding - Doi Luang Chiang Dao is one of the less well
known
birding sites in Thailand. It is gaining recognition amongst birders as
there are over 300 documented species which visit this area. Stars of the
show are the Mrs. Hume's Pheasant and the Giant Nuthatch, but the supporting
cast is pretty impressive too.
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....Birdwatching
in Thailand - this commercial site provides some useful
information
about the various habitats in Thailand, and the birds to be found there.
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....Birds
and other wildlife around Chiang Dao - Chiang Dao is home of
Thailand's
third highest mountain (2175 m asl). The limestone mountain is surrounded
by pristine montane evergreen forest, a forest type that is not so common
anymore in Thailand. Arguably it is one of Thailands best trekking areas.
(Map is provided).
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....The
Birds of Doi Inthanon National Park -
Birdwatching at Doi Inthanon
National Park can be a fun and an interesting way to discover nature at
a leisurely pace. Because of its broad altitudinal range and the cool climate
of its upper reaches, the park supports the largest number of bird species
of any site in Thailand.Of the total of 382 species of birds so far known
from Doi Inthanon, at least 266 species are resident or were formerly resident
on the mountain.
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....Birdwatching
in Thailand - trip report on a weekend
birdwatching tour to a national
park about 150 miles southwest of Bangkok -- four-hour bus ride -- near
the border to Myanmar.
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....National
Parks in Thailand - There are several
national parks near Hua
Hin, Thailand. This page has information (including birds found at the
parks) on:
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Kaeng Krachan, Petchburi Province
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Khao Sam Roi Yot, Prachuapkirikhan
Province
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Erawan, Kanchanaburi Province
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Chalern Rattanakosin, Kanchanaburi
Province
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Sai Yok, Kanchanaburi Province
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Khao Laem, Kanchanaburi Province
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Sri Nakarin, Kanchanaburi Province
Another
national parks site...
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....Thungyai-Huai
Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuaries -
Stretching over more than
600,000 hectares along the Myanmar border, the sanctuary, which is relatively
intact, contains examples of almost all the forest types of continental
South-East Asia. It is home to a very diverse array of animals, including
77% of the large mammals (especially elephants and tigers), 50% of the
large birds and 33% of the land vertebrates to be found in this region.
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....Man
and the Biosphere Reserves in Thailand. Information
available (including bird
checklists) on:
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Huai Tak Teak Reserve
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Mae Sa-Kog Ma Reserve
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Sakaerat Environmental Research
Station
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....Three
Seldom Visited Birding Sites in Northern Thailand - by
David Kuehn. Thailand has
a number of very good birding sites that have been well described in other
reports. This report will describe three, northern sites that are not often
mentioned in other reports. Includes information on:
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Lot Cave (Tham Lot)
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Doi Chiangdao
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Agricultural & Veterinary
Science School South of Chiangmai
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....Khao
Nor Chuchi - Lowland Forest Project - The wildlife sanctuary,
like
those elsewhere, is mostly situated on the hills and has very little lowland
forest. It cannot support Gurney’s Pitta and other endangered wildlife
unless we maintain an adequate buffer around its boundary, in the surrounding
National Reserve Forest.
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....Trip
Report: Thailand. This trip report is provided courtesy of Urs
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....Trip
Report: Doi Inthanon (Thailand). This trip report is provided
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....Trip
Report: Thailand, July 2-26, 1998 - by Susan Myers. Despite
being
the wet season, it rained only a few times during our three week visit.
Travel in Thailand is very easy, relaxing and enjoyable; there is a list
of over 900 species and a great network of national parks and reserves,
most with excellent facilities.
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....Thailand
Trip Reports These trip reports are provided courtesy of
Urs
Geiser's Trip Report Archive. By Peter Ericsson.
These reports provide information on :
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Kow
Yai or Khao Yai, January 1999
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Doi
Inthanon, February 1998
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Kaengkrachan
National Park, April and May 1999
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Nam
Nao National Park, July 1999
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Doi
Inthanon, January 17-21, 2000
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Morning
Bird Chorus, March 2000
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Kaengkrachan
National Park, April & July 2000
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Mae
Wong National Park, May 2000
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Nam
Nao National Park, August 2000
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Khao
Yai & Kaengkrachan, September 2000
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Mae
Ping and Doi Inthanon, January 19-24, 2001
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Mae
Wong National Park, February 2001
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....Trip
Report: Southern Thailand. This trip report is provided courtesy
of Urs
Geiser's Trip Report Archive. November 1999 -
by Anders Hangård. Places visited include: Phuket, Ko Phi Phi, Krabi,
and Khao Pra-Bang Khram with a trip total of 184 species!
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....Trip
Report: Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand. This trip
report is provided courtesy
of Urs
Geiser's Trip Report Archive. April-May 2000
- by Chris Gooddie. Chris Gooddie and three fellow UK birders, Kit Britten,
Bob Harris, and Graham Hogan, put together a trip to combine 4 sites in
Malaysia - Taman Negara, Fraser's Hill, The Gap and Kuala Selangor - with
a short visit to Khao Nor Chuchi and Krabi in Thailand (principally to
look for Gurney's Pitta). Trip total was 295 species (and 11 more heard),
including 7 species of pitta - a major target for us, so we were delighted
to clean up (except for Giant Pitta which we didn't really expect to score).
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....Trip
Report - Thailand and Nepal - 24 December 2000 - 29 January,
2001.
By Greg Roberts, with Glenn Scherf, except for last week. Total count -
420 species of birds and 24 species of mammals.
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....Trip
Report - Thailand - by Tom and Marie Tarrant. In early 2001,
we
received an email from Singapore inviting us to attend an informal birding-trip
to Thailand primarily to search for the 'Big G' or Gurney's Pitta, a lowland
species of a bird currently thought to number fewer than 30 in the wild.
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....Trip
Report: Thailand - April 15-May 1, 2001. By Garry George.
Thailand’s
geographical location, stable politics by a benevolent monarchy and economic
development policies are unique in SE Asia and have given Thailand a leading
place in that region. Educational benefits, a booming tourism infrastructure
and political safety have collaborated in making Thailand a well-studied
and well-travelled ornithological destination for over a century. But the
boom and bust economy and unchecked development along with other factors
have made it subject to a faster rate of loss of natural resources and
habitat for species other than homo sapien as the rest of SE Asia. It’s
ironic that the least economically developed political entities seem to
have the most, best and relatively unstudied remaining habitat, and it’s
possible that in the future Myanmar and Viet Nam might surpass Thailand
as birding destinations simply because they don’t have the resources to
"develop" their remaining natural resources including forests. There are
935 species of bird that occur in Thailand, 125 of them classified as threatened
by BirdLife International.
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....Thailand
Birding Diary - by Bill & Doreen Stair, January 16, - March 6,
2001.
The continuing saga of our year-long, theoretically low budget, round the
world birding trip. As for Thailand, it's hard to talk about without splashing
superlatives all over the place, so let's just say we love it here and
leave it at that. The birding is great too, although you do need to hire
a car to get around some of the best places. Fortunately, the roads are
good (for the most part) and driving here is nowhere near as suicidal an
enterprise as it would be in India or Nepal.
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....Trip
Report: North Thailand, 15-23 May 2002 - by Jon Hornbuckle.
I
decided on a quick trip to north Thailand after reading on Oriental Birding
of the good birds being seen in March and April. I only visited three areas:
Doi Inthanon, Doi Chiang Dao and Chiang Mai.
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....Trip
Report: Thailand and Nepal, December 24, 2000 -
January
29, 2001- by Greg Roberts.
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....Trip
Report: Bangkok and Cambodia, by Genie Silver. In early
January,
2003, my husband and I spent several days in Bangkok and 6 days in Cambodia.
This was not a birding trip but I birded one morning for a few hours
on the outskirts of Bangkok. In Cambodia, my husband joined me for a 6
hour round trip on the Tonle Sap Lake to the Prektol Birding Sanctuary.
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....Trip
Report: Northern Thailand, 23 February – 5 March 2003, by
Gruff Dodd. Our first visit
to Thailand was long overdue, and the biggest problem facing us on this
trip, especially given the short amount of time available, was deciding
which sites to visit. We eventually decided to concentrate on just a handful
of sites in the north of the country, centred in the historical city of
Chiang Mai. This allowed me to spend enough time on finding the key species
in these areas, while avoiding moving around too often, which suited Sara
just fine.
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....Trip
Report: Unexpected SE Asia: Thailand, Cambodia and
Malaysia.
April 9 – May 9, 2003, by Garry George. This was our third trip to the
region in an attempt to fill in the big holes in our list. We planned April
because the big holes might be calling. The Spoonbill Sandpiper reliable
for the past few years at Kok Karm were another factor. We had expectations.
But one of the great joys of birding and nature is the unexpected event
that interrupts the flow of expectation and awakens us from our numbing
assumptions, much like the Buddha’s teaching.
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....Trip
Report: Thailand. 18 Days - our first birding in Thailand - Justin
Jansen.
Our main goal was to get a first impression of Thailand and combine it
with some good birds. Our top birding goals were Gurney's Pitta, Malaysian
Plover, Christmas Island Frigatebird, Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Nordmann's
Greenshank. We scored 4 out of 5 - we missed Spoon-billed Sandpiper by
a day.
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....Thailand
Bird Reports - by the Bird Conservation Society of
Thailand. If you are looking
for a particular bird in Thailand, this site will help you to determine
where that bird might be found.
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....A
Gallery of the Birds of Thailand - don't let the Thai characters put
you off... At
the bottom of each page describing a Thai bird is a link to a marvellous
photograph of the bird.
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....Thailand
Trip Reports - you can find Thailand trip reports on John
Girdley's
BirdTours website by following the Asia/Thailand link from the main page.
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Factoids taken from Where
to watch birds in Asia - by Nigel Wheatley
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