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Birding2asia – Trip itinerary and bird list

Thailand

Mountains of the North

03 – 09 March 2008

 

Guests ; Peter Waanders, Bruce Wedderburn

 

Sunday 02 March 08

Late afternoon arrival at Chiang Mai airport and transfer to Thaton for the night.

 

Monday 03 March 08

Full day birding up Doi Lang. Night in Thaton.

Highlights of the day include : 95 bird species seen!

2 Blue-bearded Bee-eaters, Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush, Crested Goshawk, Slaty-backed and Little Pied Flycatcher, Spectacled Barwing, Bay Woodpecker, Red-faced Liocicla, Black-eared Shrike Babbler…

 

Tuesday 04 March 08

Full day birding up Doi Pha Hom Pok. Night in Fang.

Highlights of the day include :

Russet Bush Warbler, Banded Bay Cuckoo, Mountain Hawk Eagle, Burmese Shrike, Asian Paradise Flycatcher, Rusty-cheeked Scimitar Babbler, White-browed Laughingthrush, Mountain Bamboo Partridge, Brown-breasted Bulbul…

 

Wednesday 05 March 08

Morning birding on Doi Ang Khan. Transfer to Chiang Dao and birding the temple area down the mountain and

the rice paddies near town.

Highlights of the day include : 107 bird species seen!

Black-breasted Thrush, Abberant Bush Warbler, Spot-breasted Parrotbill, White-browed Laughingthrush,

Streaked Wren Babbler, Pied Harrier...

 

Thursday 06 March 08

Full morning on Doi Chiang Dao, transfer to Chiang Mai and birding the Royal Project for Green Peafowl. Night

in Chiang Mai.

Highlights of the day include :

2 males Hume’s Pheasant, Chestnut Bunting, Giant Nuthatch, Collared Owlet, Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon,

Long-tailed Broadbill, Burmese Shrike, Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush, Crested Finchbill, Slaty-backed Forktail,

Spot-breasted Babbler, Slender-billed Oriole…

 

Friday 07 March 08

Birding Huay Tung Tao (lowland site near Chiang Mai) in the early morning and transfer to Doi Inthanon for

birding the rest of the day. –Waterfalls, Orchard, km 34, campground-

Highlights of the day include :

6 Painted Snipes, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Rufous Treepie, Purple Sunbird, Indochinese Bushlark, Barred Buttonquail, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Wire-tailed Swallow, Fire-capped Tit, Daurian Redstart, Chinese Leaf

Warbler, Lesser Shortwing…

 

Saturday 08 March 08

Full day on Doi Inthanon. –Summit, km 37, Khun Wang road, km 23 track, km 13 track-

Highlights of the day include :

Black-headed Woodpecker, Large Hawk Cuckoo, Grey Nightjar, Rosy Minivet, Collared Falconet, Dark-sided

Thrush, White-browed Shortwing, Pygmy Wren Babbler, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Red-flanked Bluetail, Blue-throated Flycatcher…

 

Sunday 09 March 08

Doi Inthanon. –Summit, km 37, km 34, km 23-, transfer to Chiang Mai and birding Mai Hia Agricultural College

before return to the airport.

Highlights of the day include :

Red-headed Trogon, Ashy Woodpigeon, Long-tailed Broadbill, Grey-sided Thrush, Slaty-bellied Tesia,

Brown-throated Treecreeper, Rufous-fronted Shrike Babbler, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Chinese Francolin,

Green-billed Malkoha…

 

Trip list -275 species    Some of the better species seen highlighted in bold.

 

Grey Heron Ardea cinerea

 

Intermediate Egret Egretta intermedia

 

Little Egret Egretta garzetta

 

Chinese Pond-Heron Ardeola bacchus

 

Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis

 

Lesser Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna javanica

 

Oriental Honey-buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus

 

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

 

Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos

 

Crested Goshawk Accipiter trivirgatus

 

Shikra Accipiter badius

 

Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis

 

Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer

Singles seen at Chiang Dao, Huay Tung Tao and Mai Hia

 

Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus

 

Eurasian Buzzard Buteo buteo

 

Mountain Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus nipalensis

One seen Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Collared Falconet Microhierax caerulescens

One Doi Inthanon km 13

 

Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus

Seen briefly by Peter DI km 13 and a female seen and photographed Mai Hia

 

Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus

Doi Lang and Doi Pha Hom Pok, heard only

 

Scaly-breasted Partridge Arborophila chloropus

Heard at Chiang Dao temple

 

Mountain Bamboo-Partridge Bambusicola fytchii

Seen very well on Doi Pha Hom Pok and also photographed Doi Intanon Siriphum WF

 

Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus

Heard only Doi Inthanon

 

Hume's Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae Vulnerable (VU)

2 males on the track up to Den Ya Khat substation on Doi Chiang Dao gave perfect views, second bird also photographed

 

Green Peafowl Pavo muticus Vulnerable (VU)

3 males and 3 females seen at Huay Krung... project site. Male on lake-edge gave 'wild' views

 

Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

One flushed Huay Tung Tao

 

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus

 

Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis

2 females and up to 5 males gave perfect close flight views at Mai Hia

 

Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus

Approx. 15 birds Chiang Dao ricefields

 

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus

 

Rock Pigeon Columba livia

 

Ashy Wood-Pigeon Columba pulchricollis

Seen perched Doi Intanon summit and jeep track km 37, group seen in flight on way down from summit

 

Oriental Turtle-Dove Streptopelia orientalis

Only seen on Doi Lang

 

Red Collared-Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica

 

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis

 

Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica

 

Zebra Dove Geopelia striata

 

Thick-billed Pigeon Treron curvirostra

One seen perched Huay Tung Tao

 

Wedge-tailed Pigeon Treron sphenurus

One female in fruiting tree near village on way down from Doi Chiang Dao

 

Mountain Imperial-Pigeon Ducula badia

 

Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides

Heard singing throughout, seen on Doi Inthanon km 13

 

Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii

One seen on way down from Doi Pha Hom Pok, strangely had plain brown back, no barring at all!!!

 

Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus

 

Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris

Heard only Chiang Dao temple

 

Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus

 

Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis

Doi Pha Hom Pok and Mai Hia

 

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis

 

Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis

one Huay Tung Tao

 

Oriental Bay-Owl Phodilus badius

2 birds heard Chiang Dao temple

 

Collared Scops-Owl Otus lettia

 

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Bubo nipalensis

Heard only Chiang Dao temple, both calls

 

Collared Owlet Glaucidium brodiei

Heard throughout but seen very well on Doi Chiang Dao

 

Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides

 

Brown Hawk-Owl Ninox scutulata

 

Javan Frogmouth Batrachostomus javensis

Still no views after trying hard to call in 2 birds on the Chiang Dao temple steps

 

Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus indicus

One in headlights just below the Doi Inthanon summit at 2540m alti

 

Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus

 

Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris

 

Asian Palm-Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis

 

Fork-tailed Swift Apus pacificus

 

House Swift Apus nipalensis

 

Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata

 

Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus

One seen Doi Inthanon km 37 jeep track

 

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis

 

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis

 

Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni

2 birds seen from the bridge at Doi Lang

 

Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis

 

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti

 

Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis

 

Eurasian Hoopoe Upupa epops

 

Great Barbet Megalaima virens

 

Lineated Barbet Megalaima lineata

 

Golden-throated Barbet Megalaima franklinii

 

Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica

 

Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala

 

Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus

Seen on Doi Pha Hom Pok, Doi Chiang Dao and DI

 

White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea

Seen very well Doi Chiang Dao substation trail

 

Grey-capped Woodpecker Dendrocopos canicapillus

 

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus

 

Rufous Woodpecker Celeus brachyurus

Heard only DI and Huay Tung Tao

 

Greater Yellownape Picus flavinucha

Heard only DI km 13

 

Black-headed Woodpecker Picus erythropygius

2 birds seen DI km13

 

Grey-faced Woodpecker Picus canus

Seen Doi Chiang Dao, heard DI km 13

 

Common Flameback Dinopium javanense

2 birds seen DI km 13

 

Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis

Seen Doi Lang, heard Doi Pha Hom Pok and Doi Chiang Dao

 

Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae

Seen Doi Chiang Dao, heard DI km 37

 

Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus

Heard only Doi Chiang Dao

 

Rusty-naped Pitta Pitta oatesi

One heard only from valley below km 21 trail at Doi Ang Khan

 

Indochinese Bushlark Mirafra erythrocephala

One seen Huay Tung Tao, singing from perch + song flight

 

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica

 

Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii

One seen on wires of canal road Chiang Mai

 

Asian Martin Delichon dasypus

 

Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica

 

Striated Swallow Cecropis striolata

 

Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi

One seen Mai Hia

 

Oriental Pipit Anthus rufulus

 

Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni

 

White Wagtail Motacilla alba

 

Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea

 

Large Cuckoo-shrike Coracina macei

 

Indochinese Cuckoo-shrike Coracina polioptera

 

Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus

DI km 23

 

Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus

 

Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris

 

Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus flammeus

 

Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris

 

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus

 

Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons

Common on Doi Lang, several Doi Pha Hom Pok and Doi Ang Khan, one bird at Den Ya Khat substation of Doi Chiang Dao

 

Black-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus atriceps

 

Black-crested Bulbul Pycnonotus melanicterus

 

Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus

 

Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Few seen Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster

 

Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni

 

Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens

 

Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi

 

Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus

 

Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua

 

Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii

 

Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala

 

Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus

 

Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis

 

Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii

 

Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

 

Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush Monticola rufiventris

female on Doi Lang, male Doi Chiang Dao

 

Blue Rock-Thrush Monticola solitarius

 

Blue Whistling-Thrush Myophonus caeruleus

 

Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata

one at Mr Deangs DI

 

Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis

4 birds at royal project Doi Ang Khan

 

Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus

one seen briefly Doi Inthanon summit

 

Grey-sided Thrush Turdus feae Vulnerable (VU)

one seen DI summit, several on km 37 track

 

Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus

 

Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophrys

Seen very well at km 34 DI

 

White-browed Shortwing Brachypteryx montana

female at Mr Deangs, 2 males summit DI

 

Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis

Chiang Dao bypass paddies

 

Hill Prinia Prinia atrogularis

 

Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens

 

Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii

 

Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris

 

Plain Prinia Prinia inornata

 

Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea

2 birds seen km 37 DI

 

Aberrant Bush-Warbler Cettia flavolivacea

Perfect views Doi Ang Khan km 21 trail, heard on Doi Lang

 

Russet Bush-Warbler Bradypterus seebohmi

One seen Doi Pha Hom Pok, 2 more birds singing

 

Pallas' Warbler Locustella certhiola

One bird flushed from low thick vegetation at km 19 WF Doi Inthanon

 

Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon

Heard only Huay Tung Tao

 

Mountain Tailorbird Orthotomus cuculatus

 

Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius

 

Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis

 

Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus

 

Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis

Doi Chiang Dao, in pines at viewpoint

 

Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii

Doi Ang Khan, km 34 roadside

 

Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher

 

Ashy-throated Warbler Phylloscopus maculipennis

only DI summit

 

Lemon-rumped Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus

 

Chinese Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis Near-endemic

 

Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus

 

Hume's Warbler Phylloscopus humei

 

Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides

 

Blyth's Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides

 

White-tailed Leaf-Warbler Phylloscopus davisoni

Doi Lang only

 

Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti

DI km 37 track, one bird only

 

Bianchi's Warbler Seicercus valentini

Doi Chiang Dao and DI

 

Chestnut-crowned Warbler Seicercus castaniceps

 

Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica

 

Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula hodgsonii

 

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata

2 birds seen at Doi Pha Hom Pok campground

 

Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla

 

Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra

DI summit

 

Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni

 

Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus

 

Large Niltava Niltava grandis

Only one seen by Bruce on way down Doi Pha Hom Pok

 

Blue-throated Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides

1 at Mr. Deangs DI

 

Hill Blue-Flycatcher Cyornis banyumas

Seen on way down DPHP

 

Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis

 

Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane

One bird in thick vegetation on Doi Lang

 

Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus

Several DPHP and one DI summit

 

Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis

 

White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus

 

Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus

Males at DPHP campground and at DI orchard

 

White-capped Redstart Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

DI WF

 

Plumbeous Redstart Rhyacornis fuliginosa

DI WF

 

White-tailed Robin Cinclidium leucurum

One flew across road DI km 34

 

Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus

2 birds seen briefly en-route DCD

 

Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus

 

Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata

 

Grey Bushchat Saxicola ferreus

 

Yellow-bellied Fantail Rhipidura hypoxantha

 

White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis

 

Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea

 

Asian Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

Single males DPHP and DI km 37

 

White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus

 

White-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax strepitans

Group seen km 37 DI

 

White-browed Laughingthrush Garrulax sannio

Few seen on DPHP and en-route DAK to Chiang Dao

 

Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush Garrulax erythrocephalus

 

Red-faced Liocichla Liocichla phoenicea

Seen twice on Doi Lang

 

Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre

One at Den Ya Khat substation trail, DCD

 

Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps

Seen DCD

 

Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus erythrogenys

Seen twice DPHP

 

White-browed Scimitar-Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps

Seen from bridge Doi Lang

 

Streaked Wren-Babbler Napothera brevicaudata

Heard DAK and seen at Chiang Dao temple, incl nest and eggs

 

Pygmy Wren-Babbler Pnoepyga pusilla

Seen on DPHP summit trail and DI summit, heard DI km 37

 

Rufous-fronted Babbler Stachyris rufifrons

 

Golden Babbler Stachyris chrysaea

 

Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps

 

Striped Tit-Babbler Macronous gularis

 

Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris

 

White-browed Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis

 

Black-eared Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius melanotis

Doi Lang

 

Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler Pteruthius aenobarbus

DCD and DI km 34

 

Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi

Only seen on Doi Lang

 

Blue-winged Minla Minla cyanouroptera

 

Chestnut-tailed Minla Minla strigula

 

Rufous-winged Fulvetta Alcippe castaneceps

With 3 newly fledged young at DI km 37

 

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala

 

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe morrisonia

 

Rufous-backed Sibia Heterophasia annectens

 

Black-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca

 

Striated Yuhina Yuhina castaniceps

 

Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis

 

White-bellied Yuhina Yuhina zantholeuca

 

Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis

One seen DAK km 21 trail

 

Black-throated Tit Aegithalos concinnus

Only seen on Doi Lang

 

Great Tit Parus major

 

Yellow-cheeked Tit Parus spilonotus

 

Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus

 

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis

 

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis

 

Giant Nuthatch Sitta magna Vulnerable (VU) Near-endemic

Several DCD

 

Brown-throated Treecreeper Certhia discolor

Doi Lang and DI km 37

 

Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps

pair at DI orchard seen very well

 

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis

One female Huay Tung Tao

 

Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus

Male and female Huay Tung Tao

 

Olive-backed Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis

 

Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae

 

Green-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga nipalensis

 

Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata

 

Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra

 

Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna

 

Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor

One bird near village on way down DCD

 

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

Several from DCD trail

 

Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus

 

Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii

 

Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella

 

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus

 

Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides

 

Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach

 

Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus

 

Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis gularis

 

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

 

Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythrorhyncha

3 birds seen Huay Tung Tao

 

Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda

one seen HTT

 

Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae

 

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos

 

White-vented Myna Acridotheres grandis

 

Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

 

Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis

 

Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus

 

Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus

 

Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus

 

White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata

 

Nutmeg Mannikin Lonchura punctulata

 

Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus

 

Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila

10s seen DCD Den Ya Khat trail

 

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