Trip report: Pak Thale and the Khao Yai area, Thailand (01/01/2020 – 10/01/2020)

Summary

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Seeing a species that is flying towards extinction, the Spoon-billed Sandpiper, endows bragging rights. Seeing the cover bird of a frequently used regional field guide, the Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo, also endows bragging rights. Because life is all about bragging rights 100% and absolutely nothing else, I decided that an independently organised trip to Pak Thale and Khao Yai national park was necessary to start the year of 2020. I visited Pak Thale with another friend, Khao Yai in a group of four, and clearly do not know how to begin my trip reports.

Main Locations Birded

Pak Thale

Sab Sadao, Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, Khao Yai National Park

Itinerary

1 January	Arrive at Bangkok Drive to Phetchaburi
2 January	Birding Pak Thale
3 January	Birding Pak Thale and Phetchaburi Drive to Bangkok
4 January	Drive towards Sakaerat Environmental Research Station Evening birding at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station
5 January	Birding at Sab Sadao
6 January	Drive to Khao Yai Afternoon birding at Khao Yai
7 January	Birding Khao Yai
8 January	Birding Khao Yai
9 January	Birding Khao Yai
10 January	Birding Wat Phra Phuttabath Noi, short birding at Muang Boran Fishponds Return to Bangkok

Planning the trip

The typical and more logical birding itinerary involves visiting Pak Thale and Kaeng Krachan National Park in one trip. However, not only was the higher elevation section of Kaeng Krachan still inaccessible as of January 2020, we also had to return to Bangkok to pick up our two other friends who were not joining the Pak Thale leg. We therefore opted to make the drive towards Khao Yai National Park instead and save Kaeng Krachan for a future trip.

Nick Upton’s superb thaibirding.com website was our bible and had extremely detailed information required to plan the trip. We also referred to Birding2asia for information regarding Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve (Siamese Fireback stakeout) and Wat Phra Phuttabath Noi (Limestone Wren-babbler stakeout). Information regarding Pak Thale was available on North Thailand Birding as well. I would like to express my profound appreciation to these sites for the details.

I am also grateful to the authors of the following trip reports that were helpful in planning our trip: Alex Berryman, Raphaël Lebrun, Oliver Simms, Jelmer Poelstra.

Field Guide used:

1. Robson, C. (2014). Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia. Bloomsbury Publishing.
2. Lee, W.-S., Choi, C.-Y., Kim, K. (2018). Field Guide to the Waterbirds of ASEAN. ASEAN-Korea Environmental Cooperation Unit (AKECU). (This field guide is downloadable online (legally) from the official website of the Biodiversity Management Bureau, Republic of the Philippines)

Transport

There are two main international airports in Bangkok, Don Mueang and Suvarnabhumi. As our flights were all via Don Mueang, we hoped to rent and return the vehicle to the same place. However, we pulled off a terrible logistical screw up and did not have a car just two days before our trip. Phoning every rental company that operated in Don Mueang was futile because as they were all booked out and we ultimately booked a vehicle from the Suvarnabhumi Airport branch of Sixt Rent a Car.

Shuttle buses connected the two airports but could only be used by those with connecting flights. Hence, we used the Grab ride hailing app to get from Don Mueang to Suvarnabhumi, which journey was 45 minutes.

For driving, we relied on Google Maps and it was primarily accurate. However, the highways around Bangkok were quite confusing because they split like phylogenetic trees, often with very short distances between splits, especially after toll gates. We entered the wrong highway and had to make extreme detours twice. Google Maps was also unreliable at within small towns in the more rural area, requiring us to drive several kilometres for a U-turn that could be solved with a simple three-point turn. Traffic within Bangkok city was horrible even past midnight and estimated arrival timings were severely underestimated. Estimates of the long-distance journeys were more accurate. Tolls at the highways around Bangkok were quite straightforward and we just entered the non-automatic section, passed the staff some money (in cash), and received our changes.

As warned in thaibirding.com, the highway towards the Khao Yai direction was not really the safest of roads. The wide roads had countless number of U-turns and traffic often came to near standstills whenever massive trucks had to squeeze their way into the speeding lane 1. A row of hazard lights a couple of hundred metres ahead is a signal to slow down.

Petrol kiosks could be easily found via Google Maps. Khao Yai National Park had none.

Accommodation

1 – 3 January, Phetchaburi. Airbnb: Home stay with two Thai sisters, host – Nittaya

Located in Phetchaburi (Shows up as “2N Guesthouse” on Google Maps) and about 30 minutes from the Pak Thale sites. A cozy Airbnb with a convenience store just a few hundred metres away.

3 – 4 January, Bangkok: WIW mini hotel

We spent a night at Bangkok instead of driving straight from Phetchaburi to the Sakaerat area.

4 – 6 January, Sakaerat area: Banrai Kunchay Wangnamkhiao

Booked via Booking.com. The most cost-effective accommodation we could find that was convenient enough to access Sakaerat Environmental Research Station and Sab Sadao. Pretty comfy even though the room was shared by four people. Dogs were cute and friendly. Breakfast available.

6 – 10 January: Khao Yai National Park

We decided to stay within the national park itself rather than to book an accommodation outside to avoid the daily drive. Opening and closing hours of the park seemed well enforced so this allowed us to be less restricted by time. We struggled to find information regarding online booking and hence went straight to the information centre upon arrival without making any appointments.

Things were confusing initially as we were told to book a room on an online portal (nps.dnp.go.th) while standing in the middle of the information centre. However, as we lacked a Thai IC, we were unable to create an account and a staff thankfully helped us to book a room instead. I am hence unsure if that website can be used by non-citizens but will just list it here regardless. There were several zones of accommodations and we stayed at Zone 3 (GPS: 14.434256, 101.380700) that had rooms for two, with toilet and heated shower attached. There was one power plug per room. The price was 560 baht per night, but we stayed on weekdays and the cost is apparently 800 baht on Friday and weekend nights.

General Logistics

Language

With our combined efforts we were able to string the sentence “Hello, where is the toilet? Thank you!” in Thai but we lacked the ability to understand the replies. Basically, we could not speak any Thai. The staffs in Khao Yai National Park spoke English but we otherwise could not understand anything elsewhere. Hand gestures and the Google Translate app was therefore very useful.

SIM Card

SIM cards were sold at Don Mueang International Airport and we got a 10-day plan with 7GB of data for 449 Thb. (Refer to the “Maps and other useful information” for other rates).

Food

Food was not an issue at all for the Phetchaburi section as the towns had convenience stores (with the seven-elevens all operating 24/7) and a variety of food stalls. The nearest ones from the wader watching and rice field birding sites were about 20 minutes away.

The Sakaerat-Sab Sadao section likewise had convenience stores and eateries along the highway. Some were small roadside stalls, while others were restaurants. While they felt more sparsely distributed compared to the Phetchaburi side, we did not have problems finding food. At the Sab Sadao area there was a small restaurant along Mun Bon reservoir at GPS: 14.485865, 102.144083.

Within Khao Yai National Park, there were two main places where we ate at. There first place was opposite the information centre and there was a convenience store, a food court, a restaurant (called Vanali Restaurant) and a café. The restaurant closed at 1500 while the food court and convenience store closed at 1800 during our visit. The second place was at the Pha Kluai Mai Camping Ground where there was one restaurant that seemed to be open from around 0700 to 1800 (GPS: 14.430269, 101.399940), one small outdoor café (GPS: 14.431143, 101.400158), as well as a convenience store opposite the café. The food was understandably slightly pricier than places outside the national park but were of quality we felt were not bad.

Weather

We visited during the dry season and had good weather throughout.

Birding

Pak Thale

We stared at many eBird reports and trip reports for Pak Thale, but the waders were obviously not glued to the saltpans and hence flew all over the place. I will here just list the main sites we visited with some short remarks. The heat and reflection off the water at Pak Thale was quite intense, so bring a hat and drink plenty of water.

Pak Thale Saltpans (eBird: Pak Thale Nature Reserve (general area))

This is the Spoonie site, now managed by the Bird Conservation Society of Thailand. We arrived around 0700 and parked our vehicle at GPS: 13.152720,100.062230. Thereafter, we just walked the big mud banks and scanned every bird. Flocks of Little and Indian Cormorants rested at the coastal area around GPS: 13.148767, 100.065355, but the other waterbirds were just feeding and flying whenever flushed. Other than the typical waterbirds of Pak Thale, we found a Black-tailed Gull which was apparently rare. After 7 hours of hard work, my friend spotted the Spoon-billed Sandpiper and our main mission was accomplished.

Laem Phak Bia Saltpans (eBird: Laem Phak Bia–salt pans east of Hwy. 4028)

Just a short drive from the first site. The saltpans here were more extensive and the birds likewise just fed and flushed every darn time a Brahminy Kite flew by. We stopped at several places along the main road to scan. We also drove along the dirt road from GPS: 13.052587, 100.075457 until around GPS: 13.066303, 100.071245. We saw Pied Avocets near the entrance and on our second day we found a flock of 27 Nordmann’s Greenshanks at the saltpans here.

King’s Project (eBird: Laem Phak Bia–Environmental Research & Development Project)

Parked at the carpark (GPS: 13.047338, 100.083944) and walked around for a short while on the first evening but we did not find much apart from some Common Greenshanks and a Common Kestrel. A later visit around 1900 yielded two Indian Nightjars at the carpark.

Phetchaburi Rice Fields

We drove and stopped at random places for birding from around GPS: 13.176128, 99.933665 to GPS: 13.129494, 99.899139 on our second morning. Bronze-winged Jacanas were in the rice fields and in roadside canals. Stejneger’s Stonechats and Black Drongos were abundant.

At a wet field around GPS: 13.168752,99.919134 there were big flocks of Bar-tailed Godwits and Black-winged Stilts, some 20 or so Glossy Ibises and a Grey-headed Swamphen.

The fields around GPS: 13.156716 99.906876 had a Black-capped Kingfisher, several Indochinese Rollers, and Asian Golden and Streaked Weavers foraging together.

Sakaerat Environmental Research Station

We visited this site on an evening for just two hours to look for the Siamese Fireback. The instructions on birding2asia were slightly confusing and we spent quite a lot of time (and made multiple U-turns) looking for the correct entrance. The Google Maps name is Sakaerat Environmental Research Station (not Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve) and the entrance is at GPS: 14.509077,101.953938. The drive in was very obvious after entering the research station.

A big group of local tourists were on a guided tour and their tram drove up what seemed like the main road of the research station. We decided to walk up the same direction and after about a kilometre in, we found the group staring at a flock of extremely bold Siamese Firebacks (cover photo) that were attracted to the waterholes. We thereafter spent about 40 minutes staring at the pretty chickens chasing each other around. Although this species can also be found in Khao Yai National Park (and we did, indeed, have two extremely brief encounter later in our trip) the views were far better here. There were multiple waterholes along the main road and our encounter was at GPS: 14.504383, 101.926448.

Apart from the Siamese Firebacks we also encountered Blue-bearded Bee-eater and the indochinese Scaly-crowned Babbler that differed from the Sundaic birds we were used to. An Asian Barred Owlet also gave us good views near the carpark during our walk back to the vehicle.

Sab Sadao

We visited Sab Sadao for one day to look for some dry forest birds absent from Khao Yai National Park. Here, we birded two trails at the ranger station area in the morning and evening respectively and went to the Mun Bon reservoir side during the day. There were many burning trees at the ranger station area, presumably under a controlled burning scheme.

We parked at the ranger station at GPS: 14.398983, 102.165212 and walked the eastern track until a building at GPS: 14.397612, 102.178065. We were unable to look at the reservoir from the track and the path beyond was gated. Right as we decided to turn back, a staff told us that we were actually allowed to enter the gated area. We chose not to, and I am unsure if there are any specialties known to be reliable at the reservoir but will just note here that access is apparently permitted.

Along the track we encountered many Eurasian Jays and Red-breasted Parakeets. Blossom-headed Parakeets were rarer, but present. The bizarre looking Eurasian Hoopoes flew over the canopy many times and offered some good views as well. Black-headed Woodpecker was not too difficult too. It took us awhile to find one of our main targets, the White-browed Fantail, but the distinct song was a giveaway. Towards the end of the trail we also encountered some Small Minivets. Plain Prinias were common but the bigger Deignan’s Prinia was a heard only. We found multiple Common Woodshrikes and a Large Cuckooshrike but struggled to find the Indochinese Cuckooshrike.

In the day, we birded mainly at a marshy ditch around GPS: 14.490451, 102.147891 but our only takeaways were Rufous Treepie and Thick-billed Warbler. During our return drive to the ranger station, what started as a brief stop to identify a bird on a bare tree (that turned out to be an Indochinese Bush Lark) quickly transformed into a memorable birding experience because a Spotted Owlet flushed and perched on a tree at GPS: 14.483817,102.180665. The tree probably had some magical powers because the owlet multiplied into two after a few minutes, offering us fantastic views.

Our evening birding back at the ranger station was towards the southern track. We walked about 1.2km in where the habitat seemed to change but could not explorer further as the sun was setting. Evening birding here was unproductive although possibly because most of the trees within the immediate vicinity of the trail was clearly very recently burnt. Around 1800, Chinese Francolins started calling somewhere around GPS: 14.389648, 102.161895 and we spent about 30 minutes trying to track one down, but to no avail.

Khao Yai

Our visit to the national park was during the weekdays and the park was hence not too crowded. Birding along the trails was quite peaceful thanks to this. Khao Yai National Park is a massive site (about 3 times the area of the country I reside in) but the popular birding spots are quite typical. I will here list some of the main sites where we saw our key birds. Refer to the “Maps and other useful information” for the park map. The entrance fee was 400 bahts per person and another 50 baht for the vehicle.

Food Court Area and “Trail B” (GPS: 14.437400, 101.370287)

Our birding sessions at the headquarters area was mainly during meals and while waiting for our takeaway food to be prepared (we had our dinners packed). A platform around GPS: 14.438647, 101.371576 offered some nice views of the river where we saw an Asian Openbill. Many birds flew over the clearing, including Blue-eared Barbet, Chestnut-headed Bee-eater, Ashy Drongo, Moustached Barbet (commonest barbet seen during our trip) and Vernal Hanging Parrot, among others.

We also spent an evening at the entrance to a trail behind the food court (listed as Trail B in thaibirding.com) at GPS: 14.437400, 101.370287. A massive fruiting tree at the clearing attracted frugivores including Great and Oriental Pied Hornbills, Sultan Tit, Thick-billed and Orange-breasted Green Pigeons, Common Hill Myna and Barbets. We did not have enough time to check out trail B but the White-handed Gibbons we saw swinging their way into the trail seemed familiar with the site.

Pha Kluai Mai Campsite

• Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo stakeouts (?)

Our main target in Khao Yai was the Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo and we spent close to seven hours over three days at two supposed stakeouts. The ominous adjective obviously indicates that we failed to see the Ground-cuckoo at those places, but I will list them here regardless since both stakeouts seem to be known sites and were at the Pha Kluai Mai Campsite (GPS: 14.431304, 101.400019).

The first stakeout was behind the restaurant at GPS: 14.430244, 101.399935. On the day of our arrival in the national park, we visited this place and showed a photograph of the Ground-cuckoo to the restaurant staffs. They seemed to be familiar with the species and told us to wait behind the restaurant at 0600. We did so the next morning and it got bright enough around 0630 for birding but the star bird did not show after 2 hours of waiting. We did find a consolation Hainan Blue Flycatcher here.

We then met a visiting birder and another local photographer who told us about the second stakeout. This happened to be the same site listed in the “Pa Gluay Mai Campsite” section in thaibirding.com and was at GPS: 14.432314,101.399376. In thaibirding.com, the advice was to enter the stakeout from the back rather than from the toilet itself, but the supposed path was overgrown and muddy – possibly no longer frequently used. The path from the back of the toilet was instead much clearer, and the local photographer also advised us to enter from there, which we did instead.

There was a small clearing at the stakeout and the local had a picture of a trio he apparently photographed just a day before our visit. We were not too sure if others who visit this site bait the birds, but we did not, and despite spending over 4.5 hours over three days we saw no Ground-cuckoo here. In fact, the area was strangely devoid of bird life apart from one distracting White-rumped Shama. On one occasion, I spotted a random Blue Pitta bouncing about the forest floor far away but it disappeared within a minute and my groupmates could only get a brief view.

My hopes of seeing this species was quite low by our last day, and the rest from my group probably gave up by then as well. We had some sinful breakfast at the outdoor café that definitely helped lift our spirits. Then, the unthinkable happened. Right as we drove out of the campsite, a Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo decided to dash out from the forest, stop on the road, stare at us for a few seconds, then continue running into the forest. The site was at GPS: 14.430703, 101.399086 and had I not jam the brakes, the bird would definitely have died.

I cannot vouch for the reliability of the stakeouts since we drew a blank at both sites, but they have been productive for others, so it might be worth checking them out regardless.

• General birding in the camping ground

Pha Kluai Mai Camping Ground was quite a fantastic birding site in general outside the stakeouts. The fruiting trees (it actually seemed as if the entire of Khao Yai National Park was fruiting) attracted the barbets as well as Stripe-throated, Black-crested and Grey-eyed Bulbuls. We also had good views of Thick-billed and Fire-breasted (Cambodian) Flowerpeckers. Radde’s Warblers were common in the thickets and we also found a Greater Flameback here. In the evenings, Great Eared Nightjars made low flybys at the campground clearing, but only for a very brief duration.

Collared Owlets were also common in the camping ground by call. On one of the days, we made a roadside stop around GPS: 14.430699,101.398364 upon hearing some commotion and hit the jackpot – birds were mobbing a Collared Owlet that was holding on to a freaking Puff-throated Bulbul. The next 45 minutes of our time was spent staring at the miniature owl tearing apart its meal.

We also saw an Asian Elephant at the campsite during our trip. The animal attracted about two dozen tourists, but multiple park rangers were around to handle the situation. We listened to their safety instructions unlike the few idiots that somehow just saw the necessity to get as close as possible to the beast.

• Waterfall Trail

There was a waterfall trail (trailhead GPS: 14.430842, 101.400931) that we visited on one late morning but apart from a Sulphur-breasted Warbler (common) and a Japanese Paradise Flycatcher it was quite unproductive.

Road beyond Pha Kluai Mai Campsite

We birded the road from the campsite towards Haew Su Wat Waterfall on one morning. This road was gated at night and was only drivable past 0700. Our highlights from this trail was a trio of Red-headed Trogons, a Blue-bearded Bee-eater, and a Golden-crested Myna. The Myna was a species that took us four days to find despite checking every Common Hill Myna group throughout the trip and the bird we encountered was solitary.

Nong Pak Chi Wildlife Observation Tower

The observation tower was about a kilometre in from the trailhead at GPS: 14.450958, 101.367671. We only visited this site on one evening and the open habitat had Black-crested and Red-whiskered Bulbuls as well as Stejneger’s Stonechats. From the tower, we spied on a sandbathing pair of Oriental Pied Hornbills. There was a House Swift colony under the tower as well and they were very chatty.

Thai-American Friendship Trail

This long trail started at GPS: 14.433505, 101.371255 and looped around the forest until GPS: 14.429939, 101.367672. Bird activity at this site was quite low, probably because we visited in the late morning, but here we had decent views of a Green-eared Barbet, encountered many Pale-legged Leaf Warblers, a soaring Shikra, and a flock of White-crested Laughingthrush.

KM33 Trail

The KM 33 trail in Khao Yai National Park, as warned in thaibirding, branched out after a while although all of them seemed to lead towards the same direction. We visited this trail on one evening and only ventured about 2km in. Bird activity in the trail was not particularly high and most of the birds we saw was at a single fruiting tree that attracted the typical frugivorous birds. However, the lack of general bird activity did not matter because here we managed to find a pair of Eared Pittas.

Wat Phra Phuttabath Noi

This site was pretty straightforward. We parked our vehicle at GPS: 14.652787, 100.982131, walked around for a while and found the Limestone Wren-babbler calcicola hopping around GPS: 14.653527, 100.982057 within 10 minutes.

Muang Boran Fishponds

We visited this site (GPS: 13.551132,100.638398 and its immediate vicinity) in the late morning for about 1.5 hours on our last day before departing Thailand but it was not particularly productive. Striated Grassbirds were common and other grassland/marsh birds we found were Plain and Yellow-bellied Prinia. The Acrocephalus warblers were somehow absent. We did find some nice waterbirds including Black-winged Stilts, Grey-headed Lapwings, Bronze-winged and Pheasant-tailed Jacanas though. The last bird of our trip was a flock of nine Cotton Pygmy Goose – a lifer for a majority of us and a great (and cute!) end to our short adventure.

EDIT 2022 July 23: GPS coordinates for Sab Sadao Ranger Station was previously incorrect.

EDIT 2022 September 9: On July 23 it turns out I fixed the GPS coordinates for Sab Sadao Ranger Station wrongly on my blog post. It should be correct now. Thanks Hen for letting me know!!

Maps and other useful information

SIM card prices at Don Mueang Airport

Map of Khao Yai National Park

Systematic List of Birds

235 species seen, 17 heard only

Nomenclature and taxonomy follows Gill F, D Donsker & P Rasmussen  (Eds). 2020. IOC World Bird List (v10.1). doi :  10.14344/IOC.ML.10.1.

1 = Seen, HO = Heard Only

PT = Pak Thale and Phetchaburi Rice Fields, S = Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, SS = Sab Sadao, KY = Khao Yai National Park, W = Wat Phra Phuttabath Noi, M = Muang Boran Fishponds

No	English Name	Latin Name	PT	S	SS	KY	W	M
1	Chinese Francolin	Francolinus pintadeanus			HO
2	Green-legged Partridge	Arborophila chloropus				HO
3	Red Junglefowl	Gallus gallus				1
4	Siamese Fireback	Lophura diardi		1		1
5	Lesser Whistling Duck	Dendrocygna javanica						1
6	Cotton Pygmy Goose	Nettapus coromandelianus						1
7	Great Eared Nightjar	Lyncornis macrotis		1	1	1
8	Grey Nightjar	Caprimulgus jotaka				1
9	Large-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus macrurus			1	1
10	Indian Nightjar	Caprimulgus asiaticus	1
11	Silver-backed Needletail	Hirundapus cochinchinensis			1
12	Brown-backed Needletail	Hirundapus giganteus				1
13	Asian Palm Swift	Cypsiurus balasiensis			1	1	1
14	House Swift	Apus nipalensis				1
15	Greater Coucal	Centropus sinensis	1		1
16	Lesser Coucal	Centropus bengalensis	1
17	Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo	Carpococcyx renauldi				1
18	Green-billed Malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis			1
19	Asian Koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	1	1	1		1	1
20	Asian Emerald Cuckoo	Chrysococcyx maculatus				1
21	Banded Bay Cuckoo	Cacomantis sonneratii			HO
22	Square-tailed Drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus lugubris				1
23	Rock Dove	Columba livia	1		1		1
24	Red Turtle Dove	Streptopelia tranquebarica	1		1			1
25	Spotted Dove	Spilopelia chinensis	1		1	1	1	1
26	Common Emerald Dove	Chalcophaps indica				1
27	Zebra Dove	Geopelia striata	1		1		1
28	Pink-necked Green Pigeon	Treron vernans	1
29	Orange-breasted Green Pigeon	Treron bicinctus				1
30	Thick-billed Green Pigeon	Treron curvirostra				1
31	Mountain Imperial Pigeon	Ducula badia				1
32	White-breasted Waterhen	Amaurornis phoenicurus	1			1
33	Ruddy-breasted Crake	Porzana fusca						1
34	White-browed Crake	Porzana cinerea						1
35	Grey-headed Swamphen	Porphyrio poliocephalus	1
36	Little Grebe	Tachybaptus ruficollis	1					1
37	Black-winged Stilt	Himantopus himantopus	1					1
38	Pied Avocet	Recurvirostra avosetta	1
39	Grey-headed Lapwing	Vanellus cinereus						1
40	Red-wattled Lapwing	Vanellus indicus	1		1	1
41	Pacific Golden Plover	Pluvialis fulva	1
42	Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola	1
43	Little Ringed Plover	Charadrius dubius	1					1
44	Kentish Plover	Charadrius alexandrinus	1
45	Lesser Sand Plover	Charadrius mongolus	1
46	Pheasant-tailed Jacana	Hydrophasianus chirurgus						1
47	Bronze-winged Jacana	Metopidius indicus	1					1
48	Eurasian Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
49	Eurasian Curlew	Numenius arquata	1
50	Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa	1
51	Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres	1
52	Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris	1
53	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	1
54	Broad-billed Sandpiper	Calidris falcinellus	1
55	Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea	1
56	Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta	1					1
57	Spoon-billed Sandpiper	Calidris pygmaea	1
58	Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis	1
59	Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus	1
60	Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos	1
61	Common Redshank	Tringa totanus	1
62	Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis	1
63	Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola						1
64	Spotted Redshank	Tringa erythropus	1
65	Common Greenshank	Tringa nebularia	1
66	Nordmann’s Greenshank	Tringa guttifer	1
67	Brown-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus	1
68	Black-headed Gull	Chroicocephalus ridibundus	1
69	Black-tailed Gull	Larus crassirostris	1
70	Gull-billed Tern	Gelochelidon nilotica	1					1
71	Caspian Tern	Hydroprogne caspia	1
72	Little Tern	Sternula albifrons	1
73	Common Tern	Sterna hirundo	1
74	Whiskered Tern	Chlidonias hybrida	1
75	White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus	1
76	Painted Stork	Mycteria leucocephala	1
77	Asian Openbill	Anastomus oscitans	1			1		1
78	Little Cormorant	Microcarbo niger	1			1		1
79	Indian Cormorant	Phalacrocorax fuscicollis	1					1
80	Oriental Darter	Anhinga melanogaster	1
81	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	1
82	Yellow Bittern	Ixobrychus sinensis	1					1
83	Black-crowned Night Heron	Nycticorax nycticorax	1
84	Striated Heron	Butorides striata	1
85	Eastern Cattle Egret	Bubulcus coromandus	1			1
86	Grey Heron	Ardea cinerea	1					1
87	Purple Heron	Ardea purpurea	1			1		1
88	Great Egret	Ardea alba	1					1
89	Intermediate Egret	Ardea intermedia	1
90	Little Egret	Egretta garzetta	1			1
91	Western Osprey	Pandion haliaetus	1
92	Crested Honey Buzzard	Pernis ptilorhynchus	1		1
93	Black Baza	Aviceda leuphotes	1
94	Crested Serpent Eagle	Spilornis cheela				1
95	Rufous-bellied Eagle	Lophotriorchis kienerii				1
96	Crested Goshawk	Accipiter trivirgatus				1
97	Shikra	Accipiter badius	1			1
98	Black Kite	Milvus migrans	1
99	Brahminy Kite	Haliastur indus	1
100	Rufous-winged Buzzard	Butastur liventer			1			1
101	Grey-faced Buzzard	Butastur indicus				1
102	Mountain Scops Owl	Otus spilocephalus				HO
103	Collared Scops Owl	Otus lettia				HO
104	Spot-bellied Eagle-owl	Bubo nipalensis				HO
105	Collared Owlet	Glaucidium brodiei				1
106	Asian Barred Owlet	Glaucidium cuculoides		1	1	1
107	Spotted Owlet	Athene brama			1
108	Brown Hawk-owl	Ninox scutulata		1	1	1
109	Orange-breasted Trogon	Harpactes oreskios				1
110	Red-headed Trogon	Harpactes erythrocephalus				1
111	Eurasian Hoopoe	Upupa epops			1
112	Great Hornbill	Buceros bicornis				1
113	Oriental Pied Hornbill	Anthracoceros albirostris				1
114	Wreathed Hornbill	Rhyticeros undulatus				1
115	Indochinese Roller	Coracias affinis	1		1	1
116	Banded Kingfisher	Lacedo pulchella				HO
117	White-throated Kingfisher	Halcyon smyrnensis	1				1
118	Black-capped Kingfisher	Halcyon pileata	1
119	Collared Kingfisher	Todiramphus chloris	1
120	Common Kingfisher	Alcedo atthis				1
121	Blue-bearded Bee-eater	Nyctyornis athertoni		1		1
122	Green Bee-eater	Merops orientalis	1		1
123	Blue-tailed Bee-eater	Merops philippinus	1
124	Chestnut-headed Bee-eater	Merops leschenaulti				1
125	Lineated Barbet	Psilopogon lineatus			1
126	Green-eared Barbet	Psilopogon faiostrictus				1
127	Moustached Barbet	Psilopogon incognitus				1
128	Blue-eared barbet	Psilopogon duvaucelii				1
129	Coppersmith Barbet	Psilopogon haemacephalus					HO
130	Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker	Yungipicus canicapillus			1
131	Freckle-breasted Woodpecker	Dendrocopos analis	1
132	White-bellied Woodpecker	Dryocopus javensis			HO
133	Lesser Yellownape	Picus chlorolophus			1
134	Laced Woodpecker	Picus vittatus				1
135	Black-headed Woodpecker	Picus erythropygius			1
136	Greater Flameback	Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus			1	1
137	Great Slaty Woodpecker	Mulleripicus pulverulentus				HO
138	Common Kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	1
139	Peregrine Falcon	Falco peregrinus	1
140	Blossom-headed Parakeet	Psittacula roseata			1
141	Red-breasted Parakeet	Psittacula alexandri			1	1
142	Vernal Hanging Parrot	Loriculus vernalis			1	1
143	Long-tailed Broadbill	Psarisomus dalhousiae				HO
144	Eared Pitta	Hydrornis phayrei				1
145	Blue Pitta	Hydrornis cyaneus				1
146	Blue-winged Pitta	Pitta moluccensis				HO
147	Golden-bellied Gerygone	Gerygone sulphurea	1
148	Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike	Hemipus picatus				1
149	Black-winged Flycatcher-shrike	Hemipus hirundinaceus				1
150	Common Woodshrike	Tephrodornis pondicerianus			1
151	Ashy Woodswallow	Artamus fuscus	1		1	1
152	Common Iora	Aegithina tiphia			1		1
153	Small Minivet	Pericrocotus cinnamomeus			1
154	Scarlet Minivet	Pericrocotus speciosus				1
155	Swinhoe’s Minivet	Pericrocotus cantonensis	1			1
156	Rosy Minivet	Pericrocotus roseus				1
157	Large Cuckooshrike	Coracina macei			1
158	Black-winged Cuckooshrike	Lalage melaschistos				1
159	Brown Shrike	Lanius cristatus			1
160	Burmese Shrike	Lanius collurioides			1
161	White-bellied Erpornis	Erpornis zantholeuca				1
162	Black-hooded Oriole	Oriolus xanthornus			HO
163	Black-naped Oriole	Oriolus chinensis			1	1
164	Black Drongo	Dicrurus macrocercus	1	1	1			1
165	Ashy Drongo	Dicrurus leucophaeus			1	1	1
166	Spangled Drongo	Dicrurus bracteatus				1
167	Greater Racket-tailed Drongo	Dicrurus paradiseus		1		1
168	White-browed Fantail	Rhipidura aureola			1
169	Malaysian Pied Fantail	Rhipidura javanica	1		1		1	1
170	Black-naped Monarch	Hypothymis azurea		1	1	1
171	Japanese Paradise Flycatcher	Terpsiphone atrocaudata				1
172	Eurasian Jay	Garrulus glandarius			1
173	Common Green Magpie	Cissa chinensis				HO
174	Rufous Treepie	Dendrocitta vagabunda			1
175	Racket-tailed Treepie	Crypsirina temia	1
176	Large-billed Crow	Corvus macrorhynchos	1		1	1		1
177	Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher	Culicicapa ceylonensis			1	1
178	Sultan Tit	Melanochlora sultanea				1
179	Indochinese Bush Lark	Mirafra erythrocephala			1
180	Black-crested Bulbul	Pycnonotus flaviventris		1		1
181	Red-whiskered Bulbul	Pycnonotus jocosus		1		1
182	Sooty-headed Bulbul	Pycnonotus aurigaster			1
183	Stripe-throated Bulbul	Pycnonotus finlaysoni				1
184	Yellow-vented Bulbul	Pycnonotus goiavier				1
185	Streak-eared Bulbul	Pycnonotus conradi	1		1			1
186	Puff-throated Bulbul	Alophoixus pallidus				1
187	Grey-eyed Bulbul	Iole propinqua		1		1
188	Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica	1	1	1	1		1
189	Asian House Martin	Delichon dasypus			1
190	Striated Swallow	Cecropis striolata			1	1
191	Yellow-browed Warbler	Phylloscopus inornatus			1	1
192	Radde’s Warbler	Phylloscopus schwarzi				1
193	Dusky Warbler	Phylloscopus fuscatus	1		1	1
194	Alström’s Warbler	Phylloscopus soror				1
195	Two-barred Warbler	Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus			1	1	1
196	Pale-legged Leaf Warbler	Phylloscopus tenellipes		1		1
197	Sulphur-breasted Warbler	Phylloscopus ricketti				1
198	Oriental Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus orientalis	1
199	Black-browed Reed Warbler	Acrocephalus bistrigiceps	1
200	Thick-billed Warbler	Arundinax aedon			1
201	Striated Grassbird	Megalurus palustris						1
202	Zitting Cisticola	Cisticola juncidis						1
203	Deignan’s Prinia	Prinia polychroa			HO
204	Yellow-bellied Prinia	Prinia flaviventris	1					1
205	Plain Prinia	Prinia inornata	1		1			1
206	Common Tailorbird	Orthotomus sutorius			1		1
207	Dark-necked Tailorbird	Orthotomus atrogularis				HO
208	Large Scimitar Babbler	Pomatorhinus hypoleucos				HO
209	White-browed Scimitar Babbler	Pomatorhinus schisticeps				1
210	Pin-striped Tit-babbler	Macronus gularis				1
211	Limestone Wren-babbler	Napothera crispifrons					1
212	Abbott’s Babbler	Malacocincla abbotti				1
213	Scaly-crowned Babbler	Malacopteron cinereum		1
214	White-crested Laughingthrush	Garrulax leucolophus		1		1
215	Asian Fairy-bluebird	Irena puella				1
216	Velvet-fronted Nuthatch	Sitta frontalis			1
217	Golden-crested Myna	Ampeliceps coronatus				1
218	Common Hill Myna	Gracula religiosa				1
219	Great Myna	Acridotheres grandis	1		1			1
220	Javan Myna	Acridotheres javanicus
221	Common Myna	Acridotheres tristis	1		1
222	Pied Myna	Gracupica contra	1					1
223	Orange-headed Thrush	Geokichla citrina				1
224	Oriental Magpie-robin	Copsychus saularis	1					1
225	White-rumped Shama	Copsychus malabaricus				1	1
226	Asian Brown Flycatcher	Muscicapa dauurica			1	1
227	Hainan Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis hainanus				1
228	Hill Blue Flycatcher	Cyornis whitei				1
229	Verditer Flycatcher	Eumyias thalassinus				1
230	Siberian Blue Robin	Larvivora cyane				1
231	Rufous-tailed Robin	Larvivora sibilans				1
232	Taiga Flycatcher	Ficedula albicilla			1	1	1
233	Blue Rock Thrush	Monticola solitarius				1
234	Stejneger’s Stonechat	Saxicola stejnegeri	1			1
235	Pied Bush Chat	Saxicola caprata			1
236	Blue-winged Leafbird	Chloropsis cochinchinensis				1
237	Golden-fronted Leafbird	Chloropsis aurifrons			1
238	Thick-billed Flowerpecker	Dicaeum agile				1
239	Yellow-vented Flowerpecker	Dicaeum chrysorrheum				1
240	Fire-breasted Flowerpecker	Dicaeum ignipectus				1
241	Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker	Dicaeum cruentatum			1
242	Ruby-cheeked Sunbird	Chalcoparia singalensis			1
243	Purple Sunbird	Cinnyris asiaticus			1
244	Olive-backed Sunbird	Cinnyris jugularis			1	1
245	House Sparrow	Passer domesticus	1
246	Asian Golden Weaver	Ploceus hypoxanthus	1					1
247	Streaked Weaver	Ploceus manyar	1
248	Scaly-breasted Munia	Lonchura punctulata	1
249	Chestnut Munia	Lonchura atricapilla	1
250	Eastern Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla tschutschensis	1					1
251	Grey Wagtail	Motacilla cinerea				1
252	Paddyfield Pipit	Anthus rufulus	1