Laos · Bolikhamsai Province
Ban Pha Pong Wetland
136 species and 3,514 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January, with up to 97 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Medium EgretArdea intermedia
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
Purple HeronArdea purpurea
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Nong Pen67 km150 species
- Ban Nakhouay wetland and fields68 km142 species
- Vientiane – Dongdok NUOL69 km141 species
- Ban Thatluang Tai, R&L73 km76 species
- Vientiane – That Luang swamp north73 km108 species
- Vientiane – That Luang Lake & fields73 km174 species
All 136 species recorded here
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Indian Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Watercock Gallicrex cinerea
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Abbott's Babbler Malacocincla abbotti
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ban Pha Pong Wetland?
January. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 97 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ban Pha Pong Wetland?
136 species, from 3,514 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ban Pha Pong Wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Little Egret, Pied Bush Chat, Medium Egret, Chinese Pond Heron and Great Myna.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.