Thailand · Chiang Mai
Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary – Wat Tham Pha Plong
353 species and 32,761 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–March and December, with up to 193 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
Black-crested BulbulRubigula flaviventris
Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella
Puff-throated BulbulAlophoixus pallidus
Streaked SpiderhunterArachnothera magna
Blue-throated BarbetPsilopogon asiaticus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Grey-eyed BulbulIole propinqua
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Mountain Imperial PigeonDucula badia
Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary9 km422 species
- Mae Taeng Irrigation Project27 km241 species
- Mae Faek paddies43 km183 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Chinese Cemetery & dump on Doi Angkhang51 km224 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Angkhang military base & campsite53 km287 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Angkhang55 km433 species
All 353 species recorded here
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Streaked Wren-Babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
- Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Great Iora Aegithina lafresnayei
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Rusty-naped Pitta Hydrornis oatesi
- Blyth's Frogmouth Batrachostomus affinis
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Indochinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis sumatrensis
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Blue Pitta Hydrornis cyaneus
- White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
- Yunnan Fulvetta Alcippe fratercula
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
- Bamboo Woodpecker Gecinulus viridis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
- Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Amur Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone incei
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
- Long-billed Spiderhunter Arachnothera robusta
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Collared Babbler Gampsorhynchus torquatus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- White-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax strepitans
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Brown-breasted Flycatcher Muscicapa muttui
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Red-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
- Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Blue-winged Pitta Pitta moluccensis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Zappey's Flycatcher Cyanoptila cumatilis
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre
- Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Clicking Shrike-babbler Pteruthius intermedius
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Tiger Shrike Lanius tigrinus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Golden-crested Myna Ampeliceps coronatus
- Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Blue-fronted Redstart Phoenicurus frontalis
- Hodgson's Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Chinese Vivid Niltava Niltava oatesi
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Crow-billed Drongo Dicrurus annectens
- Western Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida
- Ferruginous Flycatcher Muscicapa ferruginea
- Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Mountain Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola fytchii
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary – Wat Tham Pha Plong?
February–March and December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 193 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary – Wat Tham Pha Plong?
353 species, from 32,761 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary – Wat Tham Pha Plong in November?
The most recorded in November: Sooty-headed Bulbul, Black-crested Bulbul, Asian Fairy-bluebird, Puff-throated Bulbul and Streaked Spiderhunter.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.