Thailand · Chiang Mai
Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
422 species and 11,920 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, with up to 230 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
Velvet-fronted NuthatchSitta frontalis
Orange-bellied LeafbirdChloropsis hardwickii
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
Mountain Imperial PigeonDucula badia
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis whitei
Flavescent BulbulPycnonotus flavescens128 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 422 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary – Wat Tham Pha Plong9 km353 species
- Mae Taeng Irrigation Project27 km241 species
- Mae Faek paddies43 km183 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Chinese Cemetery & dump on Doi Angkhang56 km224 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Angkhang military base & campsite58 km287 species
- Huai Tueng Thao – lake59 km249 species
All 422 species recorded here
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Mountain Imperial Pigeon Ducula badia
- Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
- Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Asian Fairy-bluebird Irena puella
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Striated Yuhina Staphida castaniceps
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta Alcippe poioicephala
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Streaked Wren-Babbler Gypsophila brevicaudata
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Yunnan Fulvetta Alcippe fratercula
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Greater Yellownape Chrysophlegma flavinucha
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Buff-breasted Babbler Pellorneum tickelli
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Speckled Piculet Picumnus innominatus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Great Iora Aegithina lafresnayei
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Slaty-backed Flycatcher Ficedula erithacus
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone affinis
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Green-legged Partridge Tropicoperdix chloropus
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Slaty-backed Forktail Enicurus schistaceus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Black-backed Forktail Enicurus immaculatus
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Clicking Shrike-babbler Pteruthius intermedius
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
- Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Chalcoparia singalensis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Mountain Bamboo Partridge Bambusicola fytchii
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler Napothera epilepidota
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Sultan Tit Melanochlora sultanea
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
- Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush Pterorhinus pectoralis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Thick-billed Flowerpecker Pachyglossa agilis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Blue Pitta Hydrornis cyaneus
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Indochinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis sumatrensis
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Orange-breasted Trogon Harpactes oreskios
- White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
- Golden-throated Barbet Psilopogon franklinii
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Mountain Scops Owl Otus spilocephalus
- Spot-winged Grosbeak Mycerobas melanozanthos
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus nipalensis
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl Ketupa nipalensis
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Sulphur-breasted Warbler Phylloscopus ricketti
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- Purple-naped Spiderhunter Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Yellow-vented Flowerpecker Pachyglossa chrysorrhea
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Rusty-naped Pitta Hydrornis oatesi
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Black-eared Shrike-babbler Pteruthius melanotis
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- White-necked Laughingthrush Garrulax strepitans
- Bar-backed Partridge Arborophila brunneopectus
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Red-billed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Banded Kingfisher Lacedo pulchella
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Yellow-browed Tit Sylviparus modestus
- Dusky Crag Martin Ptyonoprogne concolor
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Thick-billed Green Pigeon Treron curvirostra
- Indochinese Yuhina Staphida torqueola
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Blyth's Frogmouth Batrachostomus affinis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Fire-capped Tit Cephalopyrus flammiceps
- Bamboo Woodpecker Gecinulus viridis
- Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Chinese Vivid Niltava Niltava oatesi
- Oriental Bay Owl Phodilus badius
- Common Woodshrike Tephrodornis pondicerianus
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher Cyornis rubeculoides
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Brown Boobook Ninox scutulata
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Slaty-blue Flycatcher Ficedula tricolor
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Hume's Treecreeper Certhia manipurensis
- Chinese Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus yunnanensis
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Crested Kingfisher Megaceryle lugubris
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis
- Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
- Pygmy Cupwing Pnoepyga pusilla
- Hodgson's Frogmouth Batrachostomus hodgsoni
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Large Niltava Niltava grandis
- Barred Cuckoo-Dove Macropygia unchall
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Long-tailed Sibia Heterophasia picaoides
- Great Eared Nightjar Lyncornis macrotis
- Scarlet-faced Liocichla Liocichla ripponi
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Red-flanked Bluetail Tarsiger cyanurus
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Dark-sided Thrush Zoothera marginata
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- Rufous-backed Sibia Leioptila annectens
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta Schoeniparus castaneceps
- Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Swinhoe's Minivet Pericrocotus cantonensis
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis
- Ashy-headed Green Pigeon Treron phayrei
- Grey Nightjar Caprimulgus jotaka
- Black-headed Woodpecker Picus erythropygius
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Speckled Wood Pigeon Columba hodgsonii
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- White's Thrush Zoothera aurea
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Dusky Broadbill Corydon sumatranus
- Himalayan Bluetail Tarsiger rufilatus
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Chestnut Thrush Turdus rubrocanus
- Snowy-browed Flycatcher Ficedula hyperythra
- Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina
- Pallas's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus proregulus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Green Cochoa Cochoa viridis
- Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus
- Chestnut-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus castaniceps
- Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula alexandri
- Collared Babbler Gampsorhynchus torquatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Rufous-faced Warbler Abroscopus albogularis
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Chinese Blackbird Turdus mandarinus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Plumbeous Water Redstart Phoenicurus fuliginosus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- Burmese Nuthatch Sitta neglecta
- Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
- Grey-winged Blackbird Turdus boulboul
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Tristram's Bunting Emberiza tristrami
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Chinese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza soloensis
- Stork-billed Kingfisher Pelargopsis capensis
- Ultramarine Flycatcher Ficedula superciliaris
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Brown Wood Owl Strix leptogrammica
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Chinese Bush Warbler Locustella tacsanowskia
- Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus
- Whiskered Yuhina Yuhina flavicollis
- Blossom-headed Parakeet Psittacula roseata
- Black-crowned Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Blue-eared Kingfisher Alcedo meninting
- Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher Ceyx erithaca
- White-browed Fantail Rhipidura aureola
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Black-throated Parrotbill Suthora nipalensis
- Yellow-bellied Fantail Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus
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?
January–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 230 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary?
422 species, from 11,920 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary in November?
The most recorded in November: Sooty-headed Bulbul, Great Barbet, Scarlet Minivet, Bronzed Drongo and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.