Myanmar (Burma) · Shan State
Kalaw
280 species and 1,851 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December, with up to 99 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
Ashy DrongoDicrurus leucophaeus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
Black-headed GreenfinchChloris ambigua
Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
Grey-headed Canary-flycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
Warbling White-eyeZosterops japonicusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Thein Taung Monastery-Kalaw Reserved Forest3 km252 species
- Yay Aye Kan Reservoir4 km353 species
- Kalaw Reserved Forest5 km233 species
- Inle Wetland Wildlife Sanctuary36 km265 species
- Inle Lake37 km325 species
All 280 species recorded here
- Red-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus cafer
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Red-whiskered Bulbul Pycnonotus jocosus
- Cinereous Tit Parus cinereus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- White-browed Scimitar Babbler Pomatorhinus schisticeps
- Slender-billed Oriole Oriolus tenuirostris
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- White-throated Fantail Rhipidura albicollis
- Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- House Crow Corvus splendens
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Flavescent Bulbul Pycnonotus flavescens
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Black-headed Greenfinch Chloris ambigua
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Maroon Oriole Oriolus traillii
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Golden Babbler Cyanoderma chrysaeum
- Brown-breasted Bulbul Pycnonotus xanthorrhous
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Mountain Bulbul Ixos mcclellandii
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Burmese Yuhina Yuhina humilis
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Greater Flameback Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Great Barbet Psilopogon virens
- Hill Prinia Prinia superciliaris
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Brown Prinia Prinia polychroa
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Ashy Bulbul Hemixos flavala
- White-crowned Forktail Enicurus leschenaulti
- Yellow-cheeked Tit Machlolophus spilonotus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Buff-throated Warbler Phylloscopus subaffinis
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Davison's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus intensior
- White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius aeralatus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker Yungipicus canicapillus
- Burmese Myna Acridotheres burmannicus
- Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Silver-eared Mesia Leiothrix argentauris
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
- Grey-headed Parakeet Psittacula finschii
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Asian Stubtail Urosphena squameiceps
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Black-throated Bushtit Aegithalos concinnus
- Black-tailed Crake Zapornia bicolor
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- White-capped Redstart Phoenicurus leucocephalus
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Yunnan Fulvetta Alcippe fratercula
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Little Pied Flycatcher Ficedula westermanni
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Grey-chinned Minivet Pericrocotus solaris
- Blue-winged Minla Actinodura cyanouroptera
- Crested Finchbill Spizixos canifrons
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike Lalage melaschistos
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Hill Blue Flycatcher Cyornis whitei
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Black-hooded Oriole Oriolus xanthornus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Silver-eared Laughingthrush Trochalopteron melanostigma
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Spot-breasted Parrotbill Paradoxornis guttaticollis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Pale Blue Flycatcher Cyornis unicolor
- Long-tailed Broadbill Psarisomus dalhousiae
- Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker Dicaeum ignipectus
- Tickell's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus affinis
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger
- Pin-tailed Green Pigeon Treron apicauda
- Scaly Thrush Zoothera dauma
- Grey Treepie Dendrocitta formosae
- Yellow-footed Green Pigeon Treron phoenicopterus
- White-bellied Erpornis Erpornis zantholeuca
- Grey-throated Babbler Stachyris nigriceps
- Red-headed Trogon Harpactes erythrocephalus
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Eyebrowed Thrush Turdus obscurus
- Stripe-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos atratus
- Rufous-capped Babbler Cyanoderma ruficeps
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Green Magpie Cissa chinensis
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Black-eared Barbet Psilopogon duvaucelii
- Russet Sparrow Passer cinnamomeus
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch Sitta nagaensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Scarlet-faced Liocichla Liocichla ripponi
- Rufous-bellied Niltava Niltava sundara
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Bay Woodpecker Blythipicus pyrrhotis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus
- Buff-barred Warbler Phylloscopus pulcher
- Oriental Cuckooshrike Coracina javensis
- Large Woodshrike Tephrodornis virgatus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Black-breasted Thrush Turdus dissimilis
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Streaked Spiderhunter Arachnothera magna
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey-headed Parrotbill Paradoxornis gularis
- Green-backed Tit Parus monticolus
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Blyth's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus reguloides
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Hume's Treecreeper Certhia manipurensis
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush Garrulax monileger
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer
- Spot-throated Babbler Pellorneum albiventre
- Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon Treron sphenurus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Silver-breasted Broadbill Serilophus lunatus
- Small Niltava Niltava macgrigoriae
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Necklaced Woodpecker Dryobates pernyii
- Lesser Shortwing Brachypteryx leucophris
- Oriental Hobby Falco severus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Bianchi's Warbler Phylloscopus valentini
- White-tailed Stonechat Saxicola leucurus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Short-billed Minivet Pericrocotus brevirostris
- White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni
- Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Slaty-bellied Tesia Tesia olivea
- Indochinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis sumatrensis
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Eurasian Goshawk Astur gentilis
- Nepal House Martin Delichon nipalense
- White-throated Bulbul Alophoixus flaveolus
- Ayeyarwady Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi
- Pale-chinned Flycatcher Cyornis poliogenys
- Puff-throated Bulbul Alophoixus pallidus
- Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- Alexandrine Parakeet Psittacula eupatria
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- White-spectacled Warbler Phylloscopus intermedius
- Striated Bulbul Alcurus striatus
- Indian Pied Myna Gracupica contra
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera
- Rufous-fronted Bushtit Aegithalos iouschistos
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher Ficedula strophiata
- Aberrant Bush Warbler Horornis flavolivaceus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Lesser Yellownape Picus chlorolophus
- Pale-footed Bush Warbler Hemitesia pallidipes
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Hodgson's Redstart Phoenicurus hodgsoni
- Indochinese Cuckooshrike Lalage polioptera
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Laggar Falcon Falco jugger
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Himalayan Prinia Prinia crinigera
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Chestnut-headed Tesia Cettia castaneocoronata
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
- Sapphire Flycatcher Ficedula sapphira
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Eastern Crowned Warbler Phylloscopus coronatus
- Changeable Hawk-Eagle Nisaetus cirrhatus
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Kalaw?
December. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 99 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Kalaw?
280 species, from 1,851 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Kalaw in November?
The most recorded in November: White-browed Scimitar Babbler, Red-vented Bulbul, Ashy Drongo, Spotted Dove and Yellow-browed Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.