Thailand · Phetchaburi
Laem Phak Bia – salt pans E of Hwy. 4028
210 species and 29,944 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 126 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollis
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosa
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
Common RedshankTringa totanus
Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Great EgretArdea alba
Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Kentish PloverAnarhynchus alexandrinusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Laem Phak Bia – Environmental Research & Development Project2 km245 species
- Laem Phak Bia – "abandoned building" salt pans3 km186 species
- Laem Phak Bia – sandspit3 km200 species
- Hat Chao Samran – Thetsaban 4 Alley wetlands5 km179 species
- Pak Thale Nature Reserve – salt pans by the junction10 km150 species
- Pak Thale Nature Reserve10 km256 species
All 210 species recorded here
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Little Tern Sternula albifrons
- Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Indian Cormorant Phalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Collared Kingfisher Todiramphus chloris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Asian Dowitcher Limnodromus semipalmatus
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata
- Golden-bellied Gerygone Gerygone sulphurea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Javan Pond Heron Ardeola speciosa
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Malaysian Plover Anarhynchus peronii
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Pacific Reef Heron Egretta sacra
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii
- Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Lesser Crested Tern Thalasseus bengalensis
- Pacific Swallow Hirundo javanica
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea
- Oriental Darter Anhinga melanogaster
- White-faced Plover Anarhynchus dealbatus
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Pallas's Gull Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Black-naped Tern Sterna sumatrana
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Indian Nightjar Caprimulgus asiaticus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Ferruginous Duck Aythya nyroca
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Mangrove Whistler Pachycephala cinerea
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna
- Freckle-breasted Woodpecker Dendrocopos analis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Black-tailed Gull Larus crassirostris
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Pale-legged Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus tenellipes
- Cotton Pygmy Goose Nettapus coromandelianus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
- Common Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica
- Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Orange-headed Thrush Geokichla citrina
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Indian Pond Heron Ardeola grayii
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Laced Woodpecker Picus vittatus
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Mongolian Gull Larus mongolicus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Laem Phak Bia – salt pans E of Hwy. 4028?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 126 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Laem Phak Bia – salt pans E of Hwy. 4028?
210 species, from 29,944 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Laem Phak Bia – salt pans E of Hwy. 4028 in November?
The most recorded in November: Marsh Sandpiper, Black-winged Stilt, Red-necked Stint, Black-tailed Godwit and Little Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.