Thailand · Chiang Mai
Mae Ai – Mae Fang paddies
223 species and 16,477 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–February, with up to 118 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Eastern Cattle EgretArdea coromanda
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Medium EgretArdea intermedia109 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 223 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Tha Ton – water tower vicinity6 km237 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – headquarters & Fang hot springs19 km275 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (E)22 km407 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W) stakeout Mrs Hume's Pheasant [ARRIVE BEFORE SUNRISE & WAIT IN THE CAR ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RD.]25 km244 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W) level part / "Oasis"25 km288 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San Ju25 km409 species
All 223 species recorded here
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Mongolian Short-toed Lark Calandrella dukhunensis
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- White-cheeked Starling Spodiopsar cineraceus
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Short-toed Snake Eagle Circaetus gallicus
- Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Yellow-bellied Warbler Abroscopus superciliaris
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- White-browed Crake Poliolimnas cinereus
- Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus
- Bronze-winged Jacana Metopidius indicus
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Small Minivet Pericrocotus cinnamomeus
- Common Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Black Eagle Ictinaetus malaiensis
- Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Oriental Scops Owl Otus sunia
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Common Flameback Dinopium javanense
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Hume's Treecreeper Certhia manipurensis
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Dark-backed Sibia Heterophasia melanoleuca
- White-bellied Redstart Luscinia phaenicuroides
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi
- Mountain Tailorbird Phyllergates cucullatus
- Spectacled Barwing Actinodura ramsayi
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mae Ai – Mae Fang paddies?
November–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 118 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mae Ai – Mae Fang paddies?
223 species, from 16,477 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mae Ai – Mae Fang paddies in November?
The most recorded in November: Long-tailed Shrike, Amur Stonechat, Little Egret, Great Myna and Black Drongo.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.