Thailand · Chiang Mai
Mae Taeng Irrigation Project
241 species and 18,715 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–February, with up to 147 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Zebra DoveGeopelia striataSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mae Faek paddies17 km183 species
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary27 km422 species
- Chiang Dao Wildlife Sanctuary – Wat Tham Pha Plong27 km353 species
- Huai Tueng Thao – lake32 km249 species
- Doi Suthep – Pui NP37 km365 species
- Chiang Mai University – Mae Hia Agricultural College44 km313 species
All 241 species recorded here
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Eurasian Coot Fulica atra
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Red-billed Blue Magpie Urocissa erythroryncha
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Grey-headed Swamphen Porphyrio poliocephalus
- Rufous Treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- White-crested Laughingthrush Garrulax leucolophus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Golden-fronted Leafbird Chloropsis aurifrons
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater Nyctyornis athertoni
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Sunda Pied Fantail Rhipidura javanica
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Crested Serpent Eagle Spilornis cheela
- Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Black-throated Sunbird Aethopyga saturata
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Indian White-eye Zosterops palpebrosus
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Rufous-fronted Babbler Cyanoderma rufifrons
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- Chinese Francolin Francolinus pintadeanus
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Blue-throated Barbet Psilopogon asiaticus
- Yellow-streaked Warbler Phylloscopus armandii
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Claudia's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus claudiae
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Garganey Spatula querquedula
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Oriental Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Indochinese Blue Flycatcher Cyornis sumatrensis
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush Monticola rufiventris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Black Bittern Botaurus flavicollis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Brown-headed Gull Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- White-browed Laughingthrush Pterorhinus sannio
- Rufous Woodpecker Micropternus brachyurus
- Blue-winged Leafbird Chloropsis moluccensis
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike Hemipus picatus
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Common Crane Grus grus
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker Pachyglossa melanozantha
- White-gorgeted Flycatcher Anthipes monileger
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Rosy Starling Pastor roseus
- Rose-ringed Parakeet Psittacula krameri
- Long-toed Stint Calidris subminuta
- Verditer Flycatcher Eumyias thalassinus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- White-headed Bulbul Hypsipetes thompsoni
- Siberian Blue Robin Larvivora cyane
- Hainan Blue Flycatcher Cyornis hainanus
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
- Puff-throated Babbler Pellorneum ruficeps
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mae Taeng Irrigation Project?
January–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 147 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mae Taeng Irrigation Project?
241 species, from 18,715 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mae Taeng Irrigation Project in November?
The most recorded in November: Barn Swallow, Great Myna, White Wagtail, Spotted Dove and Chinese Pond Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.