Thailand · Chiang Mai
Tha Ton – water tower vicinity
237 species and 15,646 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 142 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schach
Amur StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
White WagtailMotacilla alba
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
Oriental Magpie-RobinCopsychus saularis
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensisSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Mae Ai – Mae Fang paddies6 km223 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (E)25 km407 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – headquarters & Fang hot springs25 km275 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.]30 km244 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W) level part / "Oasis"30 km288 species
- Doi Pha Hom Pok NP – Doi Lang (W), AKA Doi San Ju30 km409 species
All 237 species recorded here
- Black-collared Starling Gracupica nigricollis
- Pied Bush Chat Saxicola caprata
- Common Myna Acridotheres tristis
- Long-tailed Shrike Lanius schach
- Amur Stonechat Saxicola stejnegeri
- Great Myna Acridotheres grandis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- White Wagtail Motacilla alba
- Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus
- Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis
- Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
- Sooty-headed Bulbul Pycnonotus aurigaster
- Oriental Magpie-Robin Copsychus saularis
- Little Ringed Plover Thinornis dubius
- Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos
- Yellow-bellied Prinia Prinia flaviventris
- Plain Prinia Prinia inornata
- Asian Green Bee-eater Merops orientalis
- Paddyfield Pipit Anthus rufulus
- Dusky Warbler Phylloscopus fuscatus
- Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus
- Little Egret Egretta garzetta
- Small Pratincole Glareola lactea
- Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Ashy Woodswallow Artamus fuscus
- Bluethroat Luscinia svecica
- Siberian Rubythroat Calliope calliope
- Citrine Wagtail Motacilla citreola
- Red-throated Pipit Anthus cervinus
- Richard's Pipit Anthus richardi
- Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus
- White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis
- Chestnut-tailed Starling Sturnia malabarica
- Baya Weaver Ploceus philippinus
- Baikal Bush Warbler Locustella davidi
- Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
- Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
- Zebra Dove Geopelia striata
- Temminck's Stint Calidris temminckii
- Pied Harrier Circus melanoleucos
- Red Collared Dove Streptopelia tranquebarica
- Black-winged Kite Elanus caeruleus
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow Cecropis daurica
- Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago
- Grey-breasted Prinia Prinia hodgsonii
- Chestnut-capped Babbler Timalia pileata
- Eastern Cattle Egret Ardea coromanda
- Yellow-browed Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Common Tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius
- Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea
- Taiga Flycatcher Ficedula albicilla
- Chestnut-eared Bunting Emberiza fucata
- Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla
- House Swift Apus nipalensis
- Oriental Skylark Alauda gulgula
- Pin-tailed Snipe Gallinago stenura
- Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum
- Grey Heron Ardea cinerea
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus
- Zitting Cisticola Cisticola juncidis
- Yellow-eyed Babbler Chrysomma sinense
- Jerdon's Bush Chat Saxicola jerdoni
- Medium Egret Ardea intermedia
- Indochinese Roller Coracias affinis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos
- White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
- Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis
- Thick-billed Warbler Arundinax aedon
- Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus conradi
- Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola
- Burmese Shrike Lanius collurioides
- Common Hoopoe Upupa epops
- Eastern Yellow Wagtail Motacilla tschutschensis
- Racket-tailed Treepie Crypsirina temia
- Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni
- Asian Openbill Anastomus oscitans
- Black-faced Bunting Emberiza spodocephala
- Eastern Marsh Harrier Circus spilonotus
- Striated Grassbird Megalurus palustris
- Singing Bush Lark Mirafra javanica
- Kentish Plover Anarhynchus alexandrinus
- Ruddy-breasted Crake Zapornia fusca
- Oriental Reed Warbler Acrocephalus orientalis
- Wire-tailed Swallow Hirundo smithii
- Lanceolated Warbler Locustella lanceolata
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia
- Black-browed Reed Warbler Acrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Rufescent Prinia Prinia rufescens
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Asian Palm Swift Cypsiurus balasiensis
- Asian House Martin Delichon dasypus
- Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
- Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris
- Firethroat Calliope pectardens
- Grey-headed Lapwing Vanellus cinereus
- Rufous-winged Buzzard Butastur liventer
- Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Common Iora Aegithina tiphia
- Long-tailed Minivet Pericrocotus ethologus
- Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler Helopsaltes certhiola
- Blunt-winged Warbler Acrocephalus concinens
- Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator
- Grey Bush Chat Saxicola ferreus
- Siamese Pied Myna Gracupica floweri
- Grey-backed Shrike Lanius tephronotus
- Purple Sunbird Cinnyris asiaticus
- Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus
- Cinnamon Bittern Botaurus cinnamomeus
- Shikra Tachyspiza badia
- Coppersmith Barbet Psilopogon haemacephalus
- Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus
- Rosy Pipit Anthus roseatus
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti
- Yellow Bittern Botaurus sinensis
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum
- Oriental Turtle Dove Streptopelia orientalis
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Asian Barred Owlet Glaucidium cuculoides
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Little Cormorant Microcarbo niger
- Siberian House Martin Delichon lagopodum
- Crested Treeswift Hemiprocne coronata
- Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis
- Cook's Swift Apus cooki
- Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier
- Rain Quail Coturnix coromandelica
- Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli
- Hair-crested Drongo Dicrurus hottentottus
- Grey-crowned Warbler Phylloscopus tephrocephalus
- Black-headed Bulbul Microtarsus melanocephalos
- Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Lineated Barbet Psilopogon lineatus
- Purple Heron Ardea purpurea
- Spot-winged Starling Saroglossa spilopterus
- Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni
- Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja
- Warbling White-eye Zosterops japonicus
- Collared Owlet Taenioptynx brodiei
- Garden Sunbird Cinnyris jugularis
- Crested Bunting Emberiza lathami
- Black-headed Bunting Emberiza melanocephala
- Crested Honey Buzzard Pernis ptilorhynchus
- Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
- Plain-backed Sparrow Passer flaveolus
- Lesser Whistling Duck Dendrocygna javanica
- Paddyfield Warbler Acrocephalus agricola
- Eastern Buzzard Buteo japonicus
- King Quail Synoicus chinensis
- Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius
- White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea
- Asian Golden Weaver Ploceus hypoxanthus
- Indochinese Bush Lark Plocealauda erythrocephala
- Scarlet Minivet Pericrocotus speciosus
- Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus
- Black-crested Bulbul Rubigula flaviventris
- Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
- White-shouldered Starling Sturnia sinensis
- Little Bunting Emberiza pusilla
- Greater Painted-snipe Rostratula benghalensis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus
- Black Bulbul Hypsipetes leucocephalus
- Crested Goshawk Lophospiza trivirgata
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye Zosterops erythropleurus
- Yellow-legged Buttonquail Turnix tanki
- White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus
- Two-barred Warbler Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Spotted Owlet Athene brama
- Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Radde's Warbler Phylloscopus schwarzi
- Red-headed Bunting Emberiza bruniceps
- Long-billed Plover Thinornis placidus
- Chestnut Bunting Emberiza rutila
- Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica
- Red-billed Starling Spodiopsar sericeus
- Little Spiderhunter Arachnothera longirostra
- Black-naped Monarch Hypothymis azurea
- Collared Scops Owl Otus lettia
- Blue Whistling Thrush Myophonus caeruleus
- Martens's Warbler Phylloscopus omeiensis
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Hume's Leaf Warbler Phylloscopus humei
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Mrs. Gould's Sunbird Aethopyga gouldiae
- River Lapwing Vanellus duvaucelii
- Himalayan Buzzard Buteo refectus
- Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Greenish Warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides
- Daurian Redstart Phoenicurus auroreus
- Japanese Sparrowhawk Tachyspiza gularis
- Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros
- Rosy Minivet Pericrocotus roseus
- Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Besra Tachyspiza virgata
- Bronzed Drongo Dicrurus aeneus
- Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica
- Savanna Nightjar Caprimulgus affinis
- Brown-cheeked Rail Rallus indicus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Jerdon's Baza Aviceda jerdoni
- Siberian Stonechat Saxicola maurus
- Eurasian Jay Garrulus glandarius
- Large-tailed Nightjar Caprimulgus macrurus
- Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler Mixornis gularis
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Slaty-breasted Rail Lewinia striata
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana Hydrophasianus chirurgus
- Plain Flowerpecker Dicaeum minullum
- White-tailed Robin Myiomela leucura
- Grey-eyed Bulbul Iole propinqua
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher Culicicapa ceylonensis
- Black Kite Milvus migrans
- Dark-sided Flycatcher Muscicapa sibirica
- Pacific Swift Apus pacificus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Marsh Sandpiper Tringa stagnatilis
- Eurasian Hobby Falco subbuteo
- Common Redshank Tringa totanus
- Amur Falcon Falco amurensis
- Orange-bellied Leafbird Chloropsis hardwickii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Tha Ton – water tower vicinity?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 142 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Tha Ton – water tower vicinity?
237 species, from 15,646 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Tha Ton – water tower vicinity in November?
The most recorded in November: Pied Bush Chat, Long-tailed Shrike, Amur Stonechat, Greater Coucal and White Wagtail.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.