Birding highlights: Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush, Red-billed Blue-Magpie, Green Cochoa, Great Barbet, Blyth's Shrike-Babbler, Indochinese Yuhina, Collared Babbler, Rufous-throated Fulvetta, Red-headed Trogon, Fork-tailed Sunbird.
Gateway cities: Ha Noi Capital (60km).
Airport: Noi Bai International Airport - Ha Noi Capital (60km)
Best time to visit Ba Vi National Park for a birding trip: December to May
Ba Vi National Park is one of the best birding hotspots in Northern Vietnam, located 48 km west of Hanoi Capital. This park was established in 1991.
Ba Vi National Park is one of the most famous mountainous ecological tourism centers in North Vietnam. Formerly a French hill station, the triple-peaked Ba Vi Mountain (Nui Ba Vi) has been attracting visitors for decades and remains a popular weekend escape for Hanoians. Tourists flock to the site not only for dipping themselves into a fresh and green ecological area, but its historical & cultural side also.
Total area of Ba Vi national park is 11.000 ha, this park has a typical tropical and subtropical flora system in Vietnam. It's the home for several rare and endangered plants, mammals and over 200 species of birds.
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Notes: *** Subspecies of a full species (above) have been recorded in Vietnam, with different traits and are defined by scientists - These subspecies may split into full species in future updates.
1. Mountain Hawk-Eagle
2. Mountain Scops-Owl
3. Collared Scops-Owl
4. Asian Barred Owlet
5. Red-headed Trogon
6. Dollarbird/Oriental Dollarbird
7. Great Barbet
8. Golden-throated Barbet
***Himalayan Golden-throated Barbet
9. Bay Woodpecker
10. Long-tailed Broadbill
11. Silver-breasted Broadbill
12. Blyth's Shrike-Babbler
13. Maroon Oriole
14. Red-billed Blue-Magpie
15. Sultan Tit
***Common Sultan Tit
16. Chestnut-crowned Warbler
17. Mountain Tailorbird
18. Indochinese Yuhina
19. Golden Babbler
20. Spot-necked Babbler
21. Collared Babbler
22. Rufous-throated Fulvetta
23. Black-browed Fulvetta
24. Blue-winged Minla
25. Red-billed Leiothrix
26. Silver-eared Mesia
27. Rufous-cheeked Laughingthrush
28. Green Cochoa
29. Chinese Blackbird
30. Japanese Thrush
31. Small Niltava
32. Verditer Flycatcher
33. Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-robin
34. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
35. Fork-tailed Sunbird