Birding Highlights: Blue-rumped Pitta (Near Endemic), Bar-bellied Pitta (Near Endemic), Orange-necked Partridge (Near Endemic), Siamese Fireback, Green Peafowl, Germain's Peacock-Pheasant (Near Endemic), Great Hornbill, Pale-headed Woodpecker, Gray-faced Tit-Babbler (Near Endemic), Indochinese Babbler (Near Endemic - Subspecies)
Gateway cities: Ho Chi Minh City (150km).
Airport: Tan Son Nhat International Airport - Ho Chi Minh City (150km)
Best time to visit Cat Tien National Park for a birding trip: December to May
Cat Tien National Park is one of the best birding hotspots in Southern Vietnam, located 150km from Ho Chi Minh City. This park is the largest remaining lowland rainforest in Vietnam.
Cat Tien National Park is estimated as the reserve of natural resources in Vietnam with lots of rare, specious and endemic genes of fauna and flora, as plentiful site for scientists, domestic and foreign tourists. Birders have recorded over 350 species in the park, including many specialties that are easier to find in Cat Tien than in any other park in the region.
The diversity of the Park has been recognized by WWF when this international organization selected the Park as one of 200 global ecological zones including the land and its water area with its wellknown biological diversity. In 2001 Cat Tien National Park has been listed by UNESCO as the 411th biosphere Reserve Zone in the world.
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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. Orange-necked Partridge (Near Endemic)
2. Siamese Fireback
3. Green Peafowl
4. Scaly-breasted Partridge/Green-legged Partridge
5. Germain's Peacock-Pheasant (Near Endemic)
6. Asian Emerald Dove/Grey-capped Emerald Dove
7. Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon
8. Violet Cuckoo
9. Javan Frogmouth/Horsfield's Frogmouth
***Indochinese Frogmouth
10. Great Eared-Nightjar
11. Woolly-necked Stork/Asian Woollyneck
12. Lesser Adjutant
13. Painted Stork
14. Oriental Honey-buzzard
***Indomalayan Honey-buzzard
15. Gray-headed Fish-Eagle
16. Collared Scops-Owl
17. Asian Barred Owlet
18. Brown Boobook
19. Orange-breasted Trogon
20. Great Hornbill
21. Oriental Pied-Hornbill
22. Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher/Oriental Dwarf-Kingfisher
23. Banded Kingfisher
24. Stork-billed Kingfisher
25. Blue-bearded Bee-eater
26. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
27. Coppersmith Barbet
28. Blue-eared Barbet
29. Green-eared Barbet
30. White-browed Piculet
31. Heart-spotted Woodpecker
32. Rufous Woodpecker
33. Black-and-buff Woodpecker
34. Pale-headed Woodpecker
35. Lesser Yellownape
***Himalayan Yellownape
36. Gray-headed Woodpecker
***Black-naped Woodpecker
37. Great Slaty Woodpecker
38. White-bellied Woodpecker
39. Collared Falconet
40. Red-breasted Parakeet
41. Vernal Hanging-Parrot
42. Dusky Broadbill
43. Black-and-red Broadbill
44. Banded Broadbill
45. Blue-rumped Pitta (Near Endemic)
46. Bar-bellied Pitta (Near Endemic)
47. Scarlet Minivet
48. Indochinese Cuckooshrike
49. Black-hooded Oriole
50. Pale-legged Leaf Warbler
51. Yellow-bellied Warbler
52. Chestnut-capped Babbler
53. Gray-faced Tit-Babbler (Near Endemic)
54. Scaly-crowned Babbler
***Indochinese Babbler (Near Endemic - Subspecies)
55. Buff-breasted Babbler
56. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
57. Indochinese Blue Flycatcher (split from Tickell's Blue Flycatcher)
58. Siberian Blue Robin
59. Thick-billed Flowerpecker
***Modest Flowerpecker
60. Yellow-vented Flowerpecker
61. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
62. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
63. Van Hasselt's Sunbird/Maroon-bellied Sunbird
64. Purple-naped Spiderhunter
65. Asian Fairy-bluebird
66. Asian Golden Weaver
Bird Photos of Cat Tien National Park (View)