Cat Tien National Park - Southern Vietnam
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Cat Tien National Park - Southern Vietnam

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

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Overview:

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.


Suggested Itineraries for Birding at Cat Tien National Park:


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The most wanted birds of Cat Tien National Park for birders:

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

 


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