Birding highlights: Blue Pitta, Indochinese Green-Magpie, Black-headed Parrotbill (Near Endemic), Orange-breasted Laughingthrush (Endemic), Black-hooded Laughingthrush (Near Endemic), Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler, Collared Babbler, Annam Streaked Wren-babbler (Endemic - Subspecies), Red-vented Barbet (Near Endemic), Bar-backed Partridge.
Gateway cities: Di Linh town (16km), Da Lat City (85km), Phan Thiet City (100km), Ho Chi Minh City (240km).
Airport: Tan Son Nhat International Airport - Ho Chi Minh City (150km); Lien Khuong Airport - Da Lat city (60km)
Best time to visit Deo Nui San (Di Linh) for a birding trip: December to May
Deo Nui San (Di Linh) is one of the best birding hotspots in Southern Vietnam. This place is known by other names such as Deo Suoi Lanh or Nui San Pass.
Di Linh is the name of a small town under development approximately 120km from Cat Tien National Park and 90km from Dalat Plateau.
Deo Nui San is an excellent birding site, a pass surrounded by impressive forested hills, this is the most reliable site to see the endemic Orange-breasted Laughingthrush and the newly split Black-headed Parrotbill.
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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. Bar-backed Partridge
2. Silver Pheasant
3. Barred Cuckoo-Dove
4. Asian Emerald Dove/Grey-capped Emerald Dove
5. Yellow-vented Green-Pigeon (Near Endemic)
6. Hodgson's Frogmouth
7. Gray Nightjar
8. Oriental Bay-Owl
9. Oriental Scops-Owl
10. Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
11. Asian Barred Owlet
12. Collared Owlet
13. Red-headed Trogon
14. Blue-bearded Bee-eater
15. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
16. Red-vented Barbet (Near Endemic)
17. Necklaced Barbet (Near Endemic)
18. Indochinese Barbet/Annam Barbet (Near Endemic)
19. Speckled Piculet
20. Bay Woodpecker
21. Long-tailed Broadbill
22. Silver-breasted Broadbill
23. Blue-rumped Pitta (Near Endemic)
24. Blue Pitta
25. Gray-chinned Minivet
26. Long-tailed Minivet
***Annam Minivet (Endemic - Subspecies)
27. Indochinese Cuckooshrike
28. Dalat Shrike-Babbler (Endemic)
29. Slender-billed Oriole
30. Maroon Oriole
31. Eurasian Jay
***White-faced Jay
32. Indochinese Green-Magpie
33. Green-backed Tit
***Langbian Tit (Endemic - Subspecies)
34. Ashy Bulbul
***Brown-backed Bulbul (Near Endemic - Subspecies)
35. Black-throated Tit
***Grey-crowned Tit
36. Yellow-eyed Babbler
37. Black-headed Parrotbill (Near Endemic)
38. Black-chinned Yuhina
39. Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler
40. Large Scimitar-Babbler
41. Collared Babbler
42. Spot-throated Babbler
43. Streaked Wren-Babbler
***Annam Streaked Wren-babbler (Endemic - Subspecies)
44. Vietnamese Cutia (Endemic)
45. Black-headed Sibia
***White-spectacled Sibia (Endemic - Subspecies)
46. Blue-winged Minla
***Plain Minla (Near Endemic - Subspecies)
47. Rufous-backed Sibia
48. Orange-breasted Laughingthrush (Endemic)
49. Black-hooded Laughingthrush (Near Endemic)
50. White-cheeked Laughingthrush (Near Endemic)
51. Chestnut-vented Nuthatch
52. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
53. Yellow-billed Nuthatch (Near Endemic)
54. Green Cochoa
55. Siberian Thrush
56. Orange-headed Thrush
57. Verditer Flycatcher
58. Mugimaki Flycatcher
59. Little Pied Flycatcher
60. White-throated Rock-Thrush
61. Black-throated Sunbird
***Langbian Sunbird (Endemic - Subspecies)
62. Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
***Annam Sunbird (Near Endemic - Subspecies)
63. Asian Fairy-bluebird
64. Vietnamese Greenfinch (Endemic)
Bird Photos of Deo Nui San (Di Linh) (View)