Son Tra Nature Reserve - Central Vietnam
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Son Tra Nature Reserve - Central Vietnam

Birding highlights: Daurian Redstart, Red-flanked Bluetail, Siberian Rubythroat, Chinese Blackbird, Japanese Thrush, Green-eared Barbet, Hainan Blue Flycatcher, Taiga Flycatcher, Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Fork-tailed Sunbird.

Gateway cities: Da Nang City (20km)

Airport: Da Nang Airport (20km)

Best time to visit Son Tra Nature Reserve for a birding trip: December to May

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Overview:

Son Tra Nature Reserve is one of the best birding hotspots in Central Vietnam, located in Da Nang City. This reserve was established in 1989.

 

Son Tra Nature Reserve is a beautiful peninsula, the only peninsula in Vietnam that has a natural forest ecosystem associated with the sea. Especially, this area is also considered the kingdom of the Red-Shanked Douc Langur - Indochina’s endemic primate which is a species that could face extinction in the near future without proper conservation efforts. This area is also the best and easiest place in the world to observe this wonderful primate in its natural habitat.


Suggested Itineraries for Birding at Son Tra Nature Reserve:


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The most wanted birds of Son Tra Nature Reserve 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. Oriental Honey-buzzard

2. Green-eared Barbet

3. Lineated Barbet

4. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

5. Rufous-capped Babbler

6. Chinese Blackbird

7. Japanese Thrush

8. Hainan Blue Flycatcher

9. Siberian Rubythroat

10. Red-flanked Bluetail/Orange-flanked Bush-robin

11. Taiga Flycatcher/Red-throated Flycatcher

12. Daurian Redstart

13. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

14. Brown-throated Sunbird

15. Olive-backed Sunbird

16. Crimson Sunbird

17. Fork-tailed Sunbird

 


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