Myanmar Ramsar wetland
Inle Lake
253 bird species recorded; the most from December to February.
Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
This month here
193 species in January.179 species in February.164 species in March.156 species in April.57 species in May.14 species in June.49 species in July.90 species in August.40 species in September.75 species in October.145 species in November.179 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
NT
NT- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
253 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 253Speciesrecorded more than once
- 120Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 5ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,998Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 882 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 16Raptors
- 2Owls
- 15Waders
- 7Gulls & seabirds
- 23Ducks & geese
- 16Herons, ibises & grebes
- 3Storks & cranes
- 124Songbirds
- 47Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 253 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Buteo refectusButeo refectus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Rufous-winged Buzzard-eagleButastur liventer
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
Gulls & seabirds7 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Ducks & geese23 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Ruddy ShelduckTadorna ferruginea
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Baer's PochardAythya baeriCR
- Red-crested pochardNetta rufina
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Black swanCygnus atratus
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Fulvous Whistling-duckDendrocygna bicolor
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
Herons, ibises & grebes16 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
Storks & cranes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Sarus CraneGrus antigoneVU
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
Songbirds124 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Red-whiskered BulbulPycnonotus jocosus
- Jerdon's Bush ChatSaxicola jerdoni
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Collared MynaAcridotheres albocinctus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- House CrowCorvus splendens
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Wire-tailed SwallowHirundo smithii
- Vinous-breasted StarlingAcridotheres burmannicus
- Clamorous Reed WarblerAcrocephalus stentoreus
- Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Chestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileata
- Red-vented BulbulPycnonotus cafer
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Chinese grassbirdGraminicola striatusNT
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- White-tailed StonechatSaxicola leucurus
- Siberian stonechatSaxicola maurus
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Deignan's PriniaPrinia polychroa
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
- Burmese ShrikeLanius collurioides
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Grey-throated MartinRiparia chinensis
- Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Baikal Bush WarblerLocustella davidi
- Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Yellow-eyed BabblerChrysomma sinense
- Dicrurus annectensDicrurus annectens
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Paddyfield WarblerAcrocephalus agricola
- Striated BabblerTurdoides earlei
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Locustella thoracicaLocustella thoracica
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Plain-backed SparrowPasser flaveolus
- Javan CuckooshrikeCoracina javensis
- Brown-rumped MinivetPericrocotus cantonensis
- Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
- Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii
- Greenish WarblerPhylloscopus trochiloides
- Plain FlowerpeckerDicaeum minullum
- Hill PriniaPrinia superciliaris
- Grey TreepieDendrocitta formosae
- Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temia
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- Pale Blue-FlycatcherCyornis unicolor
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Chestnut-crowned WarblerSeicercus castaniceps
- Tickell's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus affinis
- Yellow-streaked WarblerPhylloscopus armandii
- Greater Necklaced LaughingthrushGarrulax pectoralis
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus
- Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons
- Chestnut-bellied Rock-ThrushMonticola rufiventris
- Little Pied FlycatcherFicedula westermanni
- Blunt-winged WarblerAcrocephalus concinens
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Golden BabblerStachyridopsis chrysaea
- Brown Bush WarblerLocustella luteoventris
- Pericrocotus solarisPericrocotus solaris
Other birds47 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- CootFulica atra
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Coracias affinisCoracias affinis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Grey-headed ParakeetPsittacula finschiiNT
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Cook's SwiftApus cooki
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Crested TreeswiftHemiprocne coronata
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Hume's Bar-tailed PheasantSyrmaticus humiaeVU
- Brown CrakeAmaurornis akool
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Yellow-footed Green-pigeonTreron phoenicopterus
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- Great BarbetPsilopogon virens
- Rufous-throated PartridgeArborophila rufogularis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Chinese FrancolinFrancolinus pintadeanus
- Mountain Bamboo PartridgeBambusicola fytchii
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eastern Water RailRallus indicus
- Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanosNT
- Blue-throated barbetPsilopogon asiaticus
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from December to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan24°/10°11 mm
- Feb27°/12°2 mm
- Mar30°/15°7 mm
- Apr32°/18°24 mm
- May29°/19°86 mm
- Jun28°/19°89 mm
- Jul26°/19°120 mm
- Aug26°/18°130 mm
- Sep27°/18°90 mm
- Oct26°/17°82 mm
- Nov26°/14°20 mm
- Dec24°/11°8 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Inle Lake.
Lake in Myanmar
Inle Lake is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Myanmar, 882 m above the sea.
253 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,998 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Cormorant, the Brown-headed Gull and the Asian Open-bill Stork.
28 species come for the summer, 88 for the winter and 4 only pass through.
5 are threatened worldwide, including Common Pochard, Baer's Pochard and Black-capped Kingfisher.
The most species are recorded from December to February.
Get there and watch
- Villa Inle Resort & Spaplace to stay · 2.9 km · 25 within 10 km
- Inbawhkonnearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Heho Airport (HEH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 25 km in a straight lineCar hire at CNX airport (Chiang Mai)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 2restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 1campsites within 10 km
- 25places to stay within 10 kmVilla Inle Resort & Spa, Paradise Inle Resort, Sky Lake Resort and 22 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- car parks within 3 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Inle Lake.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas7 mountains within 25 kmLetmaunggwe1,573 m · 12 kmMyinmati1,738 m · 13 kmMibaya Taung1,302 m · 14 kmKara Taung · 14 kmLoi Weng · 15 kmUdaung Taung1,128 m · 17 kmPinmi Taung1,332 m · 22 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Inle Lake
Myanmar
- 78Birdyas Score
- 253Species
- 120Migrants
- 5Threatened
Moneyingyi Wetland Sanctuary
Myanmar · 337 km
- 66Birdyas Score
- 148Species
- 92Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1043461) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,998 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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