Thailand Ramsar wetland
Krabi River
284 bird species recorded; the most from February to March and in December.
Stefan Fussan · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
195 species in January.207 species in February.213 species in March.193 species in April.170 species in May.87 species in June.97 species in July.106 species in August.100 species in September.137 species in October.154 species in November.199 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.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
284 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).
- 284Speciesrecorded more than once
- 125Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 8ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 24,923Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 16Raptors
- 6Owls
- 34Waders
- 13Gulls & seabirds
- 3Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 115Songbirds
- 81Other 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 284 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
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Oriental HobbyFalco severus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Black-thighed FalconetMicrohierax fringillarius
- Black BazaAviceda leuphotes
- Changeable Hawk-EagleNisaetus cirrhatus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Blyth's Hawk-eagleNisaetus alboniger
- Lesser Fish EagleIcthyophaga humilisNT
Owls6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Buffy Fish-OwlKetupa ketupu
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
- Spotted Wood OwlStrix seloputo
- Bay OwlPhodilus badius
Waders34 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Beach Stone-curlewEsacus magnirostrisNT
Gulls & seabirds13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Crested TernThalasseus bengalensis
- Great Crested-TernThalasseus bergii
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Christmas FrigatebirdFregata andrewsiVU
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- Pomarine SkuaStercorarius pomarinus
Ducks & geese3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosa
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Indian Pond-HeronArdeola grayii
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Songbirds115 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Mangrove PittaPitta megarhynchaNT
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Ashy TailorbirdOrthotomus ruficeps
- Rufous-bellied SwallowCecropis badia
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Plain-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
- Malaysian Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
- Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensis
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Mangrove WhistlerPachycephala cinerea
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Olive-winged BulbulPycnonotus plumosus
- Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea
- Sakhalin Leaf-warblerPhylloscopus borealoides
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- White-chested BabblerTrichastoma rostratum
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Mangrove Blue-FlycatcherCyornis rufigastra
- Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigma
- Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
- Black-and-red BroadbillCymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
- Pale-legged WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Copper-throated SunbirdLeptocoma calcostetha
- Jungle MynaAcridotheres fuscus
- Dicrurus annectensDicrurus annectens
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
- Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Brown-streaked FlycatcherMuscicapa williamsoni
- Plain-backed SparrowPasser flaveolus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Ochraceous BulbulAlophoixus ochraceus
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Indian Paradise FlycatcherTerpsiphone paradisi
- Hooded PittaPitta sordida
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Gurney's PittaPitta gurneyi
- Blue-winged PittaPitta moluccensis
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Daurian StarlingAgropsar sturninus
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Great IoraAegithina lafresnayei
- Spectacled SpiderhunterArachnothera flavigaster
- Yellow-bellied BulbulAlophoixus phaeocephalus
- Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
- Rufous-tailed TailorbirdOrthotomus sericeus
- Chestnut-winged BabblerStachyris erythroptera
- Fulvous-chested Jungle-flycatcherRhinomyias olivaceus
- Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
- Yellow-bellied WarblerAbroscopus superciliaris
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Yellow-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus maculatus
- Red-throated SunbirdAnthreptes rhodolaemusNT
- Olive BulbulIole viridescens
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Chloropsis moluccensisChloropsis moluccensis
- Rubigula erythropthalmosRubigula erythropthalmos
- Black MagpiePlatysmurus leucopterus
- Plain SunbirdAnthreptes simplex
- Lesser CuckooshrikeCoracina fimbriata
- Dark-throated OrioleOriolus xanthonotus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Malacocincla abbottiMalacocincla abbotti
- Moustached BabblerMalacopteron magnirostre
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- Streaked Wren-BabblerNapothera brevicaudata
- Kamchatka Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus examinandus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Grey-breasted SpiderhunterArachnothera modesta
- Rufous-winged PhilentomaPhilentoma pyrhoptera
Other birds81 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Brown-winged KingfisherPelargopsis amauropteraNT
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- Ruddy KingfisherHalcyon coromanda
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Common FlamebackDinopium javanense
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Streak-breasted WoodpeckerPicus viridanus
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- Coracias affinisCoracias affinis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Rhopodytes sumatranusRhopodytes sumatranus
- Grey-rumped TreeswiftHemiprocne longipennis
- Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Asian FinfootHeliopais personatusCR
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Slaty-breasted RailGallirallus striatus
- Vernal Hanging-ParrotLoriculus vernalis
- Great Eared NightjarLyncornis macrotis
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
- Pink-necked Green-PigeonTreron vernans
- Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
- Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Little Bronze CuckooChrysococcyx minutillus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Great Slaty WoodpeckerMulleripicus pulverulentusVU
- Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolor
- Thick-billed Green PigeonTreron curvirostra
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Zanclostomus curvirostrisZanclostomus curvirostris
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Banded KingfisherLacedo pulchella
- Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- Gold-whiskered BarbetPsilopogon chrysopogon
- Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanosNT
- Barred ButtonquailTurnix suscitator
- Silver-rumped SpinetailRhaphidura leucopygialis
- White-rumped WoodpeckerMeiglyptes tristis
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- Bamboo WoodpeckerGecinulus viridis
- Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctus
- Orange-breasted TrogonHarpactes oreskios
- Banded WoodpeckerChrysophlegma miniaceum
- Green PeafowlPavo muticus
- Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Plume-toed SwiftletCollocalia affinis
- Whiskered TreeswiftHemiprocne comata
- Maroon WoodpeckerBlythipicus rubiginosus
- Rhopodytes diardiRhopodytes diardi
- Blyth's FrogmouthBatrachostomus affinis
- Black-backed Dwarf KingfisherCeyx erithacaNT
- White-bellied WoodpeckerDryocopus javensis
- Cuculus fugaxCuculus fugax
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
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 February to March and in December.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/24°93 mm
- Feb29°/24°25 mm
- Mar30°/25°106 mm
- Apr31°/26°130 mm
- May29°/27°237 mm
- Jun29°/26°259 mm
- Jul28°/26°243 mm
- Aug28°/26°277 mm
- Sep28°/26°326 mm
- Oct28°/26°316 mm
- Nov28°/25°232 mm
- Dec28°/24°139 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Krabi River.
River in Thailand
Krabi River is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Thailand.
284 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 24,923 open records.
The most recorded are the Brahminy Kite, the White-collared Kingfisher and the Pacific Swallow.
33 species come for the summer, 85 for the winter and 7 only pass through.
8 are threatened worldwide, including Black-capped Kingfisher, Grey Plover and Chinese Egret.
The most species are recorded from February to March and in December.
Get there and watch
- ลานลงเล บ้านปากหรา กระบี่campsite · 6.8 km · 3 within 10 km
- Marina Seaviewplace to stay · 1.8 km · 244 within 10 km
- Krabinearest town · 3.2 km in a straight line
- Krabi International Airport (KBV)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 10 km in a straight lineCar hire at KBV airport (Krabi)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
- 1observation towers within 6 km
- 2visitor centres within 6 kmศูนย์บริการนักท่องเที่ยว
- 1viewpoints within 5 km
- 11car parks within 3 km
- 69restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 3campsites within 10 kmลานลงเล บ้านปากหรา กระบี่
- 244places to stay within 10 kmMarina Seaview, Krabi Grand Hotel, Pak-Up Hostel and 241 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 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 Krabi River.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas80 mountains within 25 kmKhao Khanap Nam · 3.8 kmKhao Kaeo · 6.7 kmKhuan Ta Lam · 7.3 kmKhuan Na Ban · 10 kmKhao Yuan · 10 kmKhao Na Wang Mi · 14 kmKhao Ao Pong · 18 kmKhao Pu · 23 km
Lakeyas2 lakes within 15 kmNong Thale Lake0.3 km² · 11 kmAng Kep Nam Bang Pu Dam0.7 km² · 14 km
Cavernyas3 caves within 20 kmPhra Nang Nai Cave · 9.2 kmPhra Nang cave · 9.9 kmThep Pratan Cave · 14 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.
Krabi River
Thailand
- 84Birdyas Score
- 284Species
- 125Migrants
- 8Threatened
Ao Phang Nga National Park
Thailand · 52 km
- 55Birdyas Score
- 114Species
- 47Migrants
- 2Threatened
Thale Noi Non-Hunting Area
Thailand · 139 km
- 56Birdyas Score
- 156Species
- 52Migrants
- 1Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q6435765) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 24,923 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, Lakeyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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