Thailand Ramsar wetland
Laem Son National Park
96 bird species recorded; the most in March.
Chaiyathat · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
50 species in January.12 species in February.78 species in March.8 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.1 species in October.42 species in November.0 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
96 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).
- 96Speciesrecorded more than once
- 27Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 480Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 654 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 2Owls
- 2Waders
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 53Songbirds
- 31Other 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 96 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Lesser Fish EagleIcthyophaga humilisNT
- Black BazaAviceda leuphotes
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
- Brown Wood-owlStrix leptogrammica
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Songbirds53 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigma
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Olive BulbulIole viridescens
- Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
- Ochraceous BulbulAlophoixus ochraceus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Chestnut-naped ForktailEnicurus ruficapillusNT
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Malayan Banded PittaHydrornis irenaNT
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Rubigula erythropthalmosRubigula erythropthalmos
- Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
- Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja
- Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus
- Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- Malacocincla abbottiMalacocincla abbotti
- Orange-headed ThrushGeokichla citrina
- Chloropsis moluccensisChloropsis moluccensis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Plain-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
- Brown-rumped MinivetPericrocotus cantonensis
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Black-and-yellow BroadbillEurylaimus ochromalusNT
- Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Sulphur-breasted WarblerPhylloscopus ricketti
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- White-browed Scimitar BabblerPomatorhinus schisticeps
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Alcippe poioicephalaAlcippe poioicephala
- Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
- Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica
- Mountain TailorbirdPhyllergates cuculatus
- Rufous-browed FlycatcherAnthipes solitaris
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
Other birds31 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Plume-toed SwiftletCollocalia affinis
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Great HornbillBuceros bicornisVU
- Great ArgusArgusianus argusVU
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Bushy-crested HornbillAnorrhinus galeritusNT
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Silver-rumped SpinetailRhaphidura leucopygialis
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
- Red-throated BarbetPsilopogon mystacophanosNT
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Vernal Hanging-ParrotLoriculus vernalis
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Grey-rumped TreeswiftHemiprocne longipennis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Raffles's MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea
- Orange-breasted TrogonHarpactes oreskios
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Red-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis amictus
- Wreathed HornbillRhyticeros undulatusVU
- Black-nest SwiftletAerodramus maximus
- Thick-billed Green PigeonTreron curvirostra
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Gold-whiskered BarbetPsilopogon chrysopogon
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan27°/21°85 mm
- Feb28°/21°29 mm
- Mar30°/22°104 mm
- Apr31°/23°125 mm
- May29°/24°305 mm
- Jun27°/23°331 mm
- Jul27°/23°349 mm
- Aug27°/23°344 mm
- Sep27°/22°376 mm
- Oct27°/22°325 mm
- Nov27°/22°225 mm
- Dec27°/21°141 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Laem Son National Park.
National park in Thailand
Laem Son National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Thailand, 654 m above the sea.
96 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 480 open records.
The most recorded are the Edible-nest Swiftlet, the Orange-bellied Flowerpecker and the Black-crested Bulbul.
0 species come for the summer, 25 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Great Hornbill, Great Argus and Wreathed Hornbill.
The most species are recorded in March.
Get there and watch
- Suk Samrannearest town · 12 km in a straight line
- Ranong Airport (UNN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 55 km in a straight lineCar hire at HKT airport (Phuket)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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- car parks within 3 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
- places to stay within 10 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 Laem Son National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas29 mountains within 25 kmKhao Chong Phru Bon · 13 kmKhao Nui · 13 kmKhao Na Ban · 15 kmKhao Pak Triam · 17 kmKhao Thung Nang Dam · 17 kmKhao Bang Bon · 17 kmKhuan Bang Daet · 24 kmKhao Yua Kan · 25 km
Cascadyas1 waterfalls within 15 kmNam Tok Ban Suan Mai · 11 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.
Laem Son National Park
Thailand
- 51Birdyas Score
- 96Species
- 27Migrants
- 3Threatened
Ao Phang Nga National Park
Thailand · 114 km
- 55Birdyas Score
- 114Species
- 47Migrants
- 2Threatened
Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park
Thailand · 133 km
- 36Birdyas Score
- 38Species
- 15Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q5768500) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 480 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, Cascadyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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