Thailand Ramsar wetland
Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park
38 bird species recorded; the most from January to February.
Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0
This month here
23 species in January.25 species in February.22 species in March.6 species in April.2 species in May.1 species in June.20 species in July.17 species in August.2 species in September.0 species in October.1 species in November.4 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.
No records for this month.
- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
38 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).
- 38Speciesrecorded more than once
- 15Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 222Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 118 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 4Raptors
- 3Gulls & seabirds
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 21Songbirds
- 6Other 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 38 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-bellied Sea-EagleHaliaeetus leucogaster
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Gulls & seabirds3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-naped TernSterna sumatrana
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Common TernSterna hirundo
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Songbirds21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Pacific SwallowHirundo javanica
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Plain-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Asian Red-eyed BulbulPycnonotus brunneus
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Asian Glossy StarlingAplonis panayensis
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
Other birds6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Pink-necked Green-PigeonTreron vernans
- Pied Imperial-PigeonDucula bicolor
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 January to February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan28°/25°103 mm
- Feb29°/25°30 mm
- Mar30°/26°101 mm
- Apr31°/27°99 mm
- May30°/27°234 mm
- Jun30°/26°249 mm
- Jul29°/26°263 mm
- Aug29°/26°242 mm
- Sep29°/26°273 mm
- Oct29°/26°270 mm
- Nov28°/26°279 mm
- Dec28°/25°192 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park.
National park of Thailand
Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Thailand.
38 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 222 open records.
The most recorded are the Reef Heron, the Oriental Pied-Hornbill and the Edible-nest Swiftlet.
6 species come for the summer, 8 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
The most species are recorded from January to February.
Get there and watch
- จุดกางเต็นท์campsite · 4.7 km · 2 within 10 km
- Samui International Airport (USM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 43 km in a straight lineCar hire at USM airport (Na Thon)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
- 8viewpoints within 5 kmFirst resting point, Fourth resting point, Second resting point and 5 more
- 1restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 2campsites within 10 kmจุดกางเต็นท์
- 2places to stay within 10 km
- 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 Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Islandyasthe islandKo Wua Ta Lap0.8 km²
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.
Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park
Thailand
- 36Birdyas Score
- 38Species
- 15Migrants
- 0Threatened
Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
Thailand · 286 km
- 86Birdyas Score
- 267Species
- 118Migrants
- 9Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1255783) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 222 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 | Islandyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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