Cambodia Ramsar wetland
Prek Toal
222 bird species recorded; the most from December to February.
Charles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
162 species in January.172 species in February.156 species in March.147 species in April.94 species in May.71 species in June.80 species in July.78 species in August.90 species in September.99 species in October.134 species in November.159 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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- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
222 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).
- 222Speciesrecorded more than once
- 91Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 31,979Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 14Raptors
- 4Owls
- 21Waders
- 5Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 18Herons, ibises & grebes
- 8Storks & cranes
- 91Songbirds
- 55Other 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 222 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors14 species
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- Grey-headed Fish EagleIcthyophaga ichthyaetusNT
- Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Rufous-winged Buzzard-eagleButastur liventer
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Spotted Wood OwlStrix seloputo
- Buffy Fish-OwlKetupa ketupu
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
Waders21 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Little PratincoleGlareola lactea
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Greater Painted-snipeRostratula benghalensis
Gulls & seabirds5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Brown-headed GullChroicocephalus brunnicephalus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Cairina moschataCairina moschata
Herons, ibises & grebes18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
- Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
- Grey PelicanPelecanus philippensisNT
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosa
- Great White PelicanPelecanus onocrotalus
Storks & cranes8 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
- Lesser Adjutant StorkLeptoptilos javanicusNT
- Greater AdjutantLeptoptilos dubiusNT
- Milky StorkMycteria cinerea
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
- Black-necked StorkEphippiorhynchus asiaticus
- Sarus CraneGrus antigoneVU
Songbirds91 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Malaysian Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
- Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temia
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
- Plain-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Plain-backed SparrowPasser flaveolus
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Common Hill MynaGracula religiosa
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensis
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Tickell's Blue FlycatcherCyornis tickelliae
- Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
- Pale-legged WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
- Hainan Blue-flycatcherCyornis hainanus
- White-crested LaughingthrushGarrulax leucolophus
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- White-browed FantailRhipidura aureola
- Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
- Rufous TreepieDendrocitta vagabunda
- Blue-winged PittaPitta moluccensis
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- White-throated Rock-ThrushMonticola gularis
- Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus
- Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
- Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
- Singing BushlarkMirafra javanica
- Deignan's PriniaPrinia polychroa
- Chestnut-capped BabblerTimalia pileata
- Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasiliana
- Indian Pied MynaGracupica contra
- Great IoraAegithina lafresnayei
- Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Oriental SkylarkAlauda gulgula
- White-rumped ShamaCopsychus malabaricus
- Burmese ShrikeLanius collurioides
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Dusky BroadbillCorydon sumatranus
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
Other birds55 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Coracias affinisCoracias affinis
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Laced WoodpeckerPicus vittatus
- Rufous WoodpeckerMicropternus brachyurus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- White-browed CrakePorzana cinerea
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Red-breasted ParakeetPsittacula alexandriNT
- Pink-necked Green-PigeonTreron vernans
- Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analis
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatus
- Common FlamebackDinopium javanense
- Alexandrine ParakeetPsittacula eupatria
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- CootFulica atra
- Vernal Hanging-ParrotLoriculus vernalis
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
- Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
- Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
- Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
- Crested TreeswiftHemiprocne coronata
- Black-headed WoodpeckerPicus erythropygius
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
- Streak-throated WoodpeckerPicus xanthopygaeus
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
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.
- Jan33°/22°17 mm
- Feb35°/24°23 mm
- Mar36°/26°55 mm
- Apr35°/26°82 mm
- May33°/26°153 mm
- Jun31°/25°215 mm
- Jul30°/25°248 mm
- Aug30°/25°231 mm
- Sep30°/25°250 mm
- Oct30°/24°155 mm
- Nov31°/23°46 mm
- Dec32°/22°10 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Prek Toal.
Protected area in Cambodia
Prek Toal is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Cambodia.
222 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 31,979 open records.
The most recorded are the Oriental Darter, the Asian Open-bill Stork and the Large-billed Crow.
22 species come for the summer, 68 for the winter and 1 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Black-capped Kingfisher and Sarus Crane.
The most species are recorded from December to February.
Get there and watch
- Prektoal Homestayplace to stay · 1.1 km · 2 within 10 km
- Battambang Airport (BBM)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 49 km in a straight lineCar hire in Ubon RatchathaniDiscover 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 kmព្រែកទាល់ ឃុំកោះជីវាំង ស្រុកឯកភ្នំ ខេត្តបាត់ដំបង
- 2places to stay within 10 kmPrektoal Homestay
- 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
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites 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 Prek Toal.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas2 mountains within 25 kmPhnom Krom140 m · 18 km↗Phnom Sampov · 22 km
Riveryasthe river nearbySangkae River250 kmStung Sen River
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.
Prek Toal
Cambodia
- 69Birdyas Score
- 222Species
- 91Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q16898775) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 31,979 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, Riveryas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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