Vietnam Ramsar wetland
Cát Tiên National Park
96 bird species recorded; the most in January.
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data), CC BY 4.0, with relief shading from Copernicus WorldDEM-30
This month here
86 species in January.50 species in February.0 species in March.0 species in April.0 species in May.0 species in June.0 species in July.0 species in August.0 species in September.0 species in October.0 species in November.61 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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VU- 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
- 22Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 371Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 78 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 2Raptors
- 1Owls
- 2Waders
- 1Ducks & geese
- 4Herons, ibises & grebes
- 1Storks & cranes
- 44Songbirds
- 41Other 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.
Raptors2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
Owls1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Brown BoobookNinox scutulata
Waders2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
Ducks & geese1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
Herons, ibises & grebes4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Storks & cranes1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
Songbirds44 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
- Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temia
- Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Golden-crested MynaAmpeliceps coronatus
- Blue-rumped PittaPitta soror
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Black-and-red BroadbillCymbirhynchus macrorhynchos
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Pitta elliotiiPitta elliotii
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Dusky BroadbillCorydon sumatranus
- Large WoodshrikeTephrodornis virgatus
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Great IoraAegithina lafresnayei
- Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
- Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrikeHemipus picatus
- Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella
- Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
- Hainan Blue-flycatcherCyornis hainanus
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- Malacocincla abbottiMalacocincla abbotti
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Grey-eyed BulbulIole propinqua
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Scarlet MinivetPericrocotus speciosus
Other birds41 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Germain's Peacock-PheasantPolyplectron germainiVU
- Oriental Pied-HornbillAnthracoceros albirostris
- Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon duvaucelii
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Green PeafowlPavo muticus
- Thick-billed Green PigeonTreron curvirostra
- Lineated BarbetPsilopogon lineatus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Coracias affinisCoracias affinis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Great HornbillBuceros bicornisVU
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Laced WoodpeckerPicus vittatus
- Vernal Hanging-ParrotLoriculus vernalis
- Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
- Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Orange-breasted TrogonHarpactes oreskios
- Great Eared NightjarLyncornis macrotis
- Ashy-headed Green-pigeonTreron phayreiNT
- Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropus
- Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Blue-bearded Bee-eaterNyctyornis athertoni
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Banded KingfisherLacedo pulchella
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Heart-spotted WoodpeckerHemicircus canente
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Green Imperial-PigeonDucula aeneaNT
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
- Greater Yellownape WoodpeckerChrysophlegma flavinucha
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Green-eared BarbetPsilopogon faiostrictus
- Greater FlamebackChrysocolaptes guttacristatus
- 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 January.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan33°/20°9 mm
- Feb36°/21°5 mm
- Mar37°/23°11 mm
- Apr37°/25°39 mm
- May34°/25°145 mm
- Jun30°/24°198 mm
- Jul30°/23°195 mm
- Aug29°/23°190 mm
- Sep29°/23°178 mm
- Oct30°/23°186 mm
- Nov30°/22°89 mm
- Dec31°/20°28 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Cát Tiên National Park.
National park in Vietnam
Cát Tiên National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Vietnam.
96 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 371 open records.
The most recorded are the White-breasted Kingfisher, the Germain's Peacock-Pheasant and the Oriental Pied-Hornbill.
0 species come for the summer, 22 for the winter and 0 only pass through.
2 are threatened worldwide, including Germain's Peacock-Pheasant and Great Hornbill.
The most species are recorded in January.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Lòng Hồ Trị Ancampsite · 9.9 km · 1 within 10 km
- Tan Son Nhat International Airport (SGN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 80 km in a straight line
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
- 1campsites within 10 kmLòng Hồ Trị An
- 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
- 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 Cát Tiên National Park.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas1 mountains within 25 kmNúi Bá Hâo · 13 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Other places nearby.
Cát Tiên National Park
Vietnam
- 48Birdyas Score
- 96Species
- 22Migrants
- 2Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1421202) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 371 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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