Site Report: Chiang Dao, Thailand
Lychee Shield Bug (Chrysocoris stollii)
Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)
White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
Gray-eyed Bulbul (Iole propinqua)
Lophopid Planthopper (Pitambara sp)
Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)
Black-backed Forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata)
White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
Blue-eared Barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis)
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Lychee Shield Bug (Chrysocoris stollii)
Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)
White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
Gray-eyed Bulbul (Iole propinqua)
Lophopid Planthopper (Pitambara sp)
Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
Stripe-throated Bulbul (Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)
Black-backed Forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata)
White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
Blue-eared Barbet (Psilopogon cyanotis)
Large rock to the North of Chiang Mai
Visits
- 2026-01-15: We headed over to the Chiang Dao Cave area to look around next to the temple before dark. Later that night, I heard a couple of owls in the vicinity, but I could not find them.
- 2026-01-16: Some more owls around town.
- 2026-01-17: Quick stop back in Chiang Dao
- 2026-01-21: We were dropped off back in Chiang Dao to spend a couple of more days. We heard the Boobook calling from near the hotel.
- 2026-01-22: We spent the morning looking for birds in the vicinity of the hotel. Afterward, we got a couple of rental bikes, and we rode over to the hot springs where I bought a coconut and an ice cream cone.
- 2026-01-23: Before heading back to Chiang Mai, we walked around to a few places in the Chiang Dao temple area.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (63 records,
18 images)
Phylum: Arthropods
(3 records,
3 images)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record,
1 image)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Jumping Spiders
- Gray Wall Jumping Spider (Menemerus bivittatus)
Class: Insects
(2 records,
2 images)
- Order: True Bugs
(2 records)
- Family: Jewel Bugs
- Lychee Shield Bug (Chrysocoris stollii)
- Family: Lophopid Planthoppers
- Lophopid Planthopper (Pitambara sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(60 records,
15 images)
Class: Birds
(59 records,
15 images)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Brown Boobook (Ninox scutulata)
- Mountain Scops-Owl (Otus spilocephalus)
- Order: Perching Birds (44 records)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Aberrant Bush Warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus)
- Family: Fairy-bluebirds
- Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Buff-breasted Babbler (Pellorneum tickelli)
- Family: Iora
- Common Iora (Aegithina tiphia)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Leafbirds
- Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis)
- Golden-fronted Leafbird (Chloropsis aurifrons)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Two-barred Warbler (Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Black-backed Forktail (Enicurus immaculatus)
- White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaulti)
- Family: Old World Orioles
- Black-hooded Oriole (Oriolus xanthornus)
- Maroon Oriole (Oriolus traillii)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Striated Yuhina (Staphida castaniceps)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Brown-throated Sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis)
- Crimson Sunbird (Aethopyga siparaja)
- Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)
- Ornate Sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus)
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)
- White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- Pin-striped Tit-Babbler (Mixornis gularis)
- Family: Vangas
- Large Woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Gray Wagtail (Motacilla cinerea)
- Family: White-eyes
- Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Scaly-breasted Partridge (Tropicoperdix chloropus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (6 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Greater Yellownape (Chrysophlegma flavinucha)
- White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea)
Class: Mammals
(1 record,
0 images)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Pallas's Squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)