Site Report: Mae Hia, Thailand

Statue at Temple

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)

Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)

Gray-breasted Prinia (Prinia hodgsonii)

Tussock Moth (Orvasca subnotata)

Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava) - Female

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)

Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)

Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)

Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

Shikra (Tachyspiza badia)

Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)

Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Amur Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)

Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)

Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)

Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes)

Golden-headed Cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Asian Golden-Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)

swampy agricultural land.

Map of Site Report: Mae Hia, Thailand

Visits

2026-01-25: We decided to check out a swampy area closer to Chiang Mai. It was fairly easy to get rideshares in the area.
2026-01-30: After spending the morning in Chiang Mai, we decided to go back to the agricultural college to see if there was anything new. There was a small night market with some food stands for after it got dark.
2026-01-31: We stopped yet another time at the ag college, and afterwards we walked up to the temple on the hilltop. After visiting the temple, it was a bit tricky to get the ride back into Chiang Mai
2026-02-04: One final trip to the agricultural college en route to the airport.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (89 records, 20 images)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record, 1 image)

Class: Insects (1 record, 1 image)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (1 record)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Tussock Moth (Orvasca subnotata)

Phylum: Chordates (88 records, 19 images)

Class: Birds (87 records, 19 images)

Order: Bucerotiformes (1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Order: Cuckoos (5 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
- Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)
- Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Black Baza (Aviceda leuphotes)
- Black Kite (Milvus migrans)
- Crested Serpent-Eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- Oriental Honey-buzzard (Pernis ptilorhynchus)
- Shikra (Tachyspiza badia)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (4 records)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (5 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Blue-bearded Bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Family: Rollers
- Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Rose-ringed Parakeet (Psittacula krameri)

Order: Pelicans (10 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
- Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Order: Perching Birds (45 records)
- Family: Bush Warblers
- Lanceolated Warbler (Locustella lanceolata)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Rosy Minivet (Pericrocotus roseus)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Fire-breasted Flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Amur Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Asian Golden-Weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)
- Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
- Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Long-tailed Shrike (Lanius schach)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)
- Siamese Pied Starling (Gracupica floweri)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (3 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Blue-throated Barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
- Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)
- Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)

Class: Reptiles (1 record, 0 images)

Order: Turtles (1 record)
- Family: Fresh Water Turtle
- Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta)

Lifelists

Trips

Northern Thailand