Site Report: Doi Inthanon, Thailand

Doi Inthanon Village Area

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)

Signature Spider (Argiope versicolor)

Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala)

Buff-breasted Babbler (Pellorneum tickelli)

Little Spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra)

Siberian Blue Robin (Luscinia cyane)

Hill Blue Flycatcher (Cyornis whitei)

Gray-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)

White-gorgeted Flycatcher (Ficedula monileger)

Snowy-browed Flycatcher (Ficedula hyperythra) - Female

Yellow-cheeked Tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)

Slaty-blue Flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor) - Female

Hill Prinia (Prinia superciliaris)

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) - Female

Fungus Root (Balanophora fungosa)

Hume's Treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)

Gray-sided Thrush (Turdus feae)

Chestnut-tailed Minla (Minla strigula)

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)

Green-tailed Sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis) - Female

Lesser Shortwing (Brachypteryx leucophris)

Ashy-throated Warbler (Phylloscopus maculipennis)

Slaty-backed Flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus)

Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)

Taiga Flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla)

Puff-throated Bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus)

Slaty-blue Flycatcher (Ficedula tricolor) - Male

Parallel-spined Spiny Orbweaver (Gasteracantha diardi)

Malaysian Moon Moth (Actias maenas)

Rufous-throated Partridge (Arborophila rufogularis)

Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)

Chestnut-crowned Warbler (Phylloscopus castaniceps)

Clicking Shrike-Babbler (Pteruthius intermedius)

Speckled Wood-Pigeon (Columba hodgsonii)

Chinese Vivid Niltava (Niltava oatesi)

Tall mountain near Chiang Mai

Map of Site Report: Doi Inthanon, Thailand

Visits

2026-01-26: We were able to find a rideshare to arrive in the Mae Klung village for a couple of nights. This day was spent around the town where there was a good variety of birds.
2026-01-27: We hired a guy from the local village to drive us on Doi Inthanon. We started by seeing the sunrise from a viewpoint near the top of the mountain. We walked around on some trails around the top before heading back to Mae Klang.
2026-01-28: We went back up to the top to try and find some birds missed the previous day. While we were walking on the side of the road, some angry police came on a motorbike and accused us of flying drones around the Thai princess. Fortunately, we did not have any drones.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (91 records, 31 images)

Phylum: Arthropods (3 records, 3 images)

Class: Arachnids (2 records, 2 images)

Order: Spiders (2 records)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Parallel-spined Spiny Orbweaver (Gasteracantha diardi)
- Signature Spider (Argiope versicolor)

Class: Insects (1 record, 1 image)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (1 record)
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
- Malaysian Moon Moth (Actias maenas)

Phylum: Chordates (88 records, 28 images)

Class: Birds (87 records, 28 images)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Mountain Hawk-Eagle (Nisaetus nipalensis)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Asian Palm Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
- Himalayan Swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)
- Collared Owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei)

Order: Perching Birds (73 records)
- Family: Bush Warblers and Allies
- Mountain Tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Yellow-cheeked Tit (Machlolophus spilonotus)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Gray-chinned Minivet (Pericrocotus solaris)
- Short-billed Minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
- Family: Cupwings
- Pygmy Cupwing (Pnoepyga pusilla)
- Family: Drongos
- Ashy Drongo (Dicrurus leucophaeus)
- Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus remifer)
- Family: Fantails
- White-throated Fantail (Rhipidura albicollis)
- Yellow-bellied Fairy-Fantail (Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus)
- Family: Ground Babblers and Allies
- Buff-breasted Babbler (Pellorneum tickelli)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Laughingthrushes
- Silver-eared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma)
- Family: Nuthatches
- Chestnut-vented Nuthatch (Sitta nagaensis)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus)
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Gray-throated Babbler (Stachyris nigriceps)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Hill Prinia (Prinia superciliaris)
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Family: Shrikes
- Gray-backed Shrike (Lanius tephronotus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Cecropis daurica)
- Family: Tree-Babblers, Scimitar-Babblers and Allies
- Black-backed Sibia (Heterophasia melanoleuca)
- Brown-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala)
- Chestnut-tailed Minla (Minla strigula)
- Golden Babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum)
- Rufous-backed Sibia (Leioptila annectens)
- Rufous-winged Fulvetta (Alcippe castaneceps)
- Spectacled Barwing (Actinodura ramsayi)
- Yunnan Fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Hume's Treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)
- Family: Vireos
- Clicking Shrike-Babbler (Pteruthius intermedius)
- White-browed Shrike-Babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus)
- Family: White-eyes
- Chestnut-flanked White-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus)
- Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Rufous-throated Partridge (Arborophila rufogularis)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (3 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Blue-throated Barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus)
- Golden-throated Barbet (Psilopogon franklinii)
- Great Barbet (Megalaima virens)

Class: Mammals (1 record, 0 images)

Order: Rodents (1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel (Dremomys rufigenis)

Kingdom: Plants (1 record, 1 image)

Phylum: Vascular Plants (1 record, 1 image)

Class: Dicots (1 record, 1 image)

Order: Sandalwoods, Mistletoes, and allies (1 record)
- Family: Balanophora
- Fungus Root (Balanophora fungosa)

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