Overview
Date: |
27 December 2011 - 9 January 2012. |
With Phil Hansbro. Arrangements for this trip were made with Richard Craik at Vietnam Birding, who handled all our logistics; accommodation, vehicles, drivers, permits and provided our guide Minh. Everything worked smoothly and efficiently and both Vietnam Birding and Minh are highly recommended. The main focus of the trip was the Vietnam endemics and Indochinese specialities. To this end the trip was reasonably successful, though we struggled greatly in finding many of them due to a mixture of birds not being particularly vocal at this time, as well as unseasonably poor weather, and a general result of the intense hunting, trapping pressure and habitat destruction that Vietnam wildlife is under. A larger percentage than usual of species on a trip list list were heard only. The weather was wetter and cooler than expected with copious amounts of mud encountered in most birding localities. Wellies would not have gone amiss.
Itinerary
27 Dec. Thai Airways flight from Chiang Mai connecting with Vietnam Air in Bangkok to Ho Chi Minh went smoothly. Although a visa approval letter had been arranged in advance, the issuing of visas at the airport is a slow process, and took almost an hour for the small plane load of people. If flying in on a major long haul international flight the wait is likely to be well over an hour. Moral - get off the plane fast. Met by Minh and waited around for a few hours for Phil to arrive from Sydney. Left the airport toward 17:30 and started what seemed like a never-ending drive out of the city. A quick stop to stock up on snacks and we arrived almost five hours later at Cat Tien National Park. Due to late hour, special arrangements had been made for a boat to cross the river to the park and check in at the accommodation block. Although maybe not as clean as Thai national park accommodation, a decided improvement on facilities with A/C, hot water, local TV and even local free WiFi.
28 Dec. An 05:45 start with a park jeep, driving eight kilometres from the HQ, to be dropped to bird along a wide jeep track and forest trails. Good forest but birding quite tough - a fair number of species heard only, and little of note seen. Eventually we caught up with Grey-faced Tit Babbler and Red-vented Barbet, and had to chase several Bar-bellied Pitta before finally finding one feeding on the forest floor. We failed to find Germain's Peacock-Pheasant, Blue-rumped Pitta and Orange-necked Partridge, though the former two were heard. Other birds seen included Great Slaty Woodpecker, Red-breasted Parakeet, Indian Cuckoo, Laced Woodpecker, Greater Flameback and Lanceolated Warbler. Having walked the main track and a couple of side trails, arrived back at the HQ around 13:00 for a quick bite at the small restaurant. After, took a quick stroll down road past the ferry, but other than a single calling Blue-rumped Pitta nothing seen. At 15:00 went with a different park vehicle and ranger in the opposite direction and walked/drove the main jeep track. In a grassy area, maybe ten kilometres from the HQ, flushed Green Peafowl and climbing an observation tower were able to obtain views of a couple of distant birds. Striated Grassbird calling in the area. During the late afternoon we again looked for Blue-rumped Pitta which again heard only. At dusk we tried open areas for Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl but no joy. A spotlighting session driving back after dark recorded a single Samba Deer.
29 Dec. An 05:30 start. A longer drive for 50 minutes, about 15 kilometres west of HQ, toward Crocodile Lake and then eight kilometres beyond. Started the day searching in vain for Orange-necked Partridge. A number of fly-over green pigeons might have been Ashy-headed but no good views could be obtained. Spent the whole day walking back the eight kilometres to the Crocodile Lake Trail and along several side trails. Hard going with no sign of our target Germain's Peacock-pheasant, Blue-rumped Pitta or Orange-necked Partridge. Over the whole day heard a couple of pittas giving single calls and at dusk a distant persistently calling peacock-pheasant. Back on the truck with rain starting to fall. Definitely not one of the better birding days to remember - a long 15+ kilometre walk with none of the target birds found! Hope for a better day tomorrow.
30 Dec. Returned to the same forest area as the first day, pre-dawn. Tried hard for Orange-necked Partridge with poor views of a pair obtained. A few hours spent walking back toward the HQ with eventually some good views of a female Blue-rumped Pitta. A late breakfast, took the ferry at 11:00, collected by our new car and drove the five hours to Dalat. The drive was mainly through endless coffee production areas with hardly a bird in sight other than those hanging in cages. In the last two hours of light we visited the Ta Nang Valley and in a flurry of activity added several new birds including Annam Barbet, Grey-crowed Crocias, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta and Black-headed Sibia with Orange-breasted Laughingthrush close but remaining out of sight. We stayed after dark hoping for either Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl or Hodgson's Frogmouth, but found only Red Giant Flying Squirrel. Overnight in the busy town of Dalat at the highly recommended Dreams Hotel. Dinner at the not so recommended Peace Restaurant nearby.
31 Dec. Breakfast at the Dreams Hotels turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip; nine types of fruit, eggs, bacon, ham, the works, which even at 05:00 was greatly appreciated. Our driver turned up 15 minutes late, so we left at 05:45 to Biang Lang Mountain. Here it was necessary to take one of the jeeps up the mountain as private cars are not permitted. After five kilometres, climbed out and walked a couple of kilometres through open pine forest to the start of the evergreen. Once here the track narrowed into the summit trail. The first part of morning was largely quiet, with a couple of flocks of Collared Laughingthrush, which we struggled to see well. Here we spent the best part of eight hours slogging up and down looking for Vietnamese Cutia, and in the early afternoon hoards of students and kids started screaming and hammering up and down the trail making birding difficult. Despite this, at the last attempt a pair of Vietnamese Cutia were seen well - which came as a welcome relief. Around 15:00 we left and made way back to Ta Nang Valley for a second attempt as Orange-breasted Laughingthrush, but again dipped. After dark several more Red Giant Flying Squirrel seen in flight. Dinner at Chocolate Restaurant which was excellent with a huge menu and very good value.
01 Jan. Another great breakfast but an even longer 30 minute wait for the overdue driver. Started again at Ta Nang valley but in a couple of hours couldn't elicit a response from Orange-breasted Laughingthrush. After the struggle here we drove around Ho Tuyen Lam Lake to look for White-browed Shrike-babbler and Vietnamese Greenfinch, but in four hours slogging in totally dead forest failed to find anything. We did have some frustrating hints of calling greenfinches but with so much noise from the lake - boat engines, drums and new year revellers on top of the windy conditions it was impossible to hear properly. Around 14:30 we moved to other side of lake - equally busy with tourists - so we decided to hike up one of the new, under construction roads into the surrounding hills. Despite a lot of new clearance, after three kilometres, we ran into a good-looking area of newly cleared forest and almost immediately had a small flock of Vietnamese Greenfinch. Then after followed the road into the forest where a good mixed flock contained White-browed Shrike-babbler, Grey-crowned Tit, more Vietnamese Greenfinch, Golden Babbler, and Little Pied Flycatcher. A little farther along were Collared Laughingthrush and Mugimaki Flycatcher. Back to the vehicle late afternoon and returned to Dalat. Dinner this evening at the Wild Sunflower Restaurant which was OK.
02 Jan. Last of the great breakfasts. The driver managed to be on time today, so left at 05:30 to Ta Nung for a fourth attempt for the Orange-breasted Laughingthrush, but again no response, so left empty handed. Same birds as previously with Black-headed Sibia and Rufous-backed Sibia. Left at 07:30 for the long, 11 hour drive to Mang Den where we stayed at the Hung Yen 3 Hotel, a sort of Vietnamese Fawlty Towers without guests.
03 Jan. Drove out 18 kilometres into the forested logging and dam construction region before light. Road construction very much in progress so acres of mud to walk in. A very nice crisp morning and starry sky. At first light we wading through the mud and along a few old logging trails. Good forest, where we coaxed out Hooded Laughingthrush and Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush. After breakfast at a roadside shack, where the coffee was so bad even Minh left it, spent the day walking the main road back and forth. Although we had a dull patch in the middle of the day late afternoon was good with Indochinese Magpie, Austen's Brown Hornbill, Grey-headed Parrotbill and Ratchet-tailed Treepie. Back to hotel for a major cleanup and dinner at local restaurant.
04 Jan. Early start for a five hour drive to Loxo Pass, arriving about 09:30. Our first look around the immediate vicinity of the car pull off was unsuccessful in finding Black-crowned Barwing, so we started the steep walk up the very muddy and slippery trail to the forest edge above, reaching the forest within about 45 minutes. We then spent the next four hours in the open scrub, forest and edge unsuccessfully trying for the barwing. However, other birds proved much easier to find than our previous forays, and we were lucky enough to find Red-tailed Laughingthrush as well as Chestnut-crowned Warbler, and heard Red-tailed Minla, Grey-bellied Tesia and White-winged Magpie. The forest here has some small yellow biting flies which left some potentially nasty welts, so insect repellent required. With low cloud moving in we retreated, slipping and sliding, back to the road and spent a couple of hours in scrub below the road, locating a couple of skulking Black-crowned Barwing and eventually obtaining good looks at a feeding group of White-winged Magpie. With most of the area's specialities seen we piled into the car to leave when a group of five Black-crowned Barwing suddenly appeared right next to the road giving excellent views. the drive to Bach Ma was interrupted for 45 minutes due to a broken truck stuck in the middle of a landslide on the main highway. Overnight at the Kham Duc hotel with the opportunity for some quick washing and drying of very dirty clothes.
05 Jan. A four hour drive to Bach Ma National Park, through deteriorating weather, although when we arrived at the park entrance the rain had ceased. The pre-arranged 4x4 was waiting and we drove the 19 kilometre to the top at 1,450 metres in about 45 minutes on the pretty awful road that is now under major repair and widening. Although not great, the weather at the the top was better than that en route and we started with a walk along the summit trail. A very obliging Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler popped out after a few hundred metres and gave superb views at close range. With the main target seen we spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon walking eight kilometres down the mountain in deteriorating weather seeing Indochinese Green Magpie and Indochinese Yuhina on the way. Once back a the park HQ we took a quick noodle meal at the restaurant and then walked some minor roads outside the park encountering a group of three Masked Laughingthrush, as well as Grey-faced Buzzard and Pale-legged Leaf Warbler. Toward late afternoon walked back into the park and headed uphill listening for Annam Partridge. One group was encountered fairly close to the road, repeatedly calling, and although approached closely was frustratingly not seen. Overnight in the park rest house.
06 Jan. At first light, back to the same spot as the previous evening. Once again Annam Partridge came in very close but remained firmly hidden. After a couple of hours we gave up and hiked up hill a little and directly into the forest on a narrow overgrown trail, where we simply sat in the forest and waited. After about 45 minutes a single Annam Partridge came into view but soon took off when sensing our presence. However, a great end to our time at Bach Ma. Left around 10:30 and drove to Phong Nha-Ke. As we arrived slightly earlier than expected we had time for a short trip into the park. In the last hour, in chilly conditions took a walk along the road with the highlight being a few Sooty Babbler on some steep rock precipices - more reminiscent of a wallcreeper than a babbler. Overnight at the Phong Nha Farmstay.
07 Jan. With the very overcast skies and low cloud first light came late around 06:30 to find us in the field, coffee in hand. Drizzle, rain and low cloud all day made bird activity poor, but we persevered in various areas up to 20 kilometres into the park with our efforts eventually being rewarded with a couple of Limestone Leaf Warbler and a good number of more Sooty Babbler. Rather a slog all day in the wet and a low species list.
08 Jan. Our last day in the field with an attempt to find Red-collared Woodpecker. Improved weather in so much as not actually raining, but still very dense low cloud. Some good mixed species flocks encountered including several more Limestone Leaf Warbler, Red-headed Trogon, Ratchet-tailed Treepie and Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush. Alas, despite considerable effort, no Red-collared Woodpecker. By afternoon low cloud turning to drizzle again and by 17:00 when we left the park rain started.
09 Jan. Five hour drive to Hue airport for 13:00 Vietnam Air flight connecting to evening flight to Bangkok.
Species List
| Cat Tien National Park | Count | ||
| Orange-necked Partridge | Arborophila davidi | 2 | |
| Green-legged Partriidge | Tropicoperdix charltonii | 20 | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | 3 | |
| Siamese Fireback | Lophura diardi | 1 | |
| Germain's Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron germaini | 5 | |
| Green Peafowl | Pavo muticus | 3 | |
| Lesser Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | 2 | |
| Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | 7 | |
| Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | 1 | |
| Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | 1 | |
| Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | 6 | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromandus | 1 | |
| Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | 1 | |
| Western Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | 2 | |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | 4 | |
| Crested Goshawk | Lophospiza trivirgata | 1 | |
| Besra | Tachyspiza virgata | 1 | |
| White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | 1 | |
| Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | 5 | |
| Red Collared Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | 50 | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | 10 | |
| Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | 3 | |
| Thick-billed Green Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | 2 | |
| Green Imperial Pigeon | Ducula aenea | 14 | |
| Vernal Hanging Parrot | Loriculus vernalis | 20 | |
| Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | 50 | |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | 3 | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | 1 | |
| Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | 4 | |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | 2 | |
| Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | 1 | |
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | 2 | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | 1 | |
| Collared Scops Owl | Otus lettia | 1 | |
| Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | 4 | |
| Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | 1 | |
| Great Eared Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | 2 | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | 4 | |
| Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | 30 | |
| Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | 6 | |
| Orange-breasted Trogon | Harpactes oreskios | 2 | |
| Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | 1 | |
| Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis | 4 | |
| Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | 1 | |
| Banded Kingfisher | Lacedo pulchella | 2 | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 3 | |
| Black-backed Dwarf Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca rufidorsa | 1 | |
| Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | 3 | |
| Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | 2 | |
| Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | 20 | |
| Oriental Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | 35 | |
| Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | 2 | |
| Red-vented Barbet | Megalaima lagrandieri | 6 | |
| Lineated Barbet | Megalaima lineata | 5 | |
| Blue-eared Barbet | Psilopogon cyanotis | 4 | |
| Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | 3 | |
| Laced Woodpecker | Picus vittatus | 3 | |
| Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense | 1 | |
| Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | 6 | |
| Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | 10 | |
| Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | 2 | |
| Black-and-red Broadbill | Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos | 2 | |
| Blue-rumped Pitta | Hydrornis soror | 4 | |
| Bar-bellied Pitta | Hydrornis elliotii | 4 | |
| Large Woodshrike | Tephrodornis virgatus | 1 | |
| Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | 5 | |
| Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | 2 | |
| Great Iora | Aegithina lafresnayei | 2 | |
| Swinhoe's Minivet | Pericrocotus cantonensis | 2 | |
| Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | 4 | |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | 6 | |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | 4 | |
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | 24 | |
| Greater Racquet-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | 25 | |
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | 10 | |
| Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | 2 | |
| Racquet-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia | 2 | |
| Eastern Jungle Crow | Corvus levaillantii | 4 | |
| Black-crested Bulbul | Rubigula flaviventris | 1 | |
| Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | 6 | |
| Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | 20 | |
| Puff-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus pallidus | 2 | |
| Grey-eyed Bulbul | Iole propinqua | 10 | |
| Striated Grassbird | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | 1 | |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | 4 | |
| Eastern Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | 15 | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | 20 | |
| Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | 20 | |
| Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | 1 | |
| Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | 2 | |
| Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | 2 | |
| Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | 24 | |
| White-browed Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | 3 | |
| Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | 60 | |
| Grey-faced Tit-Babbler | Mixornis kelleyi | 7 | |
| Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | 2 | |
| White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus | 10 | |
| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | 6 | |
| Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | 1 | |
| Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | 10 | |
| Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | 2 | |
| Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | 1 | |
| Siberian Blue Robin | Luscinia cyane | 4 | |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | 1 | |
| White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | 2 | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | 5 | |
| Pale Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor | 2 | |
| Tickell's Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis tickelliae | 1 | |
| Chinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis glaucicomans | 4 | |
| Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis moluccensis | 2 | |
| Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | 5 | |
| Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | 2 | |
| Ornate Sunbird | Cinnyris ornatus | 2 | |
| Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | 2 | |
| Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | 4 | |
| Dalat | Count | ||
| Rufous-throated Partridge | Arborophila rufogularis | 4 | |
| Bar-backed Partridge | Arborophila brunneopectus | 6 | |
| Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | 2 | |
| Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis | 1 | |
| Javan Pond Heron | Ardeola speciosa | 3 | |
| Eastern Cattle Egret | Ardea coromandus | 12 | |
| Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | 3 | |
| White-bellied Sea Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | 1 | |
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | 2 | |
| Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | 1 | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | 11 | |
| Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | 20 | |
| Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia | 3 | |
| Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | 2 | |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | 1 | |
| Collared Owlet | Taenioptynx brodiei | 2 | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | 4 | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | 20 | |
| Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | 2 | |
| White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | 1 | |
| Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | 1 | |
| Golden-throated Barbet | Megalaima franklinii | 10 | |
| Indochinese Barbet | Megalaima annamensis | 20 | |
| Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus canicapillus | 1 | |
| Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | 2 | |
| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | 3 | |
| Indochinese Cuckooshrike | Lalage polioptera | 1 | |
| Grey-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | 3 | |
| Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | 2 | |
| Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | 3 | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | 1 | |
| White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | 1 | |
| White-browed Shrike-babbler | Pteruthius aeralatus | 3 | |
| Clicking Shrike-babbler | Pteruthius intermedius | 1 | |
| Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | 1 | |
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | 1 | |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | 19 | |
| Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | 2 | |
| White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | 8 | |
| Eurasian Jay | Garrulus glandarius | 8 | |
| Eastern Jungle Crow | Corvus levaillantii | 3 | |
| Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | 9 | |
| Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | 4 | |
| Yellow-cheeked Tit | Parus spilonotus | 1 | |
| Grey-capped Tit | Sylviparus modestus | 1 | |
| Black-crested Bulbul | Rubigula flaviventris | 9 | |
| Flavescent Bulbul | Pycnonotus flavescens | 20 | |
| Mountain Bulbul | Ixos mcclellandii | 15 | |
| Ashy Bulbul | Hemixos flavala | 7 | |
| Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | 100 | |
| Striated Grassbird | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | 2 | |
| Pygmy Cupwing | Pnoepyga pusilla | 3 | |
| Asian Stubtail | Tesia cyaniventer | 1 | |
| Mountain Tailorbird | Phyllergates cucullatus | 3 | |
| Grey-crowned Bushtit | Aegithalos concinnus annamensis | 4 | |
| Ashy-throated Warbler | Phylloscopus maculipennis | 4 | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | 15 | |
| Southern Blyth's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus reguloides | 3 | |
| Kloss's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus ogilviegranti | 9 | |
| Alström's Warbler | Phylloscopus soror | 1 | |
| Hill Prinia | Prinia superciliaris | 4 | |
| Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | 2 | |
| Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | 1 | |
| Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | 2 | |
| White-browed Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | 6 | |
| Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps | 4 | |
| Golden Babbler | Cyanoderma chrysaeum | 4 | |
| Grey-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe morrisonia annamensis | 14 | |
| Black-browed Fulvetta | Alcippe grotei | 25 | |
| Black-crowned Fulvetta | Schoeniparus klossi | 3 | |
| White-cheeked Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus vassali | 10 | |
| Orange-breasted Laughingthrush | Garrulax annamensis | 2 | |
| Collared Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron yersini | 11 | |
| Vietmanese Cutia | Cutia legalleni | 3 | |
| Blue-winged Minla | Actinodura cyanouroptera | 39 | |
| Silver-eared Leiothrix | Leiothrix argentauris | 1 | |
| Grey-crowned Crocias | Crocias langbianis | 4 | |
| Rufous-backed Sibia | Leioptila annectens | 15 | |
| Black-headed Sibia | Heterophasia desgodinsi | 10 | |
| Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | 4 | |
| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | 1 | |
| Chestnut-vented Nuthatch | Sitta nagaensis | 12 | |
| Black-collared Starling | Gracupica nigricollis | 5 | |
| Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris | 6 | |
| White-tailed Robin | Myiomela leucura | 2 | |
| Slaty-backed Forktail | Enicurus schistaceus | 3 | |
| Northern White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti sinensis | 1 | |
| Grey Bush Chat | Saxicola ferreus | 8 | |
| Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | 1 | |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | 1 | |
| Little Pied Flycatcher | Ficedula westermanni | 4 | |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | 2 | |
| Pale Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor | 3 | |
| Large Niltava | Niltava grandis | 3 | |
| Orange-bellied Leafbird | Chloropsis hardwickii | 4 | |
| Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | 16 | |
| Mrs. Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | 20 | |
| Streaked Spiderhunter | Arachnothera magna | 5 | |
| Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | 9 | |
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | 5 | |
| Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | 5 | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 6 | |
| Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | 8 | |
| Vietnamese Greenfinch | Chloris monguilloti | 5 | |
| Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | 10 | |
| Mang Den | Count | ||
| Rufous-throated Partridge | Arborophila rufogularis | 4 | |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | 2 | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | 1 | |
| Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia | 10 | |
| Brown Wood Owl | Strix leptogrammica | 1 | |
| Collared Owlet | Taenioptynx brodiei | 2 | |
| Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | 2 | |
| Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | 2 | |
| Austen's Brown Hornbill | Anorrhinus austeni | 3 | |
| Red-vented Barbet | Megalaima lagrandieri | 2 | |
| Golden-throated Barbet | Megalaima franklinii | 2 | |
| Stripe-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos atratus | 3 | |
| Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | 1 | |
| Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | 2 | |
| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | 10 | |
| Indochinese Cuckooshrike | Lalage polioptera | 1 | |
| Grey-chinned Minivet | Pericrocotus solaris | 8 | |
| White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | 10 | |
| Clicking Shrike-babbler | Pteruthius intermedius | 2 | |
| Lesser Racquet-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | 4 | |
| Indochinese Green Magpie | Cissa hypoleuca | 2 | |
| Ratchet-tailed Treepie | Temnurus temnurus | 1 | |
| Eastern Jungle Crow | Corvus levaillantii | 4 | |
| Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | 4 | |
| Yellow-cheeked Tit | Parus spilonotus | 4 | |
| Grey-capped Tit | Sylviparus modestus | 10 | |
| Sultan Tit | Melanochlora sultanea | 2 | |
| Puff-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus pallidus | 2 | |
| Mountain Bulbul | Ixos mcclellandii | 15 | |
| Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | 30 | |
| Rufous-faced Warbler | Abroscopus albogularis | 6 | |
| Radde's Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | 1 | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | 6 | |
| Kloss's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus ogilviegranti | 4 | |
| Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | 6 | |
| Large Scimitar Babbler | Erythrogenys hypoleucos | 4 | |
| White-browed Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | 3 | |
| Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus phayrei | 3 | |
| Grey-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | 1 | |
| Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps | 4 | |
| Golden Babbler | Cyanoderma chrysaeum | 2 | |
| Grey-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe morrisonia annamensis | 20 | |
| Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler | Napothera epilepidota | 2 | |
| Black-hooded Laughingthrush | Garrulax milleti | 20 | |
| Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla konkakinhensis | 8 | |
| Blue-winged Minla | Actinodura cyanouroptera | 4 | |
| Grey-headed Parrotbill | Paradoxornis gularis | 20 | |
| Black-chinned Yuhina | Yuhina nigrimenta | 10 | |
| Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | 2 | |
| Yellow-billed Nuthatch | Sitta solangiae | 10 | |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | 2 | |
| Orange-bellied Leafbird | Chloropsis hardwickii | 4 | |
| Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | 6 | |
| Mrs. Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | 10 | |
| Fork-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga christinae | 2 | |
| Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | 20 | |
| Streaked Spiderhunter | Arachnothera magna | 2 | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 2 | |
| Loxo Pass | Count | ||
| Shikra | Tachyspiza badia | 1 | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | 2 | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | 20 | |
| Mountain Imperial Pigeon | Ducula badia | 40 | |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | 2 | |
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | 1 | |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | 3 | |
| Golden-throated Barbet | Megalaima franklinii | 10 | |
| Coppersmith Barbet | Megalaima haemacephala | 2 | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | 2 | |
| White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | 3 | |
| White-winged Magpie | Urocissa whiteheadi | 5 | |
| Eastern Jungle Crow | Corvus levaillantii | 4 | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | 30 | |
| Grey-bellied Tesia | Tesia cyaniventer | 2 | |
| Mountain Tailorbird | Phyllergates cucullatus | 2 | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | 3 | |
| Kloss's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus ogilviegranti | 2 | |
| Chestnut-crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus castaniceps | 1 | |
| Golden Babbler | Cyanoderma chrysaeum | 1 | |
| Grey-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe morrisonia annamensis | 10 | |
| Red-tailed Laughingthrush | Trochalopteron milnei | 1 | |
| Blue-winged Minla | Actinodura cyanouroptera | 2 | |
| Red-tailed Minla | Minla ignotincta | 2 | |
| Black-crowned Barwing | Actinodura sodangorum | 5 | |
| Silver-eared Leiothrix | Leiothrix argentauris | 1 | |
| Rufous-backed Sibia | Leioptila annectens | 1 | |
| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | 4 | |
| Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | 1 | |
| Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris | 3 | |
| Mrs. Gould's Sunbird | Aethopyga gouldiae | 10 | |
| Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | 4 | |
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | 6 | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 2 | |
| Bach Ma National Park | Count | ||
| Vietnam Partridge | Tropicoperdix charltonii merlini | 4 | |
| Grey-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | 1 | |
| Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | 10 | |
| Common Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | 2 | |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | 2 | |
| Collared Scops Owl | Otus lettia | 1 | |
| Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | 3 | |
| Blue-rumped Pitta | Hydrornis soror | 1 | |
| Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | 2 | |
| White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | 5 | |
| Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | 1 | |
| White-winged Magpie | Urocissa whiteheadi | 2 | |
| Indochinese Green Magpie | Cissa hypoleuca | 2 | |
| Racquet-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia | 2 | |
| Sultan Tit | Melanochlora sultanea | 2 | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | 10 | |
| Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | 3 | |
| Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | 10 | |
| Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | 4 | |
| Pygmy Cupwing | Pnoepyga pusilla | 2 | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | 10 | |
| Two-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus | 1 | |
| Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | 10 | |
| Grey-cheeked Warbler | Phylloscopus poliogenys | 1 | |
| Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | 8 | |
| White-browed Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | 5 | |
| Golden Babbler | Cyanoderma chrysaeum | 2 | |
| Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | 14 | |
| Grey-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe morrisonia annamensis | 20 | |
| Short-tailed Scimitar Babbler | Jabouilleia danjoui | 1 | |
| Abbott's Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti | 1 | |
| White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus | 4 | |
| Masked Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus perspicillatus | 3 | |
| Indochinese Yuhina | Staphida torqueola | 25 | |
| Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | 2 | |
| Lesser Shortwing | Brachypteryx leucophris | 2 | |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | 1 | |
| White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | 1 | |
| White-tailed Robin | Myiomela leucura | 1 | |
| Slaty-backed Forktail | Enicurus schistaceus | 2 | |
| Northern White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti sinensis | 2 | |
| Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | 1 | |
| Red-flanked Bluetail | Tarsiger cyanurus | 1 | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | 4 | |
| Hill Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis unicolor | 1 | |
| Chinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis glaucicomans | 1 | |
| Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis moluccensis | 2 | |
| Orange-bellied Leafbird | Chloropsis hardwickii | 10 | |
| Fork-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga christinae | 3 | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 4 | |
| Phong Nha-Ke Bang NP | Count | ||
| Green-legged Partriidge | Tropicoperdix chloropus | 4 | |
| Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | 4 | |
| Crested Serpent Eagle | Spilornis cheela | 3 | |
| Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malayensis | 2 | |
| Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | 2 | |
| Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | 2 | |
| Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | 2 | |
| Edible-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | 1 | |
| Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | 5 | |
| Oriental Pied Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | 1 | |
| Green-eared Barbet | Megalaima faiostricta | 2 | |
| Greater Yellownape | Chrysophlegma flavinucha | 1 | |
| Bay Woodpecker | Blythipicus pyrrhotis | 3 | |
| Blue-rumped Pitta | Hydrornis soror | 2 | |
| Bar-bellied Pitta | Hydrornis elliotii | 3 | |
| Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | 6 | |
| Great Iora | Aegithina lafresnayei | 1 | |
| Indochinese Cuckooshrike | Lalage polioptera | 2 | |
| Swinhoe's Minivet | Pericrocotus cantonensis | 2 | |
| Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | 4 | |
| Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | 10 | |
| White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | 10 | |
| Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | 2 | |
| Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | 35 | |
| White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | 1 | |
| Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | 9 | |
| Indochinese Green Magpie | Cissa hypoleuca | 2 | |
| Ratchet-tailed Treepie | Temnurus temnurus | 2 | |
| Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | 10 | |
| Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | 2 | |
| Sultan Tit | Melanochlora sultanea | 5 | |
| Black-crested Bulbul | Rubigula flaviventris | 10 | |
| Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | 15 | |
| Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | 20 | |
| Puff-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus pallidus | 15 | |
| Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | 25 | |
| Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | 10 | |
| Limestone Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus calciatilis | 8 | |
| Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | 45 | |
| Large Scimitar Babbler | Erythrogenys hypoleucos | 10 | |
| White-browed Scimitar Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | 6 | |
| Sooty Babbler | Stachyris herberti | 38 | |
| Grey-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | 3 | |
| Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps | 3 | |
| Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | 50 | |
| Black-browed Fulvetta | Alcippe grotei | 30 | |
| Streaked Wren-Babbler | Gypsophila brevicaudata | 2 | |
| White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus | 4 | |
| Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus | 6 | |
| Indochinese Yuhina | Staphida torqueola | 15 | |
| Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | 15 | |
| Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | 10 | |
| Blue Whistling Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | 2 | |
| Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | 6 | |
| Slaty-backed Forktail | Enicurus schistaceus | 2 | |
| Blue Rock Thrush | Monticola solitarius | 6 | |
| Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | 3 | |
| Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | 3 | |
| Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | 4 | |
| Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis moluccensis | 10 | |
| Puple-naped Spiderhunter | Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum | 1 | |
| Fork-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga christinae | 5 | |
| Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | 2 | |
| Streaked Spiderhunter | Arachnothera magna | 15 | |
| White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | 10 | |
| Grey Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | 7 |