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Mui Ca Mau National
Park is situated on the Ca Mau peninsula, at the
southernmost tip of Vietnam. The national park
supports extensive, continually accreting
mudflats, which are being colonised naturally by
mangrove.
Birding highlights:
Chinese Egret, Far Eastern Curlew,
Black-headed Ibis
and Asian Dowitcher.
Star rating:
**
Bird fauna: Mui
Ca Mau is an important staging area for
migratory shorebirds, egrets, gulls and terns.
Rare species regularly recorded at the site
include Chinese Egret, Spot-billed Pelican,
Asian Dowitcher, Far Eastern Curlew,
Black-headed Ibis and Painted Stork. The site
also supports large concentrations of Whiskered
Tern, Caspian Tern and Eurasian Curlew.
Other features: Southernmost
tip of Vietnam, mangroves.
Transportation: Air
and boat. The national park is one-and-a-half
hours by speed boat from Ca Mau town. There are
regular flights between Ca Mau town and Ho Chi
Minh City.
Accommodation: There
are numerous hotels and guesthouses in Ca Mau
town
Permission: Mui
Ca Mau is a tourism site, accessible for all
Vietnamese and foreign visitors
Contact details: Mui
Ca Mau National Park, Ngoc Hien district, Ca Mau
province, Tel.: +(84 780) 870545/824625
Ca Mau Tourism,
Tel.: +(84 780) 832238
Mui Ca Mau Cultural
and Tourism Site, Dat Mui commune, Ngoc Hien
district,
Tel.: +(84 780) 870813
Green Trail Tours Co.,Ltd
Local Time Standard time zone: GMT +07 hours
Monday to Saturday : 8:00 a.m until 6:00 p.m
(except Sunday)
Website:
http://www.greentrailtours.com.vn
http://www.greentrail-indochina.com
Email:
greentrailtours@fpt.vn
info@greentrail-indochina.com
info@greentrailtours.com.vn
Map:
Bird list
(source: BirdLife International Vietnam
Programme):
1. Laced Woodpecker
2. Greater Flameback
3. Common Kingfisher
4. Stork-billed Kingfisher
5. Black-capped Kingfisher
6. Collared Kingfisher
7. Plaintive Cuckoo
8. Green-billed Malkoha
9. Greater Coucal
10. Needletail species
11. Large-tailed Nightjar
12. Slaty-breasted Rail
13. White-breasted Waterhen
14. Black-tailed Godwit
15. Bar-tailed Godwit
16. Whimbrel
17. Eurasian Curlew
18. Eastern Curlew
19. Common Redshank
20. Marsh Sandpiper
21. Common Greenshank
22. Wood Sandpiper
23. Terek Sandpiper
24. Common Sandpiper
25. Grey-tailed Tattler
26. Ruddy Turnstone
27. Asian Dowitcher
28. Curlew Sandpiper
29. Black-winged Stilt
30. Pacific Golden Plover
31. Grey Plover
32. Lesser Sand Plover
33. Greater Sand Plover
34. Grey-headed Lapwing
35. Brown-headed Gull
36. Gull-billed Tern
37. Caspian Tern
38. Common Tern
39. Whiskered Tern
40. Osprey
41. Black-shouldered Kite
42. Brahminy Kite
43. Peregrine Falcon
44. Little Cormorant
45. Little Egret
46. Chinese Egret
47. Grey Heron
48. Purple Heron
49. Great Egret
50. Pond Heron species
51. Chinese Pond Heron
52. Javan Pond Heron
53. Little Heron
54. Yellow Bittern
55. Black-headed Ibis
56. Spot-billed Pelican
57. Painted Stork
58. Golden-bellied Gerygone
59. Racket-tailed Treepie
60. Pied Fantail
61. Black Drongo
62. Common Iora
63. Oriental Magpie Robin
64. White-vented Myna
65. Barn Swallow
66. Oriental White-eye
67. Oriental Reed Warbler
68. Common Tailorbird
69. Ashy Tailorbird
70. Dusky Warbler
71. Olive-backed Sunbird
72. Grey Wagtail
73. Richard's Pipit
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