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Lao Cai province, rich upper montane bird fauna,
access to most rewarding habitats for birding
necessitates hiking and overnight stays, a few
more accessible localities can be visited in a
day or half-day trip from Sa Pa town
Birding highlights: Beautiful Nuthatch, Red-tailed
Laughingthrush, Black-headed Sibia, Golden
Parrotbill
and Black-headed Greenfinch.
Star rating:
**
Bird fauna: Mountainous.
Recorded bird species richness at Sa Pa and
outlets is higher than at any other site in
Vietnam, with c. 350 species being recorded to
date, although this may, in part, reflect the
high levels of historical and recent survey
effort. Hoang Lien Mountain and Sa Pa area
support some of the rarest species in Vietnam,
such as Chestnut Thrush, Gould's Shortwing,
White-browed Bush Robin, Blue-fronted Robin,
Crested Finchbill, Buff-barred Warbler,
White-throated Laughingthrush, Black-faced
Laughingthrush, Red-faced Liocichla,
Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler, White-collared
Yuhina, Ashy-throated Parrotbill, Yellow-bellied
Flowerpecker, Black-headed Greenfinch,
Dark-breasted Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, and
Brown Bullfinch.
Other features: Scenic beauty, highest point in Vietnam,
ethnic minority villages
Transportation: Car
Accommodation: Numerous hotels and restaurants in town
Permission: Tourism Site
Contact details: Sa Pa Tourism Information, Tel.: +(84 20) 871975
Hoang Lien - Sa Pa National Park, Tel.: +(84 20)
871433
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. Chinese Francolin
2. Hill Partridge
3. Mountain Bamboo Partridge
4. Red Junglefowl
5. Silver Pheasant
6. Yellow-legged Buttonquail
7. Barred Buttonquail
8. Speckled Piculet
9. White-browed Piculet
10. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
11. Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
12. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
13. Crimson-breasted Woodpecker
14. Darjeeling Woodpecker
15. Great Spotted Woodpecker
16. Rufous Woodpecker
17. Lesser Yellownape
18. Bay Woodpecker
19. Great Barbet
20. Red-vented Barbet
21. Green-eared Barbet
22. Golden-throated Barbet
23. Blue-throated Barbet
24. Common Hoopoe
25. Dollarbird
26. Common Kingfisher
27. White-throated Kingfisher
28. Black-capped Kingfisher
29. Crested Kingfisher
30. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
31. Large Hawk Cuckoo
32. Indian Cuckoo
33. Plaintive Cuckoo
34. Green-billed Malkoha
35. Lesser Coucal
36. Grey-headed Parakeet
37. Silver-backed Needletail
38. Brown-backed Needletail
39. Asian Palm Swift
40. Fork-tailed Swift
41. House Swift
42. Mountain Scops Owl
43. Collared Scops Owl
44. Collared Owlet
45. Asian Barred Owlet
46. Grey Nightjar
47. Ashy Wood Pigeon
48. Oriental Turtle Dove
49. Spotted Dove
50. Red Collared Dove
51. Barred Cuckoo Dove
52. Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon
53. Mountain Imperial Pigeon
54. White-breasted Waterhen
55. Eurasian Woodcock
56. Wood Snipe
57. Pintail Snipe
58. Common Snipe
59. Common Sandpiper
60. Black Baza
61. Oriental Honey-buzzard
62. Black Kite
63. Crested Serpent Eagle
64. Pied Harrier
65. Shikra
66. Japanese Sparrowhawk
67. Eurasian Sparrowhawk
68. Northern Goshawk
69. Grey-faced Buzzard
70. Common Buzzard
71. Black Eagle
72. Greater Spotted Eagle
73. Mountain Hawk Eagle
74. Common Kestrel
75. Amur Falcon
76. Eurasian Hobby
77. Oriental Hobby
78. Peregrine Falcon
79. Little Egret
80. Chinese Pond Heron
81. Cinnamon Bittern
82. Woolly-necked Stork
83. Silver-breasted Broadbill
84. Blue-winged Leafbird
85. Orange-bellied Leafbird
86. Tiger Shrike
87. Long-tailed Shrike
88. Grey-backed Shrike
89. Yellow-billed Blue Magpie
90. Red-billed Blue Magpie
91. Common Green Magpie
92. Grey Treepie
93. Racket-tailed Treepie
94. Large-billed Crow
95. Ashy Woodswallow
96. Black-naped Oriole
97. Rosy Minivet
98. Grey-chinned Minivet
99. Long-tailed Minivet
100. Short-billed Minivet
101. Scarlet Minivet
102. Yellow-bellied Fantail
103. White-throated Fantail
104. Black Drongo
105. Ashy Drongo
106. Bronzed Drongo
107. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
108. Spangled Drongo
109. Brown Dipper
110. Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush
111. Blue Rock Thrush
112. Blue Whistling Thrush
113. Siberian Thrush
114. Plain-backed Thrush
115. Long-tailed Thrush
116. Scaly Thrush
117. Grey-winged Blackbird
118. Eurasian Blackbird
119. Eyebrowed Thrush
120. Dusky Thrush**
121. Gould's Shortwing
122. Lesser Shortwing
123. White-browed Shortwing
124. Asian Brown Flycatcher
125. Ferruginous Flycatcher
126. Yellow-rumped Flycatcher
127. Mugimaki Flycatcher
128. Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
129. Red-throated Flycatcher
130. White-gorgeted Flycatcher
131. Snowy-browed Flycatcher
132. Little Pied Flycatcher
133. Slaty-blue Flycatcher
134. Verditer Flycatcher
135. Large Niltava
136. Small Niltava
137. Fujian Niltava
138. Vivid Niltava
139. Hainan Blue Flycatcher
140. Hill Blue Flycatcher
141. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
142. Orange-flanked Bush Robin
143. White-browed Bush Robin
144. Oriental Magpie Robin
145. Black Redstart
146. Daurian Redstart
147. Blue-fronted Redstart
148. White-capped Water Redstart
149. Plumbeous Water Redstart
150. White-tailed Robin
151. Blue-fronted Robin
152. Little Forktail
153. Slaty-backed Forktail
154. White-crowned Forktail
155. Spotted Forktail
156. Purple Cochoa
157. Green Cochoa
158. Common Stonechat
159. Grey Bushchat
160. Crested Myna
161. Hill Myna
162. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
163. White-tailed Nuthatch
164. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
165. Beautiful Nuthatch
166. Brown-throated Treecreeper
167. Great Tit
168. Green-backed Tit
169. Yellow-cheeked Tit
170. Yellow-browed Tit
171. Black-throated Tit
172. Barn Swallow
173. Red-rumped Swallow
174. Nepal House Martin
175. Crested Finchbill
176. Collared Finchbill
177. Striated Bulbul
178. Red-whiskered Bulbul
179. Brown-breasted Bulbul
180. Light-vented Bulbul
181. Sooty-headed Bulbul
182. Puff-throated Bulbul
183. Chestnut Bulbul
184. Mountain Bulbul
185. Black Bulbul
186. Hill Prinia
187. Rufescent Prinia
188. Grey-breasted Prinia
189. Plain Prinia
190. Chestnut-flanked White-eye
191. Oriental White-eye
192. Japanese White-eye
193. Chestnut-headed Tesia
194. Slaty-bellied Tesia
195. Grey-bellied Tesia
196. Asian Stubtail
197. Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
198. Black-browed Reed Warbler
199. Thick-billed Warbler
200. Mountain Tailorbird
201. Common Tailorbird
202. Dusky Warbler
203. Buff-throated Warbler
204. Buff-barred Warbler
205. Ashy-throated Warbler
206. Pallas's Leaf Warbler
207. Yellow-browed Warbler
208. Arctic Warbler
209. Eastern Crowned Warbler
210. Blyth's Leaf Warbler
211. White-tailed Leaf Warbler
212. Golden-spectacled Warbler
213. White-spectacled Warbler
214. Grey-cheeked Warbler
215. Chestnut-crowned Warbler
216. Broad-billed Warbler
217. Black-faced Warbler
218. Striated Grassbird
219. White-throated Laughingthrush
220. White-crested Laughingthrush
221. Black-throated Laughingthrush
222. Spot-breasted Laughingthrush
223. Hwamei
224. White-browed Laughingthrush
225. Blue-winged Laughingthrush
226. Scaly Laughingthrush
227. Black-faced Laughingthrush
228. Chestnut-crowned Laughingthrush
229. Red-winged Laughingthrush
230. Red-tailed Laughingthrush
231. Red-faced Liocichla
232. Large Scimitar Babbler
233. Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler
234. Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler
235. Red-billed Scimitar Babbler
236. Coral-billed Scimitar Babbler
237. Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler
238. Eyebrowed Wren Babbler
239. Pygmy Wren Babbler
240. Rufous-capped Babbler
241. Golden Babbler
242. Grey-throated Babbler
243. Yellow-eyed Babbler
244. Silver-eared Mesia
245. Red-billed Leiothrix
246. Cutia
247. Black-headed Shrike Babbler
248. White-browed Shrike Babbler
249. Black-eared Shrike Babbler
250. Chestnut-fronted Shrike Babbler
251. Spectacled Barwing
252. Streaked Barwing
253. Blue-winged Minla
254. Chestnut-tailed Minla
255. Red-tailed Minla
256. Golden-breasted Fulvetta
257. Yellow-throated Fulvetta
258. Rufous-winged Fulvetta
259. White-browed Fulvetta
260. Streak-throated Fulvetta
261. Rusty-capped Fulvetta
262. Grey-cheeked Fulvetta
263. Rufous-backed Sibia
264. Black-headed Sibia
265. Striated Yuhina
266. Whiskered Yuhina
267. Stripe-throated Yuhina
268. White-collared Yuhina
269. Black-chinned Yuhina
270. White-bellied Yuhina
271. Grey-headed Parrotbill
272. Spot-breasted Parrotbill
273. Vinous-throated Parrotbill
274. Ashy-throated Parrotbill
275. Golden Parrotbill
276. Short-tailed Parrotbill
277. Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker
278. Plain Flowerpecker
279. Fire-breasted Flowerpecker
280. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
281. Mrs Gould's Sunbird
282. Green-tailed Sunbird
283. Fork-tailed Sunbird
284. Black-throated Sunbird
285. Crimson Sunbird
286. Little Spiderhunter
287. Streaked Spiderhunter
288. Russet Sparrow
289. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
290. White Wagtail
291. Yellow Wagtail
292. Grey Wagtail
293. Olive-backed Pipit
294. White-rumped Munia
295. Scaly-breasted Munia
296. Brambling
297. Black-headed Greenfinch
298. Dark-breasted Rosefinch
299. Common Rosefinch
300. Scarlet Finch
301. Crested Bunting
302. Little Bunting
303. Chestnut Bunting |
