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Yok Don National Park is located in western Dak
Lak province in the Central Highlands. To the
west, the site borders Cambodia. The site is
characterised by a relatively flat, lowland
landscape dominated by dry dipterocarp forest
studded with seasonal pools. Semi-evergreen
forest can also be found, along watercourses and
on the few low-lying hills. Yok Don is bisected
by the Srepok River, a major tributary of the
Mekong River. The national park contains
numerous small (and often seasonal) tributary
streams of the Srepok River.
Birding highlights:
Green Peafowl, Lesser Adjutant, Woolly-necked
Stork, woodpeckers
and Mekong Wagtail.
Star rating:
**
Bird fauna:
Yok Don National Park supports a diverse bird
community, including a particularly rich dry
dipterocarp forest avifauna. The large tracts of
dry dipterocarp forest with seasonal pools are
important for large waterbirds in particular.
Yok Don is the only known site for the
Critically Endangered Giant Ibis in Vietnam and
supports the last known breeding Sarus Cranes in
the country. Both species are very rare at the
site, however, and the localities where they
occur are off-limits to visitors. Yok Don
supports a globally significant population of
Green Peafowl, estimated to number at least 400
individuals. Larger permanent waterways support
small but nationally important populations of
White-winged Duck, Masked Finfoot, Lesser and
Grey-headed Fish Eagles. Yok Don is also one of
a handful of sites in Vietnam with recent
records of White-rumped and Red-headed Vultures.
However, most of these records have been from
the western part of the park, close to the
Cambodian border, which is closed to visitors.
Other features:
Dry dipterocarp forest, elephant rides.
Transportation:
Car, flight. There is a airport at Buon Ma Thuot
City, c.40 km from the park headquarters. From
the headquarters, visitors can hire elephants or
enter the park on foot.
Accommodation:
There is a guesthouse at the park headquarters.
Visitors can also stay at the Banmeco Tourism
Area, just 2 km from the headquarters.
Permission:
Visitors are allowed to visit the eastern part
of the park, which is zoned for tourism.
Contact details:
Yok Don National Park Office, Tel. +(84 50)
783049, 783052, 783053.
Banmeco Tourism and Trading Company, Krong Ana
Commune, Buon Don District, Dak Lak Province,
Tel.: +(84 50) 783020
Map:
Bird list
(source: BirdLife International Vietnam
Programme):
1. Chinese Francolin
2. Scaly-breasted Partridge
3. Red Junglefowl
4. Siamese Fireback
5. Green Peafowl
6. Lesser Whistling Duck
7. White-winged Duck
8. Barred Buttonquail
9. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
10. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker
11. Stripe-breasted Woodpecker
12. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
13. Rufous Woodpecker
14. White-bellied Woodpecker
15. Lesser Yellownape
16. Greater Yellownape
17. Laced Woodpecker
18. Streak-throated Woodpecker
19. Black-headed Woodpecker
20. Grey-headed Woodpecker
21. Common Flameback
22. Greater Flameback
23. Pale-headed Woodpecker
24. Bay Woodpecker
25. Heart-spotted Woodpecker
26. Great Slaty Woodpecker
27. Red-vented Barbet
28. Lineated Barbet
29. Green-eared Barbet
30. Blue-eared Barbet
31. Black-browed Barbet
32. Coppersmith Barbet
33. Oriental Pied Hornbill
34. Great Hornbill
35. Brown Hornbill
36. Orange-breasted Trogon
37. Red-headed Trogon
38. Common Hoopoe
39. Indian Roller
40. Dollarbird
41. Common Kingfisher
42. Blue-eared Kingfisher
43. Banded Kingfisher
44. Stork-billed Kingfisher
45. White-throated Kingfisher
46. Black-capped Kingfisher
47. Blue-bearded Bee-eater
48. Green Bee-eater
49. Blue-throated Bee-eater
50. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
51. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
52. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
53. Large Hawk Cuckoo
54. Indian Cuckoo
55. Banded Bay Cuckoo
56. Plaintive Cuckoo
57. Violet Cuckoo
58. Drongo Cuckoo
59. Asian Koel
60. Green-billed Malkoha
61. Greater Coucal
62. Lesser Coucal
63. Vernal Hanging Parrot
64. Alexandrine Parakeet
65. Grey-headed Parakeet
66. Blossom-headed Parakeet
67. Red-breasted Parakeet
68. Silver-backed Needletail
69. Fork-tailed Swift
70. Crested Treeswift
71. Oriental Scops Owl
72. Collared Scops Owl
73. Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
74. Tawny Fish Owl
75. Buffy Fish Owl
76. Brown Wood Owl
77. Asian Barred Owlet
78. Brown Hawk Owl
79. Great Eared Nightjar
80. Large-tailed Nightjar
81. Indian Nightjar
82. Savanna Nightjar
83. Oriental Turtle Dove
84. Spotted Dove
85. Red-collared Dove
86. Emerald Dove
87. Pink-necked Pigeon
88. Orange-breasted Green Pigeon
89. Thick-billed Green Pigeon
90. Yellow-footed Green Pigeon
91. Pin-tailed Pigeon
92. Green Imperial Pigeon
93. Mountain Imperial Pigeon
94. Masked Finfoot
95. Common Moorhen
96. Sarus Crane
97. White-breasted Waterhen
98. Common Greenshank
99. Green Sandpiper
100. Common Sandpiper
101. Red-wattled Lapwing
102. River Lapwing
103. Osprey
104. Black Baza
105. Oriental Honey-buzzard
106. Grey-headed Fish Eagle
107. Lesser Fish Eagle
108. Red-headed Vulture
109. White-rumped Vulture
110. Crested Serpent Eagle
111. Crested Goshawk
112. Shikra
113. Japanese Sparrowhawk
114. Besra
115. Rufous-winged Buzzard
116. Black Eagle
117. Changeable Hawk Eagle
118. White-rumped Falcon
119. Collared Falconet
120. Peregrine Falcon
121. Little Grebe
122. Oriental Darter
123. Little Egret
124. Intermediate Egret
125. Cattle Egret
126. Chinese Pond Heron
127. Little Heron
128. Cinnamon Bittern
129. Black Bittern
130. Giant Ibis
131. Woolly-necked Stork
132. Black-necked Stork
133. Lesser Adjutant
134. Blue-rumped Pitta
135. Blue-winged Pitta
136. Banded Broadbill
137. Asian Fairy Bluebird
138. Blue-winged Leafbird
139. Golden-fronted Leafbird
140. Brown Shrike
141. Burmese Shrike
142. Long-tailed Shrike
143. Eurasian Jay
144. Red-billed Blue Magpie
145. Rufous Treepie
146. Racket-tailed Treepie
147. Ratchet-tailed Treepie
148. Large-billed Crow
149. Ashy Woodswallow
150. Black-naped Oriole
151. Black-hooded Oriole
152. Large Cuckooshrike
153. Indochinese Cuckooshrike
154. Ashy Minivet
155. Small Minivet
156. Scarlet Minivet
157. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
158. White-browed Fantail
159. Black Drongo
160. Ashy Drongo
161. Crow-billed Drongo
162. Bronzed Drongo
163. Spangled Drongo
164. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
165. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo
166. Black-naped Monarch
167. Common Iora
168. Great Iora
169. Large Woodshrike
170. Common Woodshrike
171. Orange-headed Thrush
172. Asian Brown Flycatcher
173. Mugimaki Flycatcher
174. Red-throated Flycatcher
175. Blue-and-white Flycatcher
176. Verditer Flycatcher
177. Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
178. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher
179. Oriental Magpie Robin
180. White-rumped Shama
181. Common Stonechat
182. Pied Bushchat
183. Black-collared Starling
184. Vinous-breasted Starling
185. Crested Myna
186. Golden-crested Myna
187. Hill Myna
188. Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch
189. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
190. Great Tit
191. Black-throated Tit
192. Barn Swallow
193. Red-rumped Swallow
194. Striated Swallow
195. Black-headed Bulbul
196. Black-crested Bulbul
197. Red-whiskered Bulbul
198. Sooty-headed Bulbul
199. Stripe-throated Bulbul
200. Streak-eared Bulbul
201. Ochraceous Bulbul
202. Grey-eyed Bulbul
203. Black Bulbul
204. Brown Prinia
205. Hill Prinia
206. Rufescent Prinia
207. Plain Prinia
208. Common Tailorbird
209. Dark-necked Tailorbird
210. Radde's Warbler
211. Yellow-browed Warbler
212. Arctic Warbler
213. Two-barred Warbler
214. White-crested Laughingthrush
215. Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
216. Puff-throated Babbler
217. Large Scimitar Babbler
218. White-browed Scimitar Babbler
219. Scaly-crowned Babbler
220. Striped Tit Babbler
221. Grey-faced Tit Babbler
222. Chestnut-capped Babbler
223. White-bellied Yuhina
224. Australasian Bushlark
225. Indochinese Bushlark
226. Oriental Skylark
227. Thick-billed Flowerpecker
228. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
229. Ruby-cheeked Sunbird
230. Purple Sunbird
231. Black-throated Sunbird
232. Olive-backed Sunbird
233. Eurasian Tree Sparrow
234. Plain-backed Sparrow
235. Forest Wagtail
236. Grey Wagtail
237. White Wagtail
238. Mekong Wagtail
239. Yellow Wagtail
240. Olive-backed Pipit
241. Asian Golden Weaver
242. White-rumped Munia
243. Scaly-breasted Munia
244. Yellow-breasted Bunting
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