1 day Langbiang bird watching


Da Lat is the best birding site in Vietnam and Southest Asia, why? There are more than 10 endemics and the number is still increasing as split works.

From our blinds you can get 3 endemic species Collared, White-ckeeked and Orange-breasted Laughingthrushes. You also able to get Blue Pitta at the feeder while other targets to see and photograph out side.

Collared Laughingthrush – photo by Nguyen Hoai Bao

-Red-vented Barbet – endemic to Indochina (Vietnam, Lao, Cambodia)

-Black-browed Barbet – has been split and now call Annam Barbet – endemic to Indochina

-Red-headed Trogon – simply it is a beautiful bird

-Long-tailed Broadbill – simply it is a beautiful bird

-Rusty-naped Pitta and Blue Pitta – not easy to photograph but you can try

-Indochinese Green Magpie – endemic to Indochina, an elusive bird

-Eurasian Jay – althought this is common but it is potential split as an endemic

-Slender-billed Oriole – beautiful bird, endemic subspcies

-Maroon Oriole – might not need to everyone

-White-browed Scimitar Babbler, Streaked Wren Babbler, Eyebrowed Wren Babbler, Pygmy Wren Babbler, Rufous-capped Babbler, Vietnamese Cutia, Chestnut-fronted Shrike-Babbler, Blue-winged Minla, Rufous-backed Sibia, Black-headed Sibia, Mrs Gould’s Sunbird, Streaked Spiderhunter, Red Crossbill, Brown Bullfinch.

-White-throated Rock Thrush, Green Cochoa, Rufous-browed Flycatcher, Blue-and-White Flycatcher, Mugimaki Flycatcher, Snowy-browed Flycatcher, Little Pied Flycatcher, Large Niltava, Lesser Shortwing, White-tailed Robin, Spotted Forktail, Yellow-billed Nuthatch, Yellow-cheeked Tit, Grey-crowned Tit, Grey-bellied Tesia, White-spectacled Warbler, Chestnut-crowned Warbler. All of these will be bonus, some are wintering

  • Black-hooded Laughingthrush, White-cheeked Laughingthrush, Orange-breasted Laughingthrush, Collared Laughingthrush. They are endemicsm which you need to be very patient
  • Black-crowned Fulvetta, Indochinese Fulvetta, Grey-crowned Crocias, Da Lat Shike-babbler,  Black-headed Parrotbill,  Vietnamese Cutia, Vietnamese Greenfinch. These endemic to Da Lat will make you feel fantastic

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Black-crowned Fulvetta (Da Lat endemic) – Photo by Bao Nguyen
Chestnut-vented Nuthatch (local subspcies) – Photo by Bao Nguyen
Da Lat Shrike-babbker – Photo by Bao Nguyen
Common birds of Da Lat