Cat Tien National Park

Arguably the top birding site in Vietnam, Cat Tien National Park is located in Dong Nai, Lam Dong and Binh Phuoc provinces, in the lowlands of southern Vietnam. The topograpy of the site is characterised by a flat plain in the west, and low, gentle hills in the east. The major vegetation types at the park are lowland semi-evergreen forest and lowland evergreen forest, although the park also supports extensive swamps and other wetlands.

Birding highlights: Orange-necked Partridge, Germain's Peacock Pheasant, Siamese Fireback, Green Peafowl, Wreathed Hornbill, Lesser Adjutant, Woolly-necked Stork and Bar-bellied Pitta.

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Bird fauna: Cat Tien supports one of the most intact lowland forest avifaunas in Vietnam. Most notably, there are confirmed records of 16 globally threatened and near-threatened bird species from the national park, the highest total for any protected area in Vietnam. Cat Tien supports all three restricted-range species that define the South Vietnamese Lowlands Endemic Bird Area: Orange-necked Partridge, Germain's Peacock Pheasant and Grey-faced Tit Babbler. Cat Tien is also one of the best sites in Vietnam to see Green Peafowl.

Other features: Large mammals, primates, Siamese Crocodile.

Transportation: Car, motorbike. Cat Tien is about 3 hours by car from Ho Chi Minh City. The site is situated off National Highway 20 between Ho Chi Minh City and Da Lat. The turning to the park is at Milestone No.174 in Tan Phu town, and is signposted "Cat Tien National Park - 24km". 

Accommodation: A range of visitor accommodation is available at the park headquarters, and it is also possible to stay at Bau Sau (for Green Peafowl). An entrance fee is charged and English-speaking guides are available. 

Permission: No special permission is required to visit the Nam Cat Tien sector of the national park. Visitors must register at the park reception before crossing the Dong Nai river and entering the park.

Bau Sau Route:

Bau Ca Route:

Main Road:

1. Chinese Francolin

2. Blue-breasted Quail

3. Orange-necked Partridge

4. Scaly-breasted Partridge*

5. Red Junglefowl

6. Siamese Fireback

7. Germain's Peacock Pheasant

8. Green Peafowl

9. Lesser Whistling-duck

10. White-winged Duck

11. Cotton Pygmy-goose

12. Garganey

13. Yellow-legged Buttonquail

14. Barred Buttonquail

15. Speckled Piculet

16. White-browed Piculet

17. Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

18. Rufous Woodpecker

19. White-bellied Woodpecker

20. Lesser Yellownape

21. Greater Yellownape

22. Laced Woodpecker

23. Black-headed Woodpecker

24. Grey-headed Woodpecker

25. Common Flameback

26. Greater Flameback

27. Pale-headed Woodpecker

28. Bay Woodpecker

29. Black-and-buff Woodpecker

30. Heart-spotted Woodpecker

31. Great Slaty Woodpecker

32. Red-vented Barbet

33. Lineated Barbet

34. Green-eared Barbet

35. Blue-throated Barbet

36. Blue-eared Barbet

37. Coppersmith Barbet

38. Oriental Pied Hornbill

39. Great Hornbill

40. Wreathed Hornbill

41. Orange-breasted Trogon

42. Red-headed Trogon

43. Indian Roller

44. Dollarbird

45. Common Kingfisher

46. Blue-eared Kingfisher

47. Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher

48. Banded Kingfisher

49. Stork-billed Kingfisher

50. White-throated Kingfisher

51. Black-capped Kingfisher

52. Pied Kingfisher

53. Blue-bearded Bee-eater

54. Green Bee-eater

55. Blue-throated Bee-eater

56. Blue-tailed Bee-eater

57. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

58. Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

59. Large Hawk Cuckoo

60. Hodgson's Hawk Cuckoo

61. Indian Cuckoo

62. Eurasian Cuckoo

63. Oriental Cuckoo

64. Banded Bay Cuckoo

65. Plaintive Cuckoo

66. Asian Emerald Cuckoo

67. Violet Cuckoo

68. Drongo Cuckoo

69. Asian Koel

70. Green-billed Malkoha

71. Greater Coucal

72. Lesser Coucal

73. Vernal Hanging Parrot

74. Red-breasted Parakeet

75. Germain's Swiftlet

76. Silver-backed Needletail

77. Brown-backed Needletail

78. Asian Palm Swift

79. Fork-tailed Swift

80. Crested Treeswift

81. Oriental Bay Owl

82. Mountain Scops Owl

83. Collared Scops Owl

84. Spot-bellied Eagle Owl

85. Brown Fish Owl

86. Tawny Fish Owl

87. Buffy Fish Owl

88. Collared Owlet

89. Asian Barred Owlet

90. Brown Hawk Owl

91. Great Eared Nightjar

92. Large-tailed Nightjar

93. Oriental Turtle Dove

94. Spotted Dove

95. Red Collared Dove

96. Barred Cuckoo Dove

97. Emerald Dove

98. Pink-necked Green Pigeon

99. Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

100. Pompadour Green Pigeon

101. Thick-billed Green Pigeon

102. Green Imperial Pigeon

103. Sarus Crane

104. Red-legged Crake

105. Slaty-breasted Rail

106. White-breasted Waterhen

107. Baillon's Crake

108. Ruddy-breasted Crake

109. Watercock

110. Purple Swamphen

111. Common Moorhen

112. Pintail Snipe

113. Common Snipe

114. Spotted Redshank

115. Common Greenshank

116. Green Sandpiper

117. Wood Sandpiper

118. Common Sandpiper

119. Greater Painted-snipe

120. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

121. Bronze-winged Jacana

122. Black-winged Stilt

123. Little Ringed Plover

124. Grey-headed Lapwing

125. Red-wattled Lapwing

126. Oriental Pratincole

127. Whiskered Tern

128. Osprey

129. Jerdon's Baza

130. Black Baza

131. Oriental Honey-buzzard

132. Black-shouldered Kite

133. Black Kite

134. Brahminy Kite

135. White-bellied Sea Eagle

136. Lesser Fish Eagle

137. Grey-headed Fish Eagle

138. Crested Serpent Eagle

139. Eurasian Marsh Harrier

140. Pied Harrier

141. Crested Goshawk

142. Shikra

143. Chinese Sparrowhawk

144. Japanese Sparrowhawk

145. Besra

146. Grey-faced Buzzard

147. Black Eagle

148. Rufous-bellied Eagle

149. Changeable Hawk Eagle

150. Mountain Hawk Eagle

151. White-rumped Falcon

152. Collared Falconet

153. Oriental Hobby

154. Peregrine Falcon

155. Little Grebe

156. Darter

157. Little Cormorant

158. Indian Cormorant

159. Little Egret

160. Grey Heron

161. Purple Heron

162. Great Egret

163. Intermediate Egret

164. Cattle Egret

165. Chinese Pond Heron

166. Little Heron

167. Black-crowned Night Heron

168. Malayan Night Heron

169. Yellow Bittern

170. Cinnamon Bittern

171. Black Bittern

172. Great Bittern

173. White-shouldered Ibis*

174. Painted Stork

175. Woolly-necked Stork

176. Black-necked Stork

177. Lesser Adjutant

178. Blue-rumped Pitta

179. Bar-bellied Pitta

180. Fairy Pitta

181. Blue-winged Pitta

182. Dusky Broadbill

183. Black-and-red Broadbill

184. Banded Broadbill

185. Long-tailed Broadbill

186. Asian Fairy Bluebird

187. Blue-winged Leafbird

188. Golden-fronted Leafbird

189. Brown Shrike

190. Indochinese Green Magpie

191. Racket-tailed Treepie

192. Large-billed Crow

193. Collared Crow

194. Ashy Woodswallow

195. Black-naped Oriole

196. Black-hooded Oriole

197. Large Cuckooshrike

198. Indochinese Cuckooshrike

199. Black-winged Cuckooshrike

200. Rosy Minivet

201. Ashy Minivet

202. Scarlet Minivet

203. Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

204. Black Drongo

205. Ashy Drongo

206. Crow-billed Drongo

207. Bronzed Drongo

208. Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

209. Spangled Drongo

210. Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

211. Black-naped Monarch

212. Asian Paradise-flycatcher

213. Common Iora

214. Great Iora

215. Large Woodshrike

216. Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

217. Blue Rock Thrush

218. Blue Whistling Thrush

219. Orange-headed Thrush

220. Dark-sided Flycatcher

221. Asian Brown Flycatcher

222. Red-throated Flycatcher

223. Verditer Flycatcher

224. Hainan Blue Flycatcher

225. Blue-throated Flycatcher

226. Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

227. Grey-headed Canary Flycatcher

228. Siberian Rubythroat

229. Bluethroat

230. Siberian Blue Robin

231. Oriental Magpie Robin

232. White-rumped Shama

233. Slaty-backed Forktail

234. Common Stonechat

235. Pied Bushchat

236. Chestnut-tailed Starling

237. Asian Pied Starling

238. Black-collared Starling

239. Vinous-breasted Starling

240. Common Myna

241. Golden-crested Myna

242. Hill Myna

243. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

244. Sand Martin

245. Barn Swallow

246. Pacific Swallow

247. Red-rumped Swallow

248. Striated Swallow

249. Northern House Martin

250. Black-headed Bulbul

251. Black-crested Bulbul

252. Red-whiskered Bulbul

253. Sooty-headed Bulbul

254. Stripe-throated Bulbul

255. Streak-eared Bulbul

256. Ochraceous Bulbul

257. Grey-eyed Bulbul

258. Black Bulbul

259. Zitting Cisticola

260. Bright-headed Cisticola

261. Rufescent Prinia

262. Grey-breasted Prinia

263. Yellow-bellied Prinia

264. Plain Prinia

265. Lanceolated Warbler

266. Rusty-rumped Warbler

267. Black-browed Reed Warbler

268. Blunt-winged Reed Warbler

269. Oriental Reed Warbler

270. Thick-billed Warbler

271. Common Tailorbird

272. Dark-necked Tailorbird

273. Buff-throated Warbler

274. Radde's Warbler

275. Ashy-throated Warbler

276. Pallas's Leaf Warbler

277. Yellow-browed Warbler

278. Greenish Warbler

279. Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

280. Sulphur-breasted Warbler

281. Yellow-bellied Warbler

282. White-crested Laughingthrush

283. Abbott's Babbler

284. Buff-breasted Babbler

285. Puff-throated Babbler

286. Scaly-crowned Babbler

287. Large Scimitar Babbler

288. White-browed Scimitar Babbler

289. Grey-throated Babbler

290. Striped Tit Babbler

291. Grey-faced Tit Babbler

292. Chestnut-capped Babbler

293. Yellow-eyed Babbler

294. White-hooded Babbler

295. Brown-cheeked Fulvetta

296. Mountain Fulvetta

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