I spent last Wednesday/Thursday visiting Khao Yai with my friend Guy Anderson who has been surveying Spoon-billed sandpipers in Myanmar for the past couple of weeks.
Khao Yai lived up to expectations, offering some excellent forest birding in the short time I had available (a late afternoon and a full day). Highlights included four
Siamese Fireback, at least three
Blue Pitta (heard only),
Orange-breasted Trogon,
Blue-bearded Bee-eater, two
Heart-spotted
Woodpecker, two
Black and Buff Woodpecker, one
Large Scimitar Babbler, one
White-browed Scimitar Babbler, one
Asian Stubtail, three
Great Eared Nightjar,
Banded Broadbill (heard only),
Puff-throated Babbler and a single
Silver-backed Needletail with a flock of 14
Brown Needletails. Mammals were in evidence with an
Elephant seen on a salt lick and both
White-handed and
Pileated Gibbons vocal.
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| Siamese Fireback |
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| Tusker |
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| Sambar fawn |
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