 Phuket
and Phang Nga Province
also have an abundant array of tropical
resident birds.
If
you've heard that Phuket is a mass tourism Mecca,
you're right. Luckily, the crowds are confined
to a few beach towns. There are still plenty of
nice birding opportunities on Phuket.
We
are avid birding professionals
with sincere interest in showing you a wide variety
of birds. Our knowledge covers not only the names
of all the birds in Thailand, but their calls,
habitat, characteristics and patterns of behavior.
We live in Phuket and go birding all the time
in Phang Nga Province. Our knowledge of the birding
environment is unparalleled. We are the only ones
who do what we do.
Phuket
and Phang Nga Province Birding Itinerary
Day
1 - Phuket and Phang Nga Province Birding
•
Hotel pick-up at 6:00 - 6:15 AM
• Transfer to a small park in Phuket
to see birds in an old-growth jungle
• Transfer to an area of secondary growth
for other species
• Drive to Phang Nga Province to go birding
in a small mangrove area. This area has an elevated
walkway
• Transfer to Raman Forest Park for late
afternoon birding or visit one of the nearby temples
for some easy birding
• Spend the night at a local guesthouse
Day
2 - Phang Nga Province Birding
•
6:00 AM wake-up call. Transfer to Ton
Paliwat Wildlife Sanctuary
• Midday birding in Phang Nga National Park
on the mangrove walkway
• Afternoon birding at Manora Forest Park
or one of the nearby temples
• Return to Phuket in the early evening
The
abundance and variety of birding you could see
on this two-day birding trip is truly impressive.
Take a look at one of our Phang
Nga trip reports. There
are many more bulbuls, babblers, warblers and
other families that are resident birds.  Plus,
you always have the chance at spotting a rare
bird or two.
From
December through March, a wide variety of shorebirds
visit Phuket as do many migratory birds.
April
and May are great months because many species
are breeding at this time.
Birding
trips based from Krabi
are also available.
Bird
Videos
Click
here to see a YouTube video
of a Mangrove Pitta. Click
here to see a YouTube video
of a Black-and-Red Broadbill.
Click here to see footage of a singing White-rumped
Shama. All footage taken by
Dave. |
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Phuket
and Phang Nga Province offer many birding opportunities.
The
terrain varies from mangrove forests, to marshland, to secondary
jungle to old-growth jungle. The best time of the year to visit
Phuket for bird watching is from December through March as the many
species of migratory birds will be present. 
