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Krabi and
nearby Phang Nga Province offer
a wide variety of bird habitats ranging from the
sub-montane of Ton Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary,
to the mountain-top temple named Wat Bangriang,
to secondary growth and rich mangrove forests.
Starting
from Ao Nang or Krabi Town, you'll visit
Wat Bangriang first. This mountain-top temple
is a sanctuary for birds. Common sightings include
a variety of bulbuls, flowerpeckers and sunbirds
as well a Red-throated Barbets, Blue-eared Barbets,
Raffle's Malkoha, Barn Swallows, Asian House-Martins,
Red-rumped Swallows, Chinese Goshawks and others.
The Giant
Black Squirrel is another common treat
here. This is an enormous squirrel -over 80cm
long!
Ton
Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary
This mountain-top
wildlife sanctuary offers very easy birding and
a wonderful variety of species. Click here to
see a list of birds seen at Ton
Pariwat.
Krabi
Mangrove Walkway
There is a mangrove
walkway in Krabi Town. Common sightings include
Ruby-cheeked Sunbirds, Brown-throated
Sunbirds, Ashy Tailorbirds,
Pied Fantails, Artic
Warblers, Pale-legged Leaf-Warblers,
Eastern Crowned Warbles, Asian
Brown Flycatchers, Braminy Kites,
Blue Rock Thrushes (on the limestone
formations at the end of the walkway) and others.
Also present are Mangrove Pittas,
Red-and-Black Broadbills, Mangrove
Whistlers, Collared Kingfishers,
Flyeaters, Brown-winged
Kingfishers, Ruddy Kingfishers
and the Mangrove Blue Flycatcher.
Phang
Nga Province Mangrove Walkways
There are two mangrove
walkways in Phang Nga Province. Both are good
for seeing Mangrove Pittas, Streak-breasted
Woodpeckers, White-chested Babblers,
Ashy Tailorbirds and a variety
of warblers, drongos and bulbuls.
In addition to birds,
low tide is a great timet to see some beautifully-colored
tiny crabs. Some are sky blue, others bright orange,
some are a metalic purple and still others are
multi-colored. So, if the birds aren't readibly
available, you can spend some time enjoying these
little guys.
Wat
Bangriang and/or Tham Praya Nakalat
Wat Bangriang is
a lovely mountain-top temple with very interesting
Buddhist artifacts and very easy birding. There
are plenty of fig trees on the temple grounds
as well as other flowering and fruiting trees.
A wide variety of bulbuls can be seen here as
well as Blue-eared and Red-Throated
Barbets, Raffles' Malkohas,
sunbirds, flowerpeckers, Thick-billed
Pigeons, Asian Fairly Bluebirds,
Black-and-Yellow Broadbills and
the ocassional raptor.
Tham
Praya Nakalat is an interesting
cave temple with a charming layout which includes
stairs up to a couple of levels of cave temples.
From these lofty perches you'll look down on tree-tops.
This is very easy and comfortable birding as you'll
be in the shade and you'll be surrounded by Buddhist
statues. Crimson Sunbirds, a
variety of warblers, Blue Whistling Thrushes,
Blue Rock Thrushes, Asian
Paradise Flycatchers, Brown Hawk-owls,
several species of raptors and many bulbuls reside
in this area. There are fruit tree orchards nearby
and that's a gold mine for birding.
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