Birding location
Doi Suthep–Pui National Park
Doi Suthep–Pui National Park is Chiang Mai’s most accessible mountain birding area, with evergreen forest, cooler elevations, and a surprisingly rich mix of resident and seasonal species just outside the city. Birding is especially productive around the park headquarters, campsites, forest roads, and higher elevations toward Doi Pui, where mixed flocks, barbets, leafbirds, spiderhunters, flycatchers, and other montane species are regularly encountered. Its easy access makes it one of the best places near Chiang Mai for repeated visits throughout the year.
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Migration targets
Species for which this location appears among the recommended places to look.
Hill Blue Flycatcher
Cyornis whitei
Aug 15 → May 8
Gray Wagtail
Motacilla cinerea
Aug 15 → Mar 27
Hair-crested Drongo
Dicrurus hottentottus
Aug 29 → Apr 24
Blue Rock-Thrush
Monticola solitarius
Sep 12 → Apr 3
Forest Wagtail
Dendronanthus indicus
Sep 12 → Oct 3
Ashy Drongo
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Sep 19 → May 1
Chinese Sparrowhawk
Tachyspiza soloensis
Sep 19 → Oct 3
Black-naped Oriole
Oriolus chinensis
Sep 26 → May 8
Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
Aethopyga gouldiae
Sep 26 → Mar 13
Gray-backed Shrike
Lanius tephronotus
Sep 26 → Mar 20
Asian House-Martin
Delichon dasypus
Sep 26 → Apr 3
Black Bulbul
Hypsipetes leucocephalus
Oct 3 → Apr 17
Chestnut-bellied Rock-Thrush
Monticola rufiventris
Oct 10 → Apr 3
Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx maculatus
Oct 10 → Apr 10
Slender-billed Oriole
Oriolus tenuirostris
Oct 10 → May 1
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
Lalage melaschistos
Oct 10 → May 1
Gray-faced Buzzard
Butastur indicus
Oct 10 → Mar 6
Siberian Blue Robin
Larvivora cyane
Oct 17 → Apr 24
Chinese Vivid Niltava
Niltava oatesi
Oct 17 → Feb 6
Ashy Minivet
Pericrocotus divaricatus
Oct 17 → Mar 20
Swinhoe's White-eye
Zosterops simplex
Oct 17 → Apr 10
Olive-backed Pipit
Anthus hodgsoni
Oct 17 → Apr 17
Oriental Turtle-Dove
Streptopelia orientalis
Oct 24 → May 1
Blue Whistling-Thrush
Myophonus caeruleus
Oct 24 → May 8
Plumbeous Redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosus
Oct 31 → Feb 20
White-capped Redstart
Phoenicurus leucocephalus
Oct 31 → Mar 27
Sapphire Flycatcher
Ficedula sapphira
Oct 31 → Mar 13
Tiger Shrike
Lanius tigrinus
Oct 31 → Nov 14
Daurian Redstart
Phoenicurus auroreus
Nov 7 → Mar 20
Rufous-bellied Niltava
Niltava sundara
Nov 7 → Mar 13
Slaty-blue Flycatcher
Ficedula tricolor
Nov 7 → Mar 20
Chestnut-flanked White-eye
Zosterops erythropleurus
Nov 7 → Mar 27
Rosy Minivet
Pericrocotus roseus
Nov 7 → Mar 20
Bianchi's Warbler
Phylloscopus valentini
Nov 7 → Mar 6
Brown-rumped Minivet
Pericrocotus cantonensis
Nov 14 → Mar 27
Maroon Oriole
Oriolus traillii
Nov 14 → Apr 24
Buff-throated Warbler
Phylloscopus subaffinis
Nov 14 → Mar 20
Aberrant Bush Warbler
Horornis flavolivaceus
Nov 14 → Mar 20
Baikal Bush Warbler
Locustella davidi
Nov 14 → Mar 13
Scarlet Finch
Carpodacus sipahi
Nov 21 → Apr 3
White-bellied Redstart
Luscinia phaenicuroides
Nov 21 → Apr 17
Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher
Ficedula strophiata
Nov 21 → Mar 13
Fire-capped Tit
Cephalopyrus flammiceps
Nov 21 → Feb 20
Slaty-backed Flycatcher
Ficedula erithacus
Nov 28 → Apr 10
Eurasian Sparrowhawk
Accipiter nisus
Nov 28 → Mar 20
Blue-fronted Redstart
Phoenicurus frontalis
Dec 5 → Mar 6
Eyebrowed Thrush
Turdus obscurus
Dec 12 → Apr 10
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurus
Dec 19 → Mar 6
Chestnut Thrush
Turdus rubrocanus
Dec 19 → Feb 27
Himalayan Bluetail
Tarsiger rufilatus
Dec 26 → Mar 13
Gray-winged Blackbird
Turdus boulboul
Dec 26 → Feb 27
Gray-sided Thrush
Turdus feae
Jan 2 → Mar 13
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticola
Jan 21 → Jan 21
White's Thrush
Zoothera aurea
Jan 23 → Feb 6
Himalayan Cuckoo
Cuculus saturatus
Mar 27 → Apr 10
Crow-billed Drongo
Dicrurus annectens
Apr 24 → May 8
Siberian Thrush
Geokichla sibirica
Apr 24 → May 8
Tristram's Bunting
Emberiza tristrami