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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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