Cat Tien Birding Trails - Southern Vietnam

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Cat Tien Birding Trails is located in the territory of Cat Tien National Park. This park is estimated as the reserve of natural resources in Vietnam with lots of rare, specious and endemic genes of fauna and flora, as plentiful site for scientists, domestic and foreign tourists. Birders have recorded over 350 species in the park, including many specialties that are easier to find in Cat Tien than in any other park in the region.

Cat Tien Birding Trails offer many KEY birding sites for birders. The most important sites for Birders include:

#1 - Crocodile Lake (Bau Sau)

Crocodile Lake (Bau Sau) belongs to Cat Tien National Park. We need to take a jeep car for 9 km from the Park headquarters, then walk 5km through the forest to the Crocodile Lake. This walk to this lake gives us the good chance to see the "Black-shanked Douc Langur", one of the most colourful and least known primates in Asia. 

Crocodile Lake (Bau Sau) is the second Ramsar site in Vietnam, the wetland ecosystem has an important role in the maintenance and conservation of biodiversity in the region. Here is the home of the species of freshwater crocodile known as the "Siamese Crocodile", once thought to be extinct. This lake also gives us a great opportunity to see "Lesser Adjutant" and "Grey-headed Fish-Eagle", "Osprey" searching for food in the lake. Along the edges of pools and marshes, we may find Cinnamon Bittern, White-breasted Waterhen,  Purple Swamphen, Bronze-winged Jacana,...

#2 - Cat Tien Forest Trails

Cat Tien Forest Trails is a network of tracks and hiking trails in the Cat Tien National Park. By walking or using bicycles, jeeps on these trails we hope to see some of the most beautiful birds of this park such as Orange-breasted Trogon, Banded Kingfisher, Dusky Broadbill, Black-and-red Broadbill, Banded Broadbill, Heart-spotted Woodpecker, Black-and-buff Woodpecker, Grey-faced Tit Babbler,...

We also have chance to see the most colourful and least known primates in Asia, the rare "Annamese Langur" and "Buff-cheeked Gibbon".

#3 - Cat Tien Grasslands

Cat Tien Grasslands are excellent birding sites to spot the most beautiful and rarest "Green Peafowl". 

The other birds we also can see in this open grassy habitat include Red-wattled Lapwing, Lesser Coucal, Black-hooded Oriole, Yellow-bellied Prinia, Chestnut-capped Babbler, Thick-billed Green Pigeon, Ashy-headed Green Pigeon, Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, Green Imperial Pigeon, Red-breasted Parakeet, Vernal Hanging Parrot, Green-eared Barbet, Lineated Barbet, Oriental Pied Hornbill, Indian Roller, Dollarbird, Blue-bearded Bee-eater,...

THE MOST WANTED BIRDS ON "CAT TIEN BIRDING TRAILS" FOR BIRD PHOTOGRAPHERS:

 Green Peafowl

 Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus) at Cat Tien Birding Trails. Photo by: Phuc Le

Banded Kingfisher

Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) at Cat Tien Birding Trails. Photo by: Phuc Le

Banded Kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) at Cat Tien Birding Trails. Photo by: Phuc Le

Orange-breasted Trogon

Orange-breasted Trogon (Harpactes oreskios) at Cat Tien Birding Trails. Photo by: Phuc Le

Banded Broadbill

Banded Broadbill (Eurylaimus javanicus) at Cat Tien Birding Trails. Photo by: Phuc Le

Dusky Broadbill

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) at Cat Tien Birding Trails. Photo by: Phuc Le

Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) at Cat Tien Birding Trails. Photo by: Bui Duc Tien