Top Target Birds   This page is designed to help birders coming to South Thailand with a wish list of species they would like to see. Using these tables potential customers can get a better idea of the sites they should visit   We have only included birds which are difficult to find in South Thailand and are frequently on our guest's wish lists. We have not included any species we have not seen/heard.    Birds have been grouped by their normal habitat type.   Updated - July 2012     Forest birds   SPN = Sri Phang-Nga,   TP = Ton Pariwat,   KNC = Khao Nor Chuchi,   KC = Krung Ching,   HBL = Hala Bala,  KS = Khao Sok NP         SPN  TP  KNC  KC  HBL  KS Bat Hawk   Macheiramphus alcinus          x x Blyth's Hawk-Eagle  Nisaetus alboniger  x x x x x   Wallace's Hawk-Eagle  Nisaetus nanus  x x x x x   Great Argus (Jan - Sep) Argusianus argus        x x   White-fronted Scops-Owl  Otus sagittatus         x   Reddish Scops-Owl  Otus rufescens          x   Barred Eagle-Owl  Bubo sumatranus          x   Buffy Fish-Owl  Ketupa ketupu  x     x   x Brown Wood-Owl  Strix leptogrammica      x x     Gould's Frogmouth  Batrachostomus auritus  x        x   Blyth's Frogmouth Batrachostomus javensis  x   x x x   Malaysian Eared Nightjar  Eurostopodus temminckii          x   Diard's Trogon  Harpactes diardii        x x   Cinnamom-rumped Trogon  Harpactes orrhophaeus        x     Blue-banded Kingfisher  Alcedo euryzona   x       x   Banded Kingfisher  Lacedo pulchella  x x x x x   Rufous-collared Kingfisher  Actenoides concretus   x     x x   Wrinkled Hornbill   Rhyticeros corrugatus          x   Black Hornbill  Anthracoceros malayanus         x x   Rhinoceros Hornbill  Buceros rhinoceros          x   Helmeted Hornbill  Rhinoplax vigil  x       x x Red-crowned Barbet   Megalaima rafflesii       x       Yellow-crowned Barbet  Megalaima henricii           x   Brown Barbet   Calorhamphus fuliginosus     x   x x   Olive-backed Woodpecker   Dinopium rafflesii         x x   Orange-backed Woodpecker   Reinwardtipicus validus           x   Black-and-Red Broadbill Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos x    x   x x Giant Pitta   Pitta caerulea           x   Garnet Pitta   Pitta granatina           x   Banded Pitta   Pitta guajana   x   x x x   Gurney's Pitta    Pitta gurneyi       x       Straw-headed Bulbul   Pycnonotus zeylanicus           x   Finsch's Bulbul    Criniger finschii           x   Puff-backed Bulbul    Pycnonotus eutilotus       x   x   Crested Jay  Platylophus galericulatus        x x   Black Magpie   Platysmurus leucopterus       x       Horsfield's Babbler   Trichastoma sepiarium           x   Large Wren-Babbler   Napothera macrodactyla      x   x   Chestnut-rumped Babbler   Stachyris maculata       x   x   Fluffy-backed Tit-Babbler   Macronous ptilosus         x x x Black-throated Babbler  Stachyris nigricollis         x x   Malaysian Rail-Babbler  Eupetes macrocerus         x x   Chestnut-naped Forktail   Enicurus ruficapillus   x     x x   White-crowned Forktail   Enicurus leschenaulti         x     Green-backed Flycatcher (Jan Mar) Ficedula narcissina   x   x x     Pale Blue Flycatcher   Cyornis unicolor          x   Malaysian Blue Flycatcher  Cyornis turcosus          x   Maroon-breasted Philentoma  Philentoma velata        x x   Spotted Fantail    Rhipidura perlata           x   Red-throated Sunbird    Anthreptes rhodolaema   x   x x x   Van Hasselt's Sunbird  Leptocoma brasiliana        x       Temminck's Sunbird   Aethopyga temminckii           x   Thick-billed Spiderhunter   Arachnothera crassirostris   x       x   Long-billed Spiderhunter  Arachnothera robusta          x   White-bellied Munia   Lonchura leucogastra       x             Mangrove birds   PHN = Phang-Nga,   YAR = Yaring,    KRA = Krabi         PHN  YAR  KRA  Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus x x x Brown-winged Kingfisher  Pelargopsis amauroptera x   x Ruddy Kingfisher  Pelargopsis capensis x   x Black-and-Red Broadbill  Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos x     Small Minivet  Pericrocotus cinnamomeus  x     Mangrove Pitta  Pitta megarhyncha  x   x Mangrove Whistler  Pachycephala cinerea  x x   Copper-throated Sunbird  Leptocoma calcostetha  x     Mangrove Blue Flycatcher  Cyornis rufigastra    x     Open area birds   TMGC = Thai Muang Golf Course (not currently accessable), TM = Thai Muang, KB = Kapong Bridge       TMGC TM KB  Black-headed Ibis (Jan - Mar)  Threskiornis melanocephalus  x     Watercock  Gallicrex cinerea    x   Cinnamon bittern  Ixobrychus cinnamomeus    x   Black Bittern  Dupetor flavicollis    x   River Lapwing  Vanellus duvaucelii  x   x Spotted Wood-Owl  Strix seloputo    x   Chestnut-cheeked Starling (Oct - Mar)  Agropsar philippensis  x     Rosy Starling (Oct - Mar)  Pastor roseus   x         Birds seen on islands and boat trips   KPT = Kho Phra Thong,   KSD = Khao Sok Dam,     SI = Similan Islands,    KR = Krabi Rivermouth        KPT  KSD  SI KR Lesser Adjutant  (Jan - Apr) Leptoptilos javanicus   x       Grey-headed Fish Eagle Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus  x x     Oriental Hobby  Falco severus    x     Pied Imperial Pigeon Ducula bicolor      x   Nicobar Pigeon Caloenas nicobarica     x   Stork-billed Kingfisher  Pelargopsis capensis   x     Helmeted Hornbill Rhinoplax vigil    x     Chinese Egret  Egretta eulophotes        x Nordman's Greenshank  Tringa guttifer        x       Miss Punjapa Phetsri (aka Games) Site owner and guide.