Site Report: Mae Hia, Thailand

Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)

Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)

Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)

Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)

Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)

Amur Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)

Rufous-winged Buzzard (Butastur liventer)

swampy agricultural land.

Map of Site Report: Mae Hia, Thailand

Visits

2026-01-25: We decided to check out a swampy area closer to Chiang Mai. It was fairly easy to get rideshares in the area.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (52 records, 7 images)

Phylum: Chordates (52 records, 7 images)

Class: Birds (52 records, 7 images)

Order: Bucerotiformes (1 record)
- Family: Hoopoes
- Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Coucals
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Family: Cuckoos
- Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
- Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Oriental Turtle-Dove (Streptopelia orientalis)
- Red Collared-Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Rufous-winged Buzzard (Butastur liventer)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Himalayan Swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris)
- White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus)

Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (3 records)
- Family: Bee-eaters
- Asian Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
- Family: Kingfishers
- White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
- Family: Rollers
- Indochinese Roller (Coracias affinis)

Order: Pelicans (4 records)
- Family: Herons
- Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus)
- Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
- Medium Egret (Ardea intermedia)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Order: Perching Birds (29 records)
- Family: Bulbuls
- Sooty-headed Bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)
- Streak-eared Bulbul (Pycnonotus conradi)
- Family: Flowerpeckers
- Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Dusky Warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Family: Old World Flycatchers
- Amur Stonechat (Saxicola stejnegeri)
- Pied Bushchat (Saxicola caprata)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- Baya Weaver (Ploceus philippinus)
- Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava)
- Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Plain Prinia (Prinia inornata)
- Yellow-bellied Prinia (Prinia flaviventris)
- Zitting Cisticola (Cisticola juncidis)
- Family: Shrikes
- Brown Shrike (Lanius cristatus)
- Family: Starlings and Mynas
- Black-collared Starling (Gracupica nigricollis)
- Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis)
- Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)
- Family: Sunbirds
- Purple Sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher (Culicicapa ceylonensis)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- Paddyfield Pipit (Anthus rufulus)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)

Order: Shorebirds and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Red-wattled Lapwing (Vanellus indicus)

Order: Turkey-like birds (1 record)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Puffbirds (2 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Coppersmith Barbet (Psilopogon haemacephalus)
- Lineated Barbet (Psilopogon lineatus)

Lifelists

Trips

No trip reports available.