Site Report: Nam Cat Tien National Park
Giant Tree Cat Tien
Crocodile Lake
Yellow-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates gabriellae)
Oriental Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
Yellow-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates gabriellae)
Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
Sambar (Rusa unicolor) - Female
Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Black-shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix nigripes)
Ashy-headed Green Pigeon (Treron phayrei)
Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis)
Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus) - Female
Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens)
Garden Fence Lizard (Calotes versicolor)
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) - Non-breeding
Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos)
Bar-bellied Pitta (Hydrornis elliotii)
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus)
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes)
Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
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Giant Tree Cat Tien
Crocodile Lake
Yellow-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates gabriellae)
Oriental Pied-Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
Yellow-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates gabriellae)
Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
Sambar (Rusa unicolor) - Female
Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
Black-shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix nigripes)
Ashy-headed Green Pigeon (Treron phayrei)
Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis)
Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus) - Female
Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens)
Garden Fence Lizard (Calotes versicolor)
Chinese Pond-Heron (Ardeola bacchus) - Non-breeding
Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos)
Bar-bellied Pitta (Hydrornis elliotii)
Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus)
Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes)
Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
One of the few places left in Vietnam where the wildlife has not been hunted to extinction.
Visits
- 2013-01-24: Our next stop in Vietnam was a two-night trip into Cat Tien National Park. I was not very hopeful in seeing much wildlife after a week in Vietnam, but it turns out that there are still a few large animals running around in Cat Tien. During a short walk around the area by the visitor center, we saw the Singapore shoe guy that we had run into a few days earlier in Dalat. We all signed up for a nighttime safari where we saw most of the mammals. The next morning, we were up at the crack of dawn to look for some gibbons, and again, we were not disappointed as we saw a pair of gibbons from fairly close range. After visiting the gibbons, we did a bike and hike trip to stay overnight at the crocodile lake. The lady at the visitor's center was trying to talk us out of staying overnight here, and when we arrived, we saw that the accommodations were quite rustic. After dinner, it was determined that we would be sharing the room with about 7 billion mosquitoes and the bats that love them. It was really cool to lie under the mosquito net and watch bats flying around over the bed.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (71 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(71 records)
Class: Birds
(62 records)
- Order: Bucerotiformes (2 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)
- Gray-headed Swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus)
- Order: Cuckoos
(1 record)
- Family: Coucals
- Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Red Collared-Dove (Streptopelia tranquebarica)
- Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon (Treron phayrei)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Asian Palm-Swift (Cypsiurus balasiensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (4 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Great Eared-Nightjar (Lyncornis macrotis)
- Large-tailed Nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Vernal Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus vernalis)
- Red-breasted Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
- Order: Pelicans (10 records)
- Family: Jacanas
- Pheasant-tailed Jacana (Hydrophasianus chirurgus)
- Bronze-winged Jacana (Metopidius indicus)
- Order: Perching Birds (28 records)
- Family: Cuckoo-shrike
- Ashy Minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus)
- Scarlet Minivet (Pericrocotus speciosus)
- Family: Drongos
- Black Drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus)
- Bronzed Drongo (Dicrurus aeneus)
- Hair-crested Drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus)
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Racket-tailed Treepie (Crypsirina temia)
- Family: Leafbirds
- Blue-winged Leafbird (Chloropsis moluccensis)
- Family: Leaf Warblers
- Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus inornatus)
- Pale-legged Leaf-Warbler (Phylloscopus tenellipes)
- Family: Old World Warblers and Gnatcatchers
- Common Tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)
- Family: Paradise-flycatcher
- Black-naped Monarch (Hypothymis azurea)
- Family: Pittas
- Bar-bellied Pitta (Hydrornis elliotii)
- Family: Prinias and Apalis
- Rufescent Prinia (Prinia rufescens)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- White-throated Rock-Thrush (Monticola gularis)
- Blue Rock-Thrush (Monticola solitarius)
- Orange-headed Thrush (Geokichla citrina)
- Asian Brown Flycatcher (Muscicapa dauurica)
- Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
- White-rumped Shama (Copsychus malabaricus)
- Family: Typical Broadbills
- Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus)
- Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos)
- Family: Woodswallows, Bellmagpies and Allies
- Ashy Woodswallow (Artamus fuscus)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Orange-breasted Trogon (Harpactes oreskios)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(3 records)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Scaly-breasted Partridge (Tropicoperdix chloropus)
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Green Peafowl (Pavo muticus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Asian Barbets
- Indochinese Barbet (Psilopogon annamensis)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- White-browed Piculet (Sasia ochracea)
- Laced Woodpecker (Picus vittatus)
Class: Mammals
(7 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Viverridae
- Asian Palm Civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean (2 records)
- Order: Primates
(3 records)
- Family: Hylobatidae
- Southern Yellow-cheeked Gibbon (Hylobates gabriellae)
- Family: Old World Monkeys
- Long-tailed Macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
- Black-shanked Douc Langur (Pygathrix nigripes)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Pallas's Squirrel (Callosciurus erythraeus)
Class: Reptiles
(2 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Crocodiles
- Siamese Crocodile (Crocodylus siamensis)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Agamas
- Garden Fence Lizard (Calotes versicolor)