Guided by our local, English-speaking experienced bird spotters who know the birds by sight and sound, you will head straight to nearby forests, rice fields and lakes. Here, tall standalone trees provide the perfect hunting perches for majestic raptors, while marginal wetland habitats invite a stunning variety of marsh birds . Travel comfortably in a private, air-conditioned van with a delicious lunch and bottled water included, making it easy to spot over 60 incredible species in a single day without leaving the city fringe
Announcement: Migratory bird season in Thailand is November 2026 -March 2027
The best time for birdwatching in Thailand will be here before you know it! Bookings for tours are already filling up, so to avoid missing out, we recommend reserving your birdwatching tour early to secure your travel dates during this high season. Make your reservations here .
Below are the birds we have spotted on this 1 day Chiang Mai Birding Tour Selecting the bird below underlined in color will take you to the bird’s photo.
- Lineated Barbet
- Red-billed Blue Magpie
- Rufous Treepie
- Green-billed Malkoha
- Golden-fronted Leafbird
- Coppersmith Barbet
- Taiga Flycatchers
- Yellow-bellied Warbler
- Grey-breasted Prinia
- Green Bee-eater
- Chestnut-headed Bee-eater
- Black Drongo
- Asian Fairy Bluebird
- Silver-breasted Broadbill
- Crested Treeswift
- Drongo Cuckoo
- Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
- White-crested Laughingthrush
- Violet Cuckoo
- Asian Paradise Flycatcher
- Red Avadavat
- White-rumped Shama
- Hill-blue Flycatcher
- Tickell’s Blue Flycatcher
- Common Iora
- Stonechat
- Black-headed Bulbul
- Black-crested Bulbul
- Sooty-headed_Bulbul
- Streak-eared Bulbul
- Red-whiskered BulBul
- Striated BulBul
- Ashy Woodswallow
- Plaintive Cuckoo
- Rosy Minivet
- Brown-throated Sunbird
- Purple Sunbird
- Olive-back Sunbird
- Scarlet Backed Flowerpecker
- Wire-tailed Swallows
- Lesser Whistling Ducks
- Common Moorhen
- Cinnamon Bittern
- Great Bittern
- White-breasted Waterhen
- Red-waddled Lapwing
- Grey-headed Lapwing
- Little Grebe
- Mandarin Duck
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Chinese Pond Heron
- Little Heron
- Little Egret
- intermediate Egret
- Common Snipe
- Greater Painted Snipe
- Pied Bushchat
- Grey Bushchat
- Long-tailed Shrike
- Common Tailorbird
- Scaly-breasted Munia
- White Rumped Munia
- Chestnut-tailed Starling
- Black-collared Starling
- Paddyfield Pipit
- Olive-backed Pipit
- Zitting Cisticola
- Bright-headed Cisticola
- Indochinese Bushlark
- Chinese Francolin
- Small Buttonquail
- Rufous-winged Buzzard
- Common Kestral
- Collard Falconet
- Crested Serpent Eagle
- Changeable Hawk Eagle
- White-rumped Falcon
- Brown Shrike
- Greater Coucal
- Lesser Coucal
We will take you to 2 areas on the outskirts of the city where you can spot paddy field birds, raptors, water and forest birds
In parts of the area are rice fields with tall stand alone trees, a favorite perching spot for raptors looking for mice.
This is the only spot with any real marginal habitat for any water birds that are to be seen would most likely be found here..
“GREAT DAY OUT AROUND CHIANG MAI. THEY KNOW THE BIRDS AND KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM.”… READ MORE
