KHAO YAI NATIONAL PARK
THAILAND
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 216,800 |
| Altitude (m): | 400-1000 |
| # Species: | 283 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 283 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
| Species/100 ha: | 0.1 |
| Habitat: Seasonal evergreen forest, hill evergreen forest, grassland | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Bar-backed Partridge | Arborophila brunneopectus | |
| 2 | Silver Pheasant | Lophura nycthemera | |
| 3 | Siamese Fireback | Lophura diardi | |
| 4 | Scaly-breasted Partridge | Tropicoperdix chloropus | |
| 5 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
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| 6 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
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| 7 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 8 | Spotted Dove | Streptopelia chinensis | |
| 9 | Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
| 10 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| 11 | Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| 12 | Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon | Treron phayrei | |
| 13 | Thick-billed Green-Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | |
| 14 | Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | |
| 15 | White-bellied Green-Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | |
| 16 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | |
| 17 | Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula badia | |
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| 18 | Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| 19 | |Himalayan Cuckoo| | Cuculus saturatus | |
| 20 | Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo | Carpococcyx renauldi | |
| 21 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 22 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 23 | Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | |
| 24 | Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
| 25 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 26 | Asian Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | |
| 27 | /Violet Cuckoo/ | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| 28 | /Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo/ | Surniculus dicruroides | |
| 29 | Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
| 30 | Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx vagans | |
| 31 | Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | |
| 32 | Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
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| 33 | Great Eared-Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
| 34 | /Gray Nightjar/ | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
| 35 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
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| 36 | |White-throated Needletail| | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| 37 | Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis | |
| 38 | Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| 39 | Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| 40 | Germain's Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani | |
| 41 | Cook's Swift | Apus cooki | |
| 42 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| 43 | Asian Palm-Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
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| 44 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 45 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
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| 46 | /Masked Finfoot/ | Heliopais personatus | |
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| 47 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
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| 48 | /Eurasian Woodcock/ | Scolopax rusticola | |
| 49 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 50 | /Pin-tailed Snipe/ | Gallinago stenura | |
| 51 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos | |
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| 52 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
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| 53 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 54 | /Black Stork/ | Ciconia nigra | |
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| 55 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
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| 56 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 57 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 58 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 59 | /Chinese Pond-Heron/ | Ardeola bacchus | |
| 60 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 61 | Malayan Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
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| 62 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 63 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 64 | Jerdon's Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| 65 | Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes | |
| 66 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 67 | Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | |
| 68 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | |
| 69 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 70 | /Imperial Eagle/ | Aquila heliaca | |
| 71 | Rufous-winged Buzzard | Butastur liventer | |
| 72 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 73 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 74 | |Chinese Sparrowhawk| | Accipiter soloensis | |
| 75 | /Japanese Sparrowhawk/ | Accipiter gularis | |
| 76 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 77 | /Black Kite/ | Milvus migrans | |
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| 78 | Oriental Bay-Owl | Phodilus badius | |
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| 79 | Mountain Scops-Owl | Otus spilocephalus | |
| 80 | Collared Scops-Owl | Otus lettia | |
| 81 | Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| 82 | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | Bubo nipalensis | |
| 83 | Buffy Fish-Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
| 84 | Collared Owlet | Glaucidium brodiei | |
| 85 | Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | |
| 86 | Brown Wood-Owl | Strix leptogrammica | |
| 87 | Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
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| 88 | Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | |
| 89 | Orange-breasted Trogon | Harpactes oreskios | |
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| 90 | Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | |
| 91 | Brown Hornbill | Anorrhinus austeni | |
| 92 | Rusty-cheeked Hornbill | Anorrhinus tickelli | |
| 93 | Oriental Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | |
| 94 | Wreathed Hornbill | Rhyticeros undulatus | |
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| 95 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 96 | Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| 97 | Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| 98 | Banded Kingfisher | Lacedo pulchella | |
| 99 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 100 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 101 | /Black-capped Kingfisher/ | Halcyon pileata | |
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| 102 | Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | |
| 103 | Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
| 104 | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
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| 105 | Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis | |
| 106 | Oriental Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
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| 107 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 108 | Blue-eared Barbet | Psilopogon duvaucelii | |
| 109 | Green-eared Barbet | Psilopogon faiostrictus | |
| 110 | Lineated Barbet | Psilopogon lineatus | |
| 111 | Moustached Barbet | Psilopogon incognitus | |
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| 112 | /Eurasian Wryneck/ | Jynx torquilla | |
| 113 | Heart-spotted Woodpecker | Hemicircus canente | |
| 114 | Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus canicapillus | |
| 115 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 116 | Black-and-buff Woodpecker | Meiglyptes jugularis | |
| 117 | Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense | |
| 118 | Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
| 119 | Laced Woodpecker | Picus vittatus | |
| 120 | Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
| 121 | Greater Yellownape | Chrysophlegma flavinucha | |
| 122 | Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | |
| 123 | Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | |
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| 124 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 125 | Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
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| 126 | Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | |
| 127 | Vernal Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus vernalis | |
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| 128 | Long-tailed Broadbill | Psarisomus dalhousiae | |
| 129 | Dusky Broadbill | Corydon sumatranus | |
| 130 | Silver-breasted Broadbill | Serilophus lunatus | |
| 131 | Banded Broadbill | Eurylaimus javanicus | |
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| 132 | Eared Pitta | Hydrornis phayrei | |
| 133 | Blue Pitta | Hydrornis cyaneus | |
| 134 | (Hooded Pitta) | Pitta sordida | |
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| 135 | Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| 136 | /Brown-rumped Minivet/ | Pericrocotus cantonensis | |
| 137 | /Rosy Minivet/ | Pericrocotus roseus | |
| 138 | Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
| 139 | Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Lalage melaschistos | |
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| 140 | White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | |
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| 141 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
| 142 | /Silver Oriole/ | Oriolus mellianus | |
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| 143 | Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
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| 144 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
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| 145 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| 146 | Great Iora | Aegithina lafresnayei | |
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| 147 | Malaysian Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | |
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| 148 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 149 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 150 | Crow-billed Drongo | Dicrurus annectens | |
| 151 | Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
| 152 | Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | |
| 153 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| 154 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
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| 155 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| 156 | /Japanese Paradise-Flycatcher/ | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | |
| 157 | Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | |
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| 158 | |Tiger Shrike| | Lanius tigrinus | |
| 159 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus | |
| 160 | Burmese Shrike | Lanius collurioides | |
| 161 | /Gray-backed Shrike/ | Lanius tephronotus | |
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| 162 | Red-billed Blue-Magpie | Urocissa erythroryncha | |
| 163 | Common Green-Magpie | Cissa chinensis | |
| 164 | Racket-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia | |
| 165 | Eastern Jungle-Crow** | Corvus levaillantii | |
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| 166 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
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| 167 | Sultan Tit | Melanochlora sultanea | |
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| 168 | Australasian Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| 169 | Indochinese Bushlark | Mirafra erythrocephala | |
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| 170 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 171 | Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | |
| 172 | Rufescent Prinia | Prinia rufescens | |
| 173 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| 174 | Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
| 175 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| 176 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
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| 177 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | |
| 178 | /Red-rumped Swallow/ | Cecropis daurica | |
| 179 | |Striated Swallow| | Cecropis striolata | |
| 180 | /Asian House-Martin/ | Delichon dasypus | |
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| 181 | Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius melanocephalos | |
| 182 | Black-crested Bulbul | Pycnonotus flaviventris | |
| 183 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| 184 | Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
| 185 | Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | |
| 186 | Streak-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus conradi | |
| 187 | Puff-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus pallidus | |
| 188 | Gray-eyed Bulbul | Iole propinqua | |
| 189 | Ashy Bulbul | Hemixos flavala | |
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| 190 | /Yellow-browed Warbler/ | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| 191 | /Radde's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus schwarzi | |
| 192 | /Dusky Warbler/ | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
| 193 | /Buff-throated Warbler/ | Phylloscopus subaffinis | |
| 194 | /Eastern Crowned Warbler/ | Phylloscopus coronatus | |
| 195 | /Martens's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus omeiensis | |
| 196 | /Alstrom's Warbler/ | Phylloscopus soror | |
| 197 | /Greenish Warbler/ | Phylloscopus trochiloides | |
| 198 | /Pale-legged Leaf Warbler/ | Phylloscopus tenellipes | |
| 199 | /Arctic Warbler/ | Phylloscopus borealis | |
| 200 | /Sulphur-breasted Warbler/ | Phylloscopus ricketti | |
| 201 | /Claudia's Leaf Warbler/ | Phylloscopus claudiae | |
| 202 | Kloss's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus ogilviegranti | |
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| 203 | /Asian Stubtail/ | Urosphena squameiceps | |
| 204 | Yellow-bellied Warbler | Abroscopus superciliaris | |
| 205 | /Aberrant Bush Warbler/ | Horornis flavolivaceus | |
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| 206 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
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| 207 | /Chestnut-flanked White-eye/ | Zosterops erythropleurus | |
| 208 | Hume's White-eye | Zosterops auriventer | |
| 209 | Everett's White-eye | Zosterops everetti | |
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| 210 | Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
| 211 | White-browed Scimitar-Babbler | Pomatorhinus schisticeps | |
| 212 | Large Scimitar-Babbler | Erythrogenys hypoleucos | |
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| 213 | Scaly-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron cinereum | |
| 214 | Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | |
| 215 | Abbott's Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti | |
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| 216 | Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush | Garrulax monileger | |
| 217 | White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus | |
| 218 | Black-throated Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus chinensis | |
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| 219 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
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| 220 | Golden-crested Myna | Ampeliceps coronatus | |
| 221 | Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| 222 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| 223 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 224 | Great Myna | Acridotheres grandis | |
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| 225 | |Siberian Thrush| | Geokichla sibirica | |
| 226 | Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | |
| 227 | Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
| 228 | /Eurasian Blackbird/ | Turdus merula | |
| 229 | /Japanese Thrush/ | Turdus cardis | |
| 230 | /Gray-sided Thrush/ | Turdus feae | |
| 231 | /Eyebrowed Thrush/ | Turdus obscurus | |
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| 232 | /Dark-sided Flycatcher/ | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| 233 | Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 234 | White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| 235 | Hainan Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis hainanus | |
| 236 | Blue-throated Flycatcher | Cyornis rubeculoides | |
| 237 | /Chinese Blue Flycatcher**/ | Cyornis glaucicomans | |
| 238 | Hill Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis whitei | |
| 239 | /Rufous-bellied Niltava/ | Niltava sundara | |
| 240 | |Blue-and-white Flycatcher| | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| 241 | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| 242 | /Rufous-tailed Robin/ | Larvivora sibilans | |
| 243 | /Siberian Blue Robin/ | Larvivora cyane | |
| 244 | Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| 245 | White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti | |
| 246 | Slaty-backed Forktail | Enicurus schistaceus | |
| 247 | /Yellow-rumped Flycatcher/ | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
| 248 | |Green-backed Flycatcher| | Ficedula elisae | |
| 249 | /Mugimaki Flycatcher/ | Ficedula mugimaki | |
| 250 | /Slaty-backed Flycatcher/ | Ficedula erithacus | |
| 251 | /Taiga Flycatcher/ | Ficedula albicilla | |
| 252 | /White-throated Rock-Thrush/ | Monticola gularis | |
| 253 | Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| 254 | Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
| 255 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
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| 256 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| 257 | Yellow-vented Flowerpecker | Dicaeum chrysorrheum | |
| 258 | Plain Flowerpecker | Dicaeum minullum | |
| 259 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | |
| 260 | Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | |
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| 261 | Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | |
| 262 | Van Hasselt's Sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana | |
| 263 | Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| 264 | Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | |
| 265 | Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
| 266 | Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
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| 267 | Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
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| 268 | Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis cochinchinensis | |
| 269 | Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
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| 270 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
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| 271 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| 272 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 273 | <Pin-tailed Parrotfinch> | Erythrura prasina | |
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| 274 | Plain-backed Sparrow | Passer flaveolus | |
| 275 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
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| 276 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 277 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba | |
| 278 | /Richard's Pipit/ | Anthus richardi | |
| 279 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 280 | Blyth's Pipit | Anthus godlewskii | |
| 281 | /Olive-backed Pipit/ | Anthus hodgsoni | |
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| 282 | /Common Rosefinch/ | Carpodacus erythrinus | |
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| 283 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
** Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |