Where can you see the Chestnut Bunting?
Some of the best places to see the Chestnut Bunting in the wild include Baikal National Park (Russia), Transbaikal National Park (Russia) and Gobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park (Mongolia) — among 6 wildlife hotspots across Russia, China, Mongolia and Thailand. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Baikal National Park
Ольхонский район, Russia
+184 birds+11 mammals
Where the world's deepest freshwater lake meets ancient Siberian taiga, Baikal National Park sprawls across 66,203 square kilometers of one of Earth's most singular ecosystems. The…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKGaoligong Mountain National Nature Reserve
Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, China
+443 birds+13 mammals
VIEW NATURE RESERVEGobi Gurvan Saikhan National Park
Tsagaan Subarga Hural, Mongolia
+183 birds+23 mammals
Where rust-coloured badlands rise from the southern Gobi steppe, the terrain transforms into a landscape of geological drama that few visitors expect to find in Mongolia's…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKKhao Yai National Park
Prachantakham District, Thailand
+377 birds+46 mammals
Evergreen dipterocarp forest blankets the rolling terrain of this national park in eastern Thailand, where limestone hills rise abruptly from the forest floor and seasonal streams…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Nanling Forest Park
Ruyang Forest Farm, China
+179 birds+3 mammals
Granite ridges and weathered peaks rise through a canopy of subtropical montane forest where Ruyang Forest Farm anchors one of southern China's most biodiverse landscapes. Across…
VIEW FOREST & JUNGLETransbaikal National Park
Barguzinsky Rayon, Russia
+83 birds+7 mammals
Where the eastern shore of Lake Baikal meets the Barguzinsky Range, a vast wilderness of boreal forest, alpine tundra, and rocky shoreline unfolds across more than…
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