Doi Inthanon National Park

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Thailand's highest mountain rises to 2,565 metres within a protected landscape where Himalayan-influenced cloud forests transition into subtropical evergreen woodland and seasonal deciduous growth. The upper reaches of Doi Inthanon support stunted, gnarled trees draped in mosses and lichens, their canopies perpetually wreathed in mist during the cool season—a climate regime (Köppen Cwa) defined by dry winters and warm, wet summers that produces a mosaic of microclimates few other Thai parks can match. The drier months of November through February bring crisp, clear mornings and afternoons where visibility extends across the Chiang Mai Valley, while the summer wet season swells streams and revitalises the mid-slope forests. Along the ridgelines and forest edges, birds of prey ride thermals above the canopy; deeper in the woodland, mixed feeding flocks of songbirds move through the understory, and small mammals rustle through the leaf litter and rocky outcrops that characterise the steeper terrain. This altitude-driven ecological complexity—rare at this latitude—creates habitat pockets occupied by species found nowhere else in lowland Thailand, making the park a genuine convergence zone where tropical and temperate faunas overlap.

Wildlife photographers and serious birdwatchers have long understood that Doi Inthanon rewards patience and early starts, particularly during the transition months when resident birds are most active and migratory species add temporary depth to the avifauna. The dry season light is exceptional: cool, clear air and low-angle sun penetrate the cloud forest canopy with a quality that transforms the photographer's palette. Access via the main highway into Chom Thong District and onward up the mountain road is straightforward, and multiple trailheads and vantage points—from high-altitude grassland to dense evergreen forest—allow visitors to sample different habitats in a single day. The park's elevation and geographic position make it an essential destination for anyone seeking to document the full spectrum of Thai montane biodiversity, where mist, altitude and seasonal rainfall combine to create the subcontinent's most ecologically distinctive landscape north of the highest Himalayan foothills.

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Hydrornis cyaneus

Lesser Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Silver Pheasant

Lophura nycthemera

Mountain Bamboo Partridge

Bambusicola fytchii

Caprimulgus jotaka

Hodgson's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus hodgsoni

Crested Treeswift

Hemiprocne coronata

Himalayan Swiftlet

Aerodramus brevirostris

Centropus sinensis

Eudynamys scolopaceus

Asian Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx maculatus

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Cacomantis sonneratii

Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo

Surniculus lugubris

Large Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides

Speckled Wood Pigeon

Columba hodgsonii

Oriental Turtle Dove

Streptopelia orientalis

Spilopelia chinensis

Common Emerald Dove

Chalcophaps indica

Geopelia striata

Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron sphenurus

Ruddy-breasted Crake

Black-tailed Crake

Zapornia bicolor

Indian Stone-curlew

Burhinus indicus

Grey-headed Lapwing

Vanellus cinereus

Eurasian Woodcock

Scolopax rusticola

Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

Aviceda jerdoni

Aviceda leuphotes

Crested Honey Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela

Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

Eastern Buzzard

Buteo japonicus

Taenioptynx brodiei

Asian Barred Owlet

Glaucidium cuculoides

Mountain Scops Owl

Otus spilocephalus

Collared Scops Owl

Strix leptogrammica

Red-headed Trogon

Harpactes erythrocephalus

Indochinese Roller

Coracias affinis

Common Kingfisher

Blue-bearded Bee-eater

Nyctyornis athertoni

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti

Lineated Barbet

Psilopogon lineatus

Golden-throated Barbet

Psilopogon franklinii

Blue-throated Barbet

Psilopogon asiaticus

Coppersmith Barbet

Psilopogon haemacephalus

Speckled Piculet

Picumnus innominatus

White-browed Piculet

Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

Stripe-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos atratus

Lesser Yellownape

Picus chlorolophus

Black-headed Woodpecker

Picus erythropygius

Common Flameback

Dinopium javanense

Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

Blythipicus pyrrhotis

Long-tailed Broadbill

Psarisomus dalhousiae

Silver-breasted Broadbill

Serilophus lunatus

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Hemipus picatus

Large Woodshrike

Tephrodornis virgatus

Ashy Woodswallow

Aegithina tiphia

Pericrocotus cinnamomeus

Grey-chinned Minivet

Pericrocotus solaris

Short-billed Minivet

Pericrocotus brevirostris

Long-tailed Minivet

Pericrocotus ethologus

Scarlet Minivet

Pericrocotus speciosus

Pericrocotus roseus

Oriental Cuckooshrike

Coracina javensis

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Lalage melaschistos

Black-eared Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius melanotis

White-browed Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius aeralatus

Clicking Shrike-babbler

Pteruthius intermedius

White-bellied Erpornis

Erpornis zantholeuca

Oriolus traillii

Black-hooded Oriole

Oriolus xanthornus

Slender-billed Oriole

Oriolus tenuirostris

Dicrurus aeneus

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus remifer

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus

Hair-crested Drongo

Dicrurus hottentottus

Dicrurus macrocercus

White-throated Fantail

Rhipidura albicollis

Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone affinis

Lanius cristatus

Grey-backed Shrike

Lanius tephronotus

Red-billed Blue Magpie

Urocissa erythroryncha

Dendrocitta vagabunda

Dendrocitta formosae

Racket-tailed Treepie

Crypsirina temia

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Yellow-bellied Fantail

Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus

Grey-headed Canary-flycatcher

Culicicapa ceylonensis

Yellow-browed Tit

Sylviparus modestus

Yellow-cheeked Tit

Machlolophus spilonotus

Puff-throated Bulbul

Alophoixus pallidus

Striated Bulbul

Alcurus striatus

Grey-eyed Bulbul

Hemixos flavala

Mountain Bulbul

Ixos mcclellandii

White-headed Bulbul

Hypsipetes thompsoni

Hypsipetes leucocephalus

Black-headed Bulbul

Microtarsus melanocephalos

Black-crested Bulbul

Rubigula flaviventris

Streak-eared Bulbul

Pycnonotus conradi

Stripe-throated Bulbul

Pycnonotus finlaysoni

Flavescent Bulbul

Pycnonotus flavescens

Brown-breasted Bulbul

Pycnonotus xanthorrhous

Sooty-headed Bulbul

Pycnonotus aurigaster

Dusky Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne concolor

Hirundo rustica

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

Pnoepyga pusilla

Yellow-bellied Warbler

Abroscopus superciliaris

Slaty-bellied Tesia

Buff-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus pulcher

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Chinese Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus yunnanensis

Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus proregulus

Radde's Warbler

Phylloscopus schwarzi

Buff-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus subaffinis

Grey-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus tephrocephalus

Chestnut-crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus castaniceps

Sulphur-breasted Warbler

Phylloscopus ricketti

Yellow-vented Warbler

Phylloscopus cantator

Blyth's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus reguloides

Claudia's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus claudiae

Davison's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus intensior

Prinia superciliaris

Rufescent Prinia

Prinia rufescens

Grey-breasted Prinia

Prinia hodgsonii

Dark-necked Tailorbird

Orthotomus atrogularis

Grey-headed Parrotbill

Paradoxornis gularis

Black-throated Parrotbill

Suthora nipalensis

Striated Yuhina

Staphida castaniceps

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

Zosterops erythropleurus

Indian White-eye

Zosterops palpebrosus

Cyanoderma chrysaeum

White-browed Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus schisticeps

Red-eyed Scimitar Babbler

Erythrogenys imberbis

Rufous-winged Fulvetta

Schoeniparus castaneceps

Puff-throated Babbler

Pellorneum ruficeps

Spot-throated Babbler

Pellorneum albiventre

Buff-breasted Babbler

Pellorneum tickelli

Streaked Wren-Babbler

Gypsophila brevicaudata

Brown-cheeked Fulvetta

Alcippe poioicephala

Yunnan Fulvetta

Alcippe fratercula

Silver-eared Laughingthrush

Trochalopteron melanostigma

Dark-backed Sibia

Heterophasia melanoleuca

Blue-winged Minla

Actinodura cyanouroptera

Spectacled Barwing

Actinodura ramsayi

Silver-eared Mesia

Leiothrix argentauris

Rufous-backed Sibia

Leioptila annectens

Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush

Garrulax monileger

White-crested Laughingthrush

Garrulax leucolophus

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

Sitta frontalis

Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

Sitta nagaensis

Acridotheres grandis

Black-collared Starling

Gracupica nigricollis

Cochoa purpurea

Dark-sided Thrush

Zoothera marginata

Siberian Thrush

Geokichla sibirica

Orange-headed Thrush

Geokichla citrina

Grey-winged Blackbird

Turdus boulboul

Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurus

Chestnut Thrush

Turdus rubrocanus

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea

Brown-breasted Flycatcher

Muscicapa muttui

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

Rufous-bellied Niltava

Niltava sundara

Chinese Vivid Niltava

Niltava macgrigoriae

Niltava grandis

Verditer Flycatcher

Eumyias thalassinus

White-gorgeted Flycatcher

Anthipes monileger

Blue-throated Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis rubeculoides

Hainan Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis hainanus

Indochinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis sumatrensis

White-tailed Robin

Myiomela leucura

Slaty-backed Forktail

Enicurus schistaceus

Blue Whistling Thrush

Myophonus caeruleus

Lesser Shortwing

Brachypteryx leucophris

Siberian Blue Robin

Larvivora cyane

Snowy-browed Flycatcher

Ficedula hyperythra

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula erithacus

Rufous-gorgeted Flycatcher

Ficedula strophiata

Little Pied Flycatcher

Ficedula westermanni

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla

Himalayan Bluetail

Tarsiger rufilatus

Blue-fronted Redstart

Phoenicurus frontalis

Plumbeous Water Redstart

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

White-capped Redstart

Phoenicurus leucocephalus

Daurian Redstart

Phoenicurus auroreus

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush

Monticola rufiventris

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Saxicola caprata

Golden-fronted Leafbird

Chloropsis aurifrons

Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker

Pachyglossa melanozantha

Thick-billed Flowerpecker

Pachyglossa agilis

Plain Flowerpecker

Dicaeum minullum

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker

Dicaeum ignipectus

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird

Chalcoparia singalensis

Brown-throated Sunbird

Anthreptes malacensis

Cinnyris asiaticus

Cinnyris ornatus

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird

Aethopyga gouldiae

Black-throated Sunbird

Aethopyga saturata

Purple-naped Spiderhunter

Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum

Little Spiderhunter

Arachnothera longirostra

Streaked Spiderhunter

Arachnothera magna

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Plain-backed Sparrow

Passer flaveolus

Passer domesticus

Ploceus philippinus

Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

Motacilla cinerea

Paddyfield Pipit

Olive-backed Pipit

Anthus hodgsoni

Spot-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas melanozanthos

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

Chestnut Bunting

Emberiza rutila

Garrulus glandarius

Cotton Pygmy Goose

Nettapus coromandelianus

Spatula querquedula

Anas platyrhynchos

Northern Pintail

Rufous-throated Partridge

Arborophila rufogularis

Bar-backed Partridge

Arborophila brunneopectus

Green-legged Partridge

Tropicoperdix chloropus

Chinese Francolin

Francolinus pintadeanus

Synoicus chinensis

Large-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus macrurus

Indian Nightjar

Caprimulgus asiaticus

Savanna Nightjar

Caprimulgus affinis

Blyth's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus affinis

Edible-nest Swiftlet

Aerodramus fuciphagus

Brown-backed Needletail

Hirundapus giganteus

Asian Palm Swift

Cypsiurus balasiensis

Apus nipalensis

Centropus bengalensis

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Clamator coromandus

Plaintive Cuckoo

Cacomantis merulinus

Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx nisicolor

Cuculus poliocephalus

Himalayan Cuckoo

Cuculus saturatus

Ashy Wood Pigeon

Columba pulchricollis

Red Collared Dove

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Barred Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia unchall

Little Cuckoo-Dove

Macropygia ruficeps

Ashy-headed Green Pigeon

Pin-tailed Green Pigeon

Treron apicauda

Mountain Imperial Pigeon

Slaty-breasted Rail

Lewinia striata

Gallinula chloropus

Slaty-legged Crake

Rallina eurizonoides

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Tachybaptus ruficollis

Yellow-legged Buttonquail

Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

Red-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus indicus

Anarhynchus alexandrinus

Greater Painted-snipe

Rostratula benghalensis

Pheasant-tailed Jacana

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Black-tailed Godwit

Gallinago nemoricola

Pin-tailed Snipe

Gallinago stenura

Gallinago gallinago

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Green Sandpiper

Tringa ochropus

Tringa glareola

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Small Pratincole

Glareola lactea

Oriental Pratincole

Glareola maldivarum

Anastomus oscitans

Oriental Darter

Anhinga melanogaster

Little Cormorant

Microcarbo niger

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Egretta garzetta

Ardea intermedia

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Himalayan Vulture

Gyps himalayensis

Changeable Hawk-Eagle

Nisaetus cirrhatus

Rufous-bellied Eagle

Lophotriorchis kienerii

Greater Spotted Eagle

Hieraaetus pennatus

Aquila nipalensis

Circus melanoleucos

Eastern Marsh Harrier

Circus spilonotus

Rufous-winged Buzzard

Butastur liventer

Himalayan Buzzard

Oriental Bay Owl

Phodilus badius

Ninox scutulata

Oriental Scops Owl

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

Ketupa nipalensis

Orange-breasted Trogon

Harpactes oreskios

Oriental Pied Hornbill

Anthracoceros albirostris

Oriental Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

Blue-eared Kingfisher

Alcedo meninting

Pied Kingfisher

Asian Green Bee-eater

Merops orientalis

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Merops philippinus

Blue-eared Barbet

Psilopogon cyanotis

Eurasian Wryneck

Freckle-breasted Woodpecker

Dendrocopos analis

White-bellied Woodpecker

Dryocopus javensis

Greater Yellownape

Chrysophlegma flavinucha

Grey-headed Woodpecker

Bamboo Woodpecker

Gecinulus viridis

Rufous Woodpecker

Micropternus brachyurus

Great Slaty Woodpecker

Mulleripicus pulverulentus

Falco tinnunculus

Falco amurensis

Grey-headed Parakeet

Psittacula finschii

Blossom-headed Parakeet

Psittacula roseata

Red-breasted Parakeet

Psittacula alexandri

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Vernal Hanging Parrot

Loriculus vernalis

Dusky Broadbill

Corydon sumatranus

Rusty-naped Pitta

Hydrornis oatesi

Blue-winged Pitta

Pitta moluccensis

Common Woodshrike

Tephrodornis pondicerianus

Aegithina lafresnayei

Pericrocotus divaricatus

Swinhoe's Minivet

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Crow-billed Drongo

Dicrurus annectens

Sunda Pied Fantail

Rhipidura javanica

Lanius collurioides

Long-tailed Shrike

Common Green Magpie

Cissa chinensis

Fire-capped Tit

Cephalopyrus flammiceps

Melanochlora sultanea

Oriental Skylark

Yellow-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus goiavier

Riparia riparia

Siberian House Martin

Delichon lagopodum

Aberrant Bush Warbler

Horornis flavolivaceus

Chestnut-headed Tesia

Cettia castaneocoronata

Urosphena squameiceps

Ashy-throated Warbler

Phylloscopus maculipennis

Hume's Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus humei

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Phylloscopus armandii

Phylloscopus fuscatus

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus coronatus

Bianchi's Warbler

Phylloscopus valentini

Alström's Warbler

Phylloscopus soror

Martens's Warbler

Phylloscopus omeiensis

Two-barred Warbler

Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus

Greenish Warbler

Phylloscopus trochiloides

Sakhalin Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus borealoides

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus tenellipes

Phylloscopus borealis

Oriental Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus orientalis

Black-browed Reed Warbler

Acrocephalus bistrigiceps

Thick-billed Warbler

Arundinax aedon

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

Helopsaltes certhiola

Lanceolated Warbler

Locustella lanceolata

Baikal Bush Warbler

Locustella davidi

Zitting Cisticola

Cisticola juncidis

Golden-headed Cisticola

Cisticola exilis

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Prinia flaviventris

Prinia inornata

Spot-breasted Parrotbill

Paradoxornis guttaticollis

Chestnut-capped Babbler

Timalia pileata

Brown-crowned Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus phayrei

Red-billed Scimitar Babbler

Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps

Collared Babbler

Gampsorhynchus torquatus

Himalayan Cutia

Cutia nipalensis

Long-tailed Sibia

Heterophasia picaoides

Bar-throated Minla

Actinodura strigula

White-necked Laughingthrush

Garrulax strepitans

Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush

Pterorhinus pectoralis

Asian Fairy-bluebird

Burmese Nuthatch

Hume's Treecreeper

Certhia manipurensis

Siamese Pied Myna

Gracupica floweri

Daurian Starling

Agropsar sturninus

White-shouldered Starling

Sturnia sinensis

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Black-breasted Thrush

Turdus dissimilis

Grey-sided Thrush

Zappey's Flycatcher

Cyanoptila cumatilis

Luscinia svecica

Siberian Rubythroat

Calliope calliope

Black-backed Forktail

Enicurus immaculatus

Himalayan Shortwing

Brachypteryx cruralis

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Ficedula zanthopygia

Slaty-blue Flycatcher

Ficedula tricolor

Mugimaki Flycatcher

Ficedula mugimaki

Sapphire Flycatcher

Ficedula sapphira

Ultramarine Flycatcher

Ficedula superciliaris

Red-flanked Bluetail

Tarsiger cyanurus

Saxicola stejnegeri

Blue-winged Leafbird

Chloropsis moluccensis

Green-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga nipalensis

Crimson Sunbird

Aethopyga siparaja

Fire-tailed Sunbird

Aethopyga ignicauda

Pin-tailed Parrotfinch

Erythrura prasina

Amandava amandava

Dendronanthus indicus

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla tschutschensis

Citrine Wagtail

Motacilla citreola

Richard's Pipit

Anthus richardi

Red-throated Pipit

Anthus cervinus

Crested Bunting

Emberiza lathami

Chestnut-eared Bunting

Emberiza fucata

Emberiza pusilla

Yellow-breasted Bunting

Emberiza aureola

Black-headed Bunting

Emberiza melanocephala

Grey Peacock-Pheasant

Polyplectron bicalcaratum

Butorides striata

Collared Falconet

Microhierax caerulescens

White-rumped Falcon

Neohierax insignis

Pericrocotus flammeus

Scarlet-faced Liocichla

Liocichla ripponi

Northern Treeshrew

Tupaia belangeri

Pallas's Squirrel

Callosciurus erythraeus

Himalayan Striped Squirrel

Tamiops mcclellandii

Large-toothed Ferret-badger

Melogale personata

Naemorhedus evansi

Bubalus bubalis

Indochinese Gray Langur

Trachypithecus crepusculus

Asian Red-cheeked Squirrel

Dremomys rufigenis

Southern Black Giant Squirrel

Hairy-footed Flying Squirrel

Belomys pearsonii

Capricornis sumatraensis

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