Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park

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Where limestone karsts rise dramatically from turquoise waters, Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park unfolds across a mosaic of beach, mangrove forest, and island ecosystems. This IUCN Category II protected area in Krabi encompasses both mainland coastal habitat and the island archipelago beyond, creating a landscape where terrestrial and marine worlds intersect. The park's intertidal zones and mangrove swamps support populations of crustaceans, mollusks, and small fish that form the foundation of the local food web, while the rocky shorelines and shallow reefs harbor songbirds of the coastal scrub and raptors that hunt over the water's edge. Inland, mixed tropical forest gives way to open beach vegetation, providing habitat for small mammals, ground-nesting birds, and the herpetofauna typical of Andaman Sea margins. The convergence of wet and dry seasons creates distinct pulses of activity throughout the year, with migratory shorebirds and seabirds arriving during winter months.

For wildlife photographers and birders, the park rewards early starts and patience. Tidal cycles here govern much of the visible fauna—waders and seabirds congregate on exposed flats during low tide, while passage migrants shelter in the taller vegetation above the tide line. The horizontal light of dawn illuminates the karst topography in ways that transform the landscape into a naturalist's studio, and the combination of coastal, forest, and open-water habitats means that a single morning can yield sightings across multiple ecological guilds. Access from Ao Nang is straightforward, with boat trips reaching the major islands and beach sections, though the park's protection status means some areas remain less visited than the commercial diving sites that surround it. The cooler, drier season from November through February offers the most stable weather and the greatest diversity of visiting species.

Pacific Reef Heron

Acridotheres tristis

Geopelia striata

Oriental Magpie-Robin

Copsychus saularis

Grey-breasted Spiderhunter

Arachnothera modesta

Dicrurus macrocercus

Paddyfield Pipit

Crested Serpent Eagle

Spilornis cheela

Dicrurus leucophaeus

Blyth's Paradise Flycatcher

Terpsiphone affinis

Plaintive Cuckoo

Cacomantis merulinus

Strix leptogrammica

Banded Woodpecker

Chrysophlegma miniaceum

Cream-vented Bulbul

Pycnonotus simplex

Indochinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis sumatrensis

Oriental Pied Hornbill

Anthracoceros albirostris

Haliastur indus

Spilopelia chinensis

Collared Kingfisher

Todiramphus chloris

Centropus sinensis

Large-billed Crow

Corvus macrorhynchos

Brown-throated Sunbird

Anthreptes malacensis

Common Tailorbird

Orthotomus sutorius

Coppersmith Barbet

Psilopogon haemacephalus

Cinnyris ornatus

Pied Imperial Pigeon

Streak-eared Bulbul

Pycnonotus conradi

Indochinese Roller

Coracias affinis

Anastomus oscitans

Oriental Dollarbird

Eurystomus orientalis

Aegithina tiphia

Eurasian Tree Sparrow

Passer montanus

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker

Dicaeum trigonostigma

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Dicaeum cruentatum

Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

White-throated Kingfisher

Halcyon smyrnensis

Pink-necked Green Pigeon

Asian Glossy Starling

Aplonis panayensis

Pandion haliaetus

Scaly-breasted Munia

Lonchura punctulata

Lanius cristatus

Lesser Frigatebird

Lineated Barbet

Psilopogon lineatus

Little Cormorant

Microcarbo niger

Common Kingfisher

Red-wattled Lapwing

Vanellus indicus

Christmas Frigatebird

Fregata andrewsi

Blue-eared Barbet

Psilopogon cyanotis

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Dicrurus paradiseus

Acridotheres grandis

Sunda Pied Fantail

Rhipidura javanica

Edible-nest Swiftlet

Aerodramus fuciphagus

Dark-necked Tailorbird

Orthotomus atrogularis

Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike

Hemipus picatus

White-rumped Shama

Copsychus malabaricus

Crimson Sunbird

Aethopyga siparaja

Grey-capped Pygmy Woodpecker

Yungipicus canicapillus

Crested Goshawk

Lophospiza trivirgata

Common Flameback

Dinopium javanense

Large-tailed Nightjar

Caprimulgus macrurus

Thick-billed Green Pigeon

Treron curvirostra

Eastern Barn Owl

Butorides striata

Ashy Tailorbird

Orthotomus ruficeps

Asian Palm Swift

Cypsiurus balasiensis

Stripe-throated Bulbul

Pycnonotus finlaysoni

Pacific Swallow

Hirundo javanica

Blue Rock Thrush

Monticola solitarius

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

Merops leschenaulti

Crested Honey Buzzard

Pernis ptilorhynchus

Asian Brown Flycatcher

Muscicapa dauurica

Black-naped Oriole

Oriolus chinensis

Black-naped Tern

Sterna sumatrana

Hirundo rustica

Butorides atricapilla

Common Sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Olive-winged Bulbul

Pycnonotus plumosus

Brown-winged Kingfisher

Pelargopsis amauroptera

Eudynamys scolopaceus

Ardea intermedia

Bar-tailed Godwit

Limosa lapponica

Pericrocotus divaricatus

Phylloscopus borealis

Eurasian Whimbrel

Numenius phaeopus

Black-capped Kingfisher

Halcyon pileata

Eastern Cattle Egret

Ardea coromanda

Tibetan Sand Plover

Anarhynchus atrifrons

Rufous-bellied Swallow

Black-headed Bulbul

Microtarsus melanocephalos

Blue-tailed Bee-eater

Merops philippinus

Pitta megarhyncha

Terek Sandpiper

Copper-throated Sunbird

Leptocoma calcostetha

Motacilla cinerea

Ochraceous Bulbul

Alophoixus ochraceus

Little Spiderhunter

Arachnothera longirostra

Pluvialis squatarola

Asian Red-eyed Bulbul

Pycnonotus brunneus

Lesser Crested Tern

Thalasseus bengalensis

Eurasian Curlew

Numenius arquata

Common Redshank

Egretta eulophotes

Grey-rumped Treeswift

Hemiprocne longipennis

White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

Red-necked Stint

Calidris ruficollis

Javan Pond Heron

Ardeola speciosa

Great Eared Nightjar

Lyncornis macrotis

Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo

Surniculus lugubris

Common Emerald Dove

Chalcophaps indica

Pacific Golden Plover

Pluvialis fulva

Onychoprion anaethetus

Sternula albifrons

Greater Crested Tern

Thalasseus bergii

Aviceda leuphotes

Chinese Sparrowhawk

Tachyspiza soloensis

Grey-faced Buzzard

Butastur indicus

Black-thighed Falconet

Microhierax fringillarius

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Vernal Hanging Parrot

Loriculus vernalis

Blue-winged Pitta

Pitta moluccensis

Golden-bellied Gerygone

Gerygone sulphurea

Mangrove Whistler

Pachycephala cinerea

Crow-billed Drongo

Dicrurus annectens

Black-crested Bulbul

Rubigula flaviventris

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow

Cecropis daurica

Thick-billed Warbler

Arundinax aedon

Rufescent Prinia

Prinia rufescens

Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

Mixornis gularis

Puff-throated Babbler

Pellorneum ruficeps

Abbott's Babbler

Malacocincla abbotti

Streaked Wren-Babbler

Gypsophila brevicaudata

Yellow-rumped Flycatcher

Ficedula zanthopygia

Dendronanthus indicus

Lesser Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna javanica

Caprimulgus jotaka

Gould's Frogmouth

Batrachostomus stellatus

Whiskered Treeswift

Hemiprocne comata

Plume-toed Swiftlet

Collocalia affinis

Silver-rumped Spinetail

Rhaphidura leucopygialis

Brown-backed Needletail

Hirundapus giganteus

Apus nipalensis

Centropus bengalensis

Raffles's Malkoha

Rhinortha chlorophaea

Chestnut-bellied Malkoha

Phaenicophaeus sumatranus

Chestnut-winged Cuckoo

Clamator coromandus

Asian Emerald Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx maculatus

Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus

Little Bronze Cuckoo

Chalcites minutillus

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Cacomantis sonneratii

Large Hawk-Cuckoo

Hierococcyx sparverioides

Cuculus micropterus

Pale-capped Pigeon

Columba punicea

Red Collared Dove

Streptopelia tranquebarica

Orange-breasted Green Pigeon

Treron bicinctus

Green Imperial Pigeon

Slaty-breasted Rail

Lewinia striata

Ruddy-breasted Crake

Barred Buttonquail

Turnix suscitator

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Anarhynchus alexandrinus

Black-tailed Godwit

Pin-tailed Snipe

Gallinago stenura

Gallinago gallinago

Tringa glareola

Nordmann's Greenshank

Tringa guttifer

Common Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Ruddy Turnstone

Arenaria interpres

Calidris tenuirostris

Curlew Sandpiper

Calidris ferruginea

Gull-billed Tern

Gelochelidon nilotica

Chlidonias hybrida

White-winged Tern

Chlidonias leucopterus

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

Short-tailed Shearwater

Ardenna tenuirostris

Oriental Darter

Anhinga melanogaster

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Malayan Night Heron

Gorsachius melanolophus

Black-winged Kite

Elanus caeruleus

Aviceda jerdoni

Eastern Marsh Harrier

Circus spilonotus

Oriental Bay Owl

Phodilus badius

Ninox scutulata

White-crowned Hornbill

Berenicornis comatus

Buceros bicornis

Stork-billed Kingfisher

Pelargopsis capensis

Red-bearded Bee-eater

Nyctyornis amictus

Blue-throated Bee-eater

Golden-whiskered Barbet

Psilopogon chrysopogon

Red-throated Barbet

Psilopogon mystacophanos

Crimson-winged Woodpecker

Streak-breasted Woodpecker

Picus viridanus

Greater Flameback

Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus

Falco tinnunculus

Red-breasted Parakeet

Psittacula alexandri

Western Hooded Pitta

Large Woodshrike

Tephrodornis virgatus

Swinhoe's Minivet

Pericrocotus cantonensis

Lesser Cuckooshrike

Lalage fimbriata

Dicrurus aeneus

Black-naped Monarch

Hypothymis azurea

Lanius tigrinus

Racket-tailed Treepie

Crypsirina temia

Yellow-bellied Bulbul

Alophoixus phaeocephalus

Streaked Bulbul

Ixos malaccensis

Dusky Crag Martin

Ptyonoprogne concolor

Asian House Martin

Delichon dasypus

Yellow-browed Warbler

Phylloscopus inornatus

Eastern Crowned Warbler

Phylloscopus coronatus

Sakhalin Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus borealoides

Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

Phylloscopus tenellipes

Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler

Helopsaltes certhiola

Yellow-bellied Prinia

Prinia flaviventris

Swinhoe's White-eye

Zosterops simplex

Asian Fairy-bluebird

Acridotheres fuscus

Siamese Pied Myna

Gracupica floweri

Daurian Starling

Agropsar sturninus

Orange-headed Thrush

Geokichla citrina

Eyebrowed Thrush

Turdus obscurus

Dark-sided Flycatcher

Muscicapa sibirica

Ferruginous Flycatcher

Muscicapa ferruginea

Brown-streaked Flycatcher

Muscicapa williamsoni

Siberian Blue Robin

Larvivora cyane

Taiga Flycatcher

Ficedula albicilla

Lesser Green Leafbird

Chloropsis cyanopogon

Blue-winged Leafbird

Chloropsis moluccensis

Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker

Prionochilus maculatus

Crimson-breasted Flowerpecker

Prionochilus percussus

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird

Chalcoparia singalensis

Anthreptes simplex

Thick-billed Spiderhunter

Arachnothera crassirostris

Plain-backed Sparrow

Passer flaveolus

Ploceus philippinus

White-rumped Munia

Lonchura striata

Eastern Yellow Wagtail

Motacilla tschutschensis

Blue-eared Kingfisher

Alcedo meninting

Rufous-winged Philentoma

Philentoma pyrhoptera

Red-whiskered Bulbul

Pycnonotus jocosus

Chinese Blue Flycatcher

Cyornis glaucicomans

Purple-naped Spiderhunter

Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum

Long-tailed Macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Southern Black Giant Squirrel

Trachypithecus obscurus

Galeopterus variegatus

Elephas maximus

Common Treeshrew

Himalayan Striped Squirrel

Tamiops mcclellandii

Great Himalayan Roundleaf Bat

Hipposideros armiger

Large Flying Fox

Pteropus vampyrus

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