Birds of Laos

List of Common Birds Found in Laos

Native Birds

• Alexandrine Parakeet
• Asian Emerald Dove
• Asian Fairy-bluebird
• Asian Green Bee-eater
• Asian Openbill
• Bamboo Woodpecker
• Bar-bellied Pitta
• Bare-faced Bulbul
• Barn Swallow
• Bar-tailed Treecreeper
• Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike
• Bay Woodpecker
• Black-breasted Thrush
• Black Bulbul
• Black-capped Bulbul
• Black-capped Kingfisher
• Black-chinned Yuhina
• Black-collared Starling
• Black-crested Bulbul
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black Drongo
• Black-eared Shrike-babbler
• Black-headed Greenfinch
• Black-headed Sibia
• Black-headed Woodpecker
• Black Kite
• Black-naped Oriole
• Black-tailed Crake
• Black-thighed Falconet
• Black-throated Laughingthrush
• Black-throated Tit
• Black-winged Cuckooshrike
• Blue-bearded Bee-eater
• Blue-eared Kingfisher
• Blue-naped Pitta
• Blue Pitta
• Blue-rumped Pitta
• Blue-throated Barbet
• Blue Whistling Thrush
• Blue-winged Leafbird
• Blue-winged Pitta
• Blyth’s Kingfisher
• Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
• Collared Owlet
• Collared Scops Owl
• Common Hoopoe
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Myna
• Crested Serpent Eagle
• Daurian Redstart
• Eared Pitta
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Fork-tailed Sunbird
• Giant Ibis
• Gray-backed Shrike
• Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker
• Gray-capped Woodpecker
• Gray-cheeked Warbler
• Gray-crowned Warbler
• Gray-headed Parakeet
• Gray-headed Woodpecker
• Gray Heron
• Gray Treepie
• Great Hornbill
• Great Iora
• Great Slaty Woodpecker
• Green Cochoa
• Green Peafowl
• Himalayan Cutia
• Hume’s Pheasant
• Indian Peafowl
• Indochinese Bush Lark
• Indochinese Green Magpie
• Indochinese Roller
• Jerdon’s Bush Chat
• Large Niltava
• Lesser Adjutant
• Lesser Fish-eagle
• Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
• Light-vented Bulbul
• Limestone Leaf Warbler
• Little Egret
• Little Spiderhunter
• Long-tailed Broadbill
• Mountain Bamboo Partridge
• Mountain Imperial Pigeon
• Mountain Scops Owl
• Mountain Tailorbird
• Olive-backed Sunbird
• Orange-breasted Trogon
• Oriental Magpie-robin
• Oriental Pied Hornbill
• Pale-footed Bush Warbler
• Pale-headed Woodpecker
• Pied Harrier
• Pin-tailed Green Pigeon
• Plain-backed Thrush
• Plain Sunbird
• Red-bearded Bee-eater
• Red-collared Woodpecker
• Red-faced Liocichla
• Red-headed Trogon
• Red Junglefowl
• Red-vented Barbet
• Red-vented Bulbul
• Red-wattled Lapwing
• Rufous-backed Sibia
• Rufous-bellied Eagle
• Rufous-bellied Niltava
• Rufous-bellied Woodpecker
• Rufous-fronted Babbler
• Rufous-necked Hornbill
• Rufous-throated Fulvetta
• Rufous-winged Buzzard
• Rufous-winged Fulvetta
• Rusty-naped Pitta
• Siamese Fireback
• Silver-breasted Broadbill
• Silver-eared Mesia
• Silver Pheasant
• Slaty-backed Forktail
• Slaty-legged Crake
• Slender-billed Oriole
• Spot-bellied Eagle-owl
• Spot-necked Babbler
• Spotted Dove
• Spotted Elachura
• Streaked Spiderhunter
• Striated Bulbul
• Tawny Fish Owl
• Velvet-fronted Nuthatch
• White-bellied Erpornis
• White-bellied Green Pigeon
• White-bellied Heron
• White-bellied Redstart
• White-browed Laughingthrush
• White-browed Piculet
• White-browed Scimitar Babbler
• White-crested Helmetshrike
• White-crested Laughingthrush
• White-crowned Forktail
• White-crowned Hornbill
• White-rumped Falcon
• White-rumped Shama
• White-tailed Flycatcher
• White-tailed Robin
• White-tailed Rubythroat
• White-throated Fantail
• White-throated Kingfisher
• White-throated Rock-thrush
• White Wagtail
• Yellow-bellied Prinia
• Yellow-bellied Warbler
• Yellow-bellied Warbler
• Yellow-cheeked Tit
• Yellow-vented Flowerpecker

Non-native Birds

• Chinese Rubythroat
• Common Ringed Plover
• Eurasian Curlew
• Ferruginous Duck
• Herring Gull
• House Sparrow
• Japanese Robin
• Oriental Plover
• Swinhoe’s Snipe
• Zebra Dove

Some of the best birding sites in Laos include Nam Et-Phou Louey National Protected Area, Nam Kading National Protected Area, and Xe Pian National Protected Area. One of the best times to go birdwatching in Laos is between November and February when migratory birds visit the country.