Birds of Thailand

List of Common Birds Found in Thailand

Native Birds

• Ashy Woodswallow
• Asian Fairy Bluebird
• Asian Green Bee-eater
• Asian Koel
• Asian Openbill
• Baer’s Pochard
• Barn Swallow
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black Drongo
• Black Kite
• Black-naped Oriole
• Black-shouldered Kite
• Black-winged Stilt
• Blue Pitta
• Blue-winged Leafbird
• Brahminy Kite
• Brown Shrike
• Chinese Blackbird
• Collared Kingfisher
• Common Flameback
• Common Kingfisher
• Common Myna
• Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo
• Crested Serpent Eagle
• Daurian Redstart
• Eared Pitta
• Eastern Cattle Egret
• Eastern Jungle Crow
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow
• Giant Nuthatch
• Giant Pitta
• Great Egret
• Greater Coucal
• Great Hornbill
• Green Peafowl
• Gray Heron
• Gray Peacock-pheasant
• Gurney’s Pitta
• Hill Myna
• Himalayan Vulture
• Indian Peafowl
• Indian Roller
• Javan Pond Heron
• Jerdon’s Bush Chat
• Large-billed Crow
• Lesser Adjutant
• Light-vented Bulbul
• Little Cormorant
• Little Egret
• Long-tailed Broadbill
• Long-tailed minivet
• Mangrove Pitta
• Mrs. Hume’s Pheasant
• Nordmann’s Greenshank
• Ochraceous bulbul
• Olive-Backed Sunbird
• Oriental Magpie Robin
• Oriental Pied Hornbill
• Plain-pouched Hornbill
• Puff-throated Bulbul
• Purple Cochoa
• Purple Heron
• Rail-babbler
• Ratchet-tailed Treepie
• Red-breasted Parakeet
• Red Collared Dove
• Red Junglefowl
• Red-vented Bulbul
• Red-wattled Lapwing
• Rufous-collared Kingfisher
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
• Siamese Fireback
• Silver Pheasant
• Slaty-backed Forktail
• Spoon-billed Sandpiper
• Spotted Dove
• Streaked Weaver
• Tickell’s Brown Hornbill
• White-bellied Sea Eagle
• White-eyed River Martin
• White-faced Plover
• White-fronted Scops Owl
• White-rumped Shama
• White-throated Kingfisher
• White-vented Myna
• White Wagtail
• Yellow-cheeked tit
• Zebra Dove

Non-native Birds

• African Sacred Ibis
• Common Myna
• House Crow
• Javan Myna
• Java Sparrow
• Milky Stork
• Rose-ringed Parakeet
• Sarus Crane

Some of the best birding sites in Thailand include Doi Inthanon National Park, Khao Sok National Park, and Kaeng Krachan National Park. The peak season for birding is during the cooler and dry months when the resident birds are more active and more migratory birds come to visit.

Common Thai Birds by Color

Red Birds

• Red Junglefowl
• Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

Yellow Birds

• Asian Fairy Bluebird
• Black-naped Oriole
• Gray-headed Canary-flycatcher
• Greater Racket-tailed Drongo

Green Birds

• Great Hornbill
• Green-billed Malkoha
• Green Peafowl
• Oriental Pied Hornbill

Blue Birds

• Blue-winged Leafbird
• Common Kingfisher
• White-throated Kingfisher

Purple Birds

• Purple Heron
• Purple Swamphen

Black Birds

• Black-and-white Bulbul
• Black-crowned Night Heron
• Black-winged Stilt
• Pied Fantail

Brown Birds

• Brown Shrike
• Crested Serpent Eagle
• Large-billed Crow