Yokdon National Park - Central Vietnam
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Yokdon National Park - Central Vietnam

Birding highlights: Annam Prinia (Endemic), White-rumped (Pygmy) Falcon, Rufous-bellied Woodpecker, Black-headed Woodpecker, Great Slaty Woodpecker, Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon, Rufous-winged Buzzard, Gray-headed Parakeet, Burmese Nuthatch, Purple Sunbird.

Gateway cities: Buon Ma Thuot City (40km), Pleiku City (170km),  Da Lat City (240km).

Airport: Pleiku Airport - Gia Lai Province (180km)

Best time to visit Yokdon National Park for a birding trip: December to May

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Overview:

Yok Don National Park is one of the best birding hotspots in Central Vietnam, located near Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province. This park was established in 1992.

 

Yok Don is the second biggest national park and it is the only national park to conserve dry deciduous dipterocarp forests in Vietnam. The trees here lose their leaves annually in dry season, which lasts from November to April. When wet season (May – October) comes with its heavy precipitation, everything revives quickly.

 

Yok Don National Park is a unique forest ecosystem type harboring a vast variety of important and endemic species. This is home to a wealth of wildlife including 89 species of mammals (Wild elephants, wild water buffalos, gaurs,..), over 300 species of birds,... Many of these species are listed in IUCN Redbook.


Suggested Itineraries for Birding at Yokdon National Park:


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The most wanted birds of Yokdon National Park for birders:

Notes: *** Subspecies of a full species (above) have been recorded in Vietnam, with different traits and are defined by scientists - These subspecies may split into full species in future updates.

1. Lesser Whistling-Duck

2. Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon

3. Crested Treeswift

4. Woolly-necked Stork/Asian Woollyneck

5. Lesser Adjutant

6. Oriental Darter

7. Oriental Honey-buzzard

8. Jerdon's Baza

9. Black Baza

10. Changeable Hawk-Eagle

11. Rufous-winged Buzzard

12. Collared Scops-Owl

13. Brown Fish-Owl

14. Asian Barred Owlet

15. Spotted Owlet

16. Brown Wood-Owl

17. Brown Boobook

18. Chestnut-headed Bee-eater

19. Indochinese Roller

20. Dollarbird/Oriental Dollarbird

21. Coppersmith Barbet

22. Blue-eared Barbet

23. Green-eared Barbet

24. Rufous-bellied Woodpecker

25. Lesser Yellownape

***Himalayan Yellownape

26. Streak-throated Woodpecker

27. Gray-headed Woodpecker

***Black-naped Woodpecker

28. Black-headed Woodpecker

29. Great Slaty Woodpecker

30. White-bellied Woodpecker

31. White-rumped (Pygmy) Falcon

32. Collared Falconet

33. Gray-headed Parakeet

34. Red-breasted Parakeet

35. Vernal Hanging-Parrot

36. Small Minivet

37. Gray-chinned Minivet

38. Indochinese Cuckooshrike

39. White-browed Fantail

40. Eurasian Jay

***White-faced Jay

41. Rufous Treepie

42. Annam Prinia (Endemic)

43. Chestnut-capped Babbler

44. Burmese Nuthatch

45. Chestnut-vented Nuthatch

46. Velvet-fronted Nuthatch

47. Thick-billed Flowerpecker

***Modest Flowerpecker

48. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker

49. Brown-throated Sunbird

50. Van Hasselt's Sunbird/Maroon-bellied Sunbird

51. Purple Sunbird

 


Bird Photos of Yokdon National Park (View)


 

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