Thailand other wildlife

Moth trapping opportunities were pretty limited and even when I did manage to get the trap out in habitat it was surprisingly quiet. In fact it was pretty quiet on the butterfly front. Apparantely the peak time for leps is during the early rainy season in April time and it's pretty quiet this time of year- cooler and drier. Most of the moth trapping I did was on the balcony of the hotel rooms which was pretty limited.

Also had a few herps but overall it was really quiet on that front too with no snake sightings and just a few lizards and a few frogs calling which I-Nat has tentatively identified as Black-striped Frog.

I-Nat observations HERE. About 55 species of leps and 5 species of herp. A few tentative ids and photos below. 

Tokay Gecko

Common Sun Skink 

Water Monitor and Indian Cormorant 

Swinhoe's Striated Hawkmoth 

Handmaiden moth

Eressa confinis

Arguda sp

Ornate Hydrisis moth

Common Awl

Chabula acamasalis

Paris Peacock Swallowtail

Red-based Jezebel

Common Jester

Thailand Mammals

We recorded 18 species of mammal during our trip with the highlights including Sun Bear, Malayan Porcupine and an unexpected Gaur that crossed the road pre-dawn at Kaeng Krachan NP. 17 were lifers for me taking my world mammal list to 295.

What a fantastic bonus to all the birds. 

Sun Bear (above and below)

Malayan Porcupine

Northern Pig-tailed Macaque. We also had Long-tailed Macaques at the Rufous Limestone Babbler site. 

Dusky Langur (above and below). We also heard Lar and Pileated Gibbons. 

Samba having a bad hair day, We also had Northern Red Muntjac. 

Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain

Northern Tree Shrew

Finlayson's (Variable) Squirrel (above and below) 

Northern Grey-bellied Squirrel

Black Giant Squirrel

Indochinese Ground Squirrel and Asian Emerald Dove

Cambodian Striped Squirrel

Thailand Days Fourteen and Fifteen

We spent the last two days of the trip at the fantastic Inthanon National Park. Checklist from the first day HERE and the second day HERE. So many highlights in this magical region including Pygmy Cupwing, Himalayan Shortwing,  Yellow-bellied Fairy-fantail, Yellow-cheeked Tit, stacks of pylloscs including Davison's, Blyth's and Grey-throated Warbler, Forktails and White-capped Redstarts in the mountain streams, Scaly Thrush and loads more.

My trip list total concluded on 405 species in 15 days (151 lifers taking my world list to 3570). Trip report HERE (still need to add photos and further information).

Pygmy Cupwing

Male Siberian Blue Robin

White-gorgeted Flycatcher

Himalayan Shortwing

Lesser Shortwing

Davison's Warbler

Buff-barred Warbler

Buff-breasted Babbler

White-capped Redstart

Scaly Thrush

Little Pied Flycatcher

Inthanon scenes

Thailand Day Thirteen

Today we transferred from the Doi Pha Hom Pol NP region to the Inthanon National Park and stopped off at a few places on the way including Nong Kwai Tok Reservoir HERE, the Mae Taeng Irrigation Project HERE and the Ban Hong Non-hunting area HQ HERE.

A few photo highlights below.

Green Peafowl (above and below) 

Long-billed Plover

Rosy Pipit

Yellow-breasted Bunting 

Thailand Days Ten to Twelve

No internet over the last few days. We were based in the Northern Chiang Mai region exploring various areas. Checklists for 15th to 17th  January HERE,

Now on 373 species, trip report HERE. So many highlights, mind blowing area- a few photos below.

Scarlet-faced Liocichla

Spot-breasted Parrotbill

Grey-winged Blackbird

Grey-sided Thrush

We went for Greenish Warbler on this one

Chestnut-flanked White-eye

White-headed Bulbul

Striated Bulbul

Spot-winged Grosbeak

Grey-chinned Minivet

Siberian Rubythroat

Black-breasted Blackbird

Red-eyed Scimiter-Babbler

Grey-throated Babbler

Yunnan Fulvetta

White-spectacled Warbler- a first for Thailand, a returning bird that has re-appeared in the same spot of forest for the fifth year now.  

Jerdon's Baza

Crested Honey Buzzard

Eastern Buzzard

Chaing Mai Region Mountain scenes (above and below)