Kaeng Krachan National Park once again turned up some interesting
sightings with our animal list stretching to 35 species with a couple of Golden
Jackals showing well here. Broadbills were excellent with Long-tailed Broadbill
being seen ‘up the hill’, and along the main road we had Black-and-red,
Black-and-yellow and Silver-breasted Broadbills all being seen within 200 yards
of each other!
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| Black-and-yellow Broadbill |
Other new birds here included Red-throated Barbet, Great Slaty
Woodpecker, and a superb Rufous-browed Flycatcher. At the waterhole a
Slaty-legged Crake appeared at dusk and took our minds off the King Cobra that
dropped in for a drink a few hours earlier!
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| Great Slaty Woodpecker showed well for half an hour |
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| Slaty-legged Crake finally appeared at dusk |
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| Rufous-browed Flycatcher came in to check us out |
There was also Black-headed and Rufous Woodpeckers seen at another
site, whilst the icing on a rarity-laden cake was another 1st for
Thailand – Collared Pratincole. It had been reported a few weeks earlier by some visiting birders and we relocated it on our last day - and it certainly does seem to be a Collared and not the expected Oriental Pratincole. The white trailing edge, short primary projection and a few other key features were all seen - just a shame there was such a haze as the photos aren't very good….
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| Collared Pratincole - another 1st for Thailand |
And that was it, 494 species seen over the 3 tours and we can’t wait
to return next year. Now it’s time for Borneo in a couple of days…
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