The best of Burma Birding ( 14 Days / 13 Nights )

Yangon - Moyingyi - Phokyar Elephant Camp - Kalaw - Inle Lake - Bagan - Mt.Victoria - Bagan - Yangon

Including all Myanmar endemic species and most of the endanger species of the country at the important birding sites and famous culture historical sites, “The best of Burma Birding Tour” focus on all bird-watchers who want to visit Myanmar as first time. In our experiences, all birding photographers recommend this tour for excellent photo opportunities. And also, the different type of forest, lake and swam area will give you to get different experiences. Our expected species will be 325 to 375 included all Myanmar’s undamaged species and most of the endanger species. The key birds on this trip are as following:

Hlawga Wildlife National Park : Pale-capped Pigeon, Racket-tailed Treepie, Rosy Minivet, Dollarbird, Forest Wagtail, Greater Coucal, Ruby-cheeked, and Olive-backed Sunbirds, Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Black-capped, White-throated and Common Kingfisher, Lesser Whistling- duck, Common Moorhen, Red-wattled Lapwing, Oriental Darter, Little and Great Cormorants, Asia Openbill, Coppersmith Barbet, Green-billed Malkoha, Greater and Lesser Racket-tailed Drongon, White-rumped Shama, Black-crested, Red-whiskered, Red-vented, Stripe-throated and Streak-eared and Black-headed Bulbuls.

Moeyingyi Wetland Bird Sanctuary : Glossy Ibis, Asian Openbill, Black-crowned Night-heron, Little Tern, Yellow Bittern, Lesser whistling Duck, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Northern Pintail, Ferruginous Pochard, Black-capped and Common Kingfisher, Blue-eared Kingfisher was also recorded, Green and Common Sandpipers, Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacanas, Black-winged Stilt, Little Ringed Plover, White-breasted Waterhen, Watercock, Purple Swamphen and Common Moorhen, Black Kite, Pied Harrier and other species..

Kalaw : Dark-backed Sibia, Burmese Yuhina, Indochinese Black-winged Cuckooshrikes, Giant Nuthatch are very rare to see, Speckled Piculet, White-browed and Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-babblers, White-browed and Green Shrike-babblers, Hume's Treecreeper, Lesser Necklaced , Black-throated , White-browed Laughingthrushs, White-crowned and Black-backed Forktails,Wedge-tailed, Yellow-footed and Pin-tailed Green-pigeons, Mrs Gould's, Black-throated and Green-tailed Sunbirds, Little Pied, Hill-blued and Tickell’s Blue , Pale Blue, Brown-breasted, Taiga, Ultramarine and Grey-headed Canary-flycatchers, Blue-winded and Golden-fronted Leafbirds. Red-billed Blue Magpies, Himalayan, Rufous-winged and Long-legged Buzzards, Spectacled Barwing, Chestnut Bunting and Black-headed Greenfinch, White-tailed Robin, Silver-eared Mesias, White-capped Water-redstart, Black-tailed Crakes, Grey-cheeked Fulvetta. Himalayan Black, Red-vented, Ashy, Brown-breasted, Black-headed and Flavescent Bulbuls and Crested Finchbill could be seen. Slender-billed, Black-hooded and Maroon Orioles, Black-collared, Asian Pied, Chestnut-tailed Starlings, Black-throated, Japanese [Great], Yellow-cheeked Tits, Long-tailed Broadbill, Slaty-bellied and Chestnut-headed Tesias, Black-breasted, Orange-headed, Blue Rock and other Thrushes. Warblers and winter visitors will be seen.

Inle Lake : Jerdon’s Bushchat, Collared Myna are key species in the lake, Rufous-rumped Grassbird and Sarus Crane are very rare to see, White-vented, Crested, Common and Jungle Mynas, Bluethroat, Clamorous and Oriental Reed-warblers, Plain and Yellow-bellied Prinias, Striated Grassbird, Easten Stonechats, Purple Swamphen, Common Coot, Common Moorhen, Ruddy-breasted and Black-tailed Crakes, Pheasant-tailed and Bronze-winged Jacanas, Cinnamon and Yellow Bitterns, Sport-billed Ducks, Gulls, Egrets and Pond-herons, Swamphen, Glossy Ibis, Northern Pintail, Gray-headed Lapwing, Marsh Sandpiper, Common and Pintail Snipe, Red Avadavat, Scaly-breasted Munia, Yellow Wagtail, Citrine Wagtail, White Wagtail

Ayeyarwaddy : White-tailed Stonechat, Sand Lark, Plovers, Wood Sandpiper, Temminck's Stints, White, Yellow and Citrine Wagtails, River, Grey-headed and Red-wattled Lapwings. Pied, Common and White-throated Kingfishers, Pied Harrier, Eastern and Western Marsh-harriers and any other Raptors, Small and Oriental Pratincoles, Great Cormorants, Indian Spot-billed Ducks, Ruddy Shelduck, Oriental Skylark, Striated Babbler and Black-bellied Tern and River Tern are recorded in Ayeyarwaddy.

Bagan : Bagan is special area of Myanmar endemic species as White-throated Babbler, Burmese Bushlark, Jerdon’s Minivet and Hooded Treepie. Other key birds are Laggar Falcons, Yellow-eyed Babbler, Long-billed Pipit, Vinous-breasted Myna, Brown Prinia, Streak-eared Bulbul and Eurasian Collared Dove, Burmese Shrike. Rain Quail, Barred Button Quail, Chinese Francolin, Plain-backed, Russet and house Sparrows, Sported Owlet and Barn Owl and Indian Nightjar. Common and Jungle Mynas, Green and Blue-tailed Bee-eater, Common Hoopoe and Indian Roller are very common to see in Bagan.

On the way to Mt.Victoria : White-rumped Falcon, Great Slaty, White-bellied, Pale-headed, Black-headed, Greater and Lesser Yellownape, Common Flameback, Himalayan Flameback, Greater Flameback, Grey-headed, Sport-breasted and Bamboo Woodpeckers. Alexandrine, Grey-headed, Blossom-headed and Red-breasted Parakeets, Hooded and Rufous Treepies, Red-headed Trogon, Grey-throated Babbler, Pin-Striped Tit-babbler, Blue-throated, Asian Brown, Dark-sided, Asian Paradise, Little pied and Verditer Flycatchers, Streaked Spiderhunter, Scarlet-backed and Yellow-vented Flowerpeckers, Brown-cheeked Fulvettas, Lineated Barbet, Chestnut-bellied and Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, and Swinhoe’s, Scarlet, Rosy, Ashy and Small Minivets. Blue-winged and Golden-fronted Leafbirds, Blue Rock Thrush.

Mt.Victoria : Key birds are White-browed Nuthatch, Burmese Tit, Mount Victoria Babax ( split from Chinese Babax), Black-headed Shrike-babbler, endemic Chin Hills Wren-babbler, Himalayan Cutia, Spot-breasted, Sickle-billed and Large Scimitar-babblers. Black-bibbed Tit, Crested Finchbill, Yellow-billed Blue Magpie, Fire-capped Tit, Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker, Black-throated Prinia, Brown Bush-warbler, White-browed Shrike-babbler, Green Shrike-babbler, Sported Wren-babbler, near-endemic Brown-capped Laughingthrush, Black-throated Prinia ( Hill Prinia ).Himalayan, Long lagged, Common and Oriental Honey-buzzard, Black Eagle and Mountain Hawk-eagles, Oriental Hobby, Collared Falconet, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Crested Goshawk and any other Repters. Ashy Woodpigeon, Mountain Imperial-pigeon, Yellow- footed, Wedge-tailed and any other Green-pigeons. Large Hawk, Hodgson’s Hawk, Eurasian and other Cuckoos. Great, Golden-throated, Lineated and Blue-throated Barbets. Rufous-bellied, Stripe-breasted, Crimson-breasted, Darjeeling and Bay Woodpeckers. White-browed, Black-eared, Chestnut-fronted and Green Shrike-babblers. Small, Grey-chinned, Short-billed, Long-tailed and Scarlet Minivets. Slender-billed and Maroon Orioles. Yellow-bellied and White-throated Fantails. Eurasian Jay, Red-billed Blue Magpie, Gray Treepie, Crimson, Mrs Gould’s, Fire-tailed and Green-tailed Sunbirds. Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, Scarlet Finch, Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, Common-rose Finch, Brown-bullfinch, Spot-winged Grosbeak, Chestnut and Little Bunting.

Bar-tailed and Hume’s Treecreepers. White-tailed and Chestnut-vented Nuthatches, Scaly, Eyebrowed Thrush, Grey-sided Thrush and Blue Whistling-thrush. Indian-blue Robin, Himalayan Bluetail, Grey Bushchat, Black Redstart, Blue-fronted Redstart, White-tailed, Ultramarine, Little Pied, Rufous-gorgeted, Dark-sided, Slaty-blue and Taiga Flycatchers. Large and Rufous-bellied Niltava. Japanese Tit, Green-backed Tit and Yellow-cheeked Tit. Striated, Sooty-headed, Mountain, Flavescent, Himalayan Black Bulbuls. Aberrant, Brown, Brownish-flanked Bush-warblers. Mountain Tailorbird, Grey-billed, Slaty-bellied, Chestnut-headed Tesias. Black-faced, Whistler’s, Grey-crowned, Chestnut-crowned, Buff-barred and other Warblers. Buff-breasted (Blacked Throated), Sport-breasted and Grey-headed Parrotbills. White-browed, Rusty-capped, Nepal and Streak-throated Fulvettas. Whiskered, Striated and Stripe-throated Yuhinas. Streak-breasted and White-browned Babblers. Blue-winged, Assam (slit from Chestnut-crowned), Striated, Striped, Lesser and Greater Necklaced Laughingthrushs and Crimson-faced Liocichlas. Blue-winged Siva. Bar-throated (Chestnut-tailed), Red-tailed Minlas. Silver-eared Mesia, Grey and Dark-backed Sibias. Streak-throated and Resty-fronted Barwings and any other winter visitor birds. If you are lucky, you will see Blyth’s Tragopan, Kalij Pheasant, Mrs Hume’s Pheasant, and any other Partridges, Hodgson’s Frogmouth, Grey Nightjar and any other owls.

Information Sheet

The Best of Burma

Yangon - Moyingyi - Phokyar Elephant Camp - Kalaw - Inle Lake - Bagan - Mt.Victoria - Bagan - Yangon ( 14 Days )

	Day 1	:	Yangon-Hlawghar-Moyingyi
	Day 2	:	Moyingyi-Phokyar Elephant Camp
	Day 3	:	Phokyar Elephant Camp - Kalaw by car
	Day 4	:	Kalaw
	Day 5	:	Kalaw- Inle Lake by car
	Day 6	:	Inle Lake - Bagan by flight
	Day 7	:	Bagan - Ayeyarwaddy River
	Day 8	:	Bagan-Kazunma village- Kanpalat
	Day 9	:	Kanpalat, Mt.Victoria
	Day 10	:	Kanpalat, Mt.Victoria
	Day 11	:	Kanpalat, Mt.Victoria
	Day 12	:	Kanpalat, Mt.Victoria
	Day 13	:	Kanpalat-Saw-Bagan
	Day 14	:	Bagan-Yangon by flight
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Optional Tours:

Attraction and key bird		Destination
	JERDON'SBABBLER & SARUS CRANE Expectation ( 2 days/ 3 Nights ) from Yangon		Maubin, Pantanaw, Shwelaung and Einme in Ayeyarwaddy Division
	SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER Expectation ( 4 day / 3 night ) from Yangon		Kyaikto, Gulf of Moattama
	GURNEY’S PITTA Expectation ( 5 days / 4 night ) from Yangon		Tanintharyi Davision
	Birding by elephant trekking at Wood pecker Land ( 4 days / 3 nights ) form Bagan / Mandalay		Alaungdawkassapa National Park