Myanmar endemic birds Expedition (7 Days/6 Nights)

Yangon - Bagan - Kazunma - Mt.Victoria - Yangon

This program is suitable for any person who wants to see all of Myanmar endemic species and most of the endangered species within a week. White-throated Babbler, Burmese Bushlark, Jerdon’s Minivet and Hooded Treepie, White-browed Nuthatch, Burmese Tit, Mount Victoria Babax (a potential split from Chinese Babax) are key birds on this tour. Not only these species but also you will see other species as follow:

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 Repters, 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 Woodpecker, 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 Wood pigeon, 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 Rosefinch, Brown-bullfinch, Spot-winged Grosbeak, Chestnut and Little Bunting.

Information Sheet

Itinerary

Yangon - Bagan - Kazunma - Mt.Victoria - Yangon

	Day 1	:	Yangon-Bagan
	Day 2	:	Bagan and Ayeyarwaddy River
	Day 3	:	Bagan - Kanpalat, Mt.Victoria
	Day 4	:	Kanpalat, Mt.Victoria
	Day 5	:	Kanpalat, Mt.Victoria
	Day 6	:	Kanpalat-Saw-Bagan
	Day 7	:	Bagan-Yangon
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Route Map

 

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