[birding] 10-day Ideal Cambodia

10-day Birding Tour in Cambodia

Angkor, Kbal Spean, Prek Toal, Ang Trapeang Thmor, Florican Grassland, Tmatboey, Kratie, Tailorbird Shrub

The birding package tour with 10 days in Cambodia, our expert bird guide will help you find the rare birds and visiting some of the famous temples as well. This tour begins with the welcome at Siem Reap international airport and start the tour with Siem Reap’s Angkor Wat and Kbal Spean to wetlands of the Tonle Sap floodplains Prek Toal, Ang Trapeang Thmor, Florican Grassland, then continue to the dry dipterocarp forests (DDF) in the northern plains at Tmatboey, followed with Kratie and finish at the tailorbird shrub near Phnom Penh.

This 10-day tour we target these key species: Giant Ibis, White-shouldered Ibis, Pale-capped Pigeon, Bengal Florican, Manchurian Reed-warbler, Sarus Crane, Greater Adjutant, Milky Stork, Mekong Wagtail, Cambodian Tailorbird, and many other birds and mammals. With approximately 280 species expected on the list.

1.  Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom
   • The forests surrounding the temples support some good birds such as Hainan Blue and Taiga Flycatchers, Forest Wagtail, White-throated Rock Thrush, Black-capped Kingfisher, Asian Barred Owlet, Black Baza, Alexandrine, and Red-breasted Parakeets.
2. Kbal Spean
   • Kbal Spean is an Angkorian era archaeological site in the western part of the Kulen Mountain Range. A dry Deciduous Forest close to Kbal Spean is good for a few hours birding. Birds include Banded Broadbill, Hainan Blue Flycatcher, Green-eared Barbet, Rufous-winged Buzzard, White-throated Rock-thrush, Black Baza, Crested Serpent-eagle, Great Slaty Woodpecker, White-bellied Woodpecker,  Velvet-fronted Nuthatch, etc
3. Prek Toal Bird Sanctuary
   • This stunning Ramsar site, the largest waterbird colonies in Southeast Asia covered mostly by seasonally inundated freshwater swamp forest, is home to the rare waterbirds of global significance: Spot-billed Pelican, Milky Stork, Painted Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Greater Adjutant, Black-headed Ibis, Oriental Darter, in the dry season.
4. Ang Trapaeng Thmor
   • The feeding reserve for the tallest flying bird Sarus Crane, six species of ducks, 4 species of owls, Black-necked Stork, Purple Swamphen, Bronze-winged, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Spot-billed Pelican, Greater Spotted Eagle, Milky Stork, Painted Stork, Oriental Plover.
5. Florican Grassland
   • The grassland supports Critically Endangered Bengal Florican, the rare wintering Manchurian Reed-warbler, Sarus Crane, Greater Spotted Eagle, and Imperial Eagle, Pied Harrier and Eastern Marsh-harrier, Siberian Ruby Throat, Red Avadavat, and Small Buttonquail.
6. Tmatboey
   • The most significant ground for the critically endangered Giant Ibis, White-shouldered Ibis, also Pale-capped Pigeon, Woolly-necked Stork, Indian Spotted Eagle, Grey-headed Fish Eagle, White-rumped Falcon, Savanna Nightjar, 16 species of woodpeckers, 9 species of Owls.
7. Kratie
   • An exciting boat trip on the Mekong River to see the fascinating Irrawaddy River Dolphin and going upstream to the islands to look for the Mekong Wagtail.
8. Tailorbird shrub
   • (A dense of bushy shrubland area favors by the Cambodian’s endemic bird called Cambodian Tailorbird.