Tram Chim National Park

Tram Chim National Park is located in Dong Thap Province .

Birding highlights : Sarus Crane, Oriental Darter, Painted Stork and Asian Golden Weaver.

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Bird fauna : To date, at least 88 bird species have been recorded at Tram Chim National Park. The site is famous for the population of Sarus Cranes that inhabits the site in the dry season. In 1990s, hundreds of Cranes spent the dry season here. However, due to some inapproriate development in late 1990s and early 2000s, maximum counts of cranes fell dramatically to some 82 birds in the 2005 dry season. Other interesting wetland or wetland-dependent species that can be found at Tram Chim include Bengal Florican (very rare), Oriental Darter (common) and Asian Golden Weaver (common).

Other features : Lotus swamps, and Melaleuca forest.

Transportation : Tram Chim is 40 km by road from Cao Lanh town in Dong Thap province. Within the national park, boats can be hired to reach good birding sites.

Accommodation :  There are a few small guesthouses in Tam Nong town, near the site, and one guesthouse with very basic facilities at the park headquarters.

Permission : The site is accessible to all visitors. However, a guide is required to visit most parts of the site of interest to birdwatchers.

 

Contact details : 

Tram Chim National Park, Tourism Center, 4th Ward, Tram Chim Town, Tam Nong District, Dong Thap Province, Tel. +(84 67) 827436

Bird list (source: BirdLife International Vietnam Programme) : 

1. Lesser Whistling-duck

2. Cotton Pygmy-goose

3. Spot-billed Duck

4. Garganey

5. Common Teal

6. Buttonquail sp.

7. Common Kingfisher

8. White-throated Kingfisher

9. Pied Kingfisher

10. Green Bee-eater

11. Blue-tailed Bee-eater

12. Plaintive Cuckoo

13. Asian Koel

14. Green-billed Malkoha

15. Greater Coucal

16. Lesser Coucal

17. Asian Palm Swift

18. Grass Owl

19. Large-tailed Nightjar

20. Spotted Dove

21. Red Collared Dove

22. Pink-necked Green Pigeon

23. Bengal Florican

24. Sarus Crane

25. Ruddy-breasted Crake

26. Watercock

27. Purple Swamphen

28. Common Moorhen

29. Wood Sandpiper

30. Common Sandpiper

31. Greater Painted-snipe

32. Pheasant-tailed Jacana

33. Bronze-winged Jacana

34. Black-winged Stilt

35. Grey-headed Lapwing

36. Red-wattled Lapwing

37. Oriental Pratincole

38. Black-shouldered Kite

39. Eurasian Marsh Harrier

40. Shikra

41. Greater Spotted Eagle

42. Little Grebe

43. Darter

44. Little Cormorant

45. Indian Cormorant

46. Little Egret

47. Grey Heron

48. Purple Heron

49. Great Egret

50. Intermediate Egret

51. Cattle Egret

52. Chinese Pond Heron

53. Little Heron

54. Black-crowned Night Heron

55. Yellow Bittern

56. Cinnamon Bittern

57. Black Bittern

58. Black-headed Ibis

59. Black-faced Spoonbill

60. Painted Stork

61. Greater Adjutant

62. Lesser Adjutant

63. Golden-bellied Gerygone

64. Brown Shrike

65. Racket-tailed Treepie

66. Indochinese Cuckooshrike

67. Pied Fantail

68. Black Drongo

69. Common Iora

70. Oriental Magpie Robin

71. Pied Bushchat

72. Sand Martin

73. Barn Swallow

74. Yellow-vented Bulbul

75. Streak-eared Bulbul

76. Zitting Cisticola

77. Yellow-bellied Prinia

78. Plain Prinia

79. Oriental White-eye

80. Lanceolated Warbler

81. Rusty-rumped Warbler

82. Black-browed Reed Warbler

83. Oriental Reed Warbler

84. Common Tailorbird

85. Striated Grassbird

86. Striped Tit Babbler

87. Oriental Skylark

88. Olive-backed Sunbird

89. Plain-backed Sparrow

90. Eurasian Tree Sparrow

91. Paddyfield Pipit

92. Streaked Weaver

93. Baya Weaver

94. Asian Golden Weaver

95. White-rumped Munia

96. Black-headed Munia