Xuan Thuy National Park The first and the only Ramsar Site in Vietnam, Xuan Thuy is situated in Nam Dinh province and covers an area of 7,100 ha. The major habitats are estuaries, mangroves, sedges, mudflats, sandy flats and shrimp ponds. Birding highlights: Black-faced Spoonbill, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Spotted (Nordmann's) Greenshank, Saunders's Gull and Asian Dowitcher. Star rating: ייי Bird fauna: To date, more than 200 bird species have been recorded at Xuan Thuy. The site is the most important staging and wintering area for migratory waterbirds in the coastal zone of the Red River Delta. It regularly supports large numbers of commoner migratory waterbird species, including Black-tailed Godwit, Spotted Redshank and Eurasian Curlew. Many rare species can also be found at Xuan Thuy, including the largest wintering population of Black-faced Spoonbill in Vietnam, with around 60 birds each winter in recent years. Other rare species that regularly occur at the site include Saunders's Gull, Spotted Greenshank, Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Asian Dowitcher. In addition to its importance for waterbirds, Xuan Thuy is also an important migratory stop-over for non-waterbirds, with large numbers of passerines and cuckoos passing through the site during the spring and autumn migrations. Other features: Estuarine habitats and traditional aquaculture activities Transportation: Car and boat. Xuan Thuy NP is about 150 km from Hanoi or 3 and half hour by car. From the Park's Headquarters, we can take boat or hike to the different bird watching sites. Accommodation: At moment, the accommodation in Xuan Thuy is basic. The park has only one 4-bed guest room, no hot water, no electricity. However, a new headquarters building is under construction and hoped to be finished in June 2005. The new building will include a guest house of 10 standard rooms. In addition, there are 2 guest houses in Ngo Dong Town (20km from Xuan Thuy) and a resort area in Quat Lam (40 km from Xuan Thuy) with many hotels and restaurants. Permission: Entrance fees system is not yet existed, visitors should contact the park authorities in prior to arrange permission through a border army station. All visitors (Vietnamese and Foreigner) can visit the park following the guidance from park staff. Birding routes: As a staging and wintering site in the East Asian - Australian flyway, the best time to visit Xuan Thuy is September to March. In August and September, it is possible to see the Painted Stork and other early migrants such as Black-winged Stilt etc.. Later, from October, it easy to find the Black-faced Spoonbill if we spent more than one day at site. In Xuan Thuy National Park, visitors can ask for the assistance from park staff, who know the area very well and are capable to show us where to watch each bird species at what time. It will be good if we can get a guide from the park. Basically, the visitors can take the hiking routes or boating routes to the sites of interest. Hiking Routes: Walking through the natural and artificial habitats along the dike system in Con Ngan Island. Especially in the high tide time, we can find numerous bird roosting in the shrimp ponds including Black-faced Spoonbill, gulls, ducks and other waders. Boating Routes: In the high tide time, we can get boat to go to Con Xanh and outer Con Ngan, where we can see the egrets, ducks and other waders in the Tra River Mouth. Con Xanh supports some Casuarina forest, where is very suitable for the migrating non-waterbirds. In the island, we can find the pittas and other passerines during migrating season. Another way, we can take boat to the off shore mudflats and sandy flats areas of Giao Xuan Commune, where is the best area for watching the shorebirds. In this site, we can find big flocks of waders and especially Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Nordmann's Greenshank, many species of gulls including Saunders's Gull, duck species and sometime Black-faced Spoonbill and Black-headed Ibis. |
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Contact details: Xuan Thuy National Park, Giao Thuy District, Nam Dinh Province Tel.: +(84 350) 741501/895125 Fax: +(84 350) 893065/895008 |
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Photos
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and Xuan Thuy National Park)
Black-faced Spoonbill (Platalea minor)
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) and Painted Stork (Micteria cinerea) |
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Japanese Quail 2.
Greylag Goose 3.
Common Shelduck 4.
Gadwall 5.
Falcated Duck 6.
Eurasian Wigeon 7.
Mallard 8.
Spot-billed Duck 9.
Northern Shoveler 10.
Northern Pintail 11.
Garganey 12.
Common Teal 13.
Common Pochard 14.
Baer's Pochard 15.
Tufted Duck 16.
Red-breasted Merganser 17.
Buttonquail sp. 18.
Eurasian Wryneck 19.
Dollarbird 20.
Common Kingfisher 21.
White-throated Kingfisher 22.
Black-capped Kingfisher 23.
Collared Kingfisher 24.
Pied Kingfisher 25.
Blue-tailed Bee-eater 26.
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo 27.
Large Hawk Cuckoo 28.
Indian Cuckoo 29.
Lesser Cuckoo 30.
Plaintive Cuckoo 31.
Asian Koel 32.
Greater Coucal 33.
Lesser Coucal 34.
Fork-tailed Swift 35.
Oriental Turtle Dove 36.
Spotted Dove 37.
Red Collared Dove 38.
Emerald Dove 39.
Thick-billed Green Pigeon 40.
Slaty-breasted Rail 41.
White-breasted Waterhen 42.
Ruddy-breasted Crake 43.
Purple Swamphen 44.
Common Moorhen 45.
Common Coot 46.
Eurasian Woodcock 47.
Pintail Snipe 48.
Common Snipe 49.
Black-tailed Godwit 50.
Bar-tailed Godwit 51.
Whimbrel 52.
Eurasian Curlew 53.
Eastern Curlew 54.
Spotted Redshank 55.
Common Redshank 56.
Marsh Sandpiper 57.
Common Greenshank 58.
Nordmann's Greenshank 59.
Wood Sandpiper 60.
Terek Sandpiper 61.
Common Sandpiper 62.
Grey-tailed Tattler 63.
Ruddy Turnstone 64.
Long-billed Dowitcher 65.
Asian Dowitcher 66.
Great Knot 67.
Red Knot 68.
Sanderling 69.
Spoon-billed Sandpiper 70.
Little Stint 71.
Red-necked Stint 72.
Long-toed Stint 73.
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 74.
Dunlin 75.
Curlew Sandpiper 76.
Broad-billed Sandpiper 77.
Ruff 78.
Red-necked Phalarope 79.
Pheasant-tailed Jacana 80.
Great Thick-knee 81.
Eurasian Oystercatcher 82.
Black-winged Stilt 83.
Pacific Golden Plover 84.
Grey Plover 85.
Little Ringed Plover 86.
Kentish Plover 87.
Lesser Sand Plover 88.
Greater Sand Plover 89.
Grey-headed Lapwing 90.
Oriental Pratincole 91.
Black-tailed Gull 92.
Heughlin's Gull 93.
Pallas's Gull 94.
Black-headed Gull 95.
Saunders's Gull 96.
Gull-billed Tern 97.
Caspian Tern 98.
Common Tern 99.
Little Tern 100.
Whiskered Tern 101.
White-winged Tern 102.
Black Baza 103.
Eurasian Marsh Harrier 104.
Pied Harrier 105.
Chinese Sparrowhawk 106.
Japanese Sparrowhawk 107.
Eurasian Sparrowhawk 108.
Grey-faced Buzzard 109.
Common Buzzard 110.
Common Kestrel 111.
Amur Falcon 112.
Merlin 113.
Eurasian Hobby 114.
Peregrine Falcon 115.
Little Grebe 116.
Little Egret 117.
Chinese Egret 118.
Pacific Reef Egret 119.
Grey Heron 120.
Purple Heron |
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Great Egret 122.
Intermediate Egret 123.
Cattle Egret 124.
Chinese Pond Heron 125.
Little Heron 126.
Black-crowned Night Heron 127.
Yellow Bittern 128.
Cinnamon Bittern 129.
Black Bittern 130.
Great Bittern 131.
Black-headed Ibis 132.
Eurasian Spoonbill 133.
Black-faced Spoonbill 134.
Spot-billed Pelican 135.
Painted Stork 136.
Fairy Pitta 137.
Tiger Shrike 138.
Brown Shrike 139.
Long-tailed Shrike 140.
Grey-backed Shrike 141.
Black-naped Oriole 142.
Maroon Oriole 143.
Cuckooshrike sp. 144.
Rosy Minivet 145.
Ashy Minivet 146.
White-throated Fantail 147.
Black Drongo 148.
Ashy Drongo 149.
Spangled Drongo 150.
Black-naped Monarch 151.
Asian Paradise-flycatcher 152.
White-throated Rock Thrush 153.
Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush 154.
Blue Rock Thrush 155.
Blue Whistling Thrush 156.
Orange-headed Thrush 157.
Siberian Thrush 158.
Scaly Thrush 159.
Eurasian Blackbird 160.
Asian Brown Flycatcher 161.
Ferruginous Flycatcher 162.
Yellow-rumped Flycatcher 163.
Red-throated Flycatcher 164.
Blue-and-white Flycatcher 165.
Small Niltava 166.
Fujian Niltava 167.
Hainan Blue Flycatcher 168.
Blue-throated Flycatcher 169.
Siberian Rubythroat 170.
Bluethroat 171.
Siberian Blue Robin 172.
Oriental Magpie Robin 173.
Common Stonechat 174.
Grey Bushchat 175.
White-shouldered Starling 176.
White-vented Myna 177.
Great Tit 178.
Sand Martin 179.
Barn Swallow 180.
Striated Swallow 181.
Red-whiskered Bulbul 182.
Light-vented Bulbul 183.
Sooty-headed Bulbul 184.
Plain Prinia 185.
Japanese White-eye 186.
Lanceolated Warbler 187.
Rusty-rumped Warbler 188.
Black-browed Reed Warbler 189.
Manchurian Reed Warbler 190.
Oriental Reed Warbler 191.
Thick-billed Warbler 192.
Common Tailorbird 193.
Dusky Warbler 194.
Radde's Warbler 195.
Yellow-browed Warbler 196.
Arctic Warbler 197.
Greenish Warbler 198.
Pale-legged Leaf Warbler 199.
Blyth's Leaf Warbler 200.
White-tailed Leaf Warbler 201.
Sulphur-breasted Warbler 202.
Golden-spectacled Warbler 203.
Australasian Bushlark 204.
Oriental Skylark 205.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow 206.
Forest Wagtail 207.
White Wagtail 208.
Yellow Wagtail 209.
Richard's Pipit 210.
Olive-backed Pipit 211.
Red-throated Pipit 212.
Scaly-breasted Munia 213.
Chestnut-eared Bunting 214.
Yellow-breasted Bunting 215.
Black-faced Bunting |
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