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Golden Buddha Beach Resort offers:

Comfort and fine cuisine in
    the wild
Minimum impact on the
    natural habitat
Insight into local cultures
Yoga, massage, and
    vegetarian food available
Fair, affordable prices
Yoga Classes at Golden Buddha Beach

Golden Buddha Beach is an ideal place of serene beauty and quietude. We have hosted many yoga retreats

Destinations

South Thailand

Golden Buddha Beach
Phang-Nga
Khao Sok Nat'l Park
Similana
Railei Beach,krabi
Sea Turtle Conservation
Diving the Similans
Greenview Resort
Sea Canoe

Central Thailand

Bangkok Hotels
River Kwai Rafthouse
River Kwai Hard Trek
Village Life on Ampawa

North Thailand

Mae Hong Sorn
Mae Jaem Valley





The list below shows bird sightings at Golden Buddha Beach
(Phra Thong Island) and Ra islands in Kuraburi, PhangNga, Thailand.
This list was provided by Cindi and Tom Nevins, who are among the many avid bird watchers who visit Golden Buddha Beach.


Note: A Status/Location notation of an asterisked Common -- Common* -- indicates that this bird species is common to the area and a sighting is quite likely.


Key

Common Name Scientific Name Status/Location

 5

Little Cormorant Phalacrocora carbo Rare

17

Chinese Pond Heron Ardeola bacchus Common

20

Pacific Reef-Egret Egretta sacra

-

24

Little Egret Egretta garzetta Rare

25

Little Heron Butorides striatus Rare

34

Asian Open-billed Stork Anastomus oscitans Rare

40

Lesser Adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus Rare

68

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

-

69

Black-shouldered Kite Elanus caeruleus

-

70

Black Kite Milvus migrans

-

-

-

-

-

71

Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus Common*

73

Black Baza Aviceda leuphotes Common*

78

Shikra Accipter badius

-

80

Japanese Sparrowhawk Accipiter gularis

-

84

Grey-faced Buzzard Butastur indicus

-

86

White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaetus leucogaster Common*

97

Booted Eagle Hieraaetus pennatus-

-

106

Eastern Marsh-Harrier Circus spilonotus

-

-

-

-

-

116

Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus

-

143

Barred Buttonquail Turnix suscitator

-

154

White-breasted Waterhen Amaurornis phoenicurus Common

164

Red-wattled Lapwing Vanellus indicus Common

167

Pacific Golden Plover Pluvialis fulva

-

169

Kentish Plover Charadrius aleandrinus Rare

176

Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Rare

189

Common Sandpiper Actis hypoleucos Rare

208

Pintail Snipe Psittacula aleandri

-

-

-

-

-

235

Black-naped tern Sterna sumatrana Rare

250

Thick-billed Pigeon Treron sieboldii

-

255

Orange-breasted Pigeon Treton bicincta

-

270

Spotted Dove Streptopelia chinensis Common*

271

Zebra Dove Geopelia striata Common*

272

Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica Rare

275

Red-breasted Parakeet Psittacula aleandri Rare

279

Vernal Hanging Parrot Loriculus vernalis

-

288

Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus sturatus

-

-

-

-

-

297

Common Koel Eudynamys scolopacea

-

302

Red-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis

-

305

Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Common

321

Brown Fish-Owl Ketupa zeylonensis Rare

322

Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu

-

330

Great-eared Nightjar Eustopocus macrotis Common

345

Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis Common

352

Ruddy Kingfisher Halcyon coromanda Rare

353

White-throated Kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Common*

-

-

-

-

354

Black-capped Kingfisher Halcyon pileata Common

357

Chestnut-headed Bee-eater Merops leschenaulti Common*

358

Blue-tailed Bee-eater Merops philippinus Rare

360

Blue-throated Bee-eater Merops viridis Rare

363

Indian Roller Coracias benghalensis Rare

364

Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis Common*

365

Hoopoe Upupa epops Common*

374

Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris Common*

-

-

-

-

388

Blue-eared Barbet Megalaima australis Rare

389

Coppersmith Barbet Megalaima haemacephala

-

397

Greater Flamebacked Wood Chrysocolaptes lucidus Common*

398

Common Flameback Dinopium javanense

-

401

Bamboo Woodpecker Gecinulus viridus

-

402

Laced Woodpecker Piccus vittatus

-

403

Streak-breasted Woodpecker Picus viridanus

-

405

Grey-headed Woodpecker Picus canus Common

427

Grey-capped Woodpecker Picoides canicapillus Common

-

-

-

-

441

Hooded Pitta Pitta sordida Rare

447

Edible-Nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus

-

449

Himalayan Swiftlet Aerodramus brevirostris

-

450

White-billed Swiftlet Collocalia esculenta

451

Asian Palm-swift Cypsiurus balasiensis Common

454

Pacific Swift Apus pacificus

-

458

Brown needle tail Hirundapus giganteus

-

460

Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne lonipennis

-

-

-

-

-

466

Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Common

467

Pacific Swallow Hirundu rustica Common

477

Richard's Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae Common

484

Forest Wagtail Dendronanthus indicus Common*

495

Ashy Minivet Pericrocotus divaricatus Rare

503

Green Iora Aegithina viridissima Rare

504

Common Iora Aegithina tiphia

-

-

-

-

-

506

Lesser Leafbird Chloropsis cyanopogon

-

523

Stripe-throated Bulbul Pycnonotus finlaysoni Common

525

Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier Common*

526

Olive-winged Bulbul Pycnonotus plumosus

-

527

Streak-eared Bulbul Pycnonotus blanfordi Common

546

Black Drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Common*

547

Ashy Drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Common

550

Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus remifer

-

-

-

-

-

552

Greater Racket-tailed Drongo Dicrurus paradiseus Common*

554

Black-naped Oriole Oriolus chinensis Common*

559

Asian Fairy Bluebird Irena puella

-

569

Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos Common*

579

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch Sitta frontalis Common

679

Inornate Warbler Phylloscopus inornatus Rare

701

Common tailorbird Orthotomus sutorius Rare

702

Dark-necked Tailorbird Orthotomus atrogularis Common

-

-

-

-

729

Oriental Magpie Robin Copsychus saularis Common*

730

White-rumped Shama Copsychus malabaricus Common*

751

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola solitarius Common

751

Blue Rock Thrush Monticola philippensis Common

754

Orange-headed Thrush Zoothera citrina

-

772

Asian Brown Flycatcher Muscicapa dauurica

-

773

Brown-streaked Flycatcher Muscipcapa williamsoni

-

813

Asian Paradise Flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi

-

-

-

-

-

815

Brown Shrike Lanius cristatus Common

821

Philippine Glossy Starling Aplonis panyensis

-

826

Purple-backed Starling Surnus sturninus

-

832

Common Myna Acridotheres tristis Common*

836

Hill Myna Gracula religiosa Common

838

Brown-throated Sunbird Anthreptes malacensis

-

840

Ruby-cheeked Sunbird Anthreptus singalensis

-

844

Olive-backed Sunbird Nectarinia jugularis Common*

849

Crimson Sunbird Aethopyga siparaja

-

865

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma

-

867

Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker Dicaeum cruentatum Common