Travel Guide to Bird-Watching and Bird Species in Da Lat and Lam Dong

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Date/time of update: April 29, 2024, 12:49 am, Timezone: GMT+7
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Lam Dong is composed of two plateaus: Lang Biang (Lam Vien) and Di Linh of which most of the terrain is higher than 800m in altitude. Da Lat, the provincial capital of Lam Dong, is on the altitudes of over 1,400m above sea level. The land offers an amazing diverse of bird species with many endemic ones.

Best Time for Birding in Da Lat and Lam Dong

Lam Dong Province along Da Lat has a temperate climate with temperatures ranging around 17-26 Degrees Celsius. The rainy season is from May to December and it's the dry season at the other time of the year. The area may have high rainfalls in July, August, September and October which may cause flash floods and landslides. The best time for bird watching in Da Lat as well as other places in Lam Dong Province is in the dry season from November through April.

Bidoup Nui Ba, a geat birding spot in Lam Dong Province
Bidoup Nui Ba, a geat birding spot in Lam Dong Province

Travel Guide to Bird-Watching and Bird Species in Da Lat and Lam Dong

The area of Lam Dong including Da Lat is home to quite some Vietnam's endemic bird species such as:

- Collared Laughingthrush (Khướu đầu đen má xám, Trochalopteron yersini or Garrulax
 yersini?) (endemic),
- The Vietnamese cutia (Khướu hông đỏ, Cutia legalleni)(endemic),
- Black-hooded laughingthrush (, Khướu đầu đen Garrulax miletti)
- Grey-crowned crocias (Mi núi Bà or mi Langbiang, Laniellus langbianis) (endemic),

The Tuyen Lam Lake is a good spot for bird watching in Da Lat Vietnam
The Tuyen Lam Lake is a good spot for bird watching in Da Lat Vietnam

Join AdventureGreen specialist birding guide on our bird watching tours in Lam Dong (and Da Lat) you are to encounter several colorful bird species at the most interesting birding sites in this area. Below is a list of what you are likely to observe.

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