Thai National Parks

Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary

Wildlife in Huai Kha Khaeng

The list of species below are collected from various sources and publications, it is not necessarily complete nor accurate. Some species may have been extirpated from the park, may be historic data of rare migrant species or simply misidentified. We do our best to verify each record with the experts, particularly the rare species.

Birds (Class: Aves)

Total 268 species

Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
Pheasants, grouse, and allies
Pigeons and doves
Cuckoos
Nightjars and allies
Swifts
Treeswifts
Rails, gallinules, and coots
Finfoots
Stilts and avocets
Plovers and lapwings
Storks
Anhingas
Cormorants and shags
Pelicans
Herons, egrets, and bitterns
Hawks, eagles, and kites
Owls
Trogons
Hoopoes
Hornbills
Kingfishers, Tree kingfishers
Bee-eaters
Rollers
Barbets
Honeyguides
Woodpeckers
Falcons and caracaras
Parrots
Broadbills
Pittas
Cuckooshrikes and allies
Old World orioles
Woodswallows, bellmagpies and allies
Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies
Ioras
Fantails
Drongos
Monarch flycatchers
Shrikes
Crows, jays and magpies
Fairy flycatchers
Tits
Cisticolas and allies
Reed warblers and allies
Swallows and martins
Bulbuls
Leaf warblers
Bush warblers and allies
Tree-babblers, scimitar-babblers and allies
Ground babblers and allies
Alcippe fulvettas
Laughingthrushes and allies
Nuthatches
Starlings
Thrushes and allies
Old World flycatchers
Flowerpeckers
Sunbirds and spiderhunters
Fairy-bluebirds
Leafbirds
Waxbills and allies
Old World sparrows
Wagtails and pipits

Mammals (Class: Mammalia)

Total 62 species

Elephants
Even-toed ungulates (Order: Artiodactyla)
Deer
Bovids
Suids
Carnivorans (Order: Carnivora)
Bears
Cats
Viverrids
Mustelids
Asiatic linsangs
Mongooses
Canids
Tapirs
Primates (Order: Primate)
Gibbons
Macaques
Lutungs
Lorisids
Hares
Rodents (Order: Rodentia)
Old World porcupines
Squirrels
Spalacids
Murids
Treeshrews (Order: Scandentia)
Bats
Old World leaf-nosed bats
Vesper bats
Kitti's hog-nosed bats

Turtles (Order: Testudines)

Softshell turtles
Freshwater pond turtles
Asian leaf turtles (Genus: Cyclemys)
Asian pond turtles (Genus: Heosemys)
Tortoises
Asian elongated tortoises (Genus: Indotestudo)
Asian tortoises (Genus: Manouria)

Lizards (Suborder: Saurina)

Total 38 species

Geckos
Bent-toed geckos (Genus: Cyrtodactylus)
Leaf-toed gecko (Genus: Dixonius)
House geckos (Genus: Hemidactylus)
Four-clawed geckos (Genus: Gehyra)
Dwarf geckos (Genus: Hemiphyllodactylus)
Tokay geckos (Genus: Gekko)
Agamid lizards
Flying dragons (Genus: Draco)
Tree dragons (Genus: Acanthosaura)
Long-headed lizards (Genus: Pseudocalotes)
Crested lizards (Genus: Calotes)
Butterfly lizards (Genus: Leiolepis)
True lizards, Lacertas
Grass lizards (Genus: Takydromus)
Skinks
Sun skinks (Genus: Eutropis, Toenayar)
Striped skinks (Genus: Lipinia)
Tree skinks (Genus: Dasia)
Stream skinks (Genus: Tropidophorus)
Leaf-litter skinks (Genus: Scincella)
Forest skinks (Genus: Sphenomorphus, Tytthoscincus)
Supple skinks (Genus: Lygosoma, Subdoluseps)
Legless skinks (Genus: Isopachys)
Monitors

Snakes (Suborder: Serpentes)

Total 63 species

Pit vipers & vipers
Green pit vipers
Pit vipers
Mountain pit vipers
True vipers
Terrestrial elapids
Kraits
Cobras
King cobra
Asian coral snakes
Colubrid snakes
Slug-eating snakes
Racers
Rat snakes
Ground snakes
Kukri snakes
Reed snakes
Bronzebacks
Tree snakes
Wolf snakes & bridle snakes
Collared snakes
Cat snakes
Mock vipers
Sand snakes
Whip snakes
Keelbacks
Bamboo snakes
Asian keelbacks
Keelbacks
Pythons
Sunbeam snakes
Homalopsine water snakes
Mud snakes
Blind snakes
Blind snakes (Genus: Argyrophis, Gerrhopilus, Indotyphlops, Ramphotyphlops)

Amphibians (Order: Anura)

Total 48 species

Fork-tongued frogs
Crowned bullfrogs
Puddle frogs
Litter frogs
Asian horned toads
Eastern spadefoot toads
Karin Hills frogs
Slender litter frogs (Genus: Leptobrachella)
Narrow-mouthed frogs
Bullfrogs (Genus: Kaloula)
Glyphoglossus genus
Kalophrynus genus
Rice frogs (Genus: Microhyla)
Shrub frogs
Bug-eyed frogs/warty treefrogs (Genus: Theloderma)
Flying frogs (Genus: Rhacophorus)
Whipping frogs (Genus: Polypedates)
Bubble-nest frogs
Foam-nest frogs (Genus: Chirixalus)
Gracixalus genus
Kurixalus genus
Raorchestes genus
True frogs
Cascade/sucker frogs (Genus: Amolops)
Fejervarya genus
Fanged frogs (Genus: Limnonectes)
Golden-backed frogs
Wijaya cascade frogs
Odorous frogs (Genus: Odorrana)
Water frogs (Genus: Pelophylax)
True toads
Duttaphrynus genus
Ingerophrynus genus
Toads (Genus: Bufo, Phrynoidis)
Caecilians
Ichthyophis genus

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