Cuc Phuong National Park - one of the 15 most convenient bird watching areas

According to a recent assessment of the organization BirdLife, Cuc Phuong was selected as one of the 15 most convenient bird watching areas in Vietnam. This is also a popular tourist destination on weekends and holidays, attracting a large number of visitors each year, especially domestic tourists.

Birds Gorsachius melanolophus in Cuc Phuong forest (Photo: orientalbirdimages) As one of the few forest conservation areas on lowland limestone mountains, Cuc Phuong National Park (National Park) has a lot of ancient trees. The park includes 22,000 ha of limestone forest in the area between the three provinces of Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa.

So far, more than 300 bird species have been recorded at Cuc Phuong National Park. There are many species of forest birds, including species of woodpeckers, flutes, crows and flycatchers. A number of endemic species of Southeast Asia are also recorded in the Park, such as Thay Pagoda Red Megalaima lagrandieri, Strip Belly Tail Pitta elliotii, Napothera crispifrons. Cuc Phuong National Park is considered one of the most important bird zones in Vietnam.

Visitors can explore the lively world of plants and animals here by Cuc Phuong National Park, which is identified as one of the 7 Centers for Vietnam 's Plant Diversity, which has global conservation significance and is a place to live. of a number of important mammal populations, including the globally endangered primate subspecies of the Critically Endangered Monkey Langur Trachypithecus delacouri and the endangered Hemigalus owstoni.

Cuc Phuong National Park also has a Endangered Primate Rescue Center established by Zoology Frankfurt (Germany) in order to keep captive breeding and veterinary research for gibbon, loris and langurs of Vietnam. . This is also an interesting archaeological site.

In Cuc Phuong, there are several easy trails , starting from the Park's headquarters, near the entrance. The longest trail leads to Mac Lake, where visitors see birds that can observe the Golden Junk Urocissa whiteheadi. There are two main trails originating from the central Buong area of ​​the Park. Some species can be observed along the route to an ancient crocodile tree such as the Tail Tail Brown Pitta millingrei, Marble Stone Babbler, White Pheasant Lophura nycthemera, Golden Cash Chicken Polyplectron bicalcaratum, Gray Pitta soror Headless Tail, Green Ants Picus rabieri (near threatened).

In the valley route, visitors can see the Golden Jag, Temnurus temnurus Flagpecker, sometimes if luck is able to observe the Tailed Belly Tail. The area around Bong is a place where you can observe Thay Dai Do Pagoda, Thay Chua Megalaima faiostricta Gray Head, Cut Small White Belly Microhierax melanoleucos. If walking in primitive forest or walking for short distances along the main road, you can observe the White Belly Cut, Psarisomus dalhousiae Green Broadband and Hung Serilophus lunatus Wide Mine right on the branches across the road.

It is known that Hanoi Bird Watching Club will organize a bird watching trip for 2 days at Van Long Nature Reserve and Cuc Phuong National Park this weekend.