The well-protected forest and well-managed living collections in XTBG have made the tropical botanical garden breathing spaces for wildlife. Spending some quiet time watching the rare, colorful and sometimes spectacular plants and creatures that live here can really make you feel closer to the landscape.
With an aim to help visitors better know the wonderful plants and animals living here, XTBG is organizing a wildlife watching season during May and July.
In addition to some introduction by tour guides, special guided tours for wildlife watching will be held every Wednesday evening from May to July.
Visitors who are interested in watching wildlife in the evening are welcomed to participate. Hotline: 86 691 8716308. ( Time: 8:00 pm, Venue: Lobby of the XTBG Hotel)
The goal of successful wildlife watching is to see animals without interrupting their normal behavior.
Diverse species of birds, fireflies, butterflies, moths, frogs, and orchid mantis, etc. are really attractive for visitors to watch.
Here are a few examples :
Moths: Actias maenas Dubernurd, Daphnis nerii, Brahmaea hearseyi, Lyssa zampa, Attacus edwardsi.
Butterflies: Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Amathusiidae, Danaidae, Satyrldae, Lycaenidae, Pieridae.
Birds: Malayan Night Heron, sunbird, flower-pecker, Brown Wood Owl, Tyto alba, Ninox scutulata, Otus bakkamoena, Glaucidium cuculoides
Frogs: Hylarana nigrovittata, Kaloula pulchra, Polypedates leucomystax, Duttaphrynus melanostictus
(pictured by Jiang Hong)
