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Dam Doi Bird Sanctuary Nature Reserve - Bac Lieu
Dam Doi bird sanctuary, together with Cha La bird sanctuary, is included on the 2010 list as a single nature reserve with a total area of 500 ha, under the name San Chim Ca Mau. Bac Lieu bird sanctuary is listed as a separated nature reserve, under the name San Chim Bac Lieu (FPD 1998).
The total area of the nature reserve is 132 ha, comprising 43 ha of mangrove plantation, 21 ha of natural mangrove forest and 12 ha of scrub. Canals and shrimp ponds comprise a further 38 ha. The natural mangrove forest is dominated by Stenochloena palustris, Excoecaria agallocha, Xylocarpus sessilis,
Derris trifolia, Sonneratia ovata, S. caseolaris and Avicennia alba. A total of 61 plant species have been recorded at the nature reserve.The known fauna of the nature reserve includes 16 species of mammal and 116 species of bird. Fifteen of the bird species listed in the Red Data Book of Vietnam or Birds to Watch 2 have been recorded at Dam Doi in the past. These include Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni and Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala (Hoang Cuong 1993). The bird population at Dam Doi has declined severely during the past two decades: in 1981, 100,000 birds were recorded at Dam Doi but that number had crashed to only 200 by 1995. In 1999, only one nationally threatened bird species was recorded at Dam Doi by a BirdLife/IEBR survey team.
Derris trifolia, Sonneratia ovata, S. caseolaris and Avicennia alba. A total of 61 plant species have been recorded at the nature reserve.The known fauna of the nature reserve includes 16 species of mammal and 116 species of bird. Fifteen of the bird species listed in the Red Data Book of Vietnam or Birds to Watch 2 have been recorded at Dam Doi in the past. These include Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo, Black-headed Ibis Threskiornis melanocephalus, White-shouldered Ibis Pseudibis davisoni and Painted Stork Mycteria leucocephala (Hoang Cuong 1993). The bird population at Dam Doi has declined severely during the past two decades: in 1981, 100,000 birds were recorded at Dam Doi but that number had crashed to only 200 by 1995. In 1999, only one nationally threatened bird species was recorded at Dam Doi by a BirdLife/IEBR survey team.