The former French hill resort and now popular tourist destination of Sapa is located in the far north-west of Vietnam bordering China’s Yunnan Province. The town sits in the shadow of Mount Fan Si Pan, at 3,143 m asl, Vietnam’s highest peak and part of the Hoang Lien Mountain Range. Nearly all the original forest has been cleared below 1,000 m to be replaced by cultivation and secondary scrub. From 1,000 to 1,800 m lower montane evergreen forest dominates giving way to upper montane evergreen between 1,800 and 2,500 m. Above 2,500 m sub-alpine forest takes over with dwarf bamboos and stunted trees at the highest points.
 

Chestnut-bellied Rock Thrush, Chestnut Thrush, Gould's Shortwing, White-browed Bush Robin, Small Niltava, Little Forktail, Daurian Redstart, Blue-fronted Redstart, Beautiful Nuthatch, White-tailed Nuthatch, Crested Finchbill, Collared Finchbill, Buff-barred Warbler, Hwamei, White-browed Laugingthrush, White-throated Laughingthrush, Black-faced Laughingthrush, Red-winged Laughingthrush, Red-faced Liocichla, Spot-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Streak-breasted Scimitar Babbler, Slender-billed Scimitar Babbler, Pale-throated Wren Babbler, Red-tailed Minla, Red-billed Leiothrix, Golden-breasted Fulvetta, Spectacled Barwing, White-collared Yuhina, Spot-breasted Parrotbill, Vinous-throated Parrotbill, Ashy-throated Parrotbill, Golden Parrotbill, Yellow-bellied Flowerpecker, Black-headed Greenfinch, Dark-breasted Rosefinch, Common Rosefinch, Scarlet Finch, Brown Bullfinch.