Mae Charim Wildlife Sanctuary

Mae Charim Wildlife Sanctuary (เขตรักษาพันธุ์สัตว์ป่าแม่จริม; ) is a wildlife sanctuary in Ban Khok, Fak Tha and Nam Pat districts of Thailand's Uttaradit Province. The sanctuary covers an area of 660 km2 and was established in 1998.

Geography
Mae Charim Wildlife Sanctuary is located about 85 km northeast of Uttaradit town in Bo Bia, Muang Chet Ton subdistricts, Ban Khok District and Fak Tha, Song Khon, Ban Siao, Song Hong subdistricts, Fak Tha District and Den Lek, Tha Faek subdistricts, Nam Pat District of Uttaradit Province. The sanctuary's area is 660 km2 and is neighbouring Nam Pat Wildlife Sanctuary to the southeast and Lam Nam Nan National Park to the southwest and abutting Si Nan National Park to the west. The small streams are tributaries of the Nan River and Nam Pat.

Topography
Landscape is covered by forested mountains, such as Phu Chan, Phu Chang Yai, Phu Heliym, Phu Khem, Phu Pha Dan, Phu Wang. The area is divided into 39% high slope mountain area (shallow valleys, upper slopes, mountain tops and deeply incised streams), 57% hill slope area (open slopes, midslope ridges and u-shaped valleys) and 2% plains.

Flora
The sanctuary features mixed deciduous forest (86%), dry evergreen forest (5%), dry deciduous forest (4%), agricultural area (3%) and savanna (2%).

Fauna
Mammals in the sanctuary are: • Asian black bear (Ursus thibetanus)

• Asian elephant (Elaphus maximus)

• Asian wild dog (Cuan alpinus)

• Banteng (Bos javanicus)

• Barking deer (Muntiacus spp.) Birds, sightings of some 70 species, of which 40 passerine species from 21 families, represented by one species: • Ashy woodswallow

• Barn swallow

• Black-crested bulbul

• Black-naped monarch

• Blue pitta

• Brown shrike

• Common iora

• Golden-fronted leafbird

• Greater racket-tailed drongo

• Hill blue flycatcher

• Pin-striped tit-babbler

• Puff-throated babbler

• Radde's warbler

• Ruby-cheeked sunbird

• Rufescent prinia

• Rufous treepie

• Scarlet-backed flowerpecker

• Slender-billed oriole

• Velvet-fronted nuthatch

• White-crested laughingthrush

• White-rumped munia and some 30 non-passerine species from 12 families, represented by one species: • Asian barred owlet

• Chinese pond heron

• Collared falconet

• Coppersmith barbet

• Crested serpent eagle

• Crested treeswift

• Greater coucal

• Grey-headed woodpecker

• Himalayan swiftlet

• Indochinese roller

• Red junglefowl

• Thick-billed green pigeon