Birds to See in Vietnam in April
53 species listed for April · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
53 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in April. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Barn Swallow, Yellow-browed Warbler and Red Junglefowl. New this month: Great Cormorant, White-winged Tern, Common Tern and Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Leaving after last month21
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–Jul
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(10)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Cuckoo
Cuculus canorusLC
Regularly Mar–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Dendrocopos majorLC
Regularly Apr
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made