Birds to See in Vietnam in August
43 species listed for August · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
43 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in August. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Common Kingfisher, Barn Swallow and Scaly-breasted Munia. New this month: Grey Wagtail, Green-legged Partridge, Osprey and Glossy Ibis and 11 more.
New in August15
Residents
(19)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(18)Present outside the breeding season
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(5)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
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