Birds to See in Vietnam in December
74 species listed for December · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
74 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in December. Of these, the most often recorded are Yellow-browed Warbler, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Barn Swallow and Common Kingfisher. New this month: Glossy Ibis, Great Cormorant, Crested Myna and Northern Pintail and 4 more.
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
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(39)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–Jul
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Passage migrants
(12)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Common Rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinusLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Eurasian Spoonbill
Platalea leucorodiaLC
Regularly Dec
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellusNT
Regularly Dec
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
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