Birds to See in Vietnam in December
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.
On the move in December
GBIF · DecArriving
At their peak
From Vietnam’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 74 birds in December
74 birds
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.69% in Dec
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Dec
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Dec
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Dec
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Dec
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.73% in Dec
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Dec
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Dec
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Dec
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Dec
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Dec
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Dec
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusWinter visitorUncommon28–30 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.42% in Dec
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Dec
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.35% in Dec
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Dec
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.28% in Dec
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Dec
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Dec
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Dec
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.20% in Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Dec
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Dec
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.15% in Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.14% in Dec
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.13% in Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Dec
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.11% in Dec
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.10% in Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Dec
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.09% in Dec
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.08% in Dec
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.08% in Dec
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.08% in Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.07% in Dec
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Dec
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.07% in Dec
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.06% in Dec
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Dec
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.05% in Dec
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Dec
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Dec
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Feb · 0.03% in Dec
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Dec
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Dec
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Dec
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantRare80–90 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Dec
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantRare28–31 cmRegularly Dec · 0.02% in Dec
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusWinter visitorUncommon24–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Dec
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Dec
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Dec
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Dec
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Jan · 0.01% in Dec
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