Birds to See in Vietnam in January
70 species listed for January · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
70 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in January. Of these, the most often recorded are Yellow-browed Warbler, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Barn Swallow and Grey Wagtail. New this month: Wryneck, Orange-breasted Green-pigeon, Bluethroat and Avocet.
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
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
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
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferrugineaNT
Regularly Nov–Jul
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Red-flanked Bluetail
Tarsiger cyanurusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Coot
Fulica atraLC
Regularly Nov–Apr
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Dunlin
Calidris alpinaLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Eurasian Teal
Anas creccaLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeataLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Red Knot
Calidris canutusNT
Regularly Aug–Apr
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Northern Pintail
Anas acutaLC
Regularly Dec–Feb
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundusLC
Regularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian Wigeon
Mareca penelopeLC
Regularly Nov–Feb
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(9)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Orange-breasted Green-pigeon
Treron bicinctusLC
Regularly Nov–Jul
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Bluethroat
Luscinia svecicaLC
Regularly Jan–Mar
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Eurasian Woodcock
Scolopax rusticolaLC
Regularly Nov–Jan
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Black-tailed Gull
Larus crassirostrisLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscusLC
Regularly Dec–Jan
Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLC
Regularly 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