Birds to See in Vietnam in March
70 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Yellow-browed Warbler, Barn Swallow, Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret and Red Junglefowl. New this month: Little Tern, Pacific Golden-Plover, Cuckoo and Ruddy Turnstone and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
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 70 birds in March
70 birds
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.39% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusWinter visitorUncommon28–30 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.34% in Mar
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Mar
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.21% in Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.19% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.16% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.11% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.11% in Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–May · 0.08% in Mar
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.07% in Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusWinter visitorUncommon24–27 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.03% in Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Spotted OwletAthene bramaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
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