Birds to See in Vietnam in May
36 species listed for May · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
36 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in May. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Scaly-breasted Munia, Rock Dove, House Sparrow and Little Egret. New this month: Little Ringed Plover, Chestnut Munia and Crested Myna.
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
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
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(9)Present outside the breeding season
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Passage migrants
(4)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