Birds to See in Vietnam in November
72 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Yellow-browed Warbler, Little Egret, Rock Dove and Barn Swallow. New this month: Curlew Sandpiper, Common Tern, Red-flanked Bluetail and Red Knot and 15 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 72 birds in November
72 birds
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatusWinter visitorCommon10–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.78% in Nov
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentCommon55–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.27% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaResidentCommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Nov
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinereaWinter visitorCommon17–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.84% in Nov
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisResidentCommon16–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Pied WagtailMotacilla albaResidentCommon17–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulataResidentCommon11–12 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentCommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Nov
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.25% in Nov
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusResidentCommon42–75 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Nov
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusWinter visitorUncommon28–30 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.24% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.23% in Nov
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Blue-eared BarbetPsilopogon cyanotisResidentCommon20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.18% in Nov
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.15% in Nov
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Nov
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Nov
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.11% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.10% in Nov
HoopoeUpupa epopsResidentCommon25–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.07% in Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.03% in Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaWinter visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosPassage migrantUncommon50–65 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisPassage migrantRare21–23 cmRegularly Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
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