Birds to See in Vietnam in October
56 species listed for October · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
56 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in October. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Little Egret, Common Kingfisher, Yellow-browed Warbler and Barn Swallow. New this month: Little Tern, Redshank, Chestnut Munia and Curlew and 10 more.
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Summer visitors
(1)Arrives to breed; scarce or absent in winter
Winter visitors
(27)Present outside the breeding season
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Kestrel
Falco tinnunculusLC
Regularly Oct–Mar
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Garganey
Spatula querquedulaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinusLC
Regularly Oct–May
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Curlew
Numenius arquataNT
Regularly Jul–Mar
Redshank
Tringa totanusLC
Regularly Aug–Feb
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponicaNT
Regularly Jul–Apr
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Grey Plover
Pluvialis squatarolaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Sand Martin
Riparia ripariaLC
Regularly Oct–Apr
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Fairy Pitta
Pitta nymphaVU
Regularly Oct
Wryneck
Jynx torquillaLC
Regularly Oct–Feb
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Sep–May
Chestnut Munia
Lonchura atricapillaLC
Regularly Feb–Dec
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpresLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatusLC
Regularly Oct–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