Rare Birds in Vietnam
Our list for Vietnam has 25 rare birds recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors, 15 passage migrants and 5 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vietnam in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiScarceRare33–41 cm
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr
BluethroatLuscinia svecicaPassage migrantRare13–14 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostrisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellarisPassage migrantRare69–81 cmRegularly Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
HobbyFalco subbuteoScarceRare28–35 cm
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Mar
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaPassage migrantRare80–90 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceRare13–15 cm
Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusPassage migrantRare28–31 cmRegularly Dec
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciataScarceRare65–72 cm
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusPassage migrantRare52–64 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Spotted OwletAthene bramaPassage migrantRare19–21 cmRegularly Mar
BramblingFringilla montifringillaScarceRare14–16 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sand Martin 12–14 cm
- Bluethroat 13–14 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Rosefinch 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Brambling 14–16 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Spotted Owlet 19–21 cm
- Common Starling 21–23 cm
- Great Spotted Woodpecker 23–26 cm
- Northern Lapwing 28–31 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Hobby 28–35 cm
- Sparrowhawk 28–38 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Roseate Tern 33–41 cm
- Black-headed Gull 38–44 cm
- Avocet 42–45 cm
- Eurasian Wigeon 42–51 cm
- Black-tailed Gull 43–51 cm
- Lesser Black-backed Gull 52–64 cm
- Northern Pintail 59–76 cm
- Bonelli's Eagle 65–72 cm
- Eurasian Bittern 69–81 cm
- Eurasian Spoonbill 80–90 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
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