Birds to See in Vietnam in September
48 species listed for September · birdwatchers' records, 2019–2024
48 bird species on our list for Vietnam are recorded regularly in September. Of these, the most often recorded are Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Scaly-breasted Munia, Common Kingfisher, Barn Swallow and Little Egret. New this month: Yellow-browed Warbler, Blue Rock-thrush, Eurasian Jay and Pacific Golden-Plover and 9 more.
New in September13
Leaving after last month8
Residents
(22)Recorded all year
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer montanusLC
Recorded all year
Scaly-breasted Munia
Lonchura punctulataLC
Recorded all year
Common Kingfisher
Alcedo atthisLC
Recorded all year
Barn Swallow
Hirundo rusticaLC
Recorded all year
Little Egret
Egretta garzettaLC
Recorded all year
Pied Wagtail
Motacilla albaLC
Recorded all year
Rock Dove
Columba liviaLC
Recorded all year
House Sparrow
Passer domesticusLC
Recorded all year
Great White Egret
Ardea albaLC
Recorded all year
Black-crowned Night-heron
Nycticorax nycticoraxLC
Recorded all year
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Moorhen
Gallinula chloropusLC
Recorded all year
Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollisLC
Recorded all year
Blue-eared Barbet
Psilopogon cyanotisLC
Recorded all year
Blue Rock-thrush
Monticola solitariusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Purple Heron
Ardea purpureaLC
Recorded all year
Grey Heron
Ardea cinereaLC
Recorded all year
Vinous-breasted Myna
Acridotheres leucocephalusLC
Recorded all year
White-tailed Robin
Myiomela leucuraLC
Recorded all year
Plumbeous Water-redstart
Phoenicurus fuliginosusLC
Regularly Sep–Jul
Red Junglefowl
Gallus gallusLC
Recorded all year
Hoopoe
Upupa epopsLC
Recorded all year
Winter visitors
(20)Present outside the breeding season
Grey Wagtail
Motacilla cinereaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucosLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Yellow-browed Warbler
Phylloscopus inornatusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareolaLC
Regularly Jul–Mar
Little Ringed Plover
Thinornis dubiusLC
Regularly May–Mar
Green-legged Partridge
Tropicoperdix chloropusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopusLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Greenshank
Tringa nebulariaLC
Regularly Jul–Apr
Oriental Honey-buzzard
Pernis ptilorhynchusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropusLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Crested Myna
Acridotheres cristatellusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Black Eagle
Ictinaetus malaiensisLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Black-tailed Godwit
Limosa limosaNT
Regularly Aug–Mar
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinagoLC
Regularly Aug–Mar
Osprey
Pandion haliaetusLC
Regularly Aug–Jun
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon niloticaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Red Crossbill
Loxia curvirostraLC
Regularly Sep–Jun
Sanderling
Calidris albaLC
Regularly Sep–Mar
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinusLC
Regularly Sep–May
Oriental Scops-owl
Otus suniaLC
Regularly Aug–Apr
Passage migrants
(6)Seen mainly in spring and autumn migration
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulvaLC
Regularly Sep–May
White-winged Tern
Chlidonias leucopterusLC
Regularly Apr–Sep
Common Tern
Sterna hirundoLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Glossy Ibis
Plegadis falcinellusLC
Regularly Dec–Sep
Great Cormorant
Phalacrocorax carboLC
Regularly Apr–Dec
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchosLC
Regularly Sep–Feb
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