Uncommon Birds in Vietnam
Our list for Vietnam has 52 uncommon birds recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 1 summer visitor, 30 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
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 52, most common first
Little Ringed PloverThinornis dubiusWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Mar
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisResidentUncommon23–29 cmRecorded all year
MoorhenGallinula chloropusResidentUncommon30–38 cmRecorded all year
Purple HeronArdea purpureaResidentUncommon78–90 cmRecorded all year
Green-legged PartridgeTropicoperdix chloropusWinter visitorUncommon28–30 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusResidentUncommon23–25 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Blue Rock-thrushMonticola solitariusResidentUncommon21–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentUncommon90–98 cmRecorded all year
White-tailed RobinMyiomela leucuraResidentUncommon16–18 cmRecorded all year
Little TernSternula albifronsSummer visitorUncommon21–25 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Eurasian JayGarrulus glandariusResidentUncommon32–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusWinter visitorUncommon54–58 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusPassage migrantUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Dec–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Oriental Honey-buzzardPernis ptilorhynchusWinter visitorUncommon52–68 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Black EagleIctinaetus malaiensisWinter visitorUncommon65–80 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Pacific Golden-PloverPluvialis fulvaPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
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