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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Vietnam in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 52, most common first
Plumbeous Water-redstartPhoenicurus fuliginosusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapillaPassage migrantUncommon10–11 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusWinter visitorUncommon24–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
KestrelFalco tinnunculusWinter visitorUncommon32–39 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinusWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Oct–May
Fairy PittaPitta nymphaPassage migrantUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Oct
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Sep–May
White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterusPassage migrantUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
CuckooCuculus canorusPassage migrantUncommon32–34 cmRegularly Mar–May
Common TernSterna hirundoPassage migrantUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurusWinter visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GarganeySpatula querquedulaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WryneckJynx torquillaPassage migrantUncommon16–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
CootFulica atraWinter visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctusPassage migrantUncommon25–30 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Oriental Scops-owlOtus suniaWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
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