MEKONG DELTA
VIETNAM
LOCALE
| # Species*: | 150 |
| # Excl Vagrants*: | 150 |
| # Endemics*: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics*: | 0 |
| *Based on partial or incomplete data. | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica |
| 2 | /Indian Spot-billed Duck/ | Anas poecilorhyncha |
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| 3 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus |
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| 4 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 5 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica |
| 6 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis |
| 7 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata |
| 8 | Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans |
| 9 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea |
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| 10 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis |
| 11 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
| 12 | Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis |
| 13 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus |
| 14 | Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus dicruroides |
| 15 | Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides |
| 16 | Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus |
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| 17 | Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis |
| 18 | Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus |
| 19 | /Himalayan Swiftlet/ | Aerodramus brevirostris |
| 20 | White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus |
| 21 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis |
| 22 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis |
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| 23 | Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striatus |
| 24 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| 25 | Black-backed Swamphen | Porphyrio indicus |
| 26 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus |
| 27 | Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides |
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| 28 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus |
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| 29 | /Black-bellied Plover/ | Pluvialis squatarola |
| 30 | /Pacific Golden-Plover/ | Pluvialis fulva |
| 31 | Little Ringed Plover | Thinornis dubius |
| 32 | Siberian Sand-Plover | Anarhynchus mongolus |
| 33 | /Tibetan Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus atrifrons |
| 34 | /Greater Sand-Plover/ | Anarhynchus leschenaultii |
| 35 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii |
| 36 | Kentish Plover | Anarhynchus alexandrinus |
| 37 | White-faced Plover | Anarhynchus dealbatus |
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| 38 | /Eurasian Whimbrel/ | Numenius phaeopus |
| 39 | |Far Eastern Curlew| | Numenius madagascariensis |
| 40 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata |
| 41 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica |
| 42 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa |
| 43 | |Asian Dowitcher| | Limnodromus semipalmatus |
| 44 | /Pin-tailed Snipe/ | Gallinago stenura |
| 45 | /Common Snipe/ | Gallinago gallinago |
| 46 | /Terek Sandpiper/ | Xenus cinereus |
| 47 | /Common Sandpiper/ | Actitis hypoleucos |
| 48 | /Green Sandpiper/ | Tringa ochropus |
| 49 | |Gray-tailed Tattler| | Tringa brevipes |
| 50 | /Marsh Sandpiper/ | Tringa stagnatilis |
| 51 | /Wood Sandpiper/ | Tringa glareola |
| 52 | /Common Redshank/ | Tringa totanus |
| 53 | /Nordmann's Greenshank/ | Tringa guttifer |
| 54 | /Spotted Redshank/ | Tringa erythropus |
| 55 | /Common Greenshank/ | Tringa nebularia |
| 56 | /Ruddy Turnstone/ | Arenaria interpres |
| 57 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris |
| 58 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus |
| 59 | /Broad-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris falcinellus |
| 60 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea |
| 61 | /Temminck's Stint/ | Calidris temminckii |
| 62 | /Long-toed Stint/ | Calidris subminuta |
| 63 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis |
| 64 | /Spoon-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris pygmaea |
| 65 | /Sanderling/ | Calidris alba |
| 66 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina |
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| 67 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator |
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| 68 | /Saunders's Gull/ | Saundersilarus saundersi |
| 69 | /Black-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
| 70 | /Brown-headed Gull/ | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus |
| 71 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons |
| 72 | /Gull-billed Tern/ | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| 73 | /Caspian Tern/ | Hydroprogne caspia |
| 74 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida |
| 75 | |White-winged Tern| | Chlidonias leucopterus |
| 76 | /Common Tern/ | Sterna hirundo |
| 77 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana |
| 78 | #Great Crested Tern# | Thalasseus bergii |
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| 79 | #Painted Stork# | Mycteria leucocephala |
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| 80 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster |
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| 81 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger |
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| 82 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus |
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| 83 | Cinnamon Bittern | Botaurus cinnamomeus |
| 84 | Yellow Bittern | Botaurus sinensis |
| 85 | Black-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| 86 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra |
| 87 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta |
| 88 | Little Heron | Butorides atricapilla |
| 89 | Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa |
| 90 | Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus |
| 91 | Eastern Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus coromandus |
| 92 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| 93 | Medium Egret | Ardea intermedia |
| 94 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea |
| 95 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea |
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| 96 | /Spot-billed Pelican/ | Pelecanus philippensis |
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| 97 | /Osprey/ | Pandion haliaetus |
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| 98 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus |
| 99 | Shikra | Tachyspiza badius |
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| 100 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis |
| 101 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus |
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| 102 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis |
| 103 | Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting |
| 104 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis |
| 105 | /Black-capped Kingfisher/ | Halcyon pileata |
| 106 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris |
| 107 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis |
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| 108 | Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis |
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| 109 | Freckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos analis |
| 110 | Laced Woodpecker | Picus vittatus |
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| 111 | /Eurasian Kestrel/ | Falco tinnunculus |
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| 112 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea |
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| 113 | Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea |
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| 114 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia |
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| 115 | Malaysian Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura javanica |
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| 116 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus |
| 117 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus |
| 118 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus |
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| 119 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea |
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| 120 | /Brown Shrike/ | Lanius cristatus |
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| 121 | Racket-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia |
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| 122 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius |
| 123 | Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis |
| 124 | Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps |
| 125 | Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris |
| 126 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata |
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| 127 | /Black-browed Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps |
| 128 | /Oriental Reed Warbler/ | Acrocephalus orientalis |
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| 129 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica |
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| 130 | Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus |
| 131 | Streak-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus conradi |
| 132 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier |
| 133 | Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster |
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| 134 | /Yellow-browed Warbler/ | Phylloscopus inornatus |
| 135 | /Dusky Warbler/ | Phylloscopus fuscatus |
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| 136 | Hume's White-eye | Zosterops auriventer |
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| 137 | White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis |
| 138 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica |
| 139 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis |
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| 140 | Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis |
| 141 | Garden Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis |
| 142 | Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra |
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| 143 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata |
| 144 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata |
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| 145 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
| 146 | Plain-backed Sparrow | Passer flaveolus |
| 147 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus |
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| 148 | /Gray Wagtail/ | Motacilla cinerea |
| 149 | /White Wagtail/ | Motacilla alba |
| 150 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 49 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 2 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 0 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 14 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 3 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.