VIETNAM SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
Accessible Species
ASIA
VIETNAM
| # Species: | 908 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 845 |
| # Endemics: | 13 |
| # Near Endemics: | 21 |
OTHER COUNTRIES
IN ASIA
BIRDING LOCALES
§ Includes Sarawak, Sabah, & Kalimantan
§§ Excludes Taiwan
§§§ Includes Wallacea but excludes Kalimantan (Borneo) and West Papua New Guinea & nearby islands
§§§§ Excludes Sarawak and Sabah on Borneo
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 8 |
| LC | Local | 32 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 16 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 32 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 49 |
| V | Vulnerable | 22 |
| EN | Endangered | 13 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 9 |
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.
List of all specialty birds in the country occurring in locales typically visited by birding tours. Specialties include endemics and globally threatened, vulnerable or endangered. Table indicates 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. See sidebar for meaning of location codes and symbols associated with common names.*
| 1 | /Graylag Goose/ | Anser anser | LC | |
| 2 | /Falcated Duck/ | Mareca falcata | NT | |
| 3 | White-winged Duck | Asarcornis scutulata | LC | EN |
| 4 | |Orange-necked Partridge| | Arborophila davidi | NE | NT |
| 5 | Vietnam Partridge** | Arborophila merlini | E | |
| 6 | Edwards's Pheasant | Lophura edwardsi | E | CR |
| 7 | Vietnamese Crested Argus | Rheinardia ocellata | NE | CR |
| 8 | Green Peafowl | Pavo muticus | LC | EN |
| 9 | Tonkin Partridge** | Tropicoperdix tonkinensis | E | |
| 10 | Germain's Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron germaini | NE | NT |
| 11 | Pale-capped Pigeon | Columba punicea | LC | V |
| 12 | Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon | Treron phayrei | NT | |
| 13 | White-bellied Green-Pigeon | Treron sieboldii | LC | |
| 14 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | NT | |
| 15 | Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo | Carpococcyx renauldi | V | |
| 16 | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | RR | |
| 17 | |Band-bellied Crake| | Zapornia paykullii | NT | |
| 18 | Brown Crake | Zapornia akool | RR | |
| 19 | /Masked Finfoot/ | Heliopais personatus | CR | |
| 20 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | V | |
| 21 | Great Thick-knee | Esacus recurvirostris | NT | |
| 22 | /Northern Lapwing/ | Vanellus vanellus | NT | |
| 23 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | NT | |
| 24 | Malaysian Plover | Anarhynchus peronii | NT | |
| 25 | |Far Eastern Curlew| | Numenius madagascariensis | EN | |
| 26 | /Eurasian Curlew/ | Numenius arquata | NT | |
| 27 | /Bar-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa lapponica | NT | |
| 28 | /Black-tailed Godwit/ | Limosa limosa | NT | |
| 29 | |Asian Dowitcher| | Limnodromus semipalmatus | NT | |
| 30 | /Jack Snipe/ | Lymnocryptes minimus | RR | |
| 31 | /Wood Snipe/ | Gallinago nemoricola | V | |
| 32 | |Gray-tailed Tattler| | Tringa brevipes | NT | |
| 33 | /Nordmann's Greenshank/ | Tringa guttifer | EN | |
| 34 | /Great Knot/ | Calidris tenuirostris | LC | EN |
| 35 | |Red Knot| | Calidris canutus | NT | |
| 36 | /Curlew Sandpiper/ | Calidris ferruginea | NT | |
| 37 | /Red-necked Stint/ | Calidris ruficollis | NT | |
| 38 | /Spoon-billed Sandpiper/ | Calidris pygmaea | LC | CR |
| 39 | /Dunlin/ | Calidris alpina | LC | |
| 40 | /Saunders's Gull/ | Saundersilarus saundersi | LC | V |
| 41 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | LC | |
| 42 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | LC | |
| 43 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | NT | |
| 44 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | NT | |
| 45 | Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | V | |
| 46 | #Painted Stork# | Mycteria leucocephala | NT | |
| 47 | #Christmas Island Frigatebird# | Fregata andrewsi | V | |
| 48 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | NT | |
| 49 | /Spot-billed Pelican/ | Pelecanus philippensis | NT | |
| 50 | /Chinese Egret/ | Egretta eulophotes | V | |
| 51 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | LC | NT |
| 52 | /White-shouldered Ibis/ | Pseudibis davisoni | CR | |
| 53 | /Black-faced Spoonbill/ | Platalea minor | EN | |
| 54 | Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus | CR | |
| 55 | White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis | CR | |
| 56 | Mountain Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus nipalensis | NT | |
| 57 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | NT | |
| 58 | Lesser Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga humilis | NT | |
| 59 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Icthyophaga ichthyaetus | NT | |
| 60 | Tawny Fish-Owl | Ketupa flavipes | LC | |
| 61 | Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | V | |
| 62 | Brown Hornbill | Anorrhinus austeni | NT | |
| 63 | Wreathed Hornbill | Rhyticeros undulatus | V | |
| 64 | /Blyth's Kingfisher/ | Alcedo hercules | NT | |
| 65 | /Black-capped Kingfisher/ | Halcyon pileata | V | |
| 66 | Necklaced Barbet | Psilopogon auricularis | NE | |
| 67 | Moustached Barbet | Psilopogon incognitus | LC | |
| 68 | Yellow-crowned Woodpecker | Leiopicus mahrattensis | RR | |
| 69 | Stripe-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos atratus | RR | |
| 70 | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | RR | |
| 71 | Red-collared Woodpecker | Picus rabieri | NT | |
| 72 | Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | V | |
| 73 | White-rumped Falcon | Neohierax insignis | NT | |
| 74 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | RR | NT |
| 75 | Gray-headed Parakeet | Psittacula finschii | NT | |
| 76 | Blossom-headed Parakeet | Psittacula roseata | NT | |
| 77 | Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | NT | |
| 78 | Banded Broadbill | Eurylaimus javanicus | NT | |
| 79 | |Fairy Pitta| | Pitta nympha | V | |
| 80 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | RR | |
| 81 | Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | LC | |
| 82 | |Japanese Paradise Flycatcher| | Terpsiphone atrocaudata | NT | |
| 83 | White-winged Magpie | Urocissa whiteheadi | EN | |
| 84 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | LC | |
| 85 | Collared Crow | Corvus pectoralis | V | |
| 86 | Japanese Tit | Parus minor | RR | |
| 87 | Green-backed Tit | Parus monticolus | RR | |
| 88 | Indochinese Bushlark | Mirafra erythrocephala | LC | |
| 89 | Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | RR | |
| 90 | Annam Prinia | Prinia rocki | E | |
| 91 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | LC | |
| 92 | |Manchurian Reed Warbler| | Acrocephalus tangorum | V | |
| 93 | Russet Bush Warbler | Locustella mandelli | LC | |
| 94 | Dalat Bush Warbler | Locustella idonea | E | |
| 95 | Striated Grassbird | Megalurus palustris | LC | |
| 96 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | LC | |
| 97 | Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | LC | |
| 98 | Chestnut Bulbul | Hemixos castanonotus | NE | |
| 99 | Crested Finchbill | Spizixos canifrons | RR | |
| 100 | Buff-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus pulcher | RR | |
| 101 | White-spectacled Warbler | Phylloscopus intermedius | LC | |
| 102 | Gray-cheeked Warbler | Phylloscopus poliogenys | LC | |
| 103 | Limestone Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus calciatilis | NE | |
| 104 | Blyth's Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus reguloides | LC | |
| 105 | Chestnut-headed Tesia | Cettia castaneocoronata | RR | |
| 106 | Rufous-faced Warbler | Abroscopus albogularis | LC | |
| 107 | Broad-billed Warbler | Tickellia hodgsoni | RR | |
| 108 | Aberrant Bush Warbler | Horornis flavolivaceus | RR | |
| 109 | Black-throated Tit | Aegithalos concinnus | LC | |
| 110 | Indochinese Fulvetta | Fulvetta danisi | NE | |
| 111 | Manipur Fulvetta | Fulvetta manipurensis | RR | |
| 112 | Black-headed Parrotbill | Psittiparus margaritae | NE | V |
| 113 | Short-tailed Parrotbill | Suthora davidiana | RR | |
| 114 | Whiskered Yuhina | Yuhina flavicollis | RR | |
| 115 | White-collared Yuhina | Yuhina diademata | RR | |
| 116 | Sooty Babbler | Stachyris herberti | NE | |
| 117 | Black-crowned Fulvetta | Schoeniparus klossi | E | |
| 118 | Rusty-capped Fulvetta | Schoeniparus dubius | RR | |
| 119 | Spot-throated Babbler | Pellorneum albiventre | RR | |
| 120 | Annam Limestone Babbler | Gypsophila annamensis | LC | |
| 121 | Short-tailed Scimitar-Babbler | Napothera danjoui | NT | |
| 122 | Vietnamese Cutia | Cutia legalleni | NE | NT |
| 123 | Black-crowned Barwing | Actinodura sodangorum | NE | NT |
| 124 | Red-billed Leiothrix | Leiothrix lutea | RR | |
| 125 | Spot-breasted Laughingthrush | Garrulax merulinus | RR | |
| 126 | Orange-breasted Laughingthrush | Garrulax annamensis | E | |
| 127 | Black-hooded Laughingthrush | Garrulax milleti | NE | |
| 128 | Gray Laughingthrush | Garrulax maesi | NE | |
| 129 | Chestnut-eared Laughingthrush | Ianthocincla konkakinhensis | NE | V |
| 130 | Masked Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus perspicillatus | NE | |
| 131 | Yellow-billed Nuthatch | Sitta solangiae | NT | |
| 132 | Burmese Nuthatch | Sitta neglecta | LC | |
| 133 | Tenggara Hill Myna | Gracula venerata | EN | |
| 134 | White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | LC | |
| 135 | Purple Cochoa | Cochoa purpurea | RR | |
| 136 | (Brown-breasted Flycatcher) | Muscicapa muttui | RR | |
| 137 | Rufous-browed Flycatcher | Anthipes solitaris | RR | |
| 138 | |Brown-chested Jungle Flycatcher| | Cyornis brunneatus | V | |
| 139 | White-bellied Redstart | Luscinia phaenicuroides | RR | |
| 140 | Little Forktail | Enicurus scouleri | RR | |
| 141 | Pygmy Flycatcher | Ficedula hodgsoni | RR | |
| 142 | Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis moluccensis | EN | |
| 143 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | LC | |
| 144 | Asian Golden Weaver | Ploceus hypoxanthus | NT | |
| 145 | Mekong Wagtail | Motacilla samveasnae | RR | NT |
| 146 | Vietnamese Greenfinch | Chloris monguilloti | E | |
| 147 | Red Crossbill | Loxia curvirostra | LC | |
| 148 | /Tristram's Bunting/ | Emberiza tristrami | RR | |
| 149 | /Yellow-breasted Bunting/ | Emberiza aureola | CR |
*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.