List of Birds of Vietnam

List Of Birds Of Vietnam

This is a list of the bird species recorded in Vietnam. The avifauna of Vietnam includes a total of 848 species, of which 13 are endemic, 3 have been introduced by humans, and 9 are rare or accidental. 1 species listed is extirpated in Vietnam and is not included in the species count. 43 species are globally threatened.

This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families, and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of Clements's 5th edition. The family accounts at the beginning of each heading reflects this taxonomy, as do the species counts found in each family account. Introduced and accidental species are included in the total counts for Vietnam.

The following tags have been used to highlight certain relevant categories. The commonly occurring, native, species do not fall into any of these categories.

  • (A) Accidental A species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Vietnam.
  • (E) Endemic A species endemic to Vietnam.
  • (I) Introduced A species introduced to Vietnam as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions.
  • (Ex) Extirpated A species that no longer occurs in Vietnam although populations exist elsewhere.


Table of contents

Non-passerines: Grebes . Storm-petrels . Tropicbirds . Pelicans . Boobies and gannets . Cormorants . Darters . Frigatebirds . Bitterns, herons and egrets . Storks . Ibises and spoonbills . Ducks, geese and swans . Osprey . Eagles, kites and allies . Falcons . Pheasants and partridges . Buttonquails . Cranes . Rails, crakes, gallinules, and coots . Finfoots . Bustards Jacanas . Painted snipe . Avocets and stilts . Thick-knees . Pratincoles and coursers . Plovers and lapwings . Sandpipers and allies . Skuas . Gulls . Terns . Skimmers . Pigeons and doves . Parrots . Cuckoos . Barn owls . Typical owls . Frogmouths . Nightjars . Swifts . Treeswifts . Trogons . Kingfishers . Bee-eaters . Typical rollers . Hoopoes . Hornbills . Barbets . Honeyguides . Woodpeckers and allies .

Passerines: Broadbills . Pittas . Larks . Swallows and martins . Wagtails and pipits . Cuckoo-shrikes . Bulbuls . Leafbirds . Ioras . Dippers . Thrushes and allies . Cisticolas and allies . Old World warblers . Old World flycatchers . Fantails . Monarch flycatchers . Whistlers . Babblers . Parrotbills . Long-tailed tits . Thornbills and allies . Tits . Nuthatches . Treecreepers . Penduline tits . Sunbirds and spiderhunters . Flowerpeckers . White-eyes . Old World orioles . Fairy-bluebirds . Shrikes . Helmetshrikes . Drongos . Woodswallows . Crows and allies . Starlings . Weavers and allies . Waxbills and allies . Buntings . Finches . Sparrows .

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Read more about List Of Birds Of Vietnam:  Grebes, Storm-petrels, Tropicbirds, Pelicans, Boobies and Gannets, Cormorants, Darters, Frigatebirds, Bitterns, Herons and Egrets, Storks, Ibises and Spoonbills, Ducks, Geese and Swans, Osprey, Eagles, Kites and Allies, Falcons, Pheasants and Partridges, Buttonquails, Cranes, Rails, Crakes, Gallinules, and Coots, Finfoots, Bustards, Jacanas, Painted Snipe, Avocets and Stilts, Thick-knees, Pratincoles and Coursers, Plovers and Lapwings, Sandpipers and Allies, Skuas, Gulls, Terns, Pigeons and Doves, Parrots, Cuckoos, Barn Owls, Typical Owls, Frogmouths, Nightjars, Swifts, Treeswifts, Trogons, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Typical Rollers, Hoopoes, Hornbills, Barbets, Woodpeckers and Allies, Broadbills, Pittas, Larks, Swallows and Martins, Wagtails and Pipits, Cuckoo-shrikes, Bulbuls, Leafbirds, Ioras, Dippers, Thrushes and Allies, Cisticolas and Allies, Old World Warblers, Old World Flycatchers, Fantails, Monarch Flycatchers, Whistlers, Babblers, Parrotbills, Long-tailed Tits, Thornbills and Allies, Tits, Nuthatches, Treecreepers, Sunbirds and Spiderhunters, Flowerpeckers, White-eyes, Old World Orioles, Fairy-bluebirds, Shrikes, Helmetshrikes, Drongos, Woodswallows, Crows and Allies, Starlings, Weavers and Allies, Waxbills and Allies, Buntings, Finches, Sparrows

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