List of Birds of Vietnam

This is a complete list of birds of Vietnam: endemic bird species, resident birds, migratory birds, extirpated birds in Vietnam.

The endemic birds of Vietnam include: 
Tonkin Partridge, 
Edward’s Pheasant, 
Collared Laughingthrush, Orange-Breasted Laughingthrush, Chestnut-Eared Laughingthrush, Golden-Winged Laughingthrush, 
White-spectacled Sibia
Grey-Crowned Crocias,
Vietnamese Greenfinch,
Vietnamese Cutia,
Dalat Shrike‐Babbler,
Annam Minivet,
Langbian Tit,
...

A pair of green peafowls at the Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province, northern Vietnam
A pair of green peafowls at the Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province, northern Vietnam

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl

Pheasants, Grouse, and Allies

Grebes

Pigeons and Doves

Bustards

Cuckoos

  1. Asian Emerald Cuckoo
  2. Asian Koel
  3. Banded Bay Cuckoo
  4. Barred Cuckoo-Dove
  5. Black-Bellied Malkoha
  6. Chestnut-Winged Cuckoo
  7. Common Cuckoo
  8. Coral-Billed Ground Cuckoo
  9. Greater Coucal
  10. Green-Billed Malkoha
  11. Himalayan Cuckoo
  12. Large hawk-cuckoo
  13. Lesser Coucal
  14. Lesser Cuckoo
  15. Little Bronze Cuckoo
  16. Oriental Cuckoo
  17. Plaintive cuckoo
  18. Square-Tailed Drongo-Cuckoo
  19. Violet Cuckoo

Frogmouths

  1. Blyth's Frogmouth
  2. Hodgson's Frogmouth
  3. Javan Frogmouth

Nightjars and Allies

  1. Great Eared Nightjar
  2. Grey Nightjar
  3. Indian Nightjar
  4. Jungle Nightjar
  5. Large-Tailed Nightjar
  6. Savanna Nightjar

Swifts

Treeswifts

Rails, Gallinules and Coots

Finfoots

Cranes

Thick-Knees

Stilts and Avocets

Oystercatchers

Plovers and Lapwings

Painted-Snipes

Jacanas

Sandpipers and Allies

Buttonquail

Pratincoles and Coursers

Skuas and Jaegers

Auks, Murres, and Puffins

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Tropicbirds

Northern Storm-Petrels

Shearwaters and Petrels

Storks

Frigatebirds

Boobies and Gannets

Anhingas

Cormorants and Shags

Pelicans

Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns

Ibises and Spoonbills

Osprey

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Barn-Owls

Owls

Trogons

Hoopoes

Hornbills

Kingfishers

  1. Banded Kingfisher
  2. Black-Capped Kingfisher
  3. Blue-Eared Kingfisher
  4. Blyth's Kingfisher
  5. Collared Kingfisher
  6. Common kingfisher
  7. Crested Kingfisher
  8. Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher
  9. Pied kingfisher
  10. Ruddy Kingfisher
  11. Stork-Billed Kingfisher
  12. White-Throated Kingfisher

Bee-eaters

  1. Asian Green Bee-Eater
  2. Blue-Bearded Bee-Eater
  3. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
  4. Blue-throated Bee-eater
  5. Chestnut-Headed Bee-Eater

Rollers

  1. Indian Roller
  2. Indochinese Roller
  3. Oriental dollarbird

Asian Barbets

  1. Black-Browed Barbet
  2. Black-Eared Barbet
  3. Blue-Eared Barbet
  4. Blue-Throated Barbet
  5. Coppersmith Barbet
  6. Golden-Throated Barbet
  7. Great Barbet
  8. Green-Eared Barbet
  9. Indochinese Barbet
  10. Lineated Barbet
  11. Moustached Barbet
  12. Necklaced Barbet
  13. Red-Vented Barbet
  14. Yellow-Eared Barbet

Woodpeckers

  1. Bay Woodpecker
  2. Black-Headed Woodpecker
  3. Black-and-Buff Woodpecker
  4. Darjeeling Woodpecker
  5. Freckle-Breasted Woodpecker
  6. Great Slaty Woodpecker
  7. Great Spotted Woodpecker
  8. Grey-Capped Pygmy Woodpecker
  9. Grey-Headed Woodpecker
  10. Heart-Spotted Woodpecker
  11. Laced Woodpecker
  12. Necklaced Woodpecker
  13. Pale-Headed Woodpecker
  14. Red-Collared Woodpecker
  15. Rufous Woodpecker
  16. Rufous-Bellied Woodpecker
  17. Streak-Throated Woodpecker
  18. Stripe-Breasted Woodpecker
  19. White-Bellied Woodpecker
  20. Eurasian Wryneck
  21. Speckled Piculet
  22. White-Browed Piculet

Falcons

Old World Parrots

Asian and Grauer's Broadbills

Pittas

Thornbills and allies

Cuckooshrikes

  1. Ashy Minivet
  2. Black-Winged Cuckooshrike
  3. Brown-rumped Minivet
  4. Grey-Chinned Minivet
  5. Indian Cuckooshrike
  6. Indochinese Cuckooshrike
  7. Long-Tailed Minivet
  8. Orange Minivet
  9. Rosy Minivet
  10. Scarlet Minivet
  11. Short-billed Minivet
  12. Small Minivet

Vireos, shrike-babblers, and erpornis

  1. Black-Eared Shrike-Babbler
  2. Black-Headed Shrike-Babbler
  3. Clicking Shrike-Babbler
  4. Da Lat Shrike-Babbler
  5. Green Shrike-Babbler
  6. Pied Shrike-Babbler
  7. Trilling Shrike-Babbler
  8. White-Browed Shrike-Babbler
  9. White-bellied Erpornis

Whistlers

Old World orioles

  1. Black-Hooded Oriole
  2. Black-naped Oriole
  3. Maroon Oriole
  4. Silver Oriole
  5. Slender-Billed Oriole

Woodswallows

  1. Ashy Woodswallow

Vangas, helmetshrikes, and allies

  1. Bar-Winged Flycatcher-Shrike
  2. Common Woodshrike
  3. Large Woodshrike

Ioras

  1. Common Iora
  2. Great Iora

Fantails

  1. Malaysian Pied Fantail
  2. White-Browed Fantail
  3. White-Throated Fantail

Drongos

  1. Ashy Drongo
  2. Black Drongo
  3. Bronzed Drongo
  4. Crow-billed Drongo
  5. Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo
  6. Hair-crested Drongo
  7. Lesser Racket-Tailed Drongo

Monarch Flycatchers

  1. Amur Paradise-Flycatcher
  2. Black Paradise-Flycatcher
  3. Black-Naped Monarch
  4. Blyth's Paradise-Flycatcher
  5. Indian Paradise-Flycatcher

Shrikes

  1. Brown Shrike
  2. Bull-headed Shrike
  3. Burmese Shrike
  4. Gray-Backed Shrike
  5. Long-Tailed Shrike
  6. Tiger Shrike

Crows, Jays, and Magpies

Fairy Flycatchers

Tits, Chickadees, and Titmice

  1. Cinereous Tit
  2. Great Tit
  3. Green-Backed Tit
  4. Grey-Crowned Tit
  5. Sultan Tit
  6. Yellow-Browed Tit
  7. Yellow-Cheeked Tit

Penduline-Tits

Larks

Cisticolas and allies

  1. Annam Prinia
  2. Ashy Tailorbird
  3. Brown Prinia
  4. Common Tailorbird
  5. Dark-Necked Tailorbird
  6. Golden-headed Cisticola
  7. Gray-breasted Prinia
  8. Hill Prinia
  9. Olive-backed Tailorbird
  10. Plain Prinia
  11. Rufescent Prinia
  12. Tawny-flanked Prinia
  13. Yellow-bellied Prinia
  14. Zitting Cisticola

Reed warblers and allies

Grassbirds, Grasshopper Warblers, Bush Warblers

Grassbird

  1. Striated Grassbird

Grasshopper Warbler

  1. Pallas's Grasshopper Warbler
  2. Pleske's Grasshopper Warbler

Bush Warbler of Grasshopper Family (not typical Bush Warbler Family of Cettiidae)

  1. Baikal Bush Warbler
  2. Brown Bush Warbler
  3. Chinese Bush Warbler
  4. Dalat Bush Warbler
  5. Lanceolated Warbler
  6. Russet Bush Warbler
  7. Spotted Bush Warbler

Cupwings

Swallows

Bulbuls

  1. Black Bulbul
  2. Black-Capped Bulbul
  3. Black-Crested Bulbul
  4. Black-Headed Bulbul
  5. Brown-Breasted Bulbul
  6. Chestnut Bulbul
  7. Flavescent Bulbul
  8. Grey-Eyed Bulbul
  9. Irrawaddy Bulbul
  10. Light-Vented Bulbul
  11. Malagasy Bulbul
  12. Mountain Bulbul
  13. Ochraceous Bulbul
  14. Puff-Throated Bulbul
  15. Red-Vented Bulbul
  16. Red-Whiskered Bulbul
  17. Sooty-Headed Bulbul
  18. Spectacled Bulbul
  19. Streaked Bulbul
  20. Striated Bulbul
  21. Yellow-Vented Bulbul

Leaf warblers

Ashy-Throated Warbler

Buff-barred Warbler

Yellow-Browed Warbler

Hume's Warbler

Chinese Leaf Warbler

Pallas's Leaf Warbler

Gansu Leaf Warbler

Sichuan Leaf Warbler

Radde's Warbler

Yellow-streaked Warbler

Dusky Warbler

Buff-Throated Warbler

Common Chiffchaff

Eastern Crowned Warbler

White-spectacled Warbler

Grey-cheeked Warbler

Grey-crowned Warbler

Bianchi's Warbler

Martens's Warbler

Alström's Warbler

Greenish Warbler

Bush warblers and allies

Bush-warblers (or bush warblers) are small insectivorous songbirds of the genera Cettia, Horornis, and Bradypterus.

  1. Aberrant Bush Warbler
  2. Asian Stubtail
  3. Black-Faced Warbler
  4. Broad-billed Warbler
  5. Brownish-flanked Bush Warbler
  6. Chestnut-crowned Bush Warbler
  7. Chestnut-headed Tesia
  8. Grey-Bellied Tesia
  9. Japanese Bush-Warbler
  10. Manchurian Bush Warbler
  11. Mountain Tailorbird
  12. Pale-footed Bush Warbler
  13. Rufous-Faced Warbler
  14. Slaty-Bellied Tesia
  15. Yellow-Bellied Warbler

Long-tailed tits

  1. Black-Throated Bushtit

Sylviid Warblers, Parrotbills, and Allies

  1. Ashy-throated Parrotbill
  2. Black-Throated Parrotbill
  3. Black-headed parrotbill
  4. Golden Parrotbill
  5. Golden-Breasted Fulvetta
  6. Gray-headed Parrotbill
  7. Grey-Hooded Fulvetta
  8. Indochinese Fulvetta
  9. Pale-billed Parrotbill
  10. Rufous-headed Parrotbill
  11. Short-tailed Parrotbill
  12. Spectacled Fulvetta
  13. Spot-breasted Parrotbill
  14. Vinous-throated Parrotbill
  15. White-Browed Fulvetta
  16. Yellow-Eyed Babbler

White-eyes, Yuhinas, and Allies

  1. Black-Chinned Yuhina
  2. Chestnut-Flanked White-eye
  3. Indian White-eye
  4. Indochinese Yuhina
  5. Stripe-throated Yuhina
  6. Swinhoe's White-eye
  7. Whiskered Yuhina
  8. White-collared Yuhina

Tree-babblers and Allies

Tree babbler

  1. Chestnut-capped Babbler
  2. Golden Babbler
  3. Grey-throated Babbler
  4. Nonggang Babbler
  5. Rufous-capped Babbler
  6. Rufous-fronted Babbler
  7. Sooty Babbler
  8. Spot-necked Babbler

Tit-Babbler

  1. Grey-faced Tit-Babbler
  2. Pin-striped Tit-Babbler

Scimitar-Babbler

  1. Black-crowned Scimitar-Babbler
  2. Black-streaked Scimitar-Babbler
  3. Brown-Crowned Scimitar Babbler
  4. Large Scimitar Babbler
  5. Red-Billed Scimitar-Babbler
  6. Rusty-cheeked Scimitar-Babbler
  7. Slender-billed Scimitar-Babbler
  8. Streak-breasted Scimitar-Babbler
  9. White-browed Scimitar Babbler

Wren-Babbler

  1. Bar-winged Wren-Babbler
  2. Naga Wren-Babbler
  3. Pale-throated Wren-Babbler

Ground Babblers and Allies

Ground Babblers

These bird species belong to the family Pellorneidae which are different from the bird species with the same name babbler but of the family Timaliidae.

  1. Abbott's Babbler
  2. Annam Limestone Babbler
  3. Buff-Breasted Babbler
  4. Collared Babbler
  5. Puff-Throated Babbler
  6. Scaly-Crowned Babbler
  7. Spot-Throated Babbler
  8. Streaked Wren-Babbler

Non-typical Fulvetta

These bird species do not belong to the genus fulvetta.

  1. Black-crowned Fulvetta
  2. Dusky Fulvetta
  3. Rufous-throated Fulvetta
  4. Rufous-winged Fulvetta
  5. Rusty-capped Fulvetta
  6. Yellow-throated Fulvetta

Ground scimitar-babbler & wren-babbler

These scimitar-babbler and wren-babbler are not related to those species with the same name but belong to the family Timaliidae.

  1. Eyebrowed Wren-Babbler
  2. Short-Tailed Scimitar Babbler
  3. White-Throated Wren-Babbler

Grassbird

These bird species are not related to those bird species with the same name grassbird which belongs to the family Locustellidae.

  1. Chinese Grassbird
  2. Indian Grassbird

Alcippe fulvettas

  1. Black-browed Fulvetta
  2. Brown-cheeked Fulvetta
  3. David's Fulvetta
  4. Mountain Fulvetta
  5. Grey-cheeked Fulvetta

Laughingthrushes and Allies

  1. Himalayan Cutia
  2. Vietnamese Cutia
  3. Bar-throated Minla
  4. Black-Crowned Barwing
  5. Black-Faced Laughingthrush
  6. Black-Headed Sibia
  7. Black-Hooded Laughingthrush
  8. Black-Throated Laughingthrush
  9. Blue-Winged Minla
  10. Blue-winged Laughingthrush
  11. Chestnut-Eared Laughingthrush
  12. Chestnut-Eared Laughingthrush
  13. Chestnut-capped Laughingthrush
  14. Collared Laughingthrush
  15. Golden-winged Laughingthrush
  16. Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush
  17. Grey Laughingthrush
  18. Grey-crowned Crocias
  19. Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush
  20. Long-tailed Sibia
  21. Masked Laughingthrush
  22. Melodious Laughingthrush
  23. Moustached Laughingthrush
  24. Orange-breasted laughingthrush
  25. Red-Billed Leiothrix
  26. Red-Tailed Laughingthrush
  27. Red-Tailed Minla
  28. Red-faced Liocichla
  29. Red-winged Laughingthrush
  30. Rufous-Backed Sibia
  31. Rufous-Cheeked Laughingthrush
  32. Rufous-Chinned Laughingthrush
  33. Rufous-vented Laughingthrush
  34. Scaly Laughingthrush
  35. Scarlet-faced Liocichla
  36. Silver-Eared Mesia
  37. Silver-eared Laughingthrush
  38. Spectacled Barwing
  39. Spot-breasted Laughingthrush
  40. Streaked Barwing
  41. Wayanad Laughingthrush
  42. White-Cheeked Laughingthrush
  43. White-browed Laughingthrush
  44. White-crested Laughingthrush
  45. White-throated Laughingthrush

Wallcreeper

Nuthatches

  1. Beautiful Nuthatch
  2. Chestnut-Vented Nuthatch
  3. Indian Nuthatch
  4. Velvet-Fronted Nuthatch
  5. White-Tailed Nuthatch
  6. Yellow-Billed Nuthatch

Treecreepers

  1. Hume's Treecreeper

Spotted Elachura

Dippers

Starlings

  1. Asian Glossy Starling
  2. Black-Collared Starling
  3. Burmese Myna
  4. Chestnut-tailed Starling
  5. Common Hill Myna
  6. Common Myna
  7. Common Starling
  8. Crested Myna
  9. Daurian Starling
  10. Golden-crested Myna
  11. Great Myna
  12. Indian Pied Myna
  13. Red-billed Starling
  14. Vinous-Breasted Myna
  15. White-Shouldered Starling
  16. White-cheeked Starling

Thrushes and Allies

Old World Flycatchers

Flowerpeckers

Order: Passeriformes Family: Dicaeidae

  1. Fire-Breasted Flowerpecker
  2. Nilgiri Flowerpecker
  3. Plain Flowerpecker
  4. Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker
  5. Scarlet-Breasted Flowerpecker
  6. Thick-Billed Flowerpecker
  7. Yellow-Bellied Flowerpecker
  8. Yellow-Vented Flowerpecker
  9. Yellow-Vented Flowerpecker

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters

  1. Black-Throated Sunbird
  2. Crimson Sunbird
  3. Fork-Tailed Sunbird
  4. Green-Tailed Sunbird
  5. Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
  6. Purple-Naped Spiderhunter
  7. Ruby-Cheeked Sunbird
  8. Streaked Spiderhunter
  9. Van Hasselt's Sunbird

Fairy-Bluebirds

  1. Asian Fairy-Bluebird

Leafbirds

  1. Blue-Winged Leafbird
  2. Golden-Fronted Leafbird
  3. Orange-Bellied Leafbird

Weavers and Allies

  1. Asian Golden Weaver
  2. Baya Weaver
  3. Streaked Weaver

Munias, Parrotfinch, Waxbills and Allies

  1. Pin-Tailed Parrotfinch
  2. Red Avadavat
  3. Scaly-Breasted Munia
  4. Tricoloured Munia
  5. White-Rumped Munia

Old World Sparrows

 

Wagtails and Pipits

  1. American Pipit
  2. Citrine Wagtail
  3. Eastern Yellow Wagtail
  4. Forest Wagtail
  5. Grey Wagtail
  6. Mekong Wagtail
  7. New Zealand Pipit
  8. Olive-Backed Pipit
  9. Paddyfield Pipit
  10. Red-throated Pipit
  11. Richard's Pipit
  12. Rosy Pipit
  13. Tree Pipit
  14. Upland Pipit
  15. Water Pipit
  16. Western Yellow Wagtail
  17. White Wagtail
  18. White-Browed Wagtail

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

  1. Black-Headed Greenfinch
  2. Vietnamese Greenfinch

Old World Buntings

  1. Black-Faced Bunting
  2. Black-Headed Bunting
  3. Chestnut Bunting
  4. Chestnut-Eared Bunting
  5. Crested Bunting
  6. Little Bunting
  7. Yellow-Breasted Bunting