Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam
Let's join AdventureGreen on our bird quests to learn about the different birds and bird species in Vietnam. Here you can find out more about the birding spots that these bird species are found. Japanese quail (Cay Nhật bản, Coturnix japonica) was considered a subspecies of the common quail, it was distinguished as its own species in 1983. The Japanese quail is primarily a ground-living species that tends to stay within areas of dense vegetation in order to take cover and evade predators.
Grey-headed lapwing (Te vàng, Vanellus cinereus) has a grey head and neck, darker grey breast band and white belly. The back is brown, the rump is white and the tail is black.
Marsh sandpiper (Choắt đốm đen, Tringa stagnatilis) is a small wader with a long fine bill and very long yellowish legs.
The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Choắt mỏ cong lớn, Numenius arquata) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae.
Spotted Redshank (Choắt chân đỏ, Tringa erythropus) is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae.
Black-tailed Godwit (Choắt mỏ thẳng đuôi đen, Limosa limosa) is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird. The bird is migrant and commonly found at the Giao Thuy National Park during the winter time.
Asian dowitcher (Choắt chân màng lớn, Limnodromus semipalmatus) is a rare medium-large wader.
Spoon-billed sandpiper (Rẽ mỏ thìa, Calidris pygmeus, Calidris pygmaea), a critically threatened species, is a small wader which breeds in north-eastern Russia and winters in Southeast Asia. The birds are frequently sighted birds at the Xuan Thuy National Park in winter.
The spot-billed pelican (Pelecanus philippensis) or grey pelican (Bồ nông chân xám, Pelecanus philippensis), is a member of the pelican family.
Saunders's gull or the Chinese black-headed gull (Mòng biển mỏ ngắn, Chroicocephalus saundersi) is a species of gull in the family Laridae. The Saunders's gull is named after the British ornithologist Howard Saunders.
Nordmann's greenshank (Choắt lớn mỏ vàng, Tringa guttifer) or the spotted greenshank, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae, the typical waders.
Chinese egret (Cò trắng Trung Quốc, Egretta eulophotes) or Swinhoe's egret is a threatened species of egret from east Asia.
