Birds of Mekong Delta Vietnam [update 2023] which covers 519 species over time, Endemics, near-endemic, and highlight – Review by Thang Nguyen.
Overview Birds of Mekong Delta Vietnam – last update Feb/2023
Number of species: 519
Number of globally threatened species: 27
Number of introduced species: 4
The highlight of Birds of Mekong Delta Vietnam
Endemic & Near-Endemics birds of Mekong Delta Vietnam
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Nordmann’s Greenshank
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Asian Dowitcher
The most wanted birds for the birder
Pied Imperial-Pigeon, Bengal Florican, Red-legged Crake, Slaty-legged Crake, Ruddy-breasted Crake, Sarus Crane, Eurasian Oystercatcher, White-faced Plover, Black-tailed Godwit, Asian Dowitcher, Nordmann’s Greenshank, Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Saunders’s Gull, Black-bellied Tern, River Tern, Lesser Adjutant, Painted Stork, Greater Adjutant, Great Frigatebird, Spot-billed Pelican, Chinese Egret, Black-faced Spoonbill, Rufous-bellied Eagle, Gray-headed Fish-Eagle, Black-capped Kingfisher, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Asian Golden Weaver, Yellow-breasted Bunting.
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When is the best time for birding & bird photography in Mekong Delta?
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Where to birdwatching in Mekong Delta Vietnam?
Tan Thanh, Tien Giang
Tram Chim National Park
Binh Dai, Ben Tre
U Minh Thuong National Park
Bac Lieu bird sanctuary
Lang Sen Nature Reserve
Dat Mui National Park
Phu Quoc National Park
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Mekong Delta Vietnam Bird list
List of birds in Mekong Delta Vietnam
| No. | English Name | Latin Name | Status |
| ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae | |||
| 1 | Lesser Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna javanica | |
| 2 | Knob-billed Duck | Sarkidiornis melanotos | |
| 3 | Cotton Pygmy-Goose | Nettapus coromandelianus | |
| 4 | Garganey | Spatula querquedula | |
| 5 | Northern Shoveler | Spatula clypeata | |
| 6 | Indian Spot-billed Duck | Anas poecilorhyncha | |
| 7 | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | Rare/Accidental |
| 8 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| 9 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| GALLIFORMES: Phasianidae | |||
| 10 | Hill Partridge | Arborophila torqueola | |
| 11 | Silver Pheasant | Lophura nycthemera | |
| 12 | Siamese Fireback | Lophura diardi | |
| 13 | Green Peafowl | Pavo muticus | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| 14 | Scaly-breasted Partridge | Tropicoperdix chloropus | |
| 15 | Germain’s Peacock-Pheasant | Polyplectron germaini | Endemic (country/region) Near-threatened |
| 16 | Red Junglefowl | Gallus gallus | |
| 17 | Chinese Francolin | Francolinus pintadeanus | |
| 18 | Blue-breasted Quail | Synoicus chinensis | |
| PODICIPEDIFORMES: Podicipedidae | |||
| 19 | Little Grebe | Tachybaptus ruficollis | |
| COLUMBIFORMES: Columbidae | |||
| 20 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | Introduced species |
| 21 | Pale-capped Pigeon | Columba punicea | Vulnerable |
| 22 | Oriental Turtle-Dove | Streptopelia orientalis | |
| 23 | Red Collared-Dove | Streptopelia tranquebarica | |
| 24 | Spotted Dove | Spilopelia chinensis | |
| 25 | Barred Cuckoo-Dove | Macropygia unchall | |
| 26 | Asian Emerald Dove | Chalcophaps indica | |
| 27 | Zebra Dove | Geopelia striata | |
| 28 | Pink-necked Green-Pigeon | Treron vernans | |
| 29 | Orange-breasted Green-Pigeon | Treron bicinctus | |
| 30 | Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon | Treron phayrei | Near-threatened |
| 31 | Thick-billed Green-Pigeon | Treron curvirostra | |
| 32 | Yellow-footed Green-Pigeon | Treron phoenicopterus | |
| 33 | Yellow-vented Green-Pigeon | Treron seimundi | |
| 34 | Pin-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron apicauda | |
| 35 | Wedge-tailed Green-Pigeon | Treron sphenurus | |
| 36 | Green Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula aenea | Near-threatened |
| 37 | Mountain Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula badia | |
| 38 | Pied Imperial-Pigeon | Ducula bicolor | |
| OTIDIFORMES: Otididae | |||
| 39 | Bengal Florican | Houbaropsis bengalensis | Critically endangered |
| CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae | |||
| 40 | Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo | Carpococcyx renauldi | Vulnerable |
| 41 | Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| 42 | Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis | |
| 43 | Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | |
| 44 | Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | |
| 45 | Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopaceus | |
| 46 | Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| 47 | Little Bronze-Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
| 48 | Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| 49 | Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| 50 | Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| 51 | Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx sparverioides | |
| 52 | Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo | Hierococcyx nisicolor | |
| 53 | Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| 54 | Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Caprimulgidae | |||
| 55 | Great Eared-Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
| 56 | Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | |
| 57 | Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | |
| 58 | Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
| 59 | Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Apodidae | |||
| 60 | Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis | |
| 61 | Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | |
| 62 | Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | |
| 63 | Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | |
| 64 | White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | |
| 65 | Germain’s Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani | |
| 66 | Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | |
| 67 | House Swift | Apus nipalensis | |
| 68 | Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | |
| CAPRIMULGIFORMES: Hemiprocnidae | |||
| 69 | Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | |
| GRUIFORMES: Rallidae | |||
| 70 | Slaty-breasted Rail | Lewinia striata | |
| 71 | Eurasian Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 72 | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | |
| 73 | Gray-headed Swamphen | Porphyrio poliocephalus | |
| 74 | White-browed Crake | Poliolimnas cinereus | |
| 75 | Watercock | Gallicrex cinerea | |
| 76 | White-breasted Waterhen | Amaurornis phoenicurus | |
| 77 | Red-legged Crake | Rallina fasciata | |
| 78 | Slaty-legged Crake | Rallina eurizonoides | |
| 79 | Ruddy-breasted Crake | Zapornia fusca | |
| 80 | Band-bellied Crake | Zapornia paykullii | Near-threatened |
| 81 | Baillon’s Crake | Zapornia pusilla | |
| GRUIFORMES: Gruidae | |||
| 82 | Sarus Crane | Antigone antigone | Vulnerable |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae | |||
| 83 | Black-winged Stilt | Himantopus himantopus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Haematopodidae | |||
| 84 | Eurasian Oystercatcher | Haematopus ostralegus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Charadriidae | |||
| 85 | Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 86 | Pacific Golden-Plover | Pluvialis fulva | |
| 87 | River Lapwing | Vanellus duvaucelii | Near-threatened |
| 88 | Gray-headed Lapwing | Vanellus cinereus | |
| 89 | Red-wattled Lapwing | Vanellus indicus | |
| 90 | Lesser Sand-Plover | Charadrius mongolus | |
| 91 | Greater Sand-Plover | Charadrius leschenaultii | |
| 92 | Malaysian Plover | Charadrius peronii | Near-threatened |
| 93 | Kentish Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| 94 | White-faced Plover | Charadrius dealbatus | Data deficient |
| 95 | Little Ringed Plover | Charadrius dubius | |
| 96 | Oriental Plover | Charadrius veredus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Rostratulidae | |||
| 97 | Greater Painted-Snipe | Rostratula benghalensis | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Jacanidae | |||
| 98 | Pheasant-tailed Jacana | Hydrophasianus chirurgus | |
| 99 | Bronze-winged Jacana | Metopidius indicus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae | |||
| 100 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 101 | Far Eastern Curlew | Numenius madagascariensis | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| 102 | Eurasian Curlew | Numenius arquata | Near-threatened |
| 103 | Bar-tailed Godwit | Limosa lapponica | Near-threatened |
| 104 | Black-tailed Godwit | Limosa limosa | Near-threatened |
| 105 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| 106 | Great Knot | Calidris tenuirostris | Endangered |
| 107 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus | Near-threatened |
| 108 | Ruff | Calidris pugnax | |
| 109 | Broad-billed Sandpiper | Calidris falcinellus | |
| 110 | Sharp-tailed Sandpiper | Calidris acuminata | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| 111 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | Near-threatened |
| 112 | Temminck’s Stint | Calidris temminckii | |
| 113 | Long-toed Stint | Calidris subminuta | |
| 114 | Spoon-billed Sandpiper | Calidris pygmaea | Introduced species Critically endangered |
| 115 | Red-necked Stint | Calidris ruficollis | Near-threatened |
| 116 | Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| 117 | Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| 118 | Asian Dowitcher | Limnodromus semipalmatus | Near-threatened |
| 119 | Jack Snipe | Lymnocryptes minimus | |
| 120 | Common Snipe | Gallinago gallinago | |
| 121 | Pin-tailed Snipe | Gallinago stenura | |
| 122 | Terek Sandpiper | Xenus cinereus | |
| 123 | Common Sandpiper | Actitis hypoleucos | |
| 124 | Green Sandpiper | Tringa ochropus | |
| 125 | Gray-tailed Tattler | Tringa brevipes | Near-threatened |
| 126 | Spotted Redshank | Tringa erythropus | |
| 127 | Common Greenshank | Tringa nebularia | |
| 128 | Nordmann’s Greenshank | Tringa guttifer | Endangered |
| 129 | Marsh Sandpiper | Tringa stagnatilis | |
| 130 | Wood Sandpiper | Tringa glareola | |
| 131 | Common Redshank | Tringa totanus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Turnicidae | |||
| 132 | Small Buttonquail | Turnix sylvaticus | |
| 133 | Yellow-legged Buttonquail | Turnix tanki | |
| 134 | Barred Buttonquail | Turnix suscitator | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Glareolidae | |||
| 135 | Oriental Pratincole | Glareola maldivarum | |
| 136 | Small Pratincole | Glareola lactea | Rare/Accidental |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Stercorariidae | |||
| 137 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| CHARADRIIFORMES: Laridae | |||
| 138 | Saunders’s Gull | Saundersilarus saundersi | Vulnerable |
| 139 | Black-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus ridibundus | |
| 140 | Brown-headed Gull | Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus | |
| 141 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| 142 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 143 | Little Tern | Sternula albifrons | |
| 144 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 145 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 146 | White-winged Tern | Chlidonias leucopterus | |
| 147 | Whiskered Tern | Chlidonias hybrida | |
| 148 | Roseate Tern | Sterna dougallii | |
| 149 | Black-naped Tern | Sterna sumatrana | |
| 150 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 151 | Black-bellied Tern | Sterna acuticauda | Rare/Accidental Endangered |
| 152 | River Tern | Sterna aurantia | Vulnerable |
| 153 | Great Crested Tern | Thalasseus bergii | |
| 154 | Lesser Crested Tern | Thalasseus bengalensis | Rare/Accidental |
| PROCELLARIIFORMES: Hydrobatidae | |||
| 155 | Swinhoe’s Storm-Petrel | Hydrobates monorhis | Near-threatened |
| CICONIIFORMES: Ciconiidae | |||
| 156 | Asian Openbill | Anastomus oscitans | |
| 157 | Asian Woolly-necked Stork | Ciconia episcopus | Near-threatened |
| 158 | Black-necked Stork | Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| 159 | Lesser Adjutant | Leptoptilos javanicus | Vulnerable |
| 160 | Greater Adjutant | Leptoptilos dubius | Introduced species Endangered |
| 161 | Painted Stork | Mycteria leucocephala | Near-threatened |
| SULIFORMES: Fregatidae | |||
| 162 | Christmas Island Frigatebird | Fregata andrewsi | Rare/Accidental Vulnerable |
| 163 | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
| SULIFORMES: Sulidae | |||
| 164 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| 165 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| SULIFORMES: Anhingidae | |||
| 166 | Oriental Darter | Anhinga melanogaster | Near-threatened |
| SULIFORMES: Phalacrocoracidae | |||
| 167 | Little Cormorant | Microcarbo niger | |
| 168 | Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo | |
| 169 | Indian Cormorant | Phalacrocorax fuscicollis | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Pelecanidae | |||
| 170 | Spot-billed Pelican | Pelecanus philippensis | Rare/Accidental Near-threatened |
| PELECANIFORMES: Ardeidae | |||
| 171 | Yellow Bittern | Ixobrychus sinensis | |
| 172 | Schrenck’s Bittern | Ixobrychus eurhythmus | |
| 173 | Cinnamon Bittern | Ixobrychus cinnamomeus | |
| 174 | Black Bittern | Ixobrychus flavicollis | |
| 175 | Gray Heron | Ardea cinerea | |
| 176 | Great-billed Heron | Ardea sumatrana | |
| 177 | Purple Heron | Ardea purpurea | |
| 178 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 179 | Intermediate Egret | Ardea intermedia | |
| 180 | Chinese Egret | Egretta eulophotes | Vulnerable |
| 181 | Little Egret | Egretta garzetta | |
| 182 | Pacific Reef-Heron | Egretta sacra | |
| 183 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 184 | Chinese Pond-Heron | Ardeola bacchus | |
| 185 | Javan Pond-Heron | Ardeola speciosa | |
| 186 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 187 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 188 | Malayan Night-Heron | Gorsachius melanolophus | |
| PELECANIFORMES: Threskiornithidae | |||
| 189 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 190 | Black-headed Ibis | Threskiornis melanocephalus | Near-threatened |
| 191 | White-shouldered Ibis | Pseudibis davisoni | Critically endangered |
| 192 | Eurasian Spoonbill | Platalea leucorodia | Rare/Accidental |
| 193 | Black-faced Spoonbill | Platalea minor | Endangered |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Pandionidae | |||
| 194 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | |
| ACCIPITRIFORMES: Accipitridae | |||
| 195 | Black-winged Kite | Elanus caeruleus | |
| 196 | Oriental Honey-buzzard | Pernis ptilorhynchus | |
| 197 | Jerdon’s Baza | Aviceda jerdoni | |
| 198 | Black Baza | Aviceda leuphotes | |
| 199 | Red-headed Vulture | Sarcogyps calvus | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| 200 | White-rumped Vulture | Gyps bengalensis | Rare/Accidental Critically endangered |
| 201 | Crested Serpent-Eagle | Spilornis cheela | |
| 202 | Changeable Hawk-Eagle | Nisaetus cirrhatus | |
| 203 | Rufous-bellied Eagle | Lophotriorchis kienerii | Near-threatened |
| 204 | Black Eagle | Ictinaetus malaiensis | |
| 205 | Greater Spotted Eagle | Clanga clanga | Vulnerable |
| 206 | Bonelli’s Eagle | Aquila fasciata | |
| 207 | Rufous-winged Buzzard | Butastur liventer | |
| 208 | Gray-faced Buzzard | Butastur indicus | |
| 209 | Eastern Marsh-Harrier | Circus spilonotus | |
| 210 | Hen Harrier | Circus cyaneus | Rare/Accidental |
| 211 | Pied Harrier | Circus melanoleucos | |
| 212 | Crested Goshawk | Accipiter trivirgatus | |
| 213 | Shikra | Accipiter badius | |
| 214 | Chinese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter soloensis | |
| 215 | Japanese Sparrowhawk | Accipiter gularis | |
| 216 | Besra | Accipiter virgatus | |
| 217 | Black Kite | Milvus migrans | |
| 218 | Brahminy Kite | Haliastur indus | |
| 219 | White-bellied Sea-Eagle | Haliaeetus leucogaster | |
| 220 | Lesser Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus humilis | Near-threatened |
| 221 | Gray-headed Fish-Eagle | Haliaeetus ichthyaetus | Near-threatened |
| 222 | Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | |
| 223 | Eastern Buzzard | Buteo japonicus | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Tytonidae | |||
| 224 | Australasian Grass-Owl | Tyto longimembris | |
| 225 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | |
| 226 | Oriental Bay-Owl | Phodilus badius | |
| STRIGIFORMES: Strigidae | |||
| 227 | Mountain Scops-Owl | Otus spilocephalus | |
| 228 | Collared Scops-Owl | Otus lettia | |
| 229 | Oriental Scops-Owl | Otus sunia | |
| 230 | Buffy Fish-Owl | Ketupa ketupu | |
| 231 | Brown Fish-Owl | Ketupa zeylonensis | |
| 232 | Tawny Fish-Owl | Ketupa flavipes | |
| 233 | Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl | Ketupa nipalensis | |
| 234 | Asian Barred Owlet | Glaucidium cuculoides | |
| 235 | Collared Owlet | Taenioptynx brodiei | |
| 236 | Spotted Owlet | Athene brama | |
| 237 | Spotted Wood-Owl | Strix seloputo | |
| 238 | Brown Boobook | Ninox scutulata | |
| TROGONIFORMES: Trogonidae | |||
| 239 | Red-headed Trogon | Harpactes erythrocephalus | |
| 240 | Orange-breasted Trogon | Harpactes oreskios | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Upupidae | |||
| 241 | Eurasian Hoopoe | Upupa epops | |
| BUCEROTIFORMES: Bucerotidae | |||
| 242 | Great Hornbill | Buceros bicornis | Vulnerable |
| 243 | Brown Hornbill | Anorrhinus austeni | Near-threatened |
| 244 | Oriental Pied-Hornbill | Anthracoceros albirostris | |
| 245 | Wreathed Hornbill | Rhyticeros undulatus | Vulnerable |
| CORACIIFORMES: Alcedinidae | |||
| 246 | Common Kingfisher | Alcedo atthis | |
| 247 | Blue-eared Kingfisher | Alcedo meninting | |
| 248 | Black-backed Dwarf-Kingfisher | Ceyx erithaca | |
| 249 | Banded Kingfisher | Lacedo pulchella | |
| 250 | Stork-billed Kingfisher | Pelargopsis capensis | |
| 251 | Ruddy Kingfisher | Halcyon coromanda | |
| 252 | White-throated Kingfisher | Halcyon smyrnensis | |
| 253 | Black-capped Kingfisher | Halcyon pileata | Vulnerable |
| 254 | Collared Kingfisher | Todiramphus chloris | |
| 255 | Pied Kingfisher | Ceryle rudis | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Meropidae | |||
| 256 | Blue-bearded Bee-eater | Nyctyornis athertoni | |
| 257 | Asian Green Bee-eater | Merops orientalis | |
| 258 | Blue-throated Bee-eater | Merops viridis | |
| 259 | Blue-tailed Bee-eater | Merops philippinus | |
| 260 | Chestnut-headed Bee-eater | Merops leschenaulti | |
| CORACIIFORMES: Coraciidae | |||
| 261 | Indochinese Roller | Coracias affinis | |
| 262 | Dollarbird | Eurystomus orientalis | |
| PICIFORMES: Megalaimidae | |||
| 263 | Coppersmith Barbet | Psilopogon haemacephalus | |
| 264 | Blue-eared Barbet | Psilopogon duvaucelii | |
| 265 | Red-vented Barbet | Psilopogon lagrandieri | |
| 266 | Green-eared Barbet | Psilopogon faiostrictus | |
| 267 | Lineated Barbet | Psilopogon lineatus | |
| 268 | Moustached Barbet | Psilopogon incognitus | |
| PICIFORMES: Picidae | |||
| 269 | Eurasian Wryneck | Jynx torquilla | |
| 270 | Speckled Piculet | Picumnus innominatus | |
| 271 | White-browed Piculet | Sasia ochracea | |
| 272 | Heart-spotted Woodpecker | Hemicircus canente | |
| 273 | Gray-capped Pygmy Woodpecker | Yungipicus canicapillus | |
| 274 | Freckle-breasted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos analis | |
| 275 | Greater Flameback | Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus | |
| 276 | Rufous Woodpecker | Micropternus brachyurus | |
| 277 | Black-and-buff Woodpecker | Meiglyptes jugularis | |
| 278 | Pale-headed Woodpecker | Gecinulus grantia | |
| 279 | Common Flameback | Dinopium javanense | |
| 280 | Lesser Yellownape | Picus chlorolophus | |
| 281 | Streak-throated Woodpecker | Picus xanthopygaeus | |
| 282 | Laced Woodpecker | Picus vittatus | |
| 283 | Gray-headed Woodpecker | Picus canus | |
| 284 | Black-headed Woodpecker | Picus erythropygius | |
| 285 | Greater Yellownape | Chrysophlegma flavinucha | |
| 286 | Great Slaty Woodpecker | Mulleripicus pulverulentus | Vulnerable |
| 287 | White-bellied Woodpecker | Dryocopus javensis | |
| FALCONIFORMES: Falconidae | |||
| 288 | Collared Falconet | Microhierax caerulescens | |
| 289 | White-rumped Falcon | Neohierax insignis | Near-threatened |
| 290 | Eurasian Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | |
| 291 | Oriental Hobby | Falco severus | |
| 292 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| PSITTACIFORMES: Psittaculidae | |||
| 293 | Alexandrine Parakeet | Psittacula eupatria | Near-threatened |
| 294 | Gray-headed Parakeet | Psittacula finschii | Near-threatened |
| 295 | Blossom-headed Parakeet | Psittacula roseata | Near-threatened |
| 296 | Red-breasted Parakeet | Psittacula alexandri | Near-threatened |
| 297 | Vernal Hanging-Parrot | Loriculus vernalis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Eurylaimidae | |||
| 298 | Long-tailed Broadbill | Psarisomus dalhousiae | |
| 299 | Dusky Broadbill | Corydon sumatranus | |
| 300 | Black-and-red Broadbill | Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos | |
| 301 | Banded Broadbill | Eurylaimus javanicus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pittidae | |||
| 302 | Eared Pitta | Hydrornis phayrei | |
| 303 | Blue-rumped Pitta | Hydrornis soror | |
| 304 | Blue Pitta | Hydrornis cyaneus | |
| 305 | Bar-bellied Pitta | Hydrornis elliotii | |
| 306 | Blue-winged Pitta | Pitta moluccensis | |
| 307 | Hooded Pitta | Pitta sordida | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acanthizidae | |||
| 308 | Golden-bellied Gerygone | Gerygone sulphurea | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Campephagidae | |||
| 309 | Small Minivet | Pericrocotus cinnamomeus | |
| 310 | Long-tailed Minivet | Pericrocotus ethologus | |
| 311 | Scarlet Minivet | Pericrocotus speciosus | |
| 312 | Ashy Minivet | Pericrocotus divaricatus | |
| 313 | Brown-rumped Minivet | Pericrocotus cantonensis | |
| 314 | Rosy Minivet | Pericrocotus roseus | |
| 315 | Large Cuckooshrike | Coracina macei | |
| 316 | Black-winged Cuckooshrike | Lalage melaschistos | |
| 317 | Indochinese Cuckooshrike | Lalage polioptera | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Vireonidae | |||
| 318 | White-bellied Erpornis | Erpornis zantholeuca | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pachycephalidae | |||
| 319 | Mangrove Whistler | Pachycephala cinerea | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Oriolidae | |||
| 320 | Black-naped Oriole | Oriolus chinensis | |
| 321 | Slender-billed Oriole | Oriolus tenuirostris | |
| 322 | Black-hooded Oriole | Oriolus xanthornus | |
| 323 | Maroon Oriole | Oriolus traillii | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Artamidae | |||
| 324 | Ashy Woodswallow | Artamus fuscus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Vangidae | |||
| 325 | Large Woodshrike | Tephrodornis virgatus | |
| 326 | Common Woodshrike | Tephrodornis pondicerianus | |
| 327 | Bar-winged Flycatcher-shrike | Hemipus picatus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Aegithinidae | |||
| 328 | Common Iora | Aegithina tiphia | |
| 329 | Great Iora | Aegithina lafresnayei | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Rhipiduridae | |||
| 330 | Malaysian Pied-Fantail | Rhipidura javanica | |
| 331 | White-throated Fantail | Rhipidura albicollis | |
| 332 | White-browed Fantail | Rhipidura aureola | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicruridae | |||
| 333 | Black Drongo | Dicrurus macrocercus | |
| 334 | Ashy Drongo | Dicrurus leucophaeus | |
| 335 | Crow-billed Drongo | Dicrurus annectens | |
| 336 | Bronzed Drongo | Dicrurus aeneus | |
| 337 | Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus remifer | |
| 338 | Hair-crested Drongo | Dicrurus hottentottus | |
| 339 | Greater Racket-tailed Drongo | Dicrurus paradiseus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Monarchidae | |||
| 340 | Black-naped Monarch | Hypothymis azurea | |
| 341 | Amur Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone incei | |
| 342 | Blyth’s Paradise-Flycatcher | Terpsiphone affinis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Laniidae | |||
| 343 | Tiger Shrike | Lanius tigrinus | |
| 344 | Brown Shrike | Lanius cristatus | |
| 345 | Burmese Shrike | Lanius collurioides | |
| 346 | Long-tailed Shrike | Lanius schach | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Corvidae | |||
| 347 | Red-billed Blue-Magpie | Urocissa erythroryncha | |
| 348 | Indochinese Green-Magpie | Cissa hypoleuca | |
| 349 | Rufous Treepie | Dendrocitta vagabunda | |
| 350 | Racket-tailed Treepie | Crypsirina temia | |
| 351 | Large-billed Crow | Corvus macrorhynchos | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Stenostiridae | |||
| 352 | Gray-headed Canary-Flycatcher | Culicicapa ceylonensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Paridae | |||
| 353 | Cinereous Tit | Parus cinereus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae | |||
| 354 | Horsfield’s Bushlark | Mirafra javanica | |
| 355 | Indochinese Bushlark | Mirafra erythrocephala | |
| 356 | Oriental Skylark | Alauda gulgula | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Cisticolidae | |||
| 357 | Common Tailorbird | Orthotomus sutorius | |
| 358 | Dark-necked Tailorbird | Orthotomus atrogularis | |
| 359 | Ashy Tailorbird | Orthotomus ruficeps | |
| 360 | Annam Prinia | Prinia rocki | |
| 361 | Hill Prinia | Prinia superciliaris | |
| 362 | Rufescent Prinia | Prinia rufescens | |
| 363 | Gray-breasted Prinia | Prinia hodgsonii | |
| 364 | Yellow-bellied Prinia | Prinia flaviventris | |
| 365 | Plain Prinia | Prinia inornata | |
| 366 | Zitting Cisticola | Cisticola juncidis | |
| 367 | Golden-headed Cisticola | Cisticola exilis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Acrocephalidae | |||
| 368 | Thick-billed Warbler | Arundinax aedon | |
| 369 | Black-browed Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus bistrigiceps | |
| 370 | Blunt-winged Warbler | Acrocephalus concinens | |
| 371 | Oriental Reed Warbler | Acrocephalus orientalis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Locustellidae | |||
| 372 | Pallas’s Grasshopper Warbler | Helopsaltes certhiola | |
| 373 | Lanceolated Warbler | Locustella lanceolata | |
| 374 | Striated Grassbird | Cincloramphus palustris | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Hirundinidae | |||
| 375 | Gray-throated Martin | Riparia chinensis | |
| 376 | Bank Swallow | Riparia riparia | |
| 377 | Dusky Crag-Martin | Ptyonoprogne concolor | |
| 378 | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica | |
| 379 | Pacific Swallow | Hirundo tahitica | |
| 380 | Red-rumped Swallow | Cecropis daurica | |
| 381 | Striated Swallow | Cecropis striolata | |
| 382 | Rufous-bellied Swallow | Cecropis badia | |
| 383 | Common House-Martin | Delichon urbicum | |
| 384 | Asian House-Martin | Delichon dasypus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pycnonotidae | |||
| 385 | Black-headed Bulbul | Brachypodius melanocephalos | |
| 386 | Black-crested Bulbul | Rubigula flaviventris | |
| 387 | Striated Bulbul | Pycnonotus striatus | |
| 388 | Red-whiskered Bulbul | Pycnonotus jocosus | |
| 389 | Light-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus sinensis | |
| 390 | Sooty-headed Bulbul | Pycnonotus aurigaster | |
| 391 | Stripe-throated Bulbul | Pycnonotus finlaysoni | |
| 392 | Flavescent Bulbul | Pycnonotus flavescens | |
| 393 | Yellow-vented Bulbul | Pycnonotus goiavier | |
| 394 | Streak-eared Bulbul | Pycnonotus conradi | |
| 395 | Ochraceous Bulbul | Alophoixus ochraceus | |
| 396 | Puff-throated Bulbul | Alophoixus pallidus | |
| 397 | Gray-eyed Bulbul | Iole propinqua | |
| 398 | Black Bulbul | Hypsipetes leucocephalus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Phylloscopidae | |||
| 399 | Yellow-browed Warbler | Phylloscopus inornatus | |
| 400 | Radde’s Warbler | Phylloscopus schwarzi | |
| 401 | Dusky Warbler | Phylloscopus fuscatus | |
| 402 | Eastern Crowned Warbler | Phylloscopus coronatus | |
| 403 | Alström’s Warbler | Phylloscopus soror | |
| 404 | Two-barred Warbler | Phylloscopus plumbeitarsus | |
| 405 | Pale-legged Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus tenellipes | |
| 406 | Arctic Warbler | Phylloscopus borealis | |
| 407 | Blyth’s Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus reguloides | |
| 408 | Claudia’s Leaf Warbler | Phylloscopus claudiae | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Scotocercidae | |||
| 409 | Yellow-bellied Warbler | Abroscopus superciliaris | |
| 410 | Manchurian Bush Warbler | Horornis canturians | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sylviidae | |||
| 411 | Yellow-eyed Babbler | Chrysomma sinense | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Zosteropidae | |||
| 412 | White-collared Yuhina | Parayuhina diademata | |
| 413 | Chestnut-flanked White-eye | Zosterops erythropleurus | |
| 414 | Swinhoe’s White-eye | Zosterops simplex | |
| 415 | Indian White-eye | Zosterops palpebrosus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Timaliidae | |||
| 416 | Chestnut-capped Babbler | Timalia pileata | |
| 417 | Gray-faced Tit-Babbler | Mixornis kelleyi | |
| 418 | Pin-striped Tit-Babbler | Mixornis gularis | |
| 419 | Golden Babbler | Cyanoderma chrysaeum | |
| 420 | Rufous-capped Babbler | Cyanoderma ruficeps | |
| 421 | Large Scimitar-Babbler | Erythrogenys hypoleucos | |
| 422 | Gray-throated Babbler | Stachyris nigriceps | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Pellorneidae | |||
| 423 | Scaly-crowned Babbler | Malacopteron cinereum | |
| 424 | Collared Babbler | Gampsorhynchus torquatus | |
| 425 | Puff-throated Babbler | Pellorneum ruficeps | |
| 426 | Buff-breasted Babbler | Pellorneum tickelli | |
| 427 | Abbott’s Babbler | Malacocincla abbotti | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Leiothrichidae | |||
| 428 | Brown-cheeked Fulvetta | Alcippe poioicephala | |
| 429 | Black-browed Fulvetta | Alcippe grotei | |
| 430 | Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush | Garrulax monileger | |
| 431 | White-crested Laughingthrush | Garrulax leucolophus | |
| 432 | Black-throated Laughingthrush | Pterorhinus chinensis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sittidae | |||
| 433 | Velvet-fronted Nuthatch | Sitta frontalis | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Sturnidae | |||
| 434 | Golden-crested Myna | Ampeliceps coronatus | |
| 435 | Common Hill Myna | Gracula religiosa | |
| 436 | Daurian Starling | Agropsar sturninus | |
| 437 | Black-collared Starling | Gracupica nigricollis | |
| 438 | White-shouldered Starling | Sturnia sinensis | |
| 439 | Brahminy Starling | Sturnia pagodarum | Rare/Accidental |
| 440 | Chestnut-tailed Starling | Sturnia malabarica | |
| 441 | Common Myna | Acridotheres tristis | |
| 442 | Vinous-breasted Myna | Acridotheres leucocephalus | |
| 443 | Great Myna | Acridotheres grandis | |
| 444 | Crested Myna | Acridotheres cristatellus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Turdidae | |||
| 445 | Scaly Thrush | Zoothera dauma | |
| 446 | Green Cochoa | Cochoa viridis | |
| 447 | Siberian Thrush | Geokichla sibirica | |
| 448 | Orange-headed Thrush | Geokichla citrina | |
| 449 | Eyebrowed Thrush | Turdus obscurus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Muscicapidae | |||
| 450 | Gray-streaked Flycatcher | Muscicapa griseisticta | |
| 451 | Dark-sided Flycatcher | Muscicapa sibirica | |
| 452 | Ferruginous Flycatcher | Muscicapa ferruginea | |
| 453 | Asian Brown Flycatcher | Muscicapa dauurica | |
| 454 | Oriental Magpie-Robin | Copsychus saularis | |
| 455 | White-rumped Shama | Copsychus malabaricus | |
| 456 | Hainan Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis hainanus | |
| 457 | Indochinese Blue Flycatcher | Cyornis sumatrensis | |
| 458 | Large Niltava | Niltava grandis | |
| 459 | Blue-and-white Flycatcher | Cyanoptila cyanomelana | |
| 460 | Verditer Flycatcher | Eumyias thalassinus | |
| 461 | Rufous-tailed Robin | Larvivora sibilans | |
| 462 | Siberian Blue Robin | Larvivora cyane | |
| 463 | Bluethroat | Luscinia svecica | |
| 464 | Blue Whistling-Thrush | Myophonus caeruleus | |
| 465 | White-crowned Forktail | Enicurus leschenaulti | |
| 466 | Siberian Rubythroat | Calliope calliope | |
| 467 | White-tailed Robin | Myiomela leucura | |
| 468 | Yellow-rumped Flycatcher | Ficedula zanthopygia | |
| 469 | Narcissus Flycatcher | Ficedula narcissina | |
| 470 | Mugimaki Flycatcher | Ficedula mugimaki | |
| 471 | Taiga Flycatcher | Ficedula albicilla | |
| 472 | White-throated Rock-Thrush | Monticola gularis | |
| 473 | Blue Rock-Thrush | Monticola solitarius | |
| 474 | Amur Stonechat | Saxicola stejnegeri | |
| 475 | Pied Bushchat | Saxicola caprata | |
| 476 | Gray Bushchat | Saxicola ferreus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Dicaeidae | |||
| 477 | Thick-billed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum agile | |
| 478 | Yellow-vented Flowerpecker | Dicaeum chrysorrheum | |
| 479 | Plain Flowerpecker | Dicaeum minullum | |
| 480 | Fire-breasted Flowerpecker | Dicaeum ignipectus | |
| 481 | Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker | Dicaeum cruentatum | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Nectariniidae | |||
| 482 | Ruby-cheeked Sunbird | Chalcoparia singalensis | |
| 483 | Brown-throated Sunbird | Anthreptes malacensis | |
| 484 | Van Hasselt’s Sunbird | Leptocoma brasiliana | |
| 485 | Copper-throated Sunbird | Leptocoma calcostetha | |
| 486 | Purple Sunbird | Cinnyris asiaticus | |
| 487 | Olive-backed Sunbird | Cinnyris jugularis | |
| 488 | Black-throated Sunbird | Aethopyga saturata | |
| 489 | Green-tailed Sunbird | Aethopyga nipalensis | |
| 490 | Crimson Sunbird | Aethopyga siparaja | |
| 491 | Purple-naped Spiderhunter | Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum | |
| 492 | Little Spiderhunter | Arachnothera longirostra | |
| 493 | Streaked Spiderhunter | Arachnothera magna | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Irenidae | |||
| 494 | Asian Fairy-bluebird | Irena puella | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Chloropseidae | |||
| 495 | Blue-winged Leafbird | Chloropsis cochinchinensis | |
| 496 | Golden-fronted Leafbird | Chloropsis aurifrons | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Ploceidae | |||
| 497 | Streaked Weaver | Ploceus manyar | |
| 498 | Baya Weaver | Ploceus philippinus | |
| 499 | Asian Golden Weaver | Ploceus hypoxanthus | Near-threatened |
| PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae | |||
| 500 | Scaly-breasted Munia | Lonchura punctulata | |
| 501 | White-rumped Munia | Lonchura striata | |
| 502 | Chestnut Munia | Lonchura atricapilla | |
| 503 | White-headed Munia | Lonchura maja | |
| 504 | Pin-tailed Parrotfinch | Erythrura prasina | |
| 505 | Red Avadavat | Amandava amandava | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Passeridae | |||
| 506 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Introduced species |
| 507 | Plain-backed Sparrow | Passer flaveolus | |
| 508 | Eurasian Tree Sparrow | Passer montanus | |
| PASSERIFORMES: Motacillidae | |||
| 509 | Forest Wagtail | Dendronanthus indicus | |
| 510 | Gray Wagtail | Motacilla cinerea | |
| 511 | Eastern Yellow Wagtail | Motacilla tschutschensis | |
| 512 | White Wagtail | Motacilla alba | |
| 513 | Richard’s Pipit | Anthus richardi | |
| 514 | Paddyfield Pipit | Anthus rufulus | |
| 515 | Olive-backed Pipit | Anthus hodgsoni | |
| 516 | Red-throated Pipit | Anthus cervinus | |
| 517 | American Pipit | Anthus rubescens | Rare/Accidental |
| PASSERIFORMES: Emberizidae | |||
| 518 | Yellow-breasted Bunting | Emberiza aureola | Critically endangered |
| 519 | Chestnut Bunting | Emberiza rutila |
References
- Lepage, D. 2023. Checklist of the birds of Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Avibase, the world bird database. available at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org
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- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ [Taxonomy]
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