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Tram Chim National Park

175 bird species recorded; the most from January to March.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec138at the peak
Species recorded in each month · tap a month

Quoilp at Vietnamese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

This month here

138 species in January.

The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.

Black Drongo
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusWinter visitorFabian Roudra Baroi · CC BY-SA 4.0
Western Swamphen
Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrioResidentAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 4.0
Little Cormorant
Little CormorantMicrocarbo nigerResidentshankar s. from Dubai, united arab emirates · CC BY 2.0
Purple heron
Purple heronArdea purpureaResidentYathin S Krishnappa · CC BY-SA 3.0
Asian Green Bee-eater
Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalisResidentVivek Puliyeri · CC BY-SA 4.0
Asian Open-bill Stork
Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitansResidentJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Little Egret
Little EgretEgretta garzettaResidentBirdman1 · CC BY 2.5
White-breasted Kingfisher
White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensisResidentZeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0
Brown Shrike
Brown ShrikeLanius cristatusWinter visitorJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Oriental Darter
Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogasterResidentJ.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Great White Egret
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCalibas · CC BY-SA 3.0
Greater Coucal
Greater CoucalCentropus sinensisResidentJ.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Eastern Marsh-harrier
Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotusWinter visitormarkaharper1 · CC BY-SA 2.0
Plain Prinia
Plain PriniaPrinia inornataResidentTisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0
Barn swallow
Barn swallowHirundo rusticaResidentAndreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5
Grey Heron
Grey HeronArdea cinereaResidentVassilios Vescoukis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Black-winged Kite
Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleusResidentJ.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 4.0
Pheasant-tailed Jacana
Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgusWinter visitorCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Black-capped KingfisherVU
Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataWinter visitorJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Oriental Reed Warbler
Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalisWinter visitorJ.M.Garg · CC BY-SA 3.0
Malaysian Pied Fantail
Malaysian Pied FantailRhipidura javanicaResidentJJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ayeyarwady Bulbul
Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordiResidentJerdon, 1862 · CC0
Pied Kingfisher
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudisResidentCharles J. Sharp · CC BY-SA 4.0
Golden-bellied Gerygone
Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphureaResidentGerygoneKeulemans.jpg : John Gerrard Keulemans derivative work: Berichard ( talk ) · Public domain
  • Resident all year
  • Summer visitor comes to breed
  • Winter visitor comes for the winter
  • Passage migrant in spring and autumn

In numbers

175 species, counted.

60out of 100

Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).

  • 175Speciesrecorded more than once
  • 58Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
  • 2ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
  • 13,303Recordsopen records within 6 km
  • 11Raptors
  • 3Owls
  • 15Waders
  • 1Gulls & seabirds
  • 9Ducks & geese
  • 17Herons, ibises & grebes
  • 5Storks & cranes
  • 71Songbirds
  • 43Other birds

From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.

The checklist

All 175 species.

By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.

Raptors11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
  • Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
  • Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
  • Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
  • OspreyPandion haliaetus
  • Black KiteMilvus migrans
  • Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
  • Black BazaAviceda leuphotes
  • Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
  • Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
  • Brahminy KiteHaliastur indus
Owls3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
  • Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
  • Eastern Grass-owlTyto longimembris
Waders15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Bronze-winged JacanaMetopidius indicus
  • Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
  • Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
  • Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
  • Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
  • Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
  • Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
  • Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
  • Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
  • Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
  • Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
  • Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
  • Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
  • Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
  • Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese9 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
  • Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
  • Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
  • GarganeySpatula querquedula
  • Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
  • Knob-billed DuckSarkidiornis melanotos
  • Northern PintailAnas acuta
  • Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
  • MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Herons, ibises & grebes17 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Little CormorantMicrocarbo niger
  • Purple heronArdea purpurea
  • Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
  • Little EgretEgretta garzetta
  • Great White EgretArdea alba
  • Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
  • Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
  • Grey HeronArdea cinerea
  • Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
  • Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
  • Indian CormorantPhalacrocorax fuscicollis
  • Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
  • Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
  • Striated HeronButorides striata
  • Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
  • Javan Pond-HeronArdeola speciosa
  • Grey PelicanPelecanus philippensisNT
Storks & cranes5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
  • Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
  • Sarus CraneGrus antigoneVU
  • Lesser Adjutant StorkLeptoptilos javanicusNT
  • Asian WoollyneckCiconia episcopusNT
Songbirds71 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
  • Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
  • Malaysian Pied FantailRhipidura javanica
  • Ayeyarwady BulbulPycnonotus blanfordi
  • Racket-tailed TreepieCrypsirina temia
  • Golden-bellied GerygoneGerygone sulphurea
  • Barn swallowHirundo rustica
  • Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
  • Striated GrassbirdMegalurus palustris
  • Yellow-vented BulbulPycnonotus goiavier
  • Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
  • Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
  • Common IoraAegithina tiphia
  • Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
  • Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
  • Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
  • Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
  • Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
  • Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
  • Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus
  • House SparrowPasser domesticus
  • Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
  • White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
  • Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
  • Ashy TailorbirdOrthotomus ruficeps
  • Plain-backed SparrowPasser flaveolus
  • Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
  • Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnia malabarica
  • Acridotheres leucocephalusAcridotheres leucocephalus
  • Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
  • Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
  • Plain-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis
  • White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
  • Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
  • Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
  • Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
  • Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
  • Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
  • Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
  • Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
  • Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus
  • Indian White-eyeZosterops palpebrosus
  • Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
  • Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
  • Sand MartinRiparia riparia
  • Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
  • Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
  • Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
  • Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata
  • Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
  • Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
  • Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
  • Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar
  • Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
  • Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
  • Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
  • Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
  • BluethroatLuscinia svecica
  • Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
  • Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
  • Pale-legged WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
  • Greater Racket-tailed DrongoDicrurus paradiseus
  • Van Hasselt's SunbirdLeptocoma brasiliana
  • Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
  • Black-hooded OrioleOriolus xanthornus
  • Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
  • Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
  • Golden-headed CisticolaCisticola exilis
  • Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
  • Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
  • Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
Other birds43 species
JFMAMJJASOND
  • Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
  • Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
  • Asian Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalis
  • Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
  • Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
  • Zebra DoveGeopelia striata
  • Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
  • Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
  • White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
  • Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
  • Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
  • Coppersmith BarbetPsilopogon haemacephalus
  • White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
  • Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
  • Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
  • Pink-necked Green-PigeonTreron vernans
  • Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
  • White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
  • Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
  • Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
  • Blue-eared KingfisherAlcedo meninting
  • Large-tailed NightjarCaprimulgus macrurus
  • Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
  • Freckle-breasted WoodpeckerDendrocopos analis
  • Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
  • Rock DoveColumba livia
  • House SwiftApus nipalensis
  • Chestnut-headed Bee-eaterMerops leschenaulti
  • WatercockGallicrex cinerea
  • Laced WoodpeckerPicus vittatus
  • Orange-breasted Green-pigeonTreron bicinctus
  • White-browed CrakePorzana cinerea
  • Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
  • Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
  • Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
  • Stork-billed KingfisherPelargopsis capensis
  • Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
  • Coracias affinisCoracias affinis
  • Slaty-breasted RailGallirallus striatus
  • Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
  • Blue-throated Bee-eaterMerops viridis
  • Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatus
  • King QuailSynoicus chinensis

Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.

When to go

The most species from January to March.

Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.

  1. Jan13832°/21°16 mm
  2. Feb13435°/22°8 mm
  3. Mar13536°/24°19 mm
  4. Apr10637°/25°43 mm
  5. May11334°/26°130 mm
  6. Jun8631°/25°208 mm
  7. Jul7230°/24°169 mm
  8. Aug9630°/24°160 mm
  9. Sep7530°/24°188 mm
  10. Oct9330°/24°188 mm
  11. Nov12430°/23°103 mm
  12. Dec11230°/22°34 mm
  • Bar: species recorded that month.
  • Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
  • Rain: monthly total.

The place

Tram Chim National Park.

National park

Tram Chim National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Vietnam.

175 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 13,303 open records.

The most recorded are the Little Cormorant, the Purple heron and the Western Swamphen.

18 species come for the summer, 40 for the winter and 0 only pass through.

2 are threatened worldwide, including Black-capped Kingfisher and Sarus Crane.

The most species are recorded from January to March.

Đồng cỏ và chim nước
Quoilp at Vietnamese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

Get there and watch

  • Motel Anh Kiệtplace to stay · 7.1 km · 2 within 10 km
  • Tràm Chimnearest town · 8.0 km in a straight line
  • Can Tho International Airport (VCA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 74 km in a straight line

Plan the visit

A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above

The place and its surroundings.

The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.

Tram Chim National Park seen from above (Sentinel-2)
Seen from above: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6 × 6 km, north up. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around, in OpenStreetMap

  • 3observation towers within 6 km
  • 2places to stay within 10 kmMotel Anh Kiệt
  • bird hides within 6 km
  • marked trails within 4 km
  • visitor centres within 6 km
  • viewpoints within 5 km
  • car parks within 3 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km
  • campsites within 10 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Photographs

The place, as people saw it.

Anastomus oscitans Tràm Chim 1
Hungda · CC BY-SA 3.0
Anastomus oscitans Tràm Chim 2
Hungda · CC BY-SA 3.0
Chim Hạc ở Vườn Quốc Gia Tràm Chim
Nhthien · CC BY-SA 3.0

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  • 60Birdyas Score
  • 175Species
  • 58Migrants
  • 2Threatened

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  • 41Birdyas Score
  • 58Species
  • 17Migrants
  • 1Threatened

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Cát Tiên National Park

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  • 48Birdyas Score
  • 96Species
  • 22Migrants
  • 2Threatened

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  • 69Birdyas Score
  • 222Species
  • 91Migrants
  • 2Threatened

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Where these figures come from

Name and typeWikidata (Q586985) · CC0
Birds13,303 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
See these recordsgbif.org
SpeciesGBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons
AltitudeCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Temperature and rainNASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2)
What is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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