Vietnam Ramsar wetland
Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve
175 bird species recorded; the most from February to March.
Hòa Nguyễn · CC BY 2.0
This month here
100 species in January.112 species in February.118 species in March.90 species in April.75 species in May.38 species in June.32 species in July.48 species in August.61 species in September.78 species in October.104 species in November.100 species in December.
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.
- 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.
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
- 78Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 3ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 8,912Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 165 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 18Raptors
- 4Owls
- 10Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 14Ducks & geese
- 14Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 76Songbirds
- 36Other 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.
Raptors18 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Crested Serpent EagleSpilornis cheela
- Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Greater spotted eagleAquila clanga
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Black EagleIctinaetus malayensis
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- Oriental HobbyFalco severus
- Jerdon's BazaAviceda jerdoni
- Mountain Hawk-EagleNisaetus nipalensisNT
- Black BazaAviceda leuphotes
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
Owls4 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Barred OwletGlaucidium cuculoides
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Collared OwletGlaucidium brodiei
- Collared Scops-owlOtus lettia
Waders10 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- River LapwingVanellus duvauceliiNT
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
Ducks & geese14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Ferruginous DuckAythya nyrocaNT
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- Cotton Pygmy GooseNettapus coromandelianus
- Lesser Whistling DuckDendrocygna javanica
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Chinese Spot-billed DuckAnas zonorhyncha
- Common PochardAythya ferinaVU
- Baikal TealSibirionetta formosa
Herons, ibises & grebes14 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Reef HeronEgretta sacra
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Oriental DarterAnhinga melanogaster
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
- Tibetan CraneGrus nigricollisNT
Songbirds76 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Spice FinchLonchura punctulata
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- Limestone Wren-BabblerNapothera crispifrons
- Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Dark-necked TailorbirdOrthotomus atrogularis
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Stripe-throated BulbulPycnonotus finlaysoni
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Black-crested BulbulPycnonotus flaviventris
- Crested mynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- Dusky Crag MartinPtyonoprogne concolor
- Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Ashy BulbulHemixos flavala
- Pallas’s grasshopper warblerLocustella certhiola
- Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinae
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Grey-headed Canary-FlycatcherCulicicapa ceylonensis
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
- Puff-throated BulbulAlophoixus pallidus
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Puff-throated BabblerPellorneum ruficeps
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Ashy Wood SwallowArtamus fuscus
- White-winged MagpieUrocissa whiteheadiNT
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Striped Tit BabblerMacronus gularis
- Large-billed CrowCorvus macrorhynchos
- Common IoraAegithina tiphia
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Limestone Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus calciatilis
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Pale-footed Bush WarblerUrosphena pallidipes
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Large NiltavaNiltava grandis
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Bronzed DrongoDicrurus aeneus
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Brown-flanked Bush WarblerHorornis fortipes
Other birds36 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- White-browed CrakePorzana cinerea
- CootFulica atra
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Rhopodytes tristisRhopodytes tristis
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- Cook's SwiftApus cooki
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Baillon's CrakePorzana pusilla
- Slaty-breasted RailGallirallus striatus
- Himalayan SwiftletAerodramus brevirostris
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Black-tailed CrakePorzana bicolor
- Brown-backed NeedletailHirundapus giganteus
- Common Emerald DoveChalcophaps indica
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Grey-capped Pygmy WoodpeckerYungipicus canicapillus
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 February to March.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan20°/11°30 mm
- Feb23°/13°20 mm
- Mar26°/16°46 mm
- Apr30°/20°71 mm
- May32°/23°173 mm
- Jun32°/25°172 mm
- Jul31°/25°276 mm
- Aug30°/24°315 mm
- Sep30°/23°254 mm
- Oct27°/20°151 mm
- Nov24°/16°57 mm
- Dec20°/11°26 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve.
Nature reserve in Vietnam
Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Vietnam.
175 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 8,912 open records.
The most recorded are the Chinese Pond Heron, the Common Kingfisher and the Great White Egret.
23 species come for the summer, 52 for the winter and 3 only pass through.
3 are threatened worldwide, including Black-capped Kingfisher, Black-faced Spoonbill and Common Pochard.
The most species are recorded from February to March.
Get there and watch
- Emeraldaplace to stay · 1.6 km · 11 within 10 km
- Menearest town · 4.9 km in a straight line
- Noi Bai International Airport (HAN)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 95 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.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 3car parks within 3 km
- 4restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- 11places to stay within 10 kmEmeralda, Aquarius, Net Que and 8 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- marked trails within 4 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas4 mountains within 25 kmNúi Mao Gà · 6.1 kmBài Thang · 8.9 kmĐồi Khe Gôi · 21 kmĐồi Hang Nước · 24 km
Cavernyas1 caves within 20 kmTam Cốc-Bích Động · 18 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve
Vietnam
- 66Birdyas Score
- 175Species
- 78Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q105723502) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 8,912 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Cavernyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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