Vietnam Ramsar wetland
Xuan Thuy National Park
239 bird species recorded; the most in February.
Kristinvafranzi · CC BY-SA 3.0
This month here
145 species in January.186 species in February.154 species in March.112 species in April.23 species in May.0 species in June.12 species in July.25 species in August.134 species in September.169 species in October.110 species in November.161 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.
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No records for this month.
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VU- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
239 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).
- 239Speciesrecorded more than once
- 160Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 10ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 7,494Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 15Raptors
- 2Owls
- 43Waders
- 11Gulls & seabirds
- 13Ducks & geese
- 15Herons, ibises & grebes
- 2Storks & cranes
- 101Songbirds
- 37Other 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 239 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Marsh-harrierCircus spilonotus
- Black-winged KiteElanus caeruleus
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- Pied HarrierCircus melanoleucos
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Black KiteMilvus migrans
- Japanese BuzzardButeo japonicus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Grey-faced BuzzardButastur indicus
- Amur FalconFalco amurensis
- European HobbyFalco subbuteo
- Crested Honey BuzzardPernis ptilorhynchus
- Western Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- Oriental HobbyFalco severus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eastern Barn OwlTyto javanica
- Oriental Scops-owlOtus sunia
Waders43 species
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- Common GreenshankTringa nebularia
- RedshankTringa totanus
- Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaNT
- Marsh SandpiperTringa stagnatilis
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos
- Spotted RedshankTringa erythropus
- Kentish PloverCharadrius alexandrinus
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaVU
- DunlinCalidris alpinaNT
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopus
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Red-necked StintCalidris ruficollisNT
- Wood SandpiperTringa glareola
- Bar-tailed godwitLimosa lapponicaNT
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Greater Sand PloverCharadrius leschenaultii
- Terek SandpiperXenus cinereus
- Broad-billed SandpiperCalidris falcinellusVU
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaVU
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Great KnotCalidris tenuirostris
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Spoon-billed SandpiperCalidris pygmaeaCR
- Red KnotCalidris canutusNT
- Nordmann's GreenshankTringa guttifer
- Asian DowitcherLimnodromus semipalmatusNT
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresNT
- Temminck's StintCalidris temminckii
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- Grey-headed LapwingVanellus cinereus
- Long-toed StintCalidris subminuta
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Green SandpiperTringa ochropus
- Gray-tailed TattlerTringa brevipes
- Pin-tailed SnipeGallinago stenura
- Oriental PratincoleGlareola maldivarum
- Red-wattled LapwingVanellus indicus
- Pied AvocetRecurvirostra avosetta
- Far Eastern CurlewNumenius madagascariensis
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Pheasant-tailed JacanaHydrophasianus chirurgus
Gulls & seabirds11 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Whiskered TernChlidonias hybrida
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Saunders's GullChroicocephalus saundersi
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Little TernSternula albifrons
- Pallas's GullIchthyaetus ichthyaetus
- White-winged TernChlidonias leucopterus
- Black-tailed GullLarus crassirostris
Ducks & geese13 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Anas poecilorhynchaAnas poecilorhyncha
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- GarganeySpatula querquedula
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Eurasian WigeonMareca penelope
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
- Falcated DuckMareca falcata
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- GadwallMareca strepera
- Baer's PochardAythya baeriCR
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
Herons, ibises & grebes15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta
- Chinese Pond HeronArdeola bacchus
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Great White EgretArdea alba
- Black-faced SpoonbillPlatalea minorVU
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Purple heronArdea purpurea
- Egretta intermediaEgretta intermedia
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Eurasian SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodia
- Black-necked IbisThreskiornis melanocephalus
- Chinese EgretEgretta eulophotesVU
- Eurasian BitternBotaurus stellaris
- Grey PelicanPelecanus philippensisNT
Storks & cranes2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Painted StorkMycteria leucocephala
- Asian Open-bill StorkAnastomus oscitans
Songbirds101 species
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- Lanius schachLanius schach
- Dusky warblerPhylloscopus fuscatus
- Light-vented BulbulPycnonotus sinensis
- Stejneger's StonechatSaxicola stejnegeri
- Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercus
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Sooty-headed BulbulPycnonotus aurigaster
- Swinhoe's White-eyeZosterops simplex
- Plain PriniaPrinia inornata
- Common TailorbirdOrthotomus sutorius
- Yellow-browed WarblerPhylloscopus inornatus
- Red-billed StarlingSpodiopsar sericeus
- Great MynaAcridotheres grandis
- Oriental Magpie-robinCopsychus saularis
- White-shouldered StarlingSturnia sinensis
- Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis
- Brown ShrikeLanius cristatus
- Cinereous TitParus cinereus
- Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus
- Chinese BlackbirdTurdus mandarinus
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis
- Yellow-bellied PriniaPrinia flaviventris
- Muscicapa latirostrisMuscicapa latirostris
- Zitting CisticolaCisticola juncidis
- Blue Rock ThrushMonticola solitarius
- Black-faced buntingEmberiza spodocephala
- Crested mynaAcridotheres cristatellus
- Janpanese ThrushTurdus cardis
- Siberian RubythroatLuscinia calliope
- Daurian RedstartPhoenicurus auroreus
- Pallas's Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus proregulus
- White-throated FantailRhipidura albicollis
- Grey-backed ShrikeLanius tephronotus
- Hair-crested DrongoDicrurus hottentottus
- Richard's PipitAnthus richardi
- Oriolus chinensisOriolus chinensis
- Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- Siberian Blue RobinLuscinia cyane
- Black-browed Reed WarblerAcrocephalus bistrigiceps
- Blue Whistling ThrushMyophonus caeruleus
- Hainan Blue-flycatcherCyornis hainanus
- Red-flanked BluetailTarsiger cyanurus
- Arctic warblerPhylloscopus borealis
- Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus
- Oriental Reed WarblerAcrocephalus orientalis
- Grey-backed ThrushTurdus hortulorum
- Chestnut BuntingEmberiza rutila
- Taiga FlycatcherFicedula albicilla
- Acridotheres leucocephalusAcridotheres leucocephalus
- Black-winged CuckooshrikeCoracina melaschistos
- Lanceolated WarblerLocustella lanceolata
- White's ThrushZoothera aurea
- Dicrurus leucophaeusDicrurus leucophaeus
- Eastern Red-rumped SwallowCecropis daurica
- Yellow-breasted BuntingEmberiza aureolaCR
- Tiger ShrikeLanius tigrinus
- Radde’s warblerPhylloscopus schwarzi
- Black-naped MonarchHypothymis azurea
- Asian StubtailUrosphena squameiceps
- BluethroatLuscinia svecica
- Two-barred WarblerPhylloscopus plumbeitarsus
- Grey-crowned WarblerSeicercus tephrocephalus
- Japanese Bush WarblerHorornis diphone
- Chinese Penduline TitRemiz consobrinus
- Sulphur-breasted WarblerPhylloscopus ricketti
- Grey Bush ChatSaxicola ferreus
- Larvivora sibilansLarvivora sibilans
- Siberian ThrushGeokichla sibirica
- Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon
- Ashy MinivetPericrocotus divaricatus
- Black-breasted ThrushTurdus dissimilis
- Chestnut-eared BuntingEmberiza fucata
- Blue-and-white FlycatcherCyanoptila cyanomelana
- Burmese ShrikeLanius collurioides
- Eastern Crowned Leaf WarblerPhylloscopus coronatus
- White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
- White-cheeked StarlingSpodiopsar cineraceus
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Asian House MartinDelichon dasypus
- Fairy PittaPitta nymphaVU
- Eyebrowed thrushTurdus obscurus
- Dark-sided FlycatcherMuscicapa sibirica
- Rufescent PriniaPrinia rufescens
- Pale-legged WarblerPhylloscopus tenellipes
- Black BulbulHypsipetes leucocephalus
- Mugimaki FlycatcherFicedula mugimaki
- Yellow-rumped FlycatcherFicedula zanthopygia
- Hill Blue FlycatcherCyornis whitei
- Ashy BulbulHemixos flavala
- Brown-rumped MinivetPericrocotus cantonensis
- Little BuntingEmberiza pusilla
- Grey-breasted PriniaPrinia hodgsonii
- Pleske's Grasshopper-warblerLocustella pleskei
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Black-collared StarlingGracupica nigricollis
- Bianchi's WarblerSeicercus valentini
- Verditer FlycatcherEumyias thalassinus
Other birds37 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Pied KingfisherCeryle rudis
- White-breasted WaterhenAmaurornis phoenicurus
- White-breasted KingfisherHalcyon smyrnensis
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataVU
- Eastern Spotted DoveSpilopelia chinensis
- Slaty-breasted RailGallirallus striatus
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Red Collared DoveStreptopelia tranquebarica
- Western SwamphenPorphyrio porphyrio
- Oriental Turtle DoveStreptopelia orientalis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Eurasian HoopoeUpupa epops
- WryneckJynx torquilla
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Ruddy-breasted CrakePorzana fusca
- Edible-nest SwiftletAerodramus fuciphagus
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Common KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- CootFulica atra
- Asian Palm-swiftCypsiurus balasiensis
- Yellow-legged ButtonquailTurnix tanki
- White-collared KingfisherTodiramphus chloris
- Cuculus sparverioidesCuculus sparverioides
- Oriental DollarbirdEurystomus orientalis
- Grey NightjarCaprimulgus jotaka
- Pacific SwiftApus pacificus
- Cuculus saturatusCuculus saturatus
- Slaty-legged CrakeRallina eurizonoides
- Blue-tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinus
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Japanese QuailCoturnix japonicaNT
- WatercockGallicrex cinerea
- House SwiftApus nipalensis
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species in February.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan20°/16°31 mm
- Feb21°/17°19 mm
- Mar23°/19°45 mm
- Apr26°/22°64 mm
- May29°/26°163 mm
- Jun31°/28°157 mm
- Jul31°/28°254 mm
- Aug30°/28°302 mm
- Sep30°/27°315 mm
- Oct28°/24°218 mm
- Nov25°/21°69 mm
- Dec21°/17°34 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Xuan Thuy National Park.
National park
Xuan Thuy National Park is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Vietnam.
239 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 7,494 open records.
The most recorded are the Little Egret, the Common Greenshank and the Chinese Pond Heron.
20 species come for the summer, 124 for the winter and 16 only pass through.
10 are threatened worldwide, including Black-faced Spoonbill, Grey Plover and Black-capped Kingfisher.
The most species are recorded in February.
Get there and watch
- Official informationAccess, hours and rules from those who manage the place.Official site↗
- Ngô Đồngnearest town · 9.7 km in a straight line
- Cat Bi International Airport (HPH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 69 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
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers 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
- places to stay 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.
Other places nearby.
Xuan Thuy National Park
Vietnam
- 87Birdyas Score
- 239Species
- 160Migrants
- 10Threatened
Van Long Wetland Nature Reserve
Vietnam · 69 km
- 66Birdyas Score
- 175Species
- 78Migrants
- 3Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q1583627) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 7,494 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 |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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