page_title: Wildlife of Vietnam
section_title: Birds
hierarchical_section_title: Wildlife of Vietnam / Fauna / Birds
caption_attribution_description: English: Male Edwards' pheasant, Lophura edwardsi
context_page_description: The wildlife of Vietnam is rich in flora and fauna as reflected by its unique biodiversity. Rare and endemic antelope-like animal, categorized under the bovine subfamily, was found in 1992, in Bạch Mã National Park. In the 1990s, three other large mammal species, the deer-like Truong Son muntjac, giant muntjac and Pu Hoat muntjac, were also discovered, the first two in the same park. Conservation protection and scientific studies of the ecology of Vietnam, particularly in the protected forest areas, have been given priority attention by the Government of Vietnam. Laws were enacted to set up Xuân Thủy Wetland National Park, four UNESCO Biosphere Reserves, and Hạ Long Bay and Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng National Parks; the last two are also designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
  The rich diversity of Vietnam’s wildlife includes 11,400 species of vascular plants, 1030 species of moss, 310 species of mammals, 296 reptile species, 162 amphibian species, 700 freshwater species of fish and 2000 species of marine fish. There are about 889 species of birds and 310 species of land mollusks.
context_section_description: Rare and little known birds have been identified such as the Edward’s pheasant which was believed to be extinct, the white-winged wood duck and the white-shouldered ibis. The country lies on the east Asian flyway of Siberian birds and is an important stopover for migratory waders.
  According to the BirdLife International records of 2011, the avifauna recorded are of 889 species, which includes 18 endemic species, 44 globally threatened species and 6 introduced species. The globally threatened species are listed under the following three categories, excluding vulnerable category.
  Near-threatened
  The near threatened species listed by IBA are:
  Falcated duck (Anas falcata)
  Ferruginous duck  (Aythya nyroca)
  Chestnut-necklaced partridge (Arborophila charltonii)
  Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi)
  Germain's peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron germaini)
  Platalea minor (Ichthyophaga humilis)
  Gray-headed fish-eagle (Ichthyophaga ichthyaetus)
  Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)
  White-rumped falcon (Polihierax insignis)
  Laggar falcon (Falco jugger)
  Corn crake (Crex crex)
  Band-bellied crake (Porzana paykullii)
  Malaysian plover (Charadrius peronii)
  Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)
  Black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa)
  Asian dowitcher (Limnodromus semipalmatus)
  Black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda)
  Nicobar pigeon  (Caloenas nicobarica)
  Blue-rumped parrot (Psittinus cyanurus)
  Long-tailed parakeet (Psittacula longicauda)
  Black-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi)
  Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi)
  Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
  Black hornbill (Anthracoceros malayanus)
  Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
  Brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni)
  White-crowned hornbill (Aceros comatus)
  Red-collared woodpecker (Picus rabieri)
  Japanese paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata)
  Collared crow (Corvus torquatus)
  Yellow-billed nuthatch (Sitta solangiae)
  Streaked bulbul (Ixos malaccensis)
  Black-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis margaritae)
  Rufous-rumped grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis)
  Short-tailed scimitar-babbler (Jabouilleia danjoui)
  Black-hooded laughingthrush (Garrulax milleti);
  Vietnamese cutia (Cutia legalleni)
  Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker (Prionochilus thoracicus)
  Mekong wagtail (Motacilla samveasnae)
  Vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti)
  Asian golden weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)
  Endangered
  The endangered list covers the following species.
  White-winged duck (Cairina scutulata)
  Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri)
  Scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus)
  Orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi)
  Edwards's pheasant  (Lophura edwardsi)
  Vietnamese pheasant
  Black-faced spoonbill
  Lesser fish-eagle (Platalea minor)
  Nordmann's greenshank (Tringa guttifer)
  Collared laughingthrush (Garrulax yersini)
  Gray-crowned crocias (Crocias langbianis)
  Sooty babbler (Stachyris herberti)
  Critically endangered
  The list of critically endangered species identified by IBA is given below.
  Christmas Island frigatebird (Fregata andrewsi)
  White-shouldered ibis  (Pseudibis davisoni)
  Giant ibis (Pseudibis gigantea)
  White-rumped vulture  (Gyps bengalensis)
  Indian vulture (Gyps indicus)
  Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
  Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)
  Spoon-billed sandpiper (Eurynorhynchus pygmeus)
caption: Male Edward's pheasant
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