This is a list of common birds that are often found in Vietnam. On your trip through the country, you may find some here and there: in cities, in the countryside, in the paddyfields,... Some species are found more in the lowland, while others are often found in the highlands,... In most cases, you do not have to be on birding tours in Vietnam to watch them.

List of Common Birds of Vietnam

1/ Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

2/ House sparrow (Passer domesticus)

3/ Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)

4/ Plain prinia (Prinia inornata)

5/ Yellow-bellied prinia (Prinia flaviventris)

6/ Common myna (Acridotheres tristis)

7/ Little egret (Egretta garzetta)

8/ Medium egret (Ardea intermedia)

9/ Great egret (Ardea alba)

10/ Long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike (Lanius schach)

11/ Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides)

12/ Sooty-headed bulbul (Pycnonotus aurigaster)

13/ Red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)

14/ Light-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis)

15/ Plaintive cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

16/ Oriental magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis)

17/ Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis)

18/ Common tailorbird (Orthotomus sutorius)