Common Birds of Vietnam

One of the world's most critically endangered birds — probably extinct in the wild, with a tiny captive population; its rediscovery in the field would be one of ornithology's greatest events.

A Vietnam endemic pheasant — the beautiful ocellated tail pattern is displayed by males in dense forest undergrowth, best found by its high-pitched whistle in primary forest.

The most reliable and visually spectacular pheasant in Vietnam — walks forest trails at dawn in Cát Tiên NP, the silver-scaled back and red facial wattles making males unmistakable.

An Annamite endemic pitta with vivid sky-blue, green, and yellow plumage — found on the forest floor of moist forest in central Vietnam by patient early-morning searching.

One of Asia's least-known partridges — described only in 1927, it remains poorly studied in the few southern Vietnam forests where it still occurs.

A Near Threatened Vietnamese endemic woodpecker restricted to northern Vietnam and adjacent Laos — found in woodlands with large trees, often drumming on dead trunks.

A Vietnam endemic subspecies of Cutia with striking black, white, and rufous patterning — found in mixed broadleaf forest on the Da Lat Plateau above 1,000 m.

A Vietnam endemic babbler found in bamboo and scrub near the central coast — small groups move through tangled growth giving distinctive nasal chattering calls.