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Located in mainland South-East Asia bordering Cambodia and Laos to the west, China to the north and the South China Sea to the east, Vietnam is a long thin strip of a country with over 3,000 kilometres of coastline. There are now considered to be twelve true Vietnamese endemics. Vietnam has some great birding sites, most of which are protected within the national park system. Sites in the south of the country include areas of lowland evergreen and semi-evergreen forest at Cat Tien National Park, montane evergreen forests on the Dalat Plateau and natural grasslands, mangroves and mudflats in the Mekong Delta. The habitats in the central region vary from dry dipterocarp forest at Yok Don National Park to lowland and montane evergreen forest at Bach Ma National Park and Lo Xo and limestone forest at Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. In northern Vietnam habitats range from coastal mangroves and mudflats at Xuan Thuy National Park in the Red River Delta, to lowland evergreen forest on limestone at Cuc Phuong National Park, lowland and montane evergreen forest at Tam Dao National Park and Ba Vi National Park and the upper montane and sub-alpine forests of Sapa. Text from Vietnam Birding, leading bird tour operators for Vietnam

Grey-crowned Crocias, endemic to Vietnam © Craig Robson/Birdquest

Trip Reports Vietnam, 13th April - 2nd May 2001, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 19, 2004) Bach Ma, National Park, Vietnam, October 2002, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 19, 2004) Vietnam, 26th January - 14th February 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 19, 2004) Vietnam, 15th March - 3rd April 2004, author Surfbirds Admin (added September 19, 2004) Vietnam, February 2002 , author Surfbirds Admin (link created September 19, 2004) Xuan Thuy, Vietnam, 2-4 September 2006, author toon de bruyn (added September 17, 2006) (Painted Stork, River Lapwing, different terns...) Central & Southern Vietnam, author Nguyen Hoai Bao (link created October 12, 2008) (Birding in Vietnam) South Vietnam - April 2007, author Low Bing Wen Albert (added November 26, 2007) (Cat Tien, Deo Nui San, Da Lat, Ho Tuyen Lam) Vietnam 12th February - 5th March 2005, author Allan Drewitt (added March 14, 2005) (Da Lat, Cat Tien, Xuan Thuy, Cuc Phuong, Tam Dao) Vietnam - 10th – 29th March 2005, author Denis Teece (added June 28, 2005) (251 species were seen or heard in total) South Vietnam - 13th - 22nd November 2010, author Clayton Burne (added July 8, 2011) (Da Lat Plateau and Nam Cat Tien National Park) South Vietnam Dec. 2009, author John van der Woude (link created January 25, 2011) (Cat Tien, Da Lat) Viet Nam - Birds and mad bikers, author Clayton Burne (link created December 9, 2010) (Lang Biang, Di Nong Trai, Ho Tuyen Lam, Nam Cat Tien, Grey-crowned Crocias, Vietnamese Greenfinch) Vietnam Mar 2006. Best value-for-money destination in S.E. Asia, author James Heng (link created December 8, 2006) (The Budget Twitcher's Guide to Twitching Across Vietnam) Vietnam - November 12-16, 2006, author Nguyen Hoai Bao (added December 6, 2006) (cat tien, tan phu, green peafowl, germain's peacock, siamese fireback,) Vietnam, Phong Na, December 2008, author Charles Davies (added December 29, 2008) (Sooty Babbler) Vietnam, Observations Jan 03- Jun 06, author Stephane Doppagne (added December 16, 2006) (Cuc Phuong, Cat Tien, Xuan Thuy, Tam Dao, Ba Vi, Dalat, Di Linh, Yok Don, Bach Ma, Phong Nha) Vietnam Birdwatching - Cat Tien national Park, author Nguyen Hoai Bao (link created December 15, 2006) (vietnam, cat tien, tan phu, green peafowl, germain's peacock, siamese fireback, pheasants, drongo, woodpecker) Vietnam - April 7th - 30th 2010, author Robert Higbie (added August 6, 2010) (Yok Don, Cat Tien ) Vietnam - Endemic birds and endangered primates in the heart of Indo-China Feb/2011, author Nguyen Hoai Bao (link created April 6, 2011) (Vietnam birding) Vietnam - Endemic birds and endangered primates in the heart of Indo-China, author Nguyen Hoai Bao (added April 6, 2011) (vietnam, birding, report) South Vietnam, author Bengt legnell (link created April 18, 2011) (Dalat, Cat Tien) Showing the 22 Most Recent Trip Reports Posted BACK TO TRIP REPORTS HOME PAGE POST A TRIP REPORT EDIT YOUR TRIP REPORTS

Recent Sightings Vietnam, Ba be, White-eared author Nguyen Hoai Bao (added April 6, 2011) CUC PHUONG , 2 EARED PITTAS 2 RUSTY NAPED PITTAS 1 SEEN EVERY author swdzvspkcv (added June 11, 2010) Vietnamese Cutia, Orange-brested Laughingthrush, Black-backed Sebia, Vietnamese author Nguyen Hoai Bao (added October 23, 2007) XUAN THUY - East Tonkin - Vietnam, Little Grebe Gray Heron Great Egret Little author toon de bruyn (added January 8, 2007) Hanoi, Red River Island, Chinese Pond-Heron 2 Black-shouldered author toon de bruyn (added December 23, 2006) Showing the 5 Latest Recent Sightings Posted  See More ADD SOME RECENT SIGHTINGS

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