Birding highlights: Sarus Crane, Lesser Adjutant, Painted Stork, Oriental Darter, Spot-billed Pelican, Woolly-necked Stork, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Bronze-winged Jacana, Stork-billed Kingfisher, Asian Golden Weaver.
Gateway cities: Ho Chi Minh City (140km).
Airport: Tan Son Nhat International Airport - Ho Chi Minh City (140km)
Best time to visit Tram Chim National Park for a birding trip: December to May
Tram Chim National Park is one of the best birding hotspots in Southern Vietnam, located in Dong Thap Province, Mekong Delta, Vietnam. This park was established in 1994.
Tram Chim National Park – the 2,000th Ramsar site in the world has been a famous eco-tourism destination in Mekong Delta thanks to the rich biodiversity and lots of interesting activities.
The site has large areas of seasonally inundated grassland and Melaleuca forest. Large populations of waterbirds are found at the site, particularly in the winter when many thousands of waterfowl visit. In the area are seen some rare birds including Sarus Crane, Painted Stork, Lesser Adjutant, Asian Golden Weaver.
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Note: *** Subspecies of a full species (above) have been recorded in Vietnam, with different traits and are defined by scientists - These subspecies may split into full species in future updates.
1. Lesser Whistling-Duck
2. Cotton Pygmy-Goose
3. Northern Pintail
4. Ashy-headed Green-Pigeon
5. White-browed Crake
6. Sarus Crane
7. Pheasant-tailed Jacana
8. Bronze-winged Jacana
9. Oriental Pratincole
10. Woolly-necked Stork/Asian Woollyneck
11. Lesser Adjutant
12. Painted Stork
13. Oriental Darter
14. Spot-billed Pelican
15. Black-winged Kite/Black-shouldered Kite
16. Oriental Honey-buzzard
***Indomalayan Honey-buzzard
17. Black Baza
18. Stork-billed Kingfisher
19. Pied Kingfisher
20. Green Bee-eater/Asian Green Bee-eater
21. Coppersmith Barbet
22. Golden-bellied Gerygone
23. Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker
24. Brown-throated Sunbird
25. Asian Golden Weaver
26. Yellow-breasted Bunting