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Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 17:49:51 PST
From: "Philip Hotlen" <philiphotlen at hotmail.com>


A woefully small sampling of Vietnam's birds, as seen by
myself. But I don't guarantee all identifications. I only
had Wildash's book (1968) as a field guide. Many of these
were winter visitors. And some of them are/were (just)
outside of the ranges specified in Ben King's field guide.
Additional shorebirds were at those Chu Lai (Monsoon)
wetlands. Common names here only. Request more details if
desired. My notes were written in the margins of my copy of
Wildash's book. I usualy carried an 8-powered monocular
with me.

1. Gray Heron Chu Lai wetlands
2. Purple Heron " "
3. Little Egret Bien Hoa (Saigon area)
4. Cattle Egret Long Binh ( " " )
5. Chinese Pond Heron Chu Lai wetlands
6. Black-crowned Night-Heron " " "
7. Black-shouldered Kite Pleiku
8. Black Kite Saigon River (& Hong Kong)
9. White-bellied Sea-Eagle Chu Lai (above sea bluffs)
10. White-rumped Vulture Chu Lai (along sea bluffs)
11. Pied harrier Pleiku
12. Eastern Marsh Harrier Pleiku ("Eastern" assumed)
13. Changeable Hawk-Eagle An Khe (edge of forest)(vulnerable?)
14. Common Kestrel Bien Hoa, Chu Lai
15. Red-wattled lapwing esp. Chu Lai
16. Little Plover Pleiku
17. Kentish Plover Chu Lai (estuary - Binh Son)
18. Spotted Redshank Chu Lai wetlands
19. Common Redshank " " "
20. Common Greenshank " " "
21. Wood Sandpiper " " " (quite common vsv. others)
22. Common Sandpiper An Khe (river to the east)
23. Red-necked Stint Chu Lai (with Kentish Plovers)
24. Pintail Snipe Pleiku (flight style, habitat, etc.)
25. Common Snipe Chu Lai wetlands (dowitcher-like)
26. Black-headed Gull Pleiku (flock appeared over fields)
27. Common tern Chu Lai (once)(flew by off beach)
28. Little Tern Chu Lai (quite common)
29. Indian Skimmer An Khe (flooded airport area)
(note: just after a hurricane raked the area)
30. Rock Pigeon Saigon, Hue
31. Red Collared Dove Chu Lai (ground doves near airbase)
32. Spotted Dove country-wide
33. Greater Coucal Pleiku (pheasant-like)
34. Fork-tailed Swift Saigon River
35. House Swift Pleiku
36. Asian Palm Swift Quang Ngai area (tall fan palms)
37. White-throated Kingfisher country-wide (telephone wires)
38. Black-capped Kingfisher Chu Lai (migrant)
39. Collared Kingfisher Chu Lai (below sea bluffs)
40. Lesser Pied Kingfisher Chu Lai (always hovering)
41. Green Bee-eater Hue area(sallies over water)
42. Blue-throated Bee-eater country-wide (telephone wires)
43. Dollar Bird Pleiku area
44. Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker " "
45. Bay Woodpecker An Khe (big-tree forest habitat)
(note: vulnerable to deforestation!)
46. Australasian Bushlark Chu Lai (near dump)
47. Barn Swallow Bien Hoa
48. Red-rumped swallow Bien Hoa
49. Yellow Wagtail Chu Lai wetlands
50. Richard's Pipit Pleiku (around camp)
51. Red-throated Pipit " ( " " )
52. Black-crested Bulbul An Khe
53. Red-whiskered Bulbul Quang Ngai, Pleiku (& Miami,Florida)
54. Sooty-headed Bulbul Chu Lai
55. Sreaked-eared (Blandford's) Bulbul Chu Lai(around Casaurinas)
XX. pos. Gray-eyed Bulbul(shades of green) Quang Ngai (temple garden)
56. Brown Shrike Chu Lai, Pleiku
57. Burmese Shrike Pleiku
58. Long-tailed (Schach) Shrike An Khe, Hue area (tel. wires)
59. Oriental Magpie-robin Pleiku area
60. Slaty-backed Forktail An Khe area
(note: this endemic seen along shallow river to the east.)
61. Blue Rock Thrush Chu lai (above sea bluffs)
62. Streaked Wren-babbler Pleiku area
(note: caught in rodent live-trap, set for wild rodents)
XX. Scimitar Babbler sp. Quang Ngai area (temple flower garden)
63. Yellow-bellied Prinia Pleiku (warbler-like; in high bushes)
64. Common tailorbird Pleiku (in hedge-line near compound)
65.Yellow-breasted Bunting Pleiku (as winter buntings)
66. Black-faced Munia Pleiku area
67. Scaly-breasted Munia Pleiku, An Khe
68. Plain=backed Sparrow An Khe (needs a more exotic name!)
69. Eurasian Tree Sparrow ubiquitous
70. Chestnut-tailed Starling Pleiku
71. Chinese Starling An Khe
72. Black-collared Starling Pleiku
73. Common Mynah Country-wide
74. Crested Mynah Chu Lai (several around camp)
75. Golden-crested Mynah An Khe (pair conspicuous in canopy)
(note: vulnerable to deforestation!)
76. Black Drongo country-wide (tel. wires)
77. Large-billed Crow Cam Ranh Bay, an Khe
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Total more or less positively identified: 77 (1 restrained in trap)

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