Can Gio mangroves and mudflat*
Bird fauna - Birding
While dominant habitat type at Can Gio, plantation mangrove, is of relatively low importance for key bird species, the intertidal mudflats and sandbanks at the site are important habitats for migratory waterbirds. Several rare waterbird species have been recorded at the site, including Spotted Greenshank, Asian Dowitcher, Spot-billed Pelican and Painted Stork. In addition, the globally endangered Black-faced Spoonbill has been recorded at the site, although it is not believed to regularly occur in significant numbers.
Most highlights
Painted Stork, Nordmann's Greenshank and Asian Dowitcher, Spoon-billed Sandpiper and a lot of shorebirds
Transportation
The site is two hours from Ho Chi Minh City by car
Accommodations
Guesthouses and restaurants are available at Can Gio Beach Resort.
Can Gio Biosphere Reserve Birdlist
1. Lesser Whistling-duck
2. Common Kingfisher
3. White-throated Kingfisher
4. Black-capped Kingfisher
5. Collared Kingfisher
6. Blue-tailed Bee-eater
7. Plaintive Cuckoo
8. Black-tailed Godwit
9. Bar-tailed Godwit
10. Whimbrel
11. Eurasian Curlew
12. Common Redshank
13. Marsh Sandpiper
14. Common Greenshank
15. Nordmann's Greenshank
16. Wood Sandpiper
17. Terek Sandpiper
18. Common Sandpiper
19. Ruddy Turnstone
20. Asian Dowitcher
21. Red-necked Stint
22. Long-toed Stint
23. Curlew Sandpiper
24. Broad-billed Sandpiper
25. Black-winged Stilt
26. Pacific Golden Plover
27. Grey Plover
28. Little Ringed Plover
29. Kentish Plover
30. Lesser Sand Plover
31. Greater Sand Plover
32. Black-headed Gull
33. Gull-billed Tern
34. Caspian Tern
35. Common Tern
36. Little Tern
37. Whiskered Tern
38. Osprey
39. Black-shouldered Kite
40. Little Egret
41. Grey Heron
42. Purple Heron
43. Great Egret
44. Intermediate Egret
45. Javan Pond Heron
46. Little Heron
47. Cinnamon Bittern
48. Black Bittern
49. Black-faced Spoonbill
50. Spot-billed Pelican
51. Painted Stork
52. Pied Fantail
53. Barn Swallow
54. Ashy Tailorbird
55. Arctic Warbler
56. Yellow Wagtail