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This is a list of the bird species recorded in Vietnam.The avifauna of Vietnam include a total of 963 species, of which 18 are endemic, and 5 have been introduced.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Glossy black cockatoo showing the parrot's strong bill, clawed feet, and sideways-positioned eyes. Living species range in size from the buff-faced pygmy parrot, at under 10 g (0.4 oz) in weight and 8 cm (3.1 in) in length, [36]: 149 to the hyacinth macaw, at 1 m (3.3 ft) in length, [37] and the kākāpō, at 4.0 kg (8.8 lb) in weight. [38]
The term "caique" is primarily used in aviculture, with ornithologists typically referring to them as the black-headed parrot and white-bellied parrot, the latter of which is sometimes further split into three separate species, green-thighed parrot, yellow-tailed parrot and black-legged parrot. They have historically been called the "seven ...
The Parrot's Beak is returned to Cambodia under the administration of Svay Theab District. During the Vietnam War the Parrot's Beak was a base and rest area for the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the Vietcong and one of the terminus points of the Ho Chi Minh Trail/Sihanouk Trail. The PAVN established Base Areas 367 and 706 in the Parrot's ...
Kākāpō are the heaviest living species of parrot and on average weigh about 400 g (14 oz) more than the largest flying parrot, the hyacinth macaw. [ 28 ] The kākāpō cannot fly, having relatively short wings for its size and lacking the keel on the sternum (breastbone), where the flight muscles of other birds attach. [ 5 ]
White-bellied parrot Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Psittaciformes Family: Psittacidae Genus: Pionites Species: P. leucogaster Binomial name Pionites leucogaster (Kuhl, 1820) Range of P. l. leucogaster The white-bellied parrot (Pionites leucogaster), or white ...
The museum is split into two sections: a 15 room-area displaying items from the beginning of Vietnam to 1930, and a 6 room-area displaying artifacts from the culture and history of South Vietnam. Outside of the museum there is a large yard that displays the weapons of France, used during Vietnam's French colonial era. The museum also contains ...
October 14 – Miss Earth Vietnam 2023 held in Ho Chi Minh City From October 20 – COVID-19 is no longer a particularly dangerous infectious disease (group A) October 29 – Decision 3983/QD-BYT, annulling 160 documents on COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control issued by the Ministry of Health , takes effect