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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.
Vietnam notified the WHO about a human fatality from the virus in March. In 2004, dozens of tigers died from bird flu or were culled at the world's largest breeding farm in Thailand.
Dozens of tigers and lions in captivity died in the past month in southern Vietnam with tests showing they were positive for bird flu, health ministry and state media said on Thursday. Two samples ...
The rich diversity of Vietnam's wildlife includes 11,400 species of vascular plants, 1030 species of moss, 310 species of mammals, 296 reptile species, 162 amphibian species, 700 freshwater species of fish and 2000 species of marine fish. [3] There are about 889 species of birds [4] and over 850 species of land mollusks. [5]
Firebase Bird was a U.S. Army firebase located in the Kim Son Valley in southern Vietnam during the Vietnam War. [1] In December 1966 Bird was occupied by C Battery 6th Battalion, 16th Artillery and B Battery 2nd Battalion, 19th Artillery and defended by elements of the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry. On the early morning of 27 December after ...
Phoebe Snetsinger (née Burnett; June 9, 1931 – November 23, 1999) was an American birder famous for having seen and documented birds of 8,398 different species, [1] more than anyone else in history at the time, and was the first person to see more than 8,000. [2] Her memoir, Birding on Borrowed Time, explores this achievement. She traveled ...
Observer in an O-1F Bird Dog that disappeared near Camp Holloway [65] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 19: Harper, Richard K: Warrant Officer: US Army: 52nd Fixed Wing Platoon: South Vietnam, Bình Định Province: Pilot of an O-1F Bird Dog that disappeared near Camp Holloway [66] Killed in action, body not recovered [3] May 23 ...
Kyōichi Sawada (沢田 教一, Sawada Kyōichi, February 22, 1936, – October 28, 1970) was a Japanese photographer with United Press International who received the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Photography for his combat photography of the Vietnam War during 1965. Two of these photographs were selected as "World Press Photos of the Year" in 1965 ...