Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Let's join AdventureGreen on our bird quests to learn about the different birds and bird species in Vietnam. Here you can find out more about the birding spots that these bird species are found.

Anarhynchus is a genus of plovers formerly placed in the genus Charadrius.  

1/ Greater sand plover (Choi choi lưng hung, Anarhynchus leschenaultii) 
The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.

2/ Kentish plover (Choi choi cổ khoang, Anarhynchus alexandrinus) 

3/ Malaysian plover (Choi choi lưng đen, Anarhynchus peronii)

4/ Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) 
The specific mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.
The species was previously known as  "lesser sand plover".

5/ Oriental plover (Anarhynchus veredus), also known as the oriental dotterel

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".

Greater sand plover (Choi choi lưng hung, Anarhynchus leschenaultii) 

The greater sand plover (Anarhynchus leschenaultii) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

The bird breeds in the semi-deserts of Turkey and eastwards through Central Asiae. This species is strongly migratory, wintering on sandy beaches in East Africa, South Asia and Australasia.

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".

Kentish plover (Choi choi cổ khoang, Anarhynchus alexandrinus) 

The Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) is a small wader of the family Charadriidae.
This bird has a large geographical distribution from North Africa, Central Asia, China, and Europe.


Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".

Malaysian plover 
(Choi choi lưng đen, Anarhynchus peronii)

The Malaysian plover (Anarhynchus peronii) is a small (c. 35–42 g) wader that nests on beaches and salt flats in Southeast Asia.

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".

Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) 
The species was previously known as  "lesser sand plover".

The Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) is a small wader in the plover family of birds.

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".
The specific mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.

Oriental plover 
(Anarhynchus veredus), also known as the oriental dotterel

The oriental plover (Anarhynchus veredus), also known as the oriental dotterel, is a medium-sized plover of the family Charadriidae.

The bird breeds in parts of Mongolia and China, migrating southwards each year to spend its non-breeding season in eastern China and South-East Asia to Indonesia and northern Australia.

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".
Veredus is a Latin word meaning "swift horse" or "courier's horse".

White-faced plover (Anarhynchus dealbatus) 

The white-faced plover (Anarhynchus dealbatus) is a small shorebird predominantly found along the coastal shores of subtropical and tropical eastern Asia.
This bird is found along a wide seaboard area of southern China and adjacent northern Vietnam ; its wintering range extends south across eastern Indochina towards Sumatra.

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").
The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhos meaning "bill".

Dealbatus is a Latin word meaning "whitewashed" or "plastered". It comes from the verb dealbare, which means "to whitewash".

The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. The order is  Charadriiformes.

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

The family Alcidae includes the murres, guillemots, auklets, puffins, and murrelets in the order Charadriiformes.
These birds are also known as  auks or alcids.

Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

The word 'auk' /ɔːk/ is derived from Icelandic álka and Norwegian alka or alke, from Old Norse ālka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ (sea-bird, auk).

The family name Alcidae comes from the genus name Alca, from the Norwegian word alke.

Synthliboramphus is a small genus of seabirds in the auk family from the North Pacific.

Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

The word 'auk' /ɔːk/ is derived from Icelandic álka and Norwegian alka or alke, from Old Norse ālka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ (sea-bird, auk).

The family name Alcidae comes from the genus name Alca, from the Norwegian word alke.

The genus name Synthliboramphus is from Ancient Greek sunthlibo, "to compress", and rhamphos, "bill".

The English name "Murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre" without clear origins.

The ancient murrelet (Synthliboramphus antiquus) is a bird in the auk family.

The bird breeds from the Yellow Sea (islands off China), through the Russian Pacific coast and the Aleutian Islands to the Haida Gwaii archipelago of British Columbia. This species is migratory.


Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

The word 'auk' /ɔːk/ is derived from Icelandic álka and Norwegian alka or alke, from Old Norse ālka, from Proto-Germanic *alkǭ (sea-bird, auk).

The family name Alcidae comes from the genus name Alca, from the Norwegian word alke.

The genus name Synthliboramphus is from Ancient Greek sunthlibo, "to compress", and rhamphos, "bill".

The English name "Murrelet" is a diminutive of "murre" without clear origins.

The specific epithet antiquus is Latin meaning "ancient", referring to the grey color on the back like a shawl (worn by the elderly).

Arenaria, commonly known as turnstone, is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing only two species.
The genus name arenaria is from Latin arenarius, "inhabiting sand", from arena, "sand".

1/ Ruddy turnstone (Rẽ khoang, Arenaria interpres)
The specific epithet interpres means "messenger".

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