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.

Great egret 
(Cò ngàng lớn, Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron

The great egret (Ardea alba) is a bird species of the heron family Ardeidae.
This bird species is distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world


Ardea is a genus of herons. The genus name comes from the Latin word ardea meaning "heron".
The scientific name comes from Latin ardea for "heron", and alba for "white".
formerly placed in Egretta genus.

Grey heron (Diệc xám, Ardea cinerea)

The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and also parts of Africa.

Ardea is a genus of herons. The genus name comes from the Latin word ardea meaning "heron".
Cinerea is a Latin word meaning "ash-like," "ash-colored," or "grayish".

Ardea is a genus of herons. 

1/ Great egret (Cò ngàng lớn, Ardea alba), also known as the common egret, large egret, or (in the Old World) great white egret or great white heron
The scientific name comes from Latin ardea for "heron", and alba for "white".
formerly placed in Egretta genus.

2/ Intermediate egret, median egret, smaller egret or medium egret (Cò ngàng nhỏ, Ardea intermedia)
Some authorities classify the intermediate egret in its own monotypic genus, Mesophoyx, while others place it with the smaller egrets in Egretta.

3/ Purple heron (Diệc lửa, Ardea purpurea) 
4/ Great-billed heron (Diệc Sumatra, Ardea sumatrana)
5/ Grey heron (Diệc xám, Ardea cinerea)

The below two species used to belong to the genus Bubulcus
6/ Eastern cattle egret (Ardea coromanda)

7/ Western cattle egret (Ardea ibis)

The genus name comes from the Latin word ardea meaning "heron".

Egretta is a genus of medium-sized herons, mostly breeding in warmer climates.
The genus name comes from the Provençal French for the little egret, aigrette, a diminutive of aigron, "heron".

1/ Pacific reef heron (Cò đen, Egretta sacra), also known as the eastern reef heron or eastern reef egret
2/ Little egret (Cò trắng, Egretta garzetta) 
The species epithet garzetta is from the Italian name for this bird, garzetta or sgarzetta.
3/ Chinese egret or Swinhoe's egret (Cò trắng Trung Quốc, Egretta eulophotes)

Pond herons (Ardeola) are herons. The scientific name comes from Latin ardeola, a small heron (ardea).

1/ Chinese pond heron (Cò bợ, Ardeola bacchus) 
2/ Javan pond heron (Cò bợ Java, Ardeola speciosa) 

The family Ardeidae, with 72 recognized species, are referred to as egrets or bitterns or herons in the order Pelecaniformes.
Although herons resemble birds in some other families, such as the storks, ibises, spoonbills, and cranes, they differ from these in flying with their necks retracted, not outstretched.

Ardeidae, Ardea: the Latin word ardea meaning "heron".

Plegadis is a bird genus in the family Threskiornithidae. 

Pelecanus: Greek pelekan, pelekanos pelican.

Threskiornis Greek threskeia religious worship (threskeuo to worship); ornis bird. 
The Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus was venerated by the ancient Egyptians for its crescent-shaped bill and bright white plumage. They considered it to represent Thoth the moon god.

The genus name derives from Ancient Greek plegados meaning "sickle", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.

1/ Glossy ibis (Quắm đen, Plegadis falcinellus)
The scientific name derives from Ancient Greek plegados and Latin, falcis, both meaning "sickle", referring to the distinctive shape of the bill.

Spoonbills are a genus, Platalea, of large, long-legged wading birds. 

Pelecanus: Greek pelekan, pelekanos pelican.

Threskiornis Greek threskeia religious worship (threskeuo to worship); ornis bird. 
The Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus was venerated by the ancient Egyptians for its crescent-shaped bill and bright white plumage. They considered it to represent Thoth the moon god.

Platalea: from Ancient Greek and meaning "broad", referring to the shape of the bill.

1/ Black-faced spoonbill (Cò thìa, Platalea minor)
2/ Eurasian spoonbill (Cò thìa Á Âu, Platalea leucorodia), or common spoonbill
leucorodia is from Ancient Greek leukerodios: leukos, "white" and erodios "heron".

Threskiornis is a genus of ibises, wading birds of the family Threskiornithidae.

1/ Black-headed ibis (Cò quăm đầu đen, Threskiornis melanocephalus), also known as the Oriental white ibis, Indian white ibis, and black-necked ibis

The bird genus Pseudibis consists of three South-East Asian species in the ibis subfamily, Threskiornithinae.

1/ Red-naped ibis (Cò quăm cánh xanh or Cò quăm đen Ấn Độ or cò quăm gáy đỏ, Pseudibis papillosa) also known as the Indian black ibis or black ibis
2/ Giant ibis (Cò quăm lớn, Pseudibis gigantea)

The family Threskiornithidae, which belongs to the bird order Pelecaniformes, includes 36 species of large wading birds. 

Pelecanus: Greek pelekan, pelekanos pelican.

Threskiornis Greek threskeia religious worship (threskeuo to worship); ornis bird. 
The Sacred Ibis Threskiornis aethiopicus was venerated by the ancient Egyptians for its crescent-shaped bill and bright white plumage. They considered it to represent Thoth the moon god.

The bird order Ciconiiformes includes the single family Ciconiidae or Storks. 
Previously Ciconiiformes included a number of other families have been moved to other orders:
- herons and bitterns (Ardeidae), 
- the shoebill (sole species of the Balaenicipitidae), 
- the hammerhead (sole species of the Scopidae), 
- typical storks and wood storks (Ciconiidae), 
- ibis and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae), 
- and flamingos (Phoenicopteridae) by some authorities.

Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae: from Latin ciconia for stork.

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