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.

Procellariiformes is an order of seabirds that comprises four families: 
- the albatrosses, 
- the petrels 
- and shearwaters, 
- and two families of storm petrels. 

Formerly called Tubinares and still called tubenoses in English, procellariiforms are often referred to collectively as the petrels, a term that has been applied to all members of the order, or more commonly all the families except the albatrosses.

The name Procellariiformes comes from Latin, combining procella (meaning "storm" or "gale") with -formes (meaning "shape" or "form"), literally "storm-shaped" or "storm-like," fitting these seabirds' reliance on wind for flight, and refers to their stormy habitats and powerful wings. 

Ciconia is a genus of birds in the stork family Ciconiidae. The genus name is the Latin word for "stork".
English common names for this species include the white-necked stork, white-headed stork, bishop stork and parson-bird. 

1/ Asian woolly-necked stork or Asian woollyneck (Hạc cổ trắng, Ciconia episcopus)
The specific epithet episcopus is Latin for "bishop".
Recently, the African and Asian populations are considered to be two different species: the African woolly-necked stork and the Asian woolly-necked stork. This is based purely on geographical isolation,yet there is no morphological or phylogenetic evidence yet to support this split.

2/ Black stork (Hạc đen, Ciconia nigra)
Ciconia nigra is from the Latin words for "stork" and "black" respectively.

3/ White stork (Hạc trắng, Ciconia ciconia) 

Leptoptilos is a genus of large tropical storks, commonly known as adjutants. 

1/ Lesser adjutant (Già đẩy Java, Leptoptilos javanicus)
2/ Greater adjutant (Già đẩy lớn, Leptoptilos dubius)

Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae: from Latin ciconia for stork.
The genus name means thin (lepto) feather (ptilos). 

Mycteria is a genus of large tropical storks with representatives in the Americas, east Africa and southern and southeastern Asia.

Black-necked stork 
(Cò Á Châu, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) 

The black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) is a tall long-necked wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
The bird is a resident species across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae: from Latin ciconia for stork.

The genus name Ephippiorhynchus is derived from Ancient Greek ephippos, a saddle (literally something a horse back"), and rhynchus, "bill" (refering to the frontal shield).

Ephippiorhynchus is a small genus of storks. 

1/ Black-necked stork (Cò Á Châu, Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) 

Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae: from Latin ciconia for stork.
The genus name means thin (lepto) feather (ptilos). 
The genus name Ephippiorhynchus is derived from Ancient Greek ephippos, a saddle (literally something a horse back"), and rhynchus, "bill" (refering to the frontal shield).

Botaurus is a genus of bitterns, a group of wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae. 

1/  Eurasian bittern or great bittern (Vạc rạ, Botaurus stellaris)
The species name stellaris is Latin for "starred", from stella, "star", and refers to the speckled plumage.

Below species were merged into this genus from the genus Ixobrychus.
2/ Black bittern (Cò hương, Botaurus flavicollis) 
3/ Cinnamon bittern (Cò lửa, Botaurus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern
4/ Yellow bittern (Cò lửa lùn, Botaurus sinensis)
5/ Von Schrenck's bittern or Schrenck's bittern (Cò nâu, Botaurus eurhythmus)

Pelecaniformes, Pelecanus: Greek pelekan, pelekanos pelican.
Ardeidae, Ardea: Latin word meaning "heron".
The genus name Botaurus is derived from Medieval Latin butaurus, Bos (ox) and taurus (bull), because the bittern's call resembles the bellowing of a bull.

Black-crowned night-heron 
(Vạc, Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night-heron, commonly shortened to just night-heron

The black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) is a medium-sized heron found throughout a large part of the world, including parts of Europe, Asia, and North and South America.


The name Nycticorax means "night raven" originating from the Ancient Greek: nuktos "night" and korax, "raven". 
the night herons of the genera Nyctanassa and Gorsachius were formerly placed in Nycticorax.

Nycticorax is a genus of night herons. The name Nycticorax means "night raven" originating from the Ancient Greek: nuktos "night" and korax, "raven". 
the night herons of the genera Nyctanassa and Gorsachius were formerly placed in Nycticorax.

1/ Black-crowned night-heron (Vạc, Nycticorax nycticorax), or black-capped night-heron, commonly shortened to just night-heron

Striated heron (Cò xanh, Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little green heron or green-backed heron

The striated heron (Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron or little green heron, is a small heron in the heron family Ardeidae.

Ardeidae, Ardea: the Latin word ardea meaning "heron".
Butorides is a genus of small herons in the family Ardeidae. Butorides is from Middle English Butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling".
"Striata" is a Latin word striatus meaning "striped," "grooved," or "lined". It originates from the Latin word \(stria\), which means "furrow" or "channel". The term is frequently used in scientific names, particularly in biology and botany, to describe the appearance of something with lines or stripes. 

Butorides is a genus of small herons in the family Ardeidae. Butorides is from Middle English Butor "bittern" and Ancient Greek -oides, "resembling".
It contains three similar species which were formerly considered one species:
-the green heron or green-backed heron, Butorides virescens;
- the lava heron (Butorides sundevalli);
- and the striated heron, Butorides striatus.

1/ Striated heron (Cò xanh, Butorides striata) also known as mangrove heron, little green heron or green-backed heron

Malayan night heron 
(Cò tôm, vạc rừng, Gorsachius melanolophus), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern

The Malayan night heron (Gorsachius melanolophus), also known as Malaysian night heron and tiger bittern, is in the heron family Ardeidae and is distributed in southern and eastern Asia.
The bird species is found in India, Sri Lanka, Brunei, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan.

Ardeidae, Ardea: the Latin word ardea meaning "heron".
Gorsachius: not clear as to the origin of the word.
Melanolophus is a combination of the Greek words melas (meaning "black") and lophos (meaning "crest"). Therefore, the name literally translates to "black crest" and is used for species with a black crest, such as the Malayan night heron, which is often called Gorsachius melanolophus. 

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