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.

Christmas shearwater (Puffinus nativitatis)

The Christmas shearwater(Puffinus nativitatis) is a medium-sized shearwater of the tropical Central Pacific.

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. 

The family name Procellariidae is derived from the type genus Procellaria which in turn is derived from the Latin word procella meaning "storm" or "gale".

The genus name Puffinus is not of certain origin. Some claim it stems from 17th-century descriptions of sea birds. "poffin" or "pophyn" or "puffing" are often referred to salted, fat nestlings, a delicacy.

Nativitatis is a Latin term, specifically the genitive singular form of nativitas, meaning "of birth" or "of the nativity".

Streaked shearwater 
(Hải âu mày trắng, Calonectris leucomelas)

The streaked shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) is a species of seabird. 

The bird species occurs in the Pacific Ocean, nesting in Japan and the Korean Peninsula, predominantly on their offshore islands.
After breeding, the streaked shearwater migrates south, feeding in the seas off northern New Guinea, the Arafura Sea, and the East Vietnam Sea.

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. 

The name is derived from the type genus Procellaria which in turn is derived from the Latin word procella meaning "storm" or "gale".

The genus name Calonectris comes from Ancient Greek kalos, "good" and nectris, "swimmer".

The streaked shearwater (Calonectris leucomelas) is a species of seabird. 

Leucomelas (or leucomelos) comes from Greek roots meaning "white-black," combining leukos (white) and melas (black).

Calonectris is a genus of seabirds. 

1/ Streaked shearwater (Hải âu mày trắng, Calonectris leucomelas)

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. 

The name is derived from the type genus Procellaria which in turn is derived from the Latin word procella meaning "storm" or "gale".

The genus name comes from Ancient Greek kalos, "good" and nectris, "swimmer".

The family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the diving petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters, in the bird order Procellariiformes (or tubenoses). The name is derived from the type genus Procellaria which in turn is derived from the Latin word procella meaning "storm" or "gale".

 

The name is derived from the type genus Procellaria which in turn is derived from the Latin word procella meaning "storm" or "gale".

The mollymawks are a group of medium-sized albatrosses that form the genus Thalassarche, family Diomedeidae. 
These were long considered to be in the same genus as the great albatrosses, Diomedea. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek thalassa meaning "sea" and arkhe meaning "power" or "command" (from arkho meaning to govern). The word mollymawk, dating to the late 17th century, comes from the Dutch mallemok, which means mal – foolish and mok – gull.

1/ Black-browed albatross (Hải âu mày đen, Thalassarche melanophris), also known as the black-browed mollymawk,

Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses).

Hydrobatidae also known as the storm petrel or stormy petrel is a bird family of the order Procellariiformes which includes the albatrosses, the petrels, shearwaters, storm petrels.


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. 

The family name originates from the genus name Hydrobates which combines the Ancient Greek hudro- meaning "water-" with batēs meaning "walker".

Hydrobates is a genus of the northern storm petrel (or Northern stormy petrel) family Hydrobatidae.


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. 

The family name originates from the genus name Hydrobates which combines the Ancient Greek hudro- meaning "water-" with batēs meaning "walker".

Swinhoe's storm petrel or Swinhoe's petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) 

Swinhoe's storm petrel or Swinhoe's petrel (Hydrobates monorhis) is a small, all-brown seabird of the storm petrel family Hydrobatidae.
The bird breeds on islands in the northwest Pacific off the Russian Far East, China, Japan and Korea. This species spends much time in the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea.

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. 

The family name originates from the genus name Hydrobates which combines the Ancient Greek hudro- meaning "water-" with batēs meaning "walker".

Monorhis is derived from Ancient Greek, meaning "single nostril." It combines monos (single/alone) and rhinos (nostril), referring to the tubular nose structure of the petrel. The term was used to describe the species' physical characteristic of having a single external nostril tube (or tube-nose).

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). 

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