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.

Tragopan is a bird genus in the pheasant family Phasianidae. 
Member of the genus are commonly called "horned pheasants" because males have two brightly colored, fleshy horns on their head that can be erected during courtship displays. 

1/ Temminck's tragopan (Gà lôi tía, Tragopan temminckii)

The gallopheasants (genus Lophura) are pheasants of the family Phasianidae.
The genus comprises 11 species and several subspecies. 
Several species in this genus are known as firebacks, including crestless and crested firebacks, as well as the Siamese fireback.

1/  Siamese fireback (Gà lôi hông tía, Lophura diardi), also known as Diard's fireback

2/  Vietnamese pheasant (Gà lôi lam đuôi trắng, Lophura hatinhensis), or Vietnam fireback, 
formerly considered a species of gallopheasant, Lophura hatinhensis, but is now considered a variant of Edward's pheasant. 
Endemic to central Vietnam. Its range concentrates around Kẻ Gỗ Nature Reserve in Hà Tĩnh Province.

3/ The imperial pheasant (Gà lôi lam mào đen, Lophura imperialis) is a gallopheasant from Southeast Asia. 
it is actually a cross of Edwards's pheasant and the silver pheasant (L. nycthemera subsp. annamensis), a hybrid.

4/ Edwards's pheasant (Gà lôi lam mào trắng, Lophura edwardsi) 
endemic to the seasonal tropical forests of central Vietnam.

5/ Silver pheasant (Gà lôi trắng, Lophura nycthemera)
 was placed in the genus Phasianus. 
 For some time it was placed either in Euplocamus or Gennceus.
 Today all major authorities place the silver pheasant in Lophura.

Silver Pheasant at Cuc Phuong National Park
Silver Pheasant at Cuc Phuong National Park

Francolins are birds in the tribe Gallini that traditionally have been placed in the genus Francolinus, but now commonly are divided into multiple genera.
Gallini is a tribe of bird in the subfamily Phasianinae including:
- the bamboo partridges, 
- francolins and junglefowl (including the chicken).

1/ The Chinese francolin (Đa đa or Gà gô, Francolinus pintadeanus) or Burmese francolin

Chinese francolin 
(Đa đa or Gà gô, Francolinus pintadeanus) or Burmese francolin

The Chinese francolin (Francolinus pintadeanus) or Burmese francolin is a species of game bird in the family Phasianidae.
This bird species is found in Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. 


Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
Francolinus From specific name Tetrao francolinus.
pintadeanus, Pintado French Pintade guineafowl.

Pheasants are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Pavo is a genus of two species in the pheasant family.

1/ Green peafowl or Indonesian peafowl (Công, Pavo muticus)

A pair of green peafowls at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh
A pair of green peafowls at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh

King quail (Cay Trung Quốc, Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi
The species has had a complex taxonomic history, being classified into the genus Coturnix, then Synoicus, then Excalfactoria. 
Phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging in an expanded Synoicus.

The king quail (Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi, is a species of Old World quail in the family Phasianidae. 

The bird is found from southern China, South and Southeast Asia to Oceania, south to southeastern Australia, with 9 different subspecies. 

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster".
Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
synoicus Greek sunoikos living together (sun together; oikeo to inhabit); or synoicus Mt. Sinai, Egypt.

Synoicus is a genus of 4 species of Old World quail.
Two of the four species in the genus were originally classified in Excalfactoria, one was classified in Anurophasis, and one was classified in Coturnix. 

1/ King quail (Cay Trung Quốc, Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi
The species has had a complex taxonomic history, being classified into the genus Coturnix, then Synoicus, then Excalfactoria. Phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging in an expanded Synoicus.

 

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster".
Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
synoicus Greek sunoikos living together (sun together; oikeo to inhabit); or synoicus Mt. Sinai, Egypt.

Coturnix is a genus of five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of Old World quail.

1/ Rain quail or black-breasted quail ( Cay Ấn Độ or Cút mưa, Coturnix coromandelica)
2/ Japanese quail (Cay Nhật Bản, Coturnix japonica)

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster". 
Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
Coturnix is the Latin for the common quail.

The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes 
1/ pheasants, 
2/ partridges, 
3/ junglefowl, 
4/ chickens, 
5/ turkeys, 
6/ Old World quail, 
7/ and peafowl. 

A male Green Peafowl at Cuc Phuong
A male Green Peafowl at Cuc Phuong

Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes 
1/ Grouse and ptarmigans - Family Tetraonidae
2/ Turkeys - Family Meleagrididae
3/ Pheasants, quail, and partridges - Family Phasianidae
4/ Chachalacas - Family Cracidae

 

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster". 

Nyctyornis is a genus of the bee-eaters, near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. There are just two members of this group, which occur in tropical south and southeastern Asia.

The name comes from the Ancient Greek nukt meaning nocturnal or night and ornis meaning bird.


1/ Blue-bearded bee-eater (Trảu lớn, Nyctyornis athertoni) 

Asian green bee-eater 
(Trảu xanh nhỏ, Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, and green bee-eater

The Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, and green bee-eater in Sri Lanka, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
The bird is found widely distributed across Asia from coastal southern Iran east through the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam.

The genus name Merops is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater".

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