Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

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The Accipitridae is one of the three families within the order Accipitriformes, and is a family of small to large birds of prey with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. 

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).

The Accipitriformes are an order of birds that includes most of the diurnal birds of prey, including hawks, eagles, vultures, and kites, but not falcons.
A DNA study published in 2008 indicated that falcons are not closely related to the Accipitriformes, being instead more closely related to parrots and passerines.
Formerly included with the falcons in the Falconiformes.

Accipitriformes from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk", and Neo-Latin -formes "having the form of".

The order includes the following families: 

- Accipitridae (eagles, harriers, hawks, kites, Old World vultures)
- Pandionidae (ospreys) (1 or 2 species)
- Sagittariidae (secretarybird)
- Possibly includes the extinct Teratornithidae as well.

White-rumped falcon 
(Cắt nhỏ họng trắng, Neohierax insignis, formerly Polihierax insignis), also known as white-rumped pygmy falcon, white-rumped falconet, Fielden's falconet,or Burmese pigmy falcon

The white-rumped falcon (Neohierax insignis) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae native to Indochina. 
The bird is placed in its own monotypic genus, Neohierax.


Phylogenetic analyses of morphological characteristics found the white-rumped falcon to be basal to the Falco clade, but separate from the clade containing the pygmy falcon (or African pigmy falcon, Polihierax semitorquatus) and Microhierax (falconets or pigmy falcons).

Research in molecular genetics has also found that the white-rumped falcon is more closely related to the Falco falcons than it is to the pygmy falcon.
Female have a yellow or chestnut head, the male have white cap or grey head.

Traits:
- Yellow-eyeringed, orange-eyeringed;
- Yellow-lored, orange-lored;

Neo: From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).
hierax: Greek for hawk.
Latin insignis: notable.

Neohierax is a bird genus native to Indochina, in the family Falconidae. The genus was formerly included in the genus Polihierax.

Falco, Falcon: Hawk, eagle (Late Latin).
Neo: From Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new, young”).
hierax: Greek for hawk.

1/  White-rumped falcon (Cắt nhỏ họng trắng, Neohierax insignis, formerly Polihierax insignis), also known as white-rumped pygmy falcon, white-rumped falconet, Fielden's falconet,or Burmese pigmy falcon

Phylogenetic analyses of morphological characteristics found the white-rumped falcon to be basal to the Falco clade, but separate from the clade containing the pygmy falcon (or African pigmy falcon, Polihierax semitorquatus) and Microhierax (falconets or pigmy falcons).

Research in molecular genetics has also found that the white-rumped falcon is more closely related to the Falco falcons than it is to the pygmy falcon.

The typical falconets, Microhierax, are a bird of prey genus in the family Falconidae.

Falco: Hawk, eagle (Late Latin).
Microhierax Greek mikros small; hierax hawk.

1/ Collared falconet (Cắt nhỏ bụng hung, Microhierax caerulescens)
2/ Pied falconet (Cắt nhỏ bụng trắng, Microhierax melanoleucos) 

Falco, which includes 40 species of falcons, is a genus in the family Falconidae. 

Of the Falco genus:
- Some small species of falcons with long, narrow wings are called hobbies,
- Some that hover while hunting are called kestrels.

1/ Amur falcon (Cắt Amur, Falco amurensis)
2/ Laggar falcon (Cắt Ấn Độ, Falco jugger), also known as the lugger falcon or jugger 
3/ Oriental hobby (Cắt bụng hung, Falco severus)
4/ Peregrine falcon (Cắt lớn, Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine
5/ Common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel
6/ Merlin (Cắt lưng xám, Falco columbarius) 
7/ Eurasian hobby (Cắt Trung Quốc, Falco subbuteo) or just hobby

Falco, Falcon: Hawk, eagle (Late Latin).
The genus name falco derives from Late Latin falx, falcis, a sickle, referring to the wing profile of the bird (or referencing the claws of the bird?).

The falcons and caracaras are around 65 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae (representing all extant species in the order Falconiformes). The family is divided into three subfamilies: Herpetotherinae, which includes the laughing falcon and forest falcons; Polyborinae, which includes the spot-winged falconet and the caracaras; and Falconinae, the falcons and kestrels (Falco) and falconets (Microhierax).

The order Falconiformes is represented by the extant family Falconidae (falcons and caracaras) and a handful of enigmatic Paleogene species. 

Falco: Hawk, eagle (Late Latin).

Little cormorant 
(Cốc đen, Microcarbo niger)

The little cormorant (Microcarbo niger) is a member of the cormorant family of seabirds.

Suliformes maybe from Old Norse Sula +‎ -iformes for boobies, garnets.
The genus Phalacrocorax, from which the family name Phalacrocoracidae is derived, is Latinised from Ancient Greek φαλακρός phalakros "bald" and κόραξ korax "raven".
phalacrocorax (“coot, cormorant”), from Ancient Greek φαλακρός (phalakrós, “bald”) (from φαλός (phalós, “white”) + ἄκρον (ákron, “top”)) + κόραξ (kórax, “raven”).
"Cormorant" is a contraction derived either directly from Latin corvus marinus, "sea raven".
Microcarbo combines the Ancient Greek mikros meaning "small" with the genus name Carbo that was introduced by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1789.
Carbo is from specific name Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus, 1758, Great Cormorant.
carbo Latin carbo charcoal.
niger: black.

Microcarbo is a genus of fish-eating birds, known as cormorants, of the family Phalacrocoracidae. The genus was formerly subsumed within Phalacrocorax.

Suliformes maybe from Old Norse Sula +‎ -iformes for boobies, gannets.
The genus Phalacrocorax, from which the family name Phalacrocoracidae is derived, is Latinised from Ancient Greek φαλακρός phalakros "bald" and κόραξ korax "raven".
phalacrocorax (“coot, cormorant”), from Ancient Greek φαλακρός (phalakrós, “bald”) (from φαλός (phalós, “white”) + ἄκρον (ákron, “top”)) + κόραξ (kórax, “raven”).
"Cormorant" is a contraction derived either directly from Latin corvus marinus, "sea raven".
Microcarbo combines the Ancient Greek mikros meaning "small" with the genus name Carbo that was introduced by Bernard Germain de Lacépède in 1789.
Carbo is from specific name Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus, 1758, Great Cormorant.
carbo Latin carbo charcoal.

1/ Little cormorant (Cốc đen, Microcarbo niger)

Great cormorant 
(Cốc đế, Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag

The great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is a widespread member of the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae of seabirds.
Other names: the black shag or kawau in New Zealand, the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia, and the large cormorant in India.

Suliformes maybe from Old Norse Sula +‎ -iformes for boobies, gannets.
phalacrocorax (“coot, cormorant”), from Ancient Greek φαλακρός (phalakrós, “bald”) (from φαλός (phalós, “white”) + ἄκρον (ákron, “top”)) + κόραξ (kórax, “raven”).
"Cormorant" is a contraction derived either directly from Latin corvus marinus, "sea raven".
Carbo is from specific name Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus, 1758, Great Cormorant.
carbo Latin carbo charcoal.

Phalacrocorax is a genus of fish-eating birds in the cormorant family Phalacrocoracidae, order Suliformes. Members of this genus are also known as the Old World cormorants.

Suliformes maybe from Old Norse Sula +‎ -iformes for boobies, gannets.
phalacrocorax (“coot, cormorant”), from Ancient Greek φαλακρός (phalakrós, “bald”) (from φαλός (phalós, “white”) + ἄκρον (ákron, “top”)) + κόραξ (kórax, “raven”).
"Cormorant" is a contraction derived either directly from Latin corvus marinus, "sea raven".
Carbo is from specific name Pelecanus carbo Linnaeus, 1758, Great Cormorant.

1/ Great cormorant (Cốc đế, Phalacrocorax carbo), known as the black shag
2/ Indian cormorant or Indian shag (Cốc đế nhỏ, Phalacrocorax fuscicollis)

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