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.

Crested kingfisher 
(Bói cá mào or Bói cá lớn, Megaceryle lugubris) 

The crested kingfisher (Megaceryle lugubris) is a very large kingfisher that is native to parts of southern Asia.
The bird can be seen from northeast Afghanistan to central Vietnam and Japan.

Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Megaceryle is from the Ancient Greek megas, "great", and the existing genus Ceryle which is from Greek kerulos bird mentioned by Aristotle,.. but not further identified but probably mythical and associated with the halcyon, a kingfisher.
The specific name lugubris is the Latin word for "mournful".

Black-capped kingfisher 
(Sả đầu đen, Halcyon pileata) 

The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia.


Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Halcyon: a name for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. 
The specific epithet pileata: from the Latin pileatus meaning '-capped'.

Collared kingfisher
(Sả khoang cổ, Todiramphus chloris)

Collared kingfisher(Sả khoang cổ, Todiramphus chloris), also white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher.
The collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers.

Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Halcyon: a name for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. 

White-throated kingfisher 
(Sả đầu nâu, Halcyon smyrnensis)

The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to China and Indonesia.

Oriental Dollarbird
Also known as Asian dollarbird, dark roller, dollar roller, dollarbird, eastern broad-billed roller and oriental broad-billed roller.
(Yểng Quạ, Eurystomus orientalis)

The Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) is a bird of the roller family Coraciidae.

Coracia, Coracias: Greek: korakias: crow (korax raven).
The name Eurystomus means ‘broad mouth’, from the Greek eurus (‘broad, wide’) and stoma ( ‘mouth’).

Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck 
(Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla)

Eurasian wryneck, or northern wryneck (Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family, yet it does not peck wood. This species mainly breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia.


Piciformes, picidae, picus: Latin woodpecker.
Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.
torquilla: Latin torquere to twist.

The Common buttonquail, Kurrichane buttonquail, small buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode (Cun cút, Turnix sylvaticus) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from southern Spain and Africa through India and tropical Asia to Indonesia.

Barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail 
(Cun cút lưng nâu, Cun cút vằn,Turnix suscitator) 

The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Turnix suscitator) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are not closely related to, the true quails. 
This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Turnix is a genus of birds commonly known as Buttonquail or hemipodes of the family Turnicidae, of the order Charadriiformes referred to as shorebirds.
The genus name is an abbreviation of the genus Coturnix which is the Latin for the common quail.
The specific epithet suscitator is Latin and means "awakening".

The Red-breasted Merganser (Vịt mỏ nhọn ngực đỏ, Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. Its breeding habitat is freshwater lakes and rivers across northern North America, Greenland, Europe, and the Palearctic.

Tufted duck (Vịt mào, Aythya fuligula) is a small diving duck found in northern Eurasia. The duck is migratory in most of its range, and overwinters in the milder south and west of Europe, southern Asia and all year in most of the United Kingdom.

Baer's pochard (Vịt đầu đen, Aythya baeri) is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. It breeds in southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. The duck takes its name from the Estonian naturalist Karl Ernst von Baer.

Common pochard (Vịt đầu đỏ, Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe and across the Palearctic. They are migratory, and spend winter in the south and west of Europe.

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