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.

Steppe eagle (Đại bàng hung, Aquila nipalensis) 

The steppe eagle (Aquila nipalensis) is a large bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
This bird nests in only four large nations: Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and China. 
This species is entirely migratory.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aquila is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".

Eastern imperial eagle (Đại bàng đầu nâu, Aquila heliaca)

The eastern imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) is a large bird of prey that breeds from southeastern Europe through West and Central Asia. 
Most populations are migratory and winter in northeastern Africa, the Middle East and South and East Asia.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aquila is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".
The word heliacal is from the mid-16th century. Its source is the Greek word hēlios or hēliakos, meaning "sun." Helios is also the Sun god of ancient Greece.
The Latin “hēliacus” and also the Greek “ἡλιακός,” both meaning “sun”.

Bonelli's eagle 
(Đại bàng má trắng, Aquila fasciata)

Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) is a large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.

This species breeds from southern Europe, Africa and across the Indian Subcontinent to Indonesia. 
In Eurasia, this species may be found as far west as Portugal and as far east as southeastern China and Thailand.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aquila is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".
The specific name fasciata comes from the Late Latin word "fascia", meaning "band" or "stripe".

Aquila is the genus of true eagles. 

1/ Eastern imperial eagle (Đại bàng đầu nâu, Aquila heliaca)
2/ Steppe eagle (Đại bàng hung, Aquila nipalensis) 
3/ Tawny eagle (Đại bàng nâu, Aquila rapax) 
4/ Bonelli's eagle (Đại bàng má trắng, Aquila fasciata)

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name Aquila is Latin for "eagle", possibly derived from aquilus, "dark in colour".

The genus Hieraaetus, sometimes known as small eagles or hawk-eagles, denotes a group of smallish eagles usually placed in the accipitrid subfamilies Buteoninae or Aquilinae.

1/ Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 

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

Hieraaetus is derived from Ancient Greek: hierax (ἱέραξ), meaning "hawk," and aetos (ἀετός), meaning "eagle".

Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) 

The booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus) is a medium-sized mostly migratory bird of prey of the family Accipitridae.
This bird species has a wide distribution in the Palearctic and southern Asia, wintering in the tropics of Africa and Asia.

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

Hieraaetus is derived from Ancient Greek: hierax (ἱέραξ), meaning "hawk," and aetos (ἀετός), meaning "eagle".
Pennatus is a Latin adjective meaning "feathered," "winged," or "furnished with wings"; 
it is derived from penna ("feather, wing") + -ātus ("-ed").

Lophotriorchis is a genus of four species of eagles in the family Accipitridae.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Lophotriorchis (synonym Hieraaetus) Greek lophos crest; triorkhes: hawk.

1/ Rufous-bellied eagle or rufous-bellied hawk-eagle (Đại bàng bụng hung, Lophotriorchis kienerii)

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla), sometimes known as the "sea eagle"

The white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla) is a large bird of prey, widely distributed across temperate Eurasia.
This bird breeds from as far west as Greenland and Iceland to as far east as Hokkaido, Japan.

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae:
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey".
The name Haliaeetus is Neo-Latin for "sea-eagle", from Ancient Greek hali-, "sea-" and aetos, "eagle". 
The specific albicilla, "white-tailed", is from Neo-Latin albi-, "white" and cilla, "tail".

Pallas's fish eagle (Đại bàng biển đuôi trắng, Haliaeetus leucoryphus),
also known as Pallas's sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle

Pallas's fish eagle (Haliaeetus leucoryphus) is a large, brownish sea eagle of the family Accipitridae. 
A sea eagle or fish eagle (also called erne or ern) is any of the birds of prey belonging to the subfamily Haliaeetinae

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae:
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey": The name Haliaeetus is Neo-Latin for "sea-eagle", from Ancient Greek hali-, "sea-" and aetos, "eagle". 

leucoryphus: Derived from the Ancient Greek leukos (λευκός), meaning "white," and koruphos (κορυφή/κορυφός), meaning "crowned" or "head", meaning: "White-crowned" or "White-headed," referring to the pale plumage on the head of the adult bird.

Haliaeetus is a genus of four species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Ichthyophaga.

1/ Pallas's fish eagle (Đại bàng biển đuôi trắng, Haliaeetus leucoryphus), also known as Pallas's sea eagle or band-tailed fish eagle

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae:
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
accipitrinus Latin accipitrinus hawk-like (accipiter: hawk).
The genus name is from Latin haliaetus or haliaetos meaning "sea-eagle" or "osprey".

Icthyophaga or Ichthyophaga is a genus of six species of eagles, closely related to the sea eagles in the genus Haliaeetus. Some taxonomic authorities place this genus within Haliaeetus.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
ichthyaetus: Greek: ikhthus fish; aetos eagle.
Ichthyophaga Greek ikhthuophagos fish-eating (ikhthus: fish; -phagos -eating;  phagein to eat or "devour").

1/ White-bellied sea eagle (Đại bàng biển bụng trắng, Icthyophaga leucogaster), also known as the white-breasted sea eagle
Also Haliaeetus leucogaster.
2/ Grey-headed fish eagle (Diều cá đầu xám, Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)
3/ Lesser fish eagle (Diều cá bé, Icthyophaga humilis)

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).

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