Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Long-tailed minivet in Vietnam

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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).

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.

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