Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in 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. The Common Snipe (Gallinago gallinago, Rẽ giun thường) is a winter bird, not common but can be sighted at the Xuan Thuy National Park.
The Pintail Snipe or Pin-tailed snipe (Gallinago stenura, Rẽ giun Á châu) is in the Scolopacidae bird family, the sandpipers. The bird is frequently sighted at the Xuan Thuy National Park in the winter time.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Leiothrichidae
- Genus: Trochalopteron
Golden-winged laughingthrush
(Khướu Ngọc Linh, Trochalopteron ngoclinhense)
The golden-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron ngoclinhense) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to Vietnam.
Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
The Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola, Rẽ gà) is a medium-small wading bird found in temperate and subarctic Eurasia.
- Order: Gruiformes
- Family: Rallidae
- Genus: Fulica
Eurasian coot
also known as the common coot, or Australian coot
(Sâm cầm, Fulica atra)
The Eurasian coot (Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot, is a member of the rail and crake bird family, the Rallidae.
Gruiformes, Gruidae: from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
Fulica: Latin term for "coot".
atra: Latin ater black, dark, dull black
niger: shining black.
- Order: Gruiformes
- Family: Rallidae
- Genus: Gallinula
Common moorhen
also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, Eurasian Moorhen
(Gallinula chloropus)
The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the eurasian moorhen, waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae).
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
Gallinula: Latin for "little hen or chicken".
The Greek chloropus: Chloris ("Khloris" or from "Khloros"), meaning "greenish-yellow," "pale green," "pale," or "fresh";
pous foot.
- Order: Gruiformes
- Family: Rallidae
- Genus: Porphyrio
- French: Talève sultane
Western swamphen
(Xít, Porphyrio porphyrio)
The western swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) is a species of swamphen in the rail family Rallidae, one of the six species once referred to as the purple swamphen.
Gruiformes, Gruidae: from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
The genus name Porphyrio is the Latin name for "swamphen", meaning "purple".
- Order: Gruiformes
- Family: Rallidae
- Genus: Zapornia
- French: Marouette brune
Ruddy-breasted crake
or ruddy crake
(Cuốc ngực nâu, Zapornia fusca)
The ruddy-breasted crake (Zapornia fusca), or ruddy crake, is a waterbird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
Gruiformes, Gruidae: from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
The genus name Zapornia is an anagram of the genus Porzana which is from the specific name of a crake.
fusca: Latin fuscus brown.
- Order: Gruiformes
- Family: Rallidae
- Genus: Amaurornis
White-breasted waterhen
(Cuốc ngực trắng, Amaurornis phoenicurus)
The species name phoenicurus is from Ancient Greek phoinix, "red", and -ouros -"tailed".
The white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) is a waterbird of the rail and crake family, Rallidae, that is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia.
Gruiformes, Gruidae: from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
Amaurornis: the Greek amauros, meaning "dusky" or "brown", and ornis, meaning "bird".
The slaty-breasted rail (Gallirallus striatus, Gà nước vằn) is a species of rail found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
- Order: Columbiformes
- Family: Columbidae
- Genus: Treron
Thick-Billed Green Pigeon
(Cu xanh mỏ quặp, Treron curvirostra)
The thick-billed green pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
Columbidae, Columba: Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).
Pigeon is a French word that derives from the Latin pīpiō, for a "peeping" chick;
Dove is an ultimately Germanic word that refers to the bird's diving flight.
The genus name Treron is from the Ancient Greek trērōn meaning "pigeon" or "dove".
curvirostra is Latin for "curved bill".
The common emerald dove (Emerald Dove, Chalcophaps indica, Cu luồng), also called Asian emerald dove and grey-capped emerald dove, is a widespread resident breeding pigeon native to the tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
