Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

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Pheasants are birds of several genera within the family Phasianidae in the order Galliformes. Pavo is a genus of two species in the pheasant family.

1/ Green peafowl or Indonesian peafowl (Công, Pavo muticus)

A pair of green peafowls at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh
A pair of green peafowls at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh

King quail (Cay Trung Quốc, Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi
The species has had a complex taxonomic history, being classified into the genus Coturnix, then Synoicus, then Excalfactoria. 
Phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging in an expanded Synoicus.

The king quail (Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi, is a species of Old World quail in the family Phasianidae. 

The bird is found from southern China, South and Southeast Asia to Oceania, south to southeastern Australia, with 9 different subspecies. 

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster".
Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
synoicus Greek sunoikos living together (sun together; oikeo to inhabit); or synoicus Mt. Sinai, Egypt.

Synoicus is a genus of 4 species of Old World quail.
Two of the four species in the genus were originally classified in Excalfactoria, one was classified in Anurophasis, and one was classified in Coturnix. 

1/ King quail (Cay Trung Quốc, Synoicus chinensis), also known as the blue-breasted quail, Asian blue quail, Chinese painted quail, or Chung-Chi
The species has had a complex taxonomic history, being classified into the genus Coturnix, then Synoicus, then Excalfactoria. Phylogenetic evidence supports it belonging in an expanded Synoicus.

 

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster".
Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
synoicus Greek sunoikos living together (sun together; oikeo to inhabit); or synoicus Mt. Sinai, Egypt.

Coturnix is a genus of five extant species and five to eight known extinct species of Old World quail.

1/ Rain quail or black-breasted quail ( Cay Ấn Độ or Cút mưa, Coturnix coromandelica)
2/ Japanese quail (Cay Nhật Bản, Coturnix japonica)

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster". 
Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
Coturnix is the Latin for the common quail.

The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes 
1/ pheasants, 
2/ partridges, 
3/ junglefowl, 
4/ chickens, 
5/ turkeys, 
6/ Old World quail, 
7/ and peafowl. 

A male Green Peafowl at Cuc Phuong
A male Green Peafowl at Cuc Phuong

Galliformes is an order of heavy-bodied ground-feeding birds that includes 
1/ Grouse and ptarmigans - Family Tetraonidae
2/ Turkeys - Family Meleagrididae
3/ Pheasants, quail, and partridges - Family Phasianidae
4/ Chachalacas - Family Cracidae

 

galliformes derives from "gallus", Latin for "rooster". 

Nyctyornis is a genus of the bee-eaters, near passerine birds in the family Meropidae. There are just two members of this group, which occur in tropical south and southeastern Asia.

The name comes from the Ancient Greek nukt meaning nocturnal or night and ornis meaning bird.


1/ Blue-bearded bee-eater (Trảu lớn, Nyctyornis athertoni) 

Asian green bee-eater 
(Trảu xanh nhỏ, Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, and green bee-eater

The Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, and green bee-eater in Sri Lanka, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
The bird is found widely distributed across Asia from coastal southern Iran east through the Indian subcontinent to Vietnam.

The genus name Merops is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater".

Blue-throated bee-eater 
(Trảu họng xanh, Merops viridis)

The blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis) is a species of bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
The bird has a wide distribution ranging from southeastern China to the Greater Sundas Islands.

Crow-billed drongo 
(Chèo bẻo mỏ quạ, Dicrurus annectens) 

The crow-billed drongo (Dicrurus annectens) is a species of bird in the family Dicruridae. 
The bird is native to moist tropical forests of southeastern Asia and is found in: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.


Dicruridae or Dicrurus is derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.
annectens: from the Latin words ad- (an- variant of ad- before n), "towards"; nectens, "tying" or "connecting".

Hair-crested drongo 
(Chèo bẻo bờm, Dicrurus hottentottus)

The hair-crested drongo (Dicrurus hottentottus) is an Asian bird of the family Dicruridae. 
The bird is native from Bangladesh, India, and Bhutan through Indochina to China, Indonesia, and Brunei.

Dicruridae or Dicrurus is derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.
hottentottus Hottentots (= Khoikhoi), a nomad pastoral people of Namibia and South Africa where the bird specimen was believed from by mistake.

Merops is a large genus of bee-eaters, a group of birds in the family Meropidae, native to Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. 
The genus name is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater".

1/ Asian green bee-eater (Trảu xanh nhỏ, Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, and green bee-eater
2/ Chestnut-headed bee-eater (Trảu họng vàng, Merops leschenaulti), or bay-headed bee-eater
3/ Blue-throated bee-eater (Trảu họng xanh, Merops viridis)
4/ Blue-tailed bee-eater (Trảu ngực nâu, Trảu đuôi xanh, Merops philippinus)

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