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.

Short-tailed drongo (Dicrurus striatus)

The short-tailed drongo (Dicrurus striatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Dicruridae. 
The bird is endemic to the Philippines.
It was formerly conspecific with the Hair-crested drongo.

Dicruridae or Dicrurus is derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.
"Striatus" is a Latin word meaning "striped," "streaked," or "furrowed". It comes from the Latin word stria, meaning "furrow" or "channel".

The bee-eaters are a group of birds in the family Meropidae, containing three genera and thirty species. Most species are found in Africa and Asia, with a few in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea.

The family name is from the genus Merop which is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater".

The three genera of the family:

1/ Nyctyornis

2/ Meropogon

3/ Merops

Eurystomus is a genus of roller, one of the two genera in that family of birds. The name means ‘broad mouth’, from the Greek eurus (‘broad, wide’) and stoma ( ‘mouth’).
1/ Oriental dollarbird (Yểng Quạ, Eurystomus orientalis)
Also known as Asian dollarbird, dark roller, dollar roller, dollarbird, eastern broad-billed roller and oriental broad-billed roller.

Coracias is a genus of the rollers, an Old World family of near passerine birds related to the kingfishers and bee-eaters.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek korakías (κορακίας), derived from korax (κόραξ, ‘raven, crow’).

1/ Indian roller (Sả rừng, Coracias benghalensis) 

2/ Indochinese roller, or Burmese roller
 (Coracias affinis) 
formerly considered as a subspecies of the Indian roller. 

Coraciidae is a family of Old World birds, which are known as rollers because of the aerial acrobatics some of these birds perform during courtship or territorial flights.

The name comes from the Latin language "corax", meaning "raven"

The genus Upupa is a genus of bird species in Eurasian hoopoe. 
Upupa and ἔποψ (epops) are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe.
1/ Eurasian hoopoe (Chim Đầu rìu, Upupa epops): Upupa and epops are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe.

Hoopoes are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive "crown" of feathers. 
Upupa and ἔποψ (epops) are respectively the Latin and Ancient Greek names for the hoopoe.

Anorrhinus is a genus of hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests of Southeast Asia (just barely extending into adjacent parts of India and China). 

1/  Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill
2/ Austen's brown hornbill (Niệc nâu, Anorrhinus austeni) 
Austen's brown hornbill is sometimes considered as a subspecies of Tickell's brown hornbill.

Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
The name Anorrhinus comes from the Greek words ano (ἄνω), meaning "above," and rhis or rhinos (ῥίς/ῥινός), meaning "nose" or "nostril," referring to the genus's upward-oriented nostrils. 

Austen's brown hornbill 
(Niệc nâu, Anorrhinus austeni) 
Austen's brown hornbill is sometimes considered as a subspecies of Tickell's brown hornbill.

Austen's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus austeni) is a species of hornbill found in forests from northeastern India and south to Vietnam and northern Thailand.

Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
The name Anorrhinus comes from the Greek words ano (ἄνω), meaning "above," and rhis or rhinos (ῥίς/ῥινός), meaning "nose" or "nostril," referring to the genus's upward-oriented nostrils. 

Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), 
also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill

Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in Burma and adjacent western Thailand.


Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
The name Anorrhinus comes from the Greek words ano (ἄνω), meaning "above," and rhis or rhinos (ῥίς/ῥινός), meaning "nose" or "nostril," referring to the genus's upward-oriented nostrils. 

Berenicornis is a genus of hornbills (family Bucerotidae).

1/  White-crowned hornbill (Niệc đầu trắng, Berenicornis comatus), alsothe long-crested hornbill or white-crested hornbill (leading to easy confusion with the African white-crested hornbill), is a species of hornbill.

The white-crowned hornbill is sometimes placed in genus Aceros instead

Rhyticeros is a genus of medium to large hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests from Southeast Asia to the Solomons.

The order name is from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".
Rhyticeros Greek rhutis, rhutidos wrinkle; keros horn.

1/  Wreathed hornbill (Niệc mỏ vằn, Rhyticeros undulatus)

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