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.

Barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail 
(Cun cút lưng nâu, Cun cút vằn,Turnix suscitator) 

The barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Turnix suscitator) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are not closely related to, the true quails. 
This species is resident from India across tropical Asia to south China, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Turnix is a genus of birds commonly known as Buttonquail or hemipodes of the family Turnicidae, of the order Charadriiformes referred to as shorebirds.
The genus name is an abbreviation of the genus Coturnix which is the Latin for the common quail.
The specific epithet suscitator is Latin and means "awakening".

Red-breasted merganser (Vịt cát ngực đỏ, Mergus serrator) 

The Red-breasted Merganser (Vịt mỏ nhọn ngực đỏ, Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. Its breeding habitat is freshwater lakes and rivers across northern North America, Greenland, Europe, and the Palearctic.

anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The genus name Mergus is a Latin word to refer to an unspecified waterbird.
Mergus is a Latin word meaning "diver" or "waterfowl," derived from the verb mergere, which means "to dip" or "plunge". It was used by ancient authors to refer to an unspecified diving seabird.

The term serrator is derived from the Latin word "serra," meaning "saw," and the related verb "serrare," meaning "to saw". In Latin, serrator can refer to a person who saws, or more commonly, it appears in the adjective form serratus, which means "sawed," "notched like a saw," or "toothed like a saw". 

Tufted duck or tufted pochard (Vịt mào, Aythya fuligula)

The tufted duck (or tufted pochard) (Aythya fuligula) is a small diving duck found in northern Eurasia. 
The duck is migratory in most of the range, and winters in the milder temperatures in southern and western Europe, southern Asia.

The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.
The epithet fuligula is Latin fuligo 'soot' and gula 'throat' meaning sooty-throated. 

Baer's pochard (Vịt đầu đen, Aythya baeri) 

Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri) is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. 
The bird is a resident bird in North and Central China, and formerly bred in southeast Russia and Northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. 


The name Anseriformes comes from the Latin word "anser," meaning "goose," and the Greek-derived suffix "-iformes," meaning "having the form of". Therefore, "Anseriformes" literally means "goose-shaped"
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.

Common pochard 
(Vịt đầu đỏ, Aythya ferina), known simply as pochard

The common pochard (/ˈpɒtʃərd/; Aythya ferina), known simply as pochard in the United Kingdom, is a medium-sized diving duck in the family Anatidae. 
The bird is widespread across the Palearctic breeding primarily in the steppe regions of Scandinavia and Siberia, and wintering farther south and west.

The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.
In Latin, "ferina" means "of wild animals" or "wild game," derived from the root "ferus" (wild).

The Eurasian teal (Mòng két, Anas crecca), common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal
The bird gives its name to the blue-green colour teal.

The Eurasian teal, common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal (Mồng két, Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter.

The name Anas is the Latin for "duck".
"Crecca" is a Latinized onomatopoeia, from the Latin crecca or Greek krex, meaning "to cry" or "to creak," referring to the sound the Green-winged Teal makes. kricka, the Swedish name for this bird species.

Indian spot-billed duck (Vịt trời, Vịt mỏ đốm, Anas poecilorhyncha) 

The Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) is a species of large dabbling duck that is a non-migratory breeding duck throughout freshwater wetlands in the Indian subcontinent. 
The English name is derived from the red spot at the base of the bill that is found in the mainland Indian population.

Traits:
- Bill: black, yellow-tiped, red-based;
- Wings: with a dark green patch bordered by white and black.

The name Anas is the Latin for "duck".
The specific epithet poecilorhyncha combines the classical Greek words poikilos meaning "pied" or "spotted" and rhunkhos meaning a "bill".

Garganey 
(Mồng két mày trắng, Spatula querquedula)


Garganey (Mòng két mày trắng, Anas querquedula) is a small dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.

anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The name Spatula is the Latin word for "spoon", from which the English word "spatula" also originates.
The specific epithet is derived from Latin querquedula, a word believed to represent to its call.

Garganey dates from the 17th century and comes from Lombard language gargenei, the plural of garganell, which ultimately comes from the Late Latin gargala "tracheal artery".

Pintail or northern pintail 
(Vịt mốc, Anas acuta) 

The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America.

anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The epithet acuta comes from the verb acuere meaning "to sharpen" which refers to the pointed tail of the male in breeding plumage.

Northern shoveler 
(Vịt mỏ thìa, Spatula clypeata), known simply in Britain as the shoveler

The northern shoveler, known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.

The species of this genus were formerly placed in the genus Anas. 


anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The name Spatula is the Latin word for "spoon", from which the English word "spatula" also originates.

The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa, native to Europe, Asia and the northern half of Africa.

Eastern spot-billed duck or Chinese spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) 

The eastern spot-billed duck or Chinese spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) is a species of dabbling duck that breeds in East and Southeast Asia.
This bird species is migratory, wintering in southern China and possibly Southeast Asia.

Anseriformes is derived from Latin, meaning "goose-shaped" or "goose-like," combining anser (goose) and forma (form/shape). The order constitutes ducks, geese, and swans (family Anatidae), typically known as waterfowl or wildfowl.

Anatidae is a biological family of waterfowl (ducks, geese, and swans). The term originates from New Latin Anas (stem anat-), meaning "duck," paired with the suffix -idae (denoting a zoological family). The Latin root anas traces back to the Proto-Indo-European anət- ("waterbird").

The name Anas is the Latin for "duck".

The specific epithet zonorhyncha is derived from the classical Greek words zōnē meaning "band" or "girdle" and rhunkhos meaning "bill".

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