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.

Grey-headed swamphen 
(Porphyrio poliocephalus) 
or Gray-headed swamp hen
Trích cồ

The grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand.

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".
poliocephalus: Greek polios grey; -kephalos -headed.

Black-backed swamphen 
(Porphyrio indicus)

The black-backed swamphen (Porphyrio indicus) is a species of swamphen occurring from southeast Asia to Sulawesi and Borneo. 
This bird species used to be considered a subspecies of the purple swamphen, which it resembles, but has a large shield, black upperparts. 
Some birds have the sides of the head is blackish.

Gruiformes, Gruidae: from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
The genus name Porphyrio comes from the Ancient Greek word πορφυρίων (porphurion), derived from πορφυρα (porphura), which means "purple". 
The term was adopted into Latin and New Latin, referring to a type of "swamphen" or "purple water-hen," a bird characterized by its striking purple or reddish-purple plumage. 

Ferruginous duck 
also known as ferruginous pochard, common white-eye or white-eyed pochard
(Vịt mặt trắng, Aythya nyroca), 

The ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca) is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurosiberia. 

anser: Latin anser goose.
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
Aythya: from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.
nyroca: from nyrok, the Russian name for a duck.

Greater scaup 
(Vịt biển, Aythya marila), scaup in Europe, or "bluebill" in North America

The greater scaup (Aythya marila), just scaup in Europe or "bluebill" in North America, is a mid-sized diving duck of the family Anatidae.
The bird spends the summer months breeding in Iceland, east across Scandinavia, northern Russia and Siberia, Alaska, and northern Canada. 
During the winter, it migrates south to the coasts of Europe, eastern Asia, and North America.


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"
The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.
The epithet marila is from the Greek word for charcoal embers or coal dust.

Cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal 
(Le khoang cổ, Nettapus coromandelianus)

The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in Asia, Southeast Asia extending south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose.


anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
Nettapus: Ancient Greek nētta meaning "duck" and pous meaning "foot".
coromandelianus: Coromandel Coast (= Karnataka), India.

Lesser whistling duck
also known as Indian whistling duck or lesser whistling teal
(Le nâu or Le le, Dendrocygna javanica)


The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica), also known as Indian whistling duck or lesser whistling teal, is a species of whistling duck that breeds in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
Dendrocygna: Greek dendron tree; genus Cygnus;
cygnus: Latin swan;
Greek kuknos swan;

White's thrush 
(Zoothera aurea)

White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae.
Once considered a subspecies of the scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma).

Turdidae derives from the Latin word turdus, meaning thrush.
The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".
The specific aurea is from Latin aureus, "golden".

Chinese blackbird 
(Turdus mandarinus)
Hoét đen

The Chinese blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.
Once considered conspecific with the related common blackbird (Turdus merula).

Turdidae, Turdus: Latin for "thrush".
mandarinus French mandarin mandarin (Portuguese mandarim: senior official in the imperial Chinese bureaucracy).

Grey-backed thrush 
(Turdus hortulorum)
Hoét lưng đen


The grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. 


Turdidae: Turdus Latin for "thrush".
hortulorum: 
 Latin genitive plural of hortulus which is the diminutive of hortus;
 hortus: garden; 
 hortulus: small garden.

Long-tailed thrush 
(Zoothera dixoni, Sáo đất Dixon)

The long-tailed thrush (Zoothera dixoni) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.
The bird is found from the central and eastern Himalayas to south-central and south-western China.

The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".

David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi)
Lách tách má xám

David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi), endemic to southern China and northern Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Alcippeidae.

Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.

Black-browed fulvetta 
(Alcippe grotei)
Lách tách mày đen

The black-browed fulvetta (Alcippe grotei) is a 15.5 to 16.5 cm long species of passerine bird in the family Alcippeidae.
This bird species is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Many species of the family Alcippeidae were previously placed in families Pellorneidae or Timaliidae.

Compare:
- Mountain fulvetta (Lách tách vành mắt, Alcippe peracensis): found above 900 m, white eyeing.
- black-browed fulvetta (Lách tách mày đen, Alcippe grotei): found below 400 m, blur or no white eyeing.

Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.

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