Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Pandionidae
Genus: Pandion

Osprey, also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk

(Ó cá, Pandion haliaetus)

The osprey, also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey of the family Pandionidae of the order Accipitriformes.

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk", and Neo-Latin -formes "having the form of".
Pandionidae, Pandion: from Pandíōn, the mythical Greek king of Athens and grandfather of Theseus, Pandion II.
The species name haliaetus (Latin: haliaeetus)comes from Greek haliáetos "sea-eagle" (also haliaietos) from the combining form - hali- of hals "sea" and aetos, "eagle".

Pandion

Order: Accipitriformes
Family: Accipitridae
Genus: Icthyophaga

Grey-Headed Fish Eagle
(Diều cá đầu xám, Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)

The grey-headed fish eagle is a fish-eating bird of prey from South East Asia of the family Accipitridae.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Ichthyophaga Greek ikhthuophagos fish-eating (ikhthus: fish; -phagos -eating; phagein to eat or "devour").
ichthyaetus: Greek: ikhthus fish; aetos eagle.

Icthyophaga

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Cutia

Vietnamese Cutia
(Khướu hông đỏ Việt Nam, Cutia legalleni)

The Vietnamese cutia, found in Laos and Vietnam, is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan cutia (C. nipalensis).
Related to the alcippes and the laughingthrushes.
legalleni: a person's name.

Cutia

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Leiothrichidae
Genus: Cutia

Himalayan cutia
(Khướu hông đỏ, Cutia nipalensis)

The Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
This species inhabits the Himalayan region, from India to northern Thailand.

The cutias are the passerine bird genus Cutia in the family Leiothrichidae.
The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan cutia (C. nipalensis).
Related to the alcippes and the laughingthrushes.

Cutia

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myophonus

Blue Whistling Thrush
(Myophonus caeruleus, Hoét xanh)

The blue whistling thrush is a bird in the Old World flycatchers family Muscicapidae.

Traits: violet blue, shiny spangling on upper body: head, neck, upper back, upper wing, chest, part of belly.

The genus name Myophonus is from the Ancient Greek muia meaning "fly" and phoneus meaning "slayer".
caeruleus, coerulea: Latin caeruleus azure -blue. dark blue likely from caelum, "sky."

Myophonus

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Turdidae
Genus: Geokichla

Orange-Headed Thrush
(Hoét vàng, Sáo đất đầu cam, Geokichla citrina)

The orange-headed thrush is a bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

Geokichla

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Eurylaimidae
Genus: Cymbirhynchus

Black-and-Red Broadbill
(Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos)

The black-and-red broadbill is a species of bird in the typical broadbill family, Eurylaimidae.

Cymbirhynchus

Order: Galliformes
Family: Phasianidae
Genus: Arborophila

Orange-Necked Partridge
(Gà so cổ hung/cam, Arborophila davidi)

The orange-necked partridge, which is found in Cambodia and Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

Compare:
- Rufous-Throated Partridge (Gà so họng hung, Arborophila rufogularis): only rufous or orange color on the throat, scaly body with dark colors.
- Orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi): Throat has white and orange colors, scaly body with light colors.

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).
Arborophila: the Latin arbor, arboris meaning "tree" with the Ancient Greek philos meaning "-loving".

Arborophila

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Arachnothera

Streaked Spiderhunter
(Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)

The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

Arachnothera
arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider.
thera or thira: Santorini (an island in Greece)
Arachnothera Greek arakhne: spider; -theras hunter (therao: to hunt).

magna Latin magnus great

Arachnothera

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Arachnothera

Little spiderhunter
(Bắp chuối mỏ dài, Arachnothera longirostra)

The little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) is a species of long-billed nectar-feeding bird in the family Nectariniidae found in the moist forests of South and Southeast Asia.

This bird species is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter".
Arachnothera
arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider.
Greek θήρα, ας, ἡ, thēra: hunting, the chase.

The species epithet refers to the long beak:
Latin longus: long;
rostra, rostrum: Latin for bill;
-rostris: Latin -billed.

Arachnothera

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Nectariniidae
Genus: Arachnothera

Spectacled spiderhunter
(Bắp chuối bụng vàng, Arachnothera flavigaster)

The spectacled spiderhunter (Arachnothera flavigaster) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
The bird is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter".
Arachnothera
arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider.
Greek θήρα, ας, ἡ, thēra: hunting, the chase.

flavigaster: Latin flavus yellow; gaster belly.