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.

The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia).
Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.

Formerly, three families Muscicapidae, Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Turdidae (thrushes) were placed in the Muscicapidae.
The extended flycatcher family that also included Timaliidae (Old World babblers) and Monarchidae (Monarch flycatchers). 

Later  DNA–DNA hybridization studies found the family should be split into several separate families.

Antigone is a genus of large birds in the crane family Gruidae. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Grus.
The specific epithet is based on the Greek mythology:  Antigone was the daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon. 
The author appears to have confused this myth with that of Gerana, queen of the pigmies, who considered herself more beautiful than Hera and was turned into a crane.

1/ Sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
Formerly placed in the genus Grus.
The common name sarus is from the Hindi name (sāras) for the species. The Hindi word is derived from the Sanskrit word sarasa for the "lake bird", (sometimes corrupted to sārhans)...

Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.
The the Latin word grus means "crane".

1/ Common crane (Sếu cổ trắng, Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane

2/ Black-necked crane (Sếu xám, Grus nigricollis) 

Cranes are a type of large bird with long legs and necks in the biological family Gruidae of the order Gruiformes.
The family name Gruidae comes from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".

Houbaropsis is a bird genus comprising bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds in the family Otididae, formerly known as Otidae.

1/ Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), also called the Bengal bustard

Bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds living mainly in dry grassland areas and on the steppes of the Old World. 
They make up the family Otididae, formerly known as Otidae.
The name is from Latin ōtis (“bustard”), from Ancient Greek ὠτίς (ōtís).

Otidiformes are a bird order which was formerly included in the order Gruiformes. The name is from Latin ōtis (“bustard”), from Ancient Greek ὠτίς (ōtís).

Porphyrio is the swamphen or swamp hen bird genus in the rail family.

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".

1/ Western swamphen (Xít, Porphyrio porphyrio)

2/ Grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) 
or Gray-headed swamp hen

Coots are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica, the name being the Latin term for "coot".

1/ Eurasian coot (Sâm cầm, Fulica atra), also known as the common coot, or Australian coot

Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized water birds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae).
Most species are placed in the genus Gallinula, Latin for "little hen or chicken".

1/ Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken
The Greek chloropus: Chloris ("Khloris" or from "Khloros"), meaning "greenish-yellow," "pale green," "pale," or "fresh";
pous foot.

Crex is a genus of bird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
The binomial name, Crex crex, from the ancient Greek, is onomatopoeic, referring to the crake's repetitive grating call.

1/ Corn crake, corncrake or landrail (Gà vằn hung, Crex crex) 

Lewinia is a genus of bird in the rail and crake family Rallidae.
The common name commemorates the English engraver and naturalist John Lewin (1770–1819) who settled in Australia.

1/ Slaty-breasted rail (Gà nước vằn, Lewinia striata) 
striata: striated, striped.

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