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.

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

The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. 
The common cranes winter in the northern half of the Indian subcontinent including Pakistan are those breeding in central Russia. These birds also winter in Burma, Vietnam and Thailand.

The the Latin word grus means "crane".

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

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

The Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), also called the Bengal bustard, is a bustard species native to the Indian subcontinent, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

The Bengal florican has two disjunct populations:
- One occurs from Uttar Pradesh through the Terai of Nepal to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh in India, to Bangladesh. 
- The other occurs in Cambodia and perhaps adjacent southern Vietnam.

The family name Otididae is from Latin ōtis (“bustard”), from Ancient Greek ὠτίς (ōtís).
The name Houbaropsis is a portmanteau, with the "opsis" part coming from the Greek word for "appearance" or "likeness" (\(\text{Greek:\ opsis}\)), and "Houbara" is a Latin term referring to the Houbara bustard. Houbaropsis means "resembling the Houbara". 
The word bustard comes from the Old French bistarda and some other languages.

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.

1/ Western swamphen (Xít, Porphyrio porphyrio)

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

3/ Black-backed swamphen (Porphyrio indicus)

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.

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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