Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

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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.

1/ Yellow-legged buttonquail (Cun cút chân vàng, Cun cút lưng hung, Turnix tanki)
resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails.

2/ Barred buttonquail or common bustard-quail (Cun cút lưng nâu, Cun cút vằn,Turnix suscitator) 
The specific epithet suscitator is Latin and means "awakening".

3/ Common buttonquail (Cun cút nhỏ, Turnix sylvaticus), also called Kurrichane buttonquail, small buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode 
The specific epithet sylvaticus is Latin meaning "of the woods" or "amidst the trees", sylva:'forest'.

4/ Little buttonquail (Cun cút bé, Turnix velox) 

 

The genus name is an abbreviation of the genus Coturnix.
Turnicidae is from Turnix abbreviation from genus Coturnix, quail(Coturnix is the Latin for the common quail); coined to reflect the quail-like appearance and lack of hind-toe.
hemipodes: Greek hemi half, semi; podes from Greek pous, podos foot (Latin pes).

Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of birds, Turnicidae, of the order Charadriiformes collectively referred to as shorebirds.
Species of the Turnicidae resemble, but are not closely related to, the quails of Phasianidae.

The species of this family inhabit warm grasslands in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia.

Turnicidae is from Turnix abbreviation from genus Coturnix, quail(Coturnix is the Latin for the common quail); coined to reflect the quail-like appearance and lack of hind-toe.
hemipodes: Greek hemi half, semi; podes from Greek pous, podos foot (Latin pes).

Heliopais is a genus of aquatic birds commonly known as the finfoots in the family Heliornithidae.

1/ Masked finfoot or Asian finfoot (Chân bơi, Heliopais personatus) 

The Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a sungrebe.

  • Order: Gruiformes

The Gruiformes are an order containing a considerable number of living and extinct bird families, with a widespread geographical diversity. Gruiform means "crane-like": from Latin gruem, accusative of grus (“crane”).

Swinhoe's white-eye 
(Zosterops simplex)

Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.

Compare Swinhoe's White-eye (Zosterops simplex) vs Warbling White-eye (Zosterops japonicus):
Swinhoe's White-eye: more sharp-looking;
Warbling White-eye: less defined colors.


The name Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
simplex Latin simplex simple, plain.

Indian white-eye 
(Vành khuyên họng vàng, Zosterops palpebrosus), formerly the Oriental white-eye

The Indian white-eye (Zosterops palpebrosus), formerly the Oriental white-eye, is a small species of passerine bird in the white-eye family.


The name Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
palpebrosus being Neo-Latin for "having prominent eyelids", from the Latin palpebrae "eyelids": palpebra meaning "eyelid" and osus meaning "full of".

Chestnut-flanked white-eye 
(Vành khuyên sườn hung, Zosterops erythropleurus)

The chestnut-flanked white-eye (Zosterops erythropleurus) is a bird in the family Zosteropidae. 


The name Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
erythropleurus from Greek: erythro-: red; pleura: rib, side.

Zosterops (meaning "eye-girdle") is a genus of passerine birds containing the typical white-eyes in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
The name combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".

1/ Indian white-eye (Vành khuyên họng vàng, Zosterops palpebrosus), formerly the Oriental white-eye
palpebrosus being Neo-Latin for "having prominent eyelids", from the Latin palpebrae "eyelids": palpebra meaning "eyelid" and osus meaning "full of".

2/ Chestnut-flanked white-eye (Vành khuyên sườn hung, Zosterops erythropleurus)
erythropleurus from Greek: erythro-: red; pleura: rib, side.

3/ Warbling white-eye (Vành Nhật Bản, Zosterops japonicus), also known as the Japanese white-eye and mountain white-eye

4/ Swinhoe's white-eye (Zosterops simplex)

Orioles are colourful Old World passerine birds in the genus Oriolus, the type genus of the corvoidean family Oriolidae.

"Oriole" derives from the Latin word aureolus meaning "golden".

1/ Maroon oriole (Tử anh, Oriolus traillii)

2/ Black-hooded oriole (Vàng anh đầu đen, Oriolus xanthornus)

The specific epithet xanthornus is from the Ancient Greek xanthos "yellow" and ornis "bird".

3/ Black-naped oriole (Vàng anh gáy đen, Oriolus chinensis)

4/ Slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
Vàng anh mỏ nhỏ

5/ Silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus)

The Old World orioles (Oriolidae) are an Old World family of passerine birds.
"Oriole" derives from the Latin word aureolus meaning "golden".

The family Oriolidae comprises the piopios, figbirds, pitohuis and the Old World orioles.

The genus Sitta comprise the nuthatches which are small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae.

1/ Indian nuthatch (Trèo cây bụng hung, Sitta castanea)
From Ancient Greek kastáneia, from kástana meaning chestnut or chestnut tree.
This species has been split by Rasmussen and Anderton (2005) from the chestnut-bellied nuthatch.

2/ Chestnut-vented nuthatch (Trèo cây đít hung, Sitta nagaensis)
 The species name is composed of naga and the Latin suffix -ensis, "that lives in, that inhabits," was given in reference to the area when the type of the species was collected, the Naga Hills.

3/ White-tailed nuthatch (Trèo cây Himalaya, Sitta himalayensis)

4/ Beautiful nuthatch (Trèo cây lưng đen, Sitta formosa)
The name derives from the Latin name Formosus and Spanish word "fermoso", meaning "beautiful".

5/ Yellow-billed nuthatch (Trèo cây mỏ vàng, Sitta solangiae)

6/ Velvet-fronted nuthatch (Trèo cây trán đen, Sitta frontalis)
Latin word meaning "frontal" (= relating to the forehead).

7/ Burmese nuthatch (Sitta neglecta), also known as the neglected nuthatch

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