Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

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Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. 
Nectariniidae: New Latin, from Nectarinia, type genus + -idae.
The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with puge meaning "rump".

1/ Crimson sunbird (Hút mật đỏ, Aethopyga siparaja)

2/ Fork-tailed sunbird (Hút mật đuôi nhọn, Aethopyga christinae)

3/ Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Hút mật họng vàng, Aethopyga gouldiae)
named after British bird artist Elizabeth Gould.

4/ Green-tailed sunbird (Hút mật Nê pan, Aethopyga nipalensis) or Nepal yellow-backed sunbird

5/ Black-throated sunbird (Hút mật ngực đỏ, Aethopyga saturata)

The genus Kurochkinegramma is a genus of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains only one species: The purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum).

1/ Purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Hút mật bụng vạch, Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
formerly placed in the genus Hypogramma.

The genus Chalcoparia is a genus of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains only one species: ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis).
The genus name is from Ancient Greek khalkopareos meaning "with cheeks of bronze". 

1/ Ruby-cheeked sunbird (Hút mật bụng hung, Chalcoparia singalensis)
The specific epithet is from the erroneous type locality, Sri Lanka.

The genus Arachnothera, part of the sunbird family Nectariniidae, contains birds known as spiderhunters.
The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

1/ Spectacled spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng vàng, Arachnothera flavigaster)

2/ Streaky-breasted spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng xám, Arachnothera affinis)

3/ Streaked spiderhunter (Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)

4/ Yellow-eared spiderhunter (Bắp chuối má vàng, Arachnothera chrysogenys)

5/ Little spiderhunter (Bắp chuối mỏ dài, Arachnothera longirostra)

The family Nectariniidae of passerine birds includes sunbirds and spiderhunters of the order Passeriformes.

Hemiprocne is a single genus of the treeswift (or crested swift) family Hemiprocnidae.

1/ Grey-rumped treeswift (Yến mào, Hemiprocne longipennis)
2/ Crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata)


Hemiprocne: Greek hemi- half-, small, akin to; Latin progne: swallow.

Crested treeswift 
(Hemiprocne coronata)

The crested treeswift (Hemiprocne coronata) is a species of tree swift.

Hemiprocne: Greek hemi- half-, small, akin to; Latin progne: swallow.
coronatus, coronata: meaning "crowned".

Gray-rumped treeswift 
(Yến mào phao câu xám, Hemiprocne longipennis)

The grey-rumped treeswift (Hemiprocne longipennis) is a species of bird in the Hemiprocnidae family.
The bird is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Hemiprocne: Greek hemi- half-, small, akin to; Latin progne: swallow.
Longipennis is a New Latin adjective meaning "having long wings". 
The term comes from the Latin words longus (long) and pennis (wings). 

Treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, the Hemiprocnidae, of aerial near passerine birds, closely related to the true swifts containing a single genus, Hemiprocne. 

The bird family is distributed from India and Southeast Asia through Indonesia to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

Aerodramus is a genus of small, dark, cave-nesting birds in the Collocaliini tribe of the swift family Apodidae.
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek aer meaning "air" with -dromos meaning "-racer" (from trekho "to run").

1/ Edible-nest swiftlet (Yến hông xám, Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet

2/ Himalayan swiftlet (Yến núi, Aerodramus brevirostris) 

3/ Mossy-nest swiftlet (Yến rêu, Aerodramus salangana) 

Edible-nest swiftlet 
(Yến hông xám, Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet

The edible-nest swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet, is a small bird of the swift family which is found in Southeast Asia.

As the name apodiforme—meaning "footless" in Greek—suggests, the legs of hummingbirds, swifts and treeswifts (or 'crested' swifts) are rather small and offer limited functional uses.
The family name, Apodidae, is derived from the Greek ἄπους (ápous), meaning "footless", a reference to the small, weak legs of these most aerial of birds.

Aerodramus comes from two Ancient Greek words: aēr (ἀήρ), meaning "air," and dromos (δρόμος), meaning "path" or "runner". The name therefore translates to something like "air-path" or "air-runner," referring to swiftlets that navigate their environment through the air. 

The specific epithet fuciphaga combines the Ancient Greek φυκος/phukos meaning "seaweed" with -φαγος/-phagos meaning "-eating".

Himalayan swiftlet 
(Yến núi, Aerodramus brevirostris) 

The Himalayan swiftlet (Aerodramus brevirostris) is a small swift of the swift family Apodidae.
This bird species is a common breeder in the Himalayas and Southeast Asia. Some populations are migratory.

As the name apodiforme—meaning "footless" in Greek—suggests, the legs of hummingbirds, swifts and treeswifts (or 'crested' swifts) are rather small and offer limited functional uses.
The family name, Apodidae, is derived from the Greek ἄπους (ápous), meaning "footless", a reference to the small, weak legs of these most aerial of birds.

The genus name combines the Ancient Greek aer meaning "air" with -dromos meaning "-racer" (from trekho "to run").
Brevirostris is Latin for "short-beaked". It combines the Latin words brevis ("short") and-rostris -billed (rostrum bill).

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