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 jacanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds or lily trotters) are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. 

Glareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae. 
The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat.

1/ Oriental pratincole (Dô nách nâu, Óc cau, Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover
The species name maldivarum refers to the type locality, the ocean near the Maldive Islands.

2/ Small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole (Dô nách xám, Glareola lactea)

Glareolidae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Lari, order Charadriiformes. It contains two distinct groups, the pratincoles and the coursers.

Vanellus is the genus of waders which provisionally contains all lapwings except red-kneed dotterel, Erythrogonys cinctus. The name "vanellus" is Latin for "little fan", vanellus being the diminutive of vannus ("winnowing fan").

1/ River lapwing (Te cựa, Vanellus duvaucelii)

2/ Northern lapwing (Te mào, Vanellus vanellus), also known as the peewit or pewit, tuit or tewit, green plover, or (in Ireland and Great Britain) pyewipe or just lapwing

3/ Grey-headed lapwing (Te vàng, Vanellus cinereus)

4/ Red-wattled lapwing (Te vặt,Vanellus indicus)

Pluvialis is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds comprising four species that breed in the temperate or Arctic Northern Hemisphere.
The genus name is Latin and means relating to rain, from pluvia, "rain". It was believed the birds flocked when rain was imminent.

1/ Pacific golden plover (Choi choi vàng, Pluvialis fulva)
 The specific epithet is also from Latin and means 'tawny' or 'yellowish-brown'.

2/ grey plover or black-bellied plover (Choi choi xám, Pluvialis squatarola) 
The species name squatarola is a Latinised version of Sgatarola, a Venetian name for some kind of plover.

Charadrius is a genus of plovers, a group of wading birds in the family Charadriidae, in the order Charadriiformes. 
The genus name Charadrius is a Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate. 

1/ Long-billed plover (Choi choi lớn, Charadrius placidus)

2/ Little ringed plover (Choi choi nhỏ, Charadrius dubius) 
The specific dubius is Latin for doubtful, since Sonnerat, writing in 1776, thought this bird might be just a variant of common ringed plover.

Anarhynchus is a genus of plovers formerly placed in the genus Charadrius.  The genus name is from Ancient Greek ana meaning "backward", and rhunkhosmeaning "bill".

1/ Greater sand plover (Choi choi lưng hung, Anarhynchus leschenaultii) 
The specific leschenaultii commemorates the French botanist Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.

2/ Kentish plover (Choi choi cổ khoang, Anarhynchus alexandrinus) 

3/ Malaysian plover (Choi choi lưng đen, Anarhynchus peronii)

4/ Siberian sand plover (Anarhynchus mongolus) 
The specific mongolus is Latin and refers to Mongolia, which at the time of naming referred to a larger area than the present country.
The species was previously known as  "lesser sand plover".

The bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings. The order is  Charadriiformes.

Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

Arenaria, commonly known as turnstone, is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing only two species.
The genus name arenaria is from Latin arenarius, "inhabiting sand", from arena, "sand".

1/ Ruddy turnstone (Rẽ khoang, Arenaria interpres)
The specific epithet interpres means "messenger".

Lymnocryptes is a genus of birds in the wader family Scolopacidae, containing only one species: Lymnocryptes minimus.

1/ Jack snipe or jacksnipe (Rẽ giun nhỏ, Lymnocryptes minimus)
The genus name Lymnocryptes is from Ancient Greek limne, "marsh" and kruptos, "hidden". The species name minimus is from Latin and means "smallest".

Scolopax, commonly known as woodcock, is a genus of wading birds in the family Scolopacidae.
The genus name is Latin for a snipe or woodcock.

1/  Eurasian woodcock (Rẽ gà , Nhát bà, Scolopax rusticola)
The specific epithet rusticola is the Latin name of a gamebird which was possibly a grouse.

Calidris is a genus of Arctic-breeding, strongly migratory wading birds in the family Scolopacidae. 
The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds.

1/ Spoon-billed sandpiper (Rẽ mỏ thìa, Calidris pygmaea)

2/ Curlew sandpiper (Rẽ bụng nâu, Calidris ferruginea)
The specific ferruginea is from Latin ferrugo, ferruginis, "iron rust" referring to its colour in breeding plumage.

3/ Red-necked stint (Rẽ cổ hung, Calidris ruficollis) 
The specific ruficollis is from Latin rufus, "red" and collum, "neck".

4/ Sanderling (Rẽ cổ xám, Calidris alba) 
The name derives from Old English sand-yrðling, "sand-ploughman".
The specific, alba, is Latin for "white".

5/ Sharp-tailed sandpiper (Rẽ đuôi nhọn, Calidris acuminata)
The specific acuminata is from Latin acuminatus, 'sharp, pointed'.

6/ Ruff (Rẽ lớn, Calidris pugnax)
formerly placed in different genera and was known as: Tringa pugnax, Philomachus pugnax
The specific epithet refers to the aggressive behaviour of the bird at its mating arenas — pugnax from the Latin term for "combative".

7/ Great knot (Rẽ lớn ngực đốm, Calidris tenuirostris)
The specific tenuirostris is from Latin tenuis "slender" and rostrum "bill".

8/ Temminck's stint (Rẽ Lưng đen, Calidris temminckii)
The specific epithet is from the name of a Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck.

9/ Red knot or just knot (Rẽ lưng nâu, Calidris canutus)

10/ Broad-billed sandpiper (Rẽ mỏ rộng, Calidris falcinellus)
The specific name falcinella is from falx, falcis, "a sickle. 
Some research suggests that it should rather go into the genus Philomachus.

11/ Long-toed stint (Rẽ ngón dài, Calidris subminuta) 
The specific subminuta is from Latin sub, "near to" and minuta, "small" from its similarity to the little stint, Calidris minuta.

12/ Little stint (Rẽ nhỏ, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta)
The specific minuta is Latin for "small.

13/ Dunlin (Rẽ trán trắng, Calidris alpina)
formerly placed in the genus Erolia.
The specific alpina is from Latin and means "of high mountains", in this case referring to the Alps.
The English name derives from dun, "dull brown", with the suffix -ling, meaning a person or thing with the given quality.

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