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.

Esacus is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus contains two species: the great stone-curlew and the beach stone-curlew.
The name is from Ancient Greek aisakos an unidentified bird variously associated with a robin, a shorebird or a cormorant.

1/ Great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Rẽ mỏ to, Esacus recurvirostris)
The specific epithet recurvirostris combines Latin recurvis meaning "bent backwards" with -rostris meaning "-billed".

Burhinus is a genus of birds in the family Burhinidae. The genus name Burhinus comes from the Greek bous for ox, and rhis for nose.

1/ Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) 
The species epithet oedicnemus combines the Greek oidio meaning "to swell", and kneme meaning "shin" or "leg".

Burhinidae is a bird family which is often known as stone-curlews, or dikkops or thick-knees.
The family contains three genera: Hesperoburhinus, Burhinus and Esacus. The name Burhinus combines the Ancient Greek bous meaning "ox" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nose" (or "bill").

The stone-curlews are not closely related to the curlews, genus Numenius, that belong to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.

Charadriiformes, from Charadrius, the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. 
Most members of this order can also collectively be referred to as shorebirds.

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").

Harpactes is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, extending into southernmost China.

1/ Red-headed trogon (Nuốc bụng đỏ, Harpactes erythrocephalus)
The epithet comes from the Ancient Greek terms eruthros meaning red, and kephale meaning head.
2/ Orange-breasted trogon (Nuốc bụng vàng, Harpactes oreskios)
3/ Ward's trogon (Nuốc đuôi hồng, Harpactes wardi)

Harpactes harpax or harpago (Koinē Greek: ἅρπαγα literal "grabber, seizer, robber"; GEN ἅρπαγος harpagos)

Trogonidae is the single bird family in the order Trogoniformes. The family includes birds which are often referred to as trogon or quetzal.

Trogoniformes is a bird order which which contains only one bird family, the Trogonidae.

Sarkidiornis is a genus of ducks in the family Anatidae.
Most taxonomic authorities classify the knob-billed duck and the comb duck separately.

1/ Knob-billed duck (Vịt mồng, Sarkidiornis melanotos), or African comb duck

Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. The genus name is a Latin word to refer to an unspecified waterbird.

1/ Scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Vịt mỏ nhọn, Mergus squamatus)

Tadorna is a genus of ducks whose species comprises most shelducks in the family Anatidae. 
The genus Tadorna name comes from the French name Tadorne for the common shelduck.

1/ Common shelduck (Vịt khoang, Tadorna tadorna)
2/ Ruddy shelduck (Vịt vàng, Tadorna ferruginea), known in India as the Brahminy duck
formerly placed in the genus Anas. Some authorities place it in the genus Casarca.
The species name ferruginea is Latin for "rusty" and refers to the colour of the plumage.

Aythya is a genus of diving ducks. The name Aythya comes from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.

1/ Greater scaup (Vịt biển, Aythya marila), scaup in Europe, or "bluebill" in North America
The epithet marila is from the Greek word for charcoal embers or coal dust.
2/ Baer's pochard (Vịt đầu đen, Aythya baeri) 
3/ Common pochard (Vịt đầu đỏ, Aythya ferina), known simply as pochard

4/ Tufted duck or tufted pochard (Vịt mào, Aythya fuligula)
The epithet is from Latin fuligo 'soot' and gula 'throat'.

5/ Ferruginous duck (Vịt mặt trắng, Aythya nyroca), also known as ferruginous pochard, common white-eye or white-eyed pochard
The epithet is from nyrok, the Russian name for a duck.

Mareca is a genus or subgenus of ducks in the family Anatidae that includes the wigeons.
The name of the genus is from the Portuguese word Marreco for a small duck.[
The species were formerly placed in the genus Anas.

1/ Gadwall (Vịt cánh trắng, Mareca strepera)
2/ Eurasian wigeon or European wigeon (Vịt đầu vàng, Mareca penelope), also known as the widgeon or the wigeon
The epithet name derives from Ancient Greek pene, "braid" and ops "appearance"

3/ Falcated duck or falcated teal (Vịt lưỡi liềm, Mareca falcata)

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