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.

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

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

The knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) or African comb duck is a type of duck found along the tropical/sub-tropical wetlands and waterways of Sub-Saharan Africa and the island of Madagascar, as well as most of South Asia and mainland Indochina.


The name Sarkidiornis is derived from Greek words: sarkidion (small piece of flesh or little meat) and ornis (bird). 
The term translates to "little meat bird" and refers to the fleshy, knob-like caruncle at the base of the male's beak.
"Melanotos" is derived from Greek, from the combining form of melas, meaning "black," and notos, meaning "backed". 

Mergus is the genus of the typical mergansers fish-eating ducks in the subfamily Anatinae. 

1/ Scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Vịt mỏ nhọn, Mergus squamatus)
2/ Red-breasted merganser (Vịt cát ngực đỏ, Mergus serrator) 

anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The genus name Mergus is a Latin word to refer to an unspecified waterbird.
Mergus is a Latin word meaning "diver" or "waterfowl," derived from the verb mergere, which means "to dip" or "plunge". It was used by ancient authors to refer to an unspecified diving seabird.

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)

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

The scaly-sided merganser or Chinese merganser (Mergus squamatus) is an endangered typical merganser (genus Mergus).
The bird lives in Manchuria and extreme Southeast Siberia, breeding in the north and wintering in the south.

anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The genus name Mergus is a Latin word to refer to an unspecified waterbird.
Mergus is a Latin word meaning "diver" or "waterfowl," derived from the verb mergere, which means "to dip" or "plunge". It was used by ancient authors to refer to an unspecified diving seabird.
Squamatus is a Latin word meaning "scaly" or "covered with scales". The term originates from the Latin word squama, which means "scale". 

Aix is a bird genus that contains two species of ducks: the wood duck (Aix sponsa), and the mandarin duck (Aix galericulata). 
Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird.

1/ Mandarin duck (Uyên ương, Aix galericulata)

Mandarin duck (Uyên ương, Aix galericulata)

The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species native to the East Palearctic.


Aix is a bird genus that contains two species of ducks: the wood duck (Aix sponsa), and the mandarin duck (Aix galericulata). 
Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird.
In Greek, αἴξ (aíx) means goat or a kind of waterfowl. In Latin, it is aex or aqua (from which words like Aix-en-Provence are derived).
'galericulata' is the Latin for a wig, derived from galerum, a cap or bonnet.

Anser is a waterfowl genus that includes the grey geese and the white geese in the bird family Anatidae. The genus name comes from the Latin word anser meaning "goose".

1/ Bar-headed goose (Ngỗng Ấn độ, Anser indicus)
2/ Greylag goose or graylag goose (Ngỗng trời, Ngỗng xám, Anser anser) 

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