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White-throated kingfisher 
(Sả đầu nâu, Halcyon smyrnensis)

The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to China and Indonesia.

Wood sandpiper (Choắt bụng xám, Tringa glareola)

The Wood Sandpiper (Tringa glareola, Choắt bụng xám) is a small wader in the large family Scolopacidae, sandpiper, Tringa genus. Wood Sandpiper is a pass-through winter bird commonly sighted at the Xuan Thuy National Park.

The term Charadriiformes comes from New Latin, combining the Greek word kharadrios ("a bird of river valleys" or "a bird of ravines") and the Latin suffix -formes meaning "forms" or "shaped like". Therefore, Charadriiformes translates to "birds shaped like or resembling the charadrius," which is a type of plover or stone curlew historically found in dry river beds or ravines. 

The word Scolopacidae is New Latin, derived from the genus name Scolopax (Latin for "snipe" or "woodcock") and the common zoological suffix for family names, -idae.

The name Tringa comes from the Ancient Greek word trungas, meaning "wader". 

The specific epithet glareola is from Latin glarea, " gravel".
Glareola is a Latin word that means "gravel," derived from glarea, a diminutive of "gravel". The name likely refers to the patterns on the back of the bird.
Diminutive suffix: The name uses the diminutive suffix "-ola," turning "gravel" into "little gravel". 

Wood snipe (Dẽ giun lớn, Rẽ giun lớn, Gallinago nemoricola)

The wood snipe (Gallinago nemoricola) is a species of snipe which breeds in the Himalayas of northern India, Nepal, Bhutan and southern China.
In winter, it occurs at lower altitudes in the Himalayas, as a regular visitor in small numbers to north Vietnam.

The term Charadriiformes comes from New Latin, combining the Greek word kharadrios ("a bird of river valleys" or "a bird of ravines") and the Latin suffix -formes meaning "forms" or "shaped like". Therefore, Charadriiformes translates to "birds shaped like or resembling the charadrius," which is a type of plover or stone curlew historically found in dry river beds or ravines. 

The word Scolopacidae is New Latin, derived from the genus name Scolopax (Latin for "snipe" or "woodcock") and the common zoological suffix for family names, -idae.

The scientific name gallinago is Neo-Latin for a woodcock or snipe from Latin gallina, "hen" and the suffix -ago, "resembling".

Nemoricola is a Latin term that means "woodland-dweller" or "forest-dweller". It is derived from the Latin word nemus, nemoris meaning "forest" or "woodland," and the Latin suffix -cola, meaning "inhabitant" or "dwelling".

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

The yellow-legged buttonquail (Turnix tanki) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails.

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).