Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in 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. - Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Coraciidae
- Genus: Eurystomus
Oriental Dollarbird
Also known as Asian dollarbird, dark roller, dollar roller, dollarbird, eastern broad-billed roller and oriental broad-billed roller.
(Yểng Quạ, Eurystomus orientalis)
The Oriental dollarbird (Eurystomus orientalis) is a bird of the roller family Coraciidae.
Coracia, Coracias: Greek: korakias: crow (korax raven).
The name Eurystomus means ‘broad mouth’, from the Greek eurus (‘broad, wide’) and stoma ( ‘mouth’).
- Order: Piciformes
- Family: Picidae
- Genus: Jynx
Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck
(Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla)
Eurasian wryneck, or northern wryneck (Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla) is a species of wryneck in the woodpecker family, yet it does not peck wood. This species mainly breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia.
Piciformes, picidae, picus: Latin woodpecker.
Jynx is from the Ancient Greek iunx, the Eurasian wryneck.
torquilla: Latin torquere to twist.
The Common buttonquail, Kurrichane buttonquail, small buttonquail, or Andalusian hemipode (Cun cút, Turnix sylvaticus) is a buttonquail, one of a small family of birds which resemble, but are unrelated to, the true quails. This species is resident from southern Spain and Africa through India and tropical Asia to Indonesia.
The Red-breasted Merganser (Vịt mỏ nhọn ngực đỏ, Mergus serrator) is a diving duck, one of the sawbills. Its breeding habitat is freshwater lakes and rivers across northern North America, Greenland, Europe, and the Palearctic.
Tufted duck (Vịt mào, Aythya fuligula) is a small diving duck found in northern Eurasia. The duck is migratory in most of its range, and overwinters in the milder south and west of Europe, southern Asia and all year in most of the United Kingdom.
Baer's pochard (Vịt đầu đen, Aythya baeri) is a diving duck found in eastern Asia. It breeds in southeast Russia and northeast China, migrating in winter to southern China, Vietnam, Japan, and India. The duck takes its name from the Estonian naturalist Karl Ernst von Baer.
Common pochard (Vịt đầu đỏ, Aythya ferina) is a medium-sized diving duck. Pochards breed in much of temperate and northern Europe and across the Palearctic. They are migratory, and spend winter in the south and west of Europe.
The Eurasian teal, common teal, or Eurasian green-winged teal (Mồng két, Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurosiberia and migrates south in winter.
- Order: Anseriformes
- Family: Anatidae
- Genus: Spatula
Garganey
(Mồng két mày trắng, Spatula querquedula)
Garganey (Mòng két mày trắng, Anas querquedula) is a small dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.
anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The name Spatula is the Latin word for "spoon", from which the English word "spatula" also originates.
The specific epithet is derived from Latin querquedula, a word believed to represent to its call.
Garganey dates from the 17th century and comes from Lombard language gargenei, the plural of garganell, which ultimately comes from the Late Latin gargala "tracheal artery".
- Order: Anseriformes
- Family: Anatidae
- Genus: Anas
Pintail or northern pintail
(Vịt mốc, Anas acuta)
The pintail or northern pintail (Anas acuta) is a duck species with wide geographic distribution that breeds in the northern areas of Europe and across the Palearctic and North America.
anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The epithet acuta comes from the verb acuere meaning "to sharpen" which refers to the pointed tail of the male in breeding plumage.
- Order: Anseriformes
- Family: Anatidae
- Genus: Spatula
Northern shoveler
(Vịt mỏ thìa, Spatula clypeata), known simply in Britain as the shoveler
The northern shoveler, known simply in Britain as the shoveler, is a common and widespread duck of the family Anatidae.
The species of this genus were formerly placed in the genus Anas.
anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
The name Spatula is the Latin word for "spoon", from which the English word "spatula" also originates.
The Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) is the most widespread species of the genus Upupa, native to Europe, Asia and the northern half of Africa.
