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: 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.
Spot-billed duck (Vịt giời, Vịt mỏ đốm, Anas poecilorhyncha) is a large dabbling duck that is a non-migratory breeding duck throughout freshwater wetlands in the Indian subcontinent. The name is derived from the red spot at the base of the bill that is found in the mainland Indian population.
Mallard (Vịt cổ xanh, Anas platyrhynchos), which belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae, is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurosiberia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa.
Eurasian wigeon, also known as widgeon (Vịt đầu vàng, Mareca penelope) is one of three species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Mareca. It is common and widespread within its Palearcticrange.
Falcated duck (Vịt lưỡi liềm, Anas falcata) is a dabbling duck from the east Palearctic (East Siberia and Mongolia to North Japan) wintering in India, China, Southeast Asia.
Gadwall (Vịt cánh trắng, Anas strepera) is a common and widespread dabbling duck in the family Anatidae.
Common shelduck (Vịt khoang, Tadorna tadorna) is a waterfowl species of the shelduck genus, Tadorna. This species is mainly associated with lakes and rivers in open country, breeding in rabbit burrows, tree holes, haystacks or similar. In winter it is common on suitable estuaries and tidal mudflats as well.
Greylag goose (Ngỗng xám, Anser anser) is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus Anser.
Japanese quail (Cay Nhật bản, Coturnix japonica) was considered a subspecies of the common quail, it was distinguished as its own species in 1983. The Japanese quail is primarily a ground-living species that tends to stay within areas of dense vegetation in order to take cover and evade predators.
