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.

Grey-headed swamphen 
(Porphyrio poliocephalus) 
or Gray-headed swamp hen
Trích cồ

The grey-headed swamphen (Porphyrio poliocephalus) is a species of swamphen occurring from the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent to southern China and northern Thailand.

Gruiformes, Gruidae: from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".
Rallidae: from rallus new Latin for rail, an aquatic bird.
The genus name Porphyrio is the Latin name for "swamphen", meaning "purple".
poliocephalus: Greek polios grey; -kephalos -headed.

Ferruginous duck 
also known as ferruginous pochard, common white-eye or white-eyed pochard
(Vịt mặt trắng, Aythya nyroca), 

The ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca) is a medium-sized diving duck from Eurosiberia. 

anser: Latin anser goose.
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
Aythya: from the Ancient Greek word authuia, which may have referred to a sea-dwelling duck or an auklet.
nyroca: from nyrok, the Russian name for a duck.

Cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal 
(Le khoang cổ, Nettapus coromandelianus)

The cotton pygmy goose or cotton teal (Nettapus coromandelianus) is a small perching duck which breeds in Asia, Southeast Asia extending south and east to Queensland where they are sometimes called white-quilled pygmy goose.


anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
Nettapus: Ancient Greek nētta meaning "duck" and pous meaning "foot".
coromandelianus: Coromandel Coast (= Karnataka), India.

Lesser whistling duck
also known as Indian whistling duck or lesser whistling teal
(Le nâu or Le le, Dendrocygna javanica)


The lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica), also known as Indian whistling duck or lesser whistling teal, is a species of whistling duck that breeds in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

anser: Latin anser goose;
anas, anatis: Latin duck.
Dendrocygna: Greek dendron tree; genus Cygnus;
cygnus: Latin swan;
Greek kuknos swan;

White's thrush 
(Zoothera aurea)

White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) is a member of the thrush family, Turdidae.
Once considered a subspecies of the scaly thrush (Zoothera dauma).

Turdidae derives from the Latin word turdus, meaning thrush.
The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".
The specific aurea is from Latin aureus, "golden".

Chinese blackbird 
(Turdus mandarinus)
Hoét đen

The Chinese blackbird (Turdus mandarinus) is a member of the thrush family Turdidae.
Once considered conspecific with the related common blackbird (Turdus merula).

Turdidae, Turdus: Latin for "thrush".
mandarinus French mandarin mandarin (Portuguese mandarim: senior official in the imperial Chinese bureaucracy).

Grey-backed thrush 
(Turdus hortulorum)
Hoét lưng đen


The grey-backed thrush (Turdus hortulorum) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. 


Turdidae: Turdus Latin for "thrush".
hortulorum: 
 Latin genitive plural of hortulus which is the diminutive of hortus;
 hortus: garden; 
 hortulus: small garden.

David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi)
Lách tách má xám

David's fulvetta (Alcippe davidi), endemic to southern China and northern Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Alcippeidae.

Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.

Black-browed fulvetta 
(Alcippe grotei)
Lách tách mày đen

The black-browed fulvetta (Alcippe grotei) is a 15.5 to 16.5 cm long species of passerine bird in the family Alcippeidae.
This bird species is found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Many species of the family Alcippeidae were previously placed in families Pellorneidae or Timaliidae.

Compare:
- Mountain fulvetta (Lách tách vành mắt, Alcippe peracensis): found above 900 m, white eyeing.
- black-browed fulvetta (Lách tách mày đen, Alcippe grotei): found below 400 m, blur or no white eyeing.

Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.

Limestone leaf warbler 
(Phylloscopus calciatilis)
Chích núi đá vôi


The limestone leaf warbler (Phylloscopus calciatilis) is a species of warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.


The name combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
calciatilis: Inhabiting in limeston evironment.
 calci (L). The heel; lime, lime- stone calcitr.
 -atilis (L) indicates place of growth (saxatilis = growing among
 rocks.

White-winged magpie 
(Giẻ cùi vàng, Urocissa whiteheadi)

The white-winged magpie or Hainan magpie (Urocissa whiteheadi) is a passerine bird of the crow family, Corvidae.

Corvina ( Coracina) / corvina Latin corvinus raven-like, raven-black (corvus raven).
The name Urocissa combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" and kissa meaning "magpie" .

Brown wood owl 
(Hù, Strix leptogrammica)

The brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) is found in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, and south China.

Strigiformes: All Owls are classified as members of this order. The name is formed from "Strig", the plural form of the Latin word "strix", meaning "owl" and "formes", meaning "forms".
Strigidae: The family for all Owls except Barn Owls, derived from "Strix", a Latin word for owl (also the same in Greek).
leptogrammica:
 Lepto- comes from the Greek leptós, variously meaning “thin, slight, fine, small,” with a literal sense of “stripped.” 
 grammikos linear, lined.
 γρᾰμμή (grammḗ, “a stroke or line of a pen”, “a line as in mathematical figures”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to”, “in the manner of”).

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