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.

Bronze-Winged Jacana 
(Metopidius indicus)

The bronze-winged jacana is a wader in the family Jacanidae.

The name Metopidius is from the Ancient Greek word metopidios meaning "on the forehead", referring to the frontal lappet. 
Greek metopon for forehead, brow.
The specific epithet indicus is the Latin word for "Indian".

Cinnamon Bittern 
(Cò lửa, Botaurus cinnamomeus) or chestnut bittern

The cinnamon bittern or chestnut bittern is a small Old World bittern of the family Ardeidae of the order Pelecaniformes.


Ardeidae, Ardea: Latin word meaning "heron".
The genus name Botaurus is derived from Medieval Latin butaurus, Bos (ox) and taurus (bull), because the bittern's call resembles the bellowing of a bull.
In Latin, cinnamomeus means "cinnamon-colored" or "cinnamon-brown". 

Osprey, also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk

(Ó cá, Pandion haliaetus)

The osprey, also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey of the family Pandionidae of the order Accipitriformes.

Accipitriformes, Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk", and Neo-Latin -formes "having the form of".
Pandionidae, Pandion: from Pandíōn, the mythical Greek king of Athens and grandfather of Theseus, Pandion II.
The species name haliaetus (Latin: haliaeetus)comes from Greek haliáetos "sea-eagle" (also haliaietos) from the combining form - hali- of  hals "sea" and  aetos, "eagle".

Grey-Headed Fish Eagle
(Diều cá đầu xám, Icthyophaga ichthyaetus)

The grey-headed fish eagle is a fish-eating bird of prey from South East Asia of the family Accipitridae.

Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Ichthyophaga Greek ikhthuophagos fish-eating (ikhthus: fish; -phagos -eating;  phagein to eat or "devour").
ichthyaetus: Greek: ikhthus fish; aetos eagle.

Vietnamese Cutia 
(Khướu hông đỏ Việt Nam, Cutia legalleni)

The Vietnamese cutia, found in Laos and Vietnam, is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan cutia (C. nipalensis).
Related to the alcippes and the laughingthrushes.
legalleni: a person's name.

Himalayan cutia 
(Khướu hông đỏ, Cutia nipalensis)

The Himalayan cutia (Cutia nipalensis) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
This species inhabits the Himalayan region, from India to northern Thailand.

The cutias are the passerine bird genus Cutia in the family Leiothrichidae.
The name is derived from the Nepali name khatya or khutya for the type species, the Himalayan cutia (C. nipalensis).
Related to the alcippes and the laughingthrushes.

Blue Whistling Thrush 
(Myophonus caeruleus, Hoét xanh) 


The blue whistling thrush is a bird in the Old World flycatchers family Muscicapidae.

Traits: violet blue, shiny spangling on upper body: head, neck, upper back, upper wing, chest, part of belly.

The genus name Myophonus is from the Ancient Greek muia meaning "fly" and phoneus meaning "slayer".
caeruleus, coerulea: Latin caeruleus azure -blue. dark blue likely from caelum, "sky."

Orange-Headed Thrush 
(Hoét vàng, Sáo đất đầu cam, Geokichla citrina)

The orange-headed thrush is a bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

Black-and-Red Broadbill 
(Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) 

The black-and-red broadbill is a species of bird in the typical broadbill family, Eurylaimidae.

Orange-Necked Partridge 
(Gà so cổ hung/cam, Arborophila davidi)

The orange-necked partridge, which is found in Cambodia and Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

Compare:
- Rufous-Throated Partridge (Gà so họng hung, Arborophila rufogularis): only rufous or orange color on the throat, scaly body with dark colors.
- Orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi): Throat has white and orange colors, scaly body with light colors.

Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).
Arborophila: the Latin arbor, arboris meaning "tree" with the Ancient Greek philos meaning "-loving".

Streaked Spiderhunter 
(Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)


The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

 

Arachnothera 
arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider. 
thera or thira: Santorini (an island in Greece)
Arachnothera Greek arakhne: spider; -theras hunter (therao: to hunt).

magna Latin magnus great

Little spiderhunter
(Bắp chuối mỏ dài, Arachnothera longirostra)

The little spiderhunter (Arachnothera longirostra) is a species of long-billed nectar-feeding bird in the family Nectariniidae found in the moist forests of South and Southeast Asia.

This bird species is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter".
 Arachnothera 
 arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider. 
 Greek θήρα, ας, ἡ, thēra: hunting, the chase.

The species epithet refers to the long beak:
 Latin longus: long;
 rostra, rostrum: Latin for bill;
 -rostris: Latin -billed.

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