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.

Gelochelidon is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae.
The name combines the Ancient Greek gelao meaning "to laugh" with khelidon meaning "swallow".

1/ Gull-billed tern (Nhàn chân đen, Gelochelidon nilotica), formerly Sterna nilotica
formerly placed in the genus Sterna.
The specific epithet nilotica is from Latin niloticus meaning "of the River Nile".

Hydroprogne is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek hudros, "water", and Latin progne, "swallow".

1/ Caspian tern (Nhàn Caxpia, Hydroprogne caspia)
The specific caspia is from Latin and, like the English name, refers to the Caspian Sea.

Sterna is a genus of terns in the bird family Laridae.
Sterna is derived from Old English "stearn" which appears in the poem The Seafarer (1000 years after C.E).

1/ Common tern (Nhàn, Sterna hirundo) 
The Latin for swallow is hirundo, and refers here to the tern's superficial likeness to that unrelated bird, which has a similar light build and long forked tail. This leads to the informal name "sea swallow".

2/ Black-bellied tern (Nhàn bụng đen, Sterna acuticauda)

3/ Roseate tern (Nhàn hồng, Sterna dougallii)

4/ Black-naped tern (Nhàn Xumatra, Sterna sumatrana)

Ichthyaetus is a genus of gulls. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ikhthus, "fish", and aetos, "eagle". They were previously included in the genus Larus.

1/ Pallas's gull (Mòng bể đầu đen lớn, Ichthyaetus ichthyaetus), also known as the great black-headed gull
earlier placed in the genus Larus.

2/ Relict gull or Central Asian gull (Mòng bể relic, Ichthyaetus relictus)

Saundersilarus is genus of gulls in the family Laridae. 

1/ Saunders's gull (Mòng bể mỏ ngắn, Saundersilarus saundersi) or the Chinese black-headed gull
earlier placed in the genus Larus.
The Saunders's gull is named after the British ornithologist Howard Saunders.

Larus is a large genus of gulls with worldwide distribution (by far the greatest species diversity is in the Northern Hemisphere).
The genus name is from Ancient Greek laros or Latin larus, which appears to have referred to a gull or other large seabird.

1/ European herring gull (Mòng bể chân vàng, Larus argentatus)
2/ Common gull or sea mew (Mòng bể đầu trắng, Larus canus)
3/ Black-tailed gull (Mòng bể đuôi đen, Larus crassirostris) 

Chroicocephalus is a genus of medium to relatively small gulls which were included in the genus Larus earlier.
The genus name Chroicocephalus is from Ancient Greek khroizo, "to colour", and kephale, "head".

1/ Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)
The specific ridibundus is Latin for "abundant".

2/ Brown-headed gull (Mòng bể đầu nâu, Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)

Laridae is a family of birds that comprises the gulls, terns, noddies, skimmers, and kittiwakes of the order Charadriiformes.

The genus Metopidius contains a single bird species of waders, Metopidius indicus, 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.

1/ Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus)
The specific epithet indicus is the Latin word for "Indian".

Hydrophasianus is a genus of birds in the family Jacanidae, in the order Charadriiformes.
Jacana From specific name Parra jacana; Portuguese name Jaçana for the Wattled
Jacana.
The genus Hydrophasianus means "water pheasant".

1/ Pheasant-tailed jacana (Gà lôi nước, Hydrophasianus chirurgus)

The jacanas (sometimes referred to as Jesus birds or lily trotters) are a group of tropical waders in the family Jacanidae. 

Glareola is a genus of birds in the family Glareolidae. 
The genus name is a diminutive of Latin glarea, "gravel", referring to a typical nesting habitat.

1/ Oriental pratincole (Dô nách nâu, Óc cau, Glareola maldivarum), also known as the grasshopper-bird or swallow-plover
The species name maldivarum refers to the type locality, the ocean near the Maldive Islands.

2/ Small pratincole, little pratincole, or small Indian pratincole (Dô nách xám, Glareola lactea)

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