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.

Actitis is a small genus of waders, comprising just two very similar bird species.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek aktites, "coast-dweller" from akte, "coast".

1/ Common sandpiper (Choắt nhỏ, Actitis hypoleucos)

Limosa is a genus of bird in the family Scolopacidae belonging to the order Charadriiformes.
The genus is commonly known as the gotwit comprising large, long-billed, long-legged and strongly migratory waders of the bird.
The godwits can be distinguished from the curlews by their straight or slightly upturned bills, and from the dowitchers by their longer legs. 
The genus name Limosa is from Latin and means "muddy", from limus, "mud". The English name "godwit" is believed to imitate the bird's call.

1/ Black-tailed godwit (Choắt mỏ thẳng đuôi đen, Limosa limosa) 
2/ Bar-tailed godwit (Choắt mỏ thẳng đuôi vằn, Limosa lapponica)
The specific name lapponica refers to Lapland.

Numenius is a bird genus commonly known as curlews which are characterised by their long, slender, downcurved bills and mottled brown plumage.
The English name may have been influenced by the Old French corliu, "messenger", from courir , "to run".

The genus name Numenius is from Ancient Greek noumenios, a bird mentioned by Hesychius. It is associated with the curlews because it appears to be derived from neos, "new" and mene "moon", referring to the crescent-shaped bill.

1/ Eurasian or common whimbrel (Choắt mỏ cong bé, Numenius phaeopus), also known as the white-rumped whimbrel 
formerly Scolopax phaeopus.
2/ Far Eastern curlew (Choắt mỏ cong hông nâu, Rẽ mỏ cong hông nâu, Numenius madagascariensis)
3/ Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Choắt mỏ cong lớn, Numenius arquata)
 The species name arquata is the Medieval Latin name for this bird, derived from Latin arcuatus, "bow-shaped", referring to the shape of the bill.

Limnodromus is a genus of waders commonly known as dowitchers. The name combines the Ancient Greek limne meaning "marsh" with -dromos meaning "-racer" or "-runner".

1/ Asian dowitcher (Choắt chân màng lớn, Limnodromus semipalmatus)

Xenus is a genus of waders containing only one member, Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus).

1/ Terek sandpiper (Choắt chân màng bé, Xenus cinereus) 
It is named after the Terek River which flows into the west of the Caspian Sea where it was first observed.
The genus name Xenus is from Ancient Greek xenos meaning "stranger"; the specific epithet cinereus is Latin for "ash-grey" from cinis, cineris, "ashes".

Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper based on Ancient Greek trungas, a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle.

1/ Green sandpiper (Choắt bụng trắng, Tringa ochropus)
2/ Wood sandpiper (Choắt bụng xám, Tringa glareola)
The specific epithet glareola is from Latin glarea, " gravel".
3/ Spotted redshank (Choắt chân đỏ, Tringa erythropus)
The specific erythropus is from Ancient Greek eruthros, "red", and pous, "foot".
4/ Marsh sandpiper (Choắt đốm đen, Tringa stagnatilis)
The specific epithet stagnatilis is from Latin stagnum, "swamp".
5/ Common greenshank (Choắt lớn, Tringa nebularia)
The specific nebularia is from Latin nebula "mist". 
6/ Nordmann's greenshank (Choắt lớn mỏ vàng, Tringa guttifer) or the spotted greenshank
7/ Grey-tailed tattler (Choắt lùn đuôi xám, Tringa brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler,
formerly Heteroscelus brevipes.
The specific brevipes is from Latin brevis, "short", and pes, "foot".

Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as curlews and snipes.

The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'.

1/ Pied avocet (Cà kheo mỏ cong, Recurvirostra avosetta)

Himantopus is a bird genus commonly known as stilt in the family Recurvirostridae.
The generic name Himantopus comes from the Ancient Greek meaning "strap-leg".

1/ Black-winged stilt (Cà kheo, Himantopus himantopus)

The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii in the bird order Charadriiformes. 
It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets (one genus) and the stilts (two genera).

Esacus is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus contains two species: the great stone-curlew and the beach stone-curlew.
The name is from Ancient Greek aisakos an unidentified bird variously associated with a robin, a shorebird or a cormorant.

1/ Great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Rẽ mỏ to, Esacus recurvirostris)
The specific epithet recurvirostris combines Latin recurvis meaning "bent backwards" with -rostris meaning "-billed".

Burhinus is a genus of birds in the family Burhinidae. The genus name Burhinus comes from the Greek bous for ox, and rhis for nose.

1/ Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) 
The species epithet oedicnemus combines the Greek oidio meaning "to swell", and kneme meaning "shin" or "leg".

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