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. Podiceps is a genus of birds in the grebe family. The genus name comes from Latin podicis, "rear-end" and ped, "foot", and is a reference to the placement of a grebe's legs towards the rear of its body.
1/ Black-necked grebe or eared grebe (Le cổ đen, Podiceps nigricollis)
Grebes are aquatic diving birds in the order Podicipediformes which contains a single family, the Podicipedidae, which includes 22 species in six extant genera.
Grebes are aquatic diving birds in the order Podicipediformes which contains a single family, the Podicipedidae, which includes 22 species in six extant genera.
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Pandionidae
Pandion is a genus of fish-eating bird of prey, known as ospreys, the only genus of family Pandionidae.
1/ Osprey (Ó cá, Pandion haliaetus), also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk
The family Pandionidae has a single member Pandion heliaetus; known as Osprey or Fish-Hawk. The family belongs to the order Accipitriformes.
Accipitriformes from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk", and Neo-Latin -formes "having the form of".
The family name Pandionidae derives from Pandíōn, the mythical Greek king of Athens and grandfather of Theseus, Pandion II.
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
Accipiter is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
1/ Crested goshawk (Ưng Ấn Độ, Accipiter trivirgatus)
2/ Besra (Ưng bụng hung, Accipiter virgatus), also called the besra sparrowhawk
3/ Eurasian goshawk (Ưng lớn, Accipiter gentilis)
4/ Chinese sparrowhawk ( Ưng lưng đen, Accipiter soloensis)
5/ Eurasian sparrowhawk (Ưng mày trắng, Accipiter nisus), also known as the northern sparrowhawk or simply the sparrowhawk
6/ Japanese sparrowhawk (Ưng Nhật Bản, Accipiter gularis)
7/ Shikra (Ưng xám, Accipiter badius)
Sarcogyps is a genus of Old World vultures in the family Accipitridae.
1/ Red-headed vulture (Sarcogyps calvus), also known as the Asian king vulture, Indian black vulture or Pondicherry vulture
Gyps is a genus of Old World vultures whose members are sometimes known as griffon vultures.
1/ Indian vulture or long-billed vulture (Kền kền Ấn Độ, Gyps indicus)
The genus name is from Ancient Greek gups meaning "vulture" and the species name is Neo-Latin indicus from the Ancient Greek "indikos" meaning "Indian".
2/ White-rumped vulture (Kền kền măng gan, Gyps bengalensis)
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
Elanus is a genus of bird of prey in the elanine kite subfamily. The name is from the Ancient Greek elanos for a "kite".
1/ Black-winged kite (Elanus caeruleus), also known as the black-shouldered kite
Buteo is a genus of medium to fairly large, wide-ranging raptors with a robust body and broad wings. Buteo is the Latin name of the common buzzard.
1/ Common buzzard (Diều Nhật Bản, Buteo buteo)
Circaetus, the snake eagles, is a genus of medium-sized eagles in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.
1/ Short-toed snake eagle (Diều ngón ngắn, Circaetus gallicus), also known as the short-toed eagle
Haliastur is a genus of medium-sized diurnal birds of prey.
1/ Brahminy kite (Diều lửa, Haliastur indus), also known as the red-backed sea-eagle
