Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Tytonidae

The bay owls (Phodilus) are a genus of Old World barn-owls. The defining characteristics of bay owls are their smaller bodies, in comparison to other barn owls, and their U- or V-shaped faces.

The name is from the Ancient Greek phos for "light" or "daylight" and deilos for "timid" or "cowardly".

1/ Oriental bay owl (Cú lợn rừng, Phodilus badius)

badius in Latin meaning reddish brown, chestnut colored, bay

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae

Tyto is a genus of birds consisting of true barn owls, grass owls and masked owls that collectively make up all the species within the subfamily Tytoninae of the barn owl family, Tytonidae.

1/ African grass owl (Cú lợn đồng cỏ châu Phi or Cú lợn lưng nâu, Tyto capensis)
2/ Barn owl (Cú lợn lưng xám, Tyto alba), also known as the common barn owl

Order: Strigiformes

Barn-owls (family Tytonidae) are one of the two families of owls, the other being the true owls or typical owls, Strigidae.

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)

Tytonidae: All barn owls are members of this family. The name is derived from the Greek word "tuto", which means "owl".

Owls are birds from the order Strigiformes with over 200 species of mostly solitary and nocturnal birds of prey typified by an upright stance, a large, broad head, binocular vision, binaural hearing, sharp talons, and feathers adapted for silent flight. Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl.

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)

Tytonidae: All barn owls are members of this family. The name is derived from the Greek word "tuto", which means "owl".

Tachybaptus is a genus of small birds of the grebe or Podicipedidae family. The genus name means "quick diving": it is from Ancient Greek takhys "quick" or "fast" and bapto "I dip" or "to sink under".

1/ Little grebe (Le hôi, Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as dabchick

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.

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)