Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

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
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
Spilornis is a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Spilornis: from Greek spilos "spot"; ornis, ornithos "bird".
cheela: Hindi name Cheel for a hawk or kite.
1/ Crested serpent eagle (Diều hoa miến điện, Spilornis cheela)
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
- Genus: Aviceda
Jerdon's baza
(Diều hoa Jerdon, Aviceda jerdoni)
Jerdon's baza (Aviceda jerdoni) is a moderate sized brown hawk with a thin white-tipped black crest
The bird is found from eastern Himalaya, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh through South-east Asia.
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Aviceda: Latin: avis 'bird'; -cida 'killer', from caedere 'to kill'.
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
- Genus: Aviceda
Black baza
(Diều mào, Aviceda leuphotes)
The black baza (Aviceda leuphotes) is a small bird of prey found in the forests of Northeast India, the eastern Himalayas, China and Southeast Asia.
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Aviceda: Latin: avis 'bird'; -cida 'killer', from caedere 'to kill'.
leuphotes: Greek lophotos crested.
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
The bazas, Aviceda, are a genus of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, sometimes known as cuckoo-hawks.
1/ Jerdon's baza (Diều hoa Jerdon, Aviceda jerdoni)
2/ Black baza (Diều mào, Aviceda leuphotes)
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Aviceda: Latin: avis 'bird'; -cida 'killer', from caedere 'to kill'.
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
Milvus is a genus of medium-sized birds of prey.
Accipitriformes, Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
Milvus: Latin for kite.
1/ Black kite (Diều hâu, Milvus migrans)
- Order: Accipitriformes
- Family: Accipitridae
Nisaetus (Crested hawk-eagles group) is a genus of subfamily Aquilinae found mainly in tropical Asia,
earlier placed within the genus Spizaetus.
Accipitridae from Latin accipiter/accipitri- "hawk".
The genus name Nisaetus combines the Medieval Latin nisus for a sparrowhawk with the Ancient Greek aetos meaning "eagle".
1/ Changeable hawk-eagle (Diều đầu nâu, Nisaetus cirrhatus) or crested hawk-eagle, marsh hawk-eagle or Indian crested hawk-eagle
2/ Mountain hawk-eagle (Diều núi, Nisaetus nipalensis) or Hodgson's hawk-eagle
Circus is a genus of birds in the family Accipitridae. The genus includes most harriers which are of the several species of diurnal hawks.
1/ Pallid Harrier (Diều Bụng trắng, Circus macrourus)
2/ Eastern marsh harrier (Diều đầu trắng, Circus spilonotus)
3/ Pied harrier (Diều mướp, Circus melanoleucos)