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.

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)

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

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) 

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'.

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.

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'.

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)

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

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