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. - Order: Cuculiformes
- Family: Cuculidae
- Genus: Cuculus
Common cuckoo
(Cu cu, Cuculus canorus)
The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes.
This bird species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa.
The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French cucu.
The genus name Cuculus is the Latin word for "cuckoo".
canorum, canorus Latin canorus melodious ( from canere, meaning to sing).
- Order: Cuculiformes
- Family: Cuculidae
- Genus: Cuculus
Himalayan cuckoo
(Cu cu Himalaya, Cuculus saturatus)
Cuculus saturatus, better well known as the Himalayan cuckoo or Oriental cuckoo, is a brooding parasitic bird that is part of the Cuculidae family.
The species breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter.
The genus name Cuculus is the Latin word for "cuckoo".
saturata Latin saturatus richly coloured (satur, satura rich, copious > satis enough).
- Order: Cuculiformes
- Family: Cuculidae
- Genus: Cuculus
Oriental cuckoo
or Horsfields cuckoo
(Cu cu phương đông, Cuculus optatus), formerly classified as a subspecies of the Himalayan cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
The Oriental cuckoo or Horsfields cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) is a bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.
The genus name Cuculus is the Latin word for "cuckoo".
optata, optatus Latin optatus welcome, wished for (optare to choose, to desire).
The large hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides, Chèo chẹo lớn) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
- Order: Cuculiformes
- Family: Cuculidae
- Genus: Clamator
The chestnut-winged cuckoo or red-winged crested cuckoo (Khát nước, Clamator coromandus) is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia.
The darter, snakebird (Chim cổ rắn, Anhinga) is among tropical waterbirds in the family Anhingidae which contains a single genus, Anhinga.
- Order: Bucerotiformes
- Family: Bucerotidae
- Genus: Buceros
Great hornbill
(Buceros bicornis), also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill
The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family.
The order name Bucerotiformes, family name Bucerotidae are from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".
Buceros: Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".
The specific bicornis is Latin and means "two-horned".
- Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Meropidae
- Genus: Merops
Blue-tailed bee-eater (Trảu ngực nâu, Merops philippinus) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae. It is widely distributed across South and Southeast Asia where many populations are strongly migratory.
Pied kingfisher (Bói cá nhỏ, Ceryle rudis) is a species of water kingfisher widely distributed across Africa and Asia.
Black-capped kingfisher (Sả đầu đen, Halcyon pileata, Todiramphus chloris) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia.
Collared kingfisher (Sả khoang cổ, Todiramphus chloris) also known as mangrove kingfisher is a medium-sized kingfisher belonging to the subfamily Halcyoninae, the tree kingfishers.
White-throated kingfisher (Sả đầu nâu, Halcyon smyrnensis) also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to the Philippines.
