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.

Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as curlews and snipes.

Recurvirostra is a genus of wader birds in the avian family Recurvirostridae as the stilts.
The common name avocet is thought to derive from the Italian word avosetta, which may relate to Latin avis ("bird"). 

1/ Pied avocet (Cà kheo mỏ cong, Recurvirostra avosetta)

Charadrius, Charadriidae or Charadriiformes comes from the Ancient Greek kharadrios, meaning a bird found in river valleys or ravines ((kharadra) being ravine), and was later adopted into Late Latin. 

The name Recurvirostridae is derived from Latin, combining recurvus (bent back/curved) and rostrum (bill), referring to avocets' upturned bills.

The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'.

Pied avocet 
(Cà kheo mỏ cong, Recurvirostra avosetta)

The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a species of wader in the Recurvirostridae family.
This bird species is found in the Palearctic.

Identification traits:
- Long, upturned bill, 
- Long legs

Charadrius, Charadriidae or Charadriiformes comes from the Ancient Greek kharadrios, meaning a bird found in river valleys or ravines ((kharadra) being ravine), and was later adopted into Late Latin. 

The name Recurvirostridae is derived from Latin, combining recurvus (bent back/curved) and rostrum (bill), referring to avocets' upturned bills.

The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'.

The common name avocet is thought to derive from the Italian word avosetta, which may relate to Latin avis ("bird"). 

Himantopus is a bird genus commonly known as stilt in the family Recurvirostridae.
The generic name Himantopus comes from the Ancient Greek meaning "strap-leg".

1/ Black-winged stilt (Cà kheo, Himantopus himantopus)

Black-winged stilt 
(Cà kheo, Himantopus himantopus)

The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family Recurvirostridae.

Charadrius, Charadriidae or Charadriiformes comes from the Ancient Greek kharadrios, meaning a bird found in river valleys or ravines ((kharadra) being ravine), and was later adopted into Late Latin. 

The name Recurvirostridae is derived from Latin, combining recurvus (bent back/curved) and rostrum (bill), referring to avocets' upturned bills.

Himantopus (himantopus) in Greek means "strap-foot" or "thong-foot," derived from the Greek words himas (leathern strap/thong) and pous (foot), perfectly describing the long, slender legs of stilt birds. This name refers to the bird's prominent, long legs that resemble straps or thongs. 

The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii in the bird order Charadriiformes. 
It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets (one genus) and the stilts (two genera).

Esacus is a genus of bird in the stone-curlew family Burhinidae. The genus contains two species: the great stone-curlew and the beach stone-curlew.
The name is from Ancient Greek aisakos an unidentified bird variously associated with a robin, a shorebird or a cormorant.

1/ Great stone-curlew or great thick-knee (Rẽ mỏ to, Esacus recurvirostris)
The specific epithet recurvirostris combines Latin recurvis meaning "bent backwards" with -rostris meaning "-billed".

Burhinus is a genus of birds in the family Burhinidae. The genus name Burhinus comes from the Greek bous for ox, and rhis for nose.

1/ Eurasian stone-curlew, Eurasian thick-knee, or simply stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) 
The species epithet oedicnemus combines the Greek oidio meaning "to swell", and kneme meaning "shin" or "leg".

Burhinidae is a bird family which is often known as stone-curlews, or dikkops or thick-knees.
The family contains three genera: Hesperoburhinus, Burhinus and Esacus. The name Burhinus combines the Ancient Greek bous meaning "ox" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nose" (or "bill").

The stone-curlews are not closely related to the curlews, genus Numenius, that belong to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae.

Charadriiformes, from Charadrius, the type genus of family Charadriidae) is a diverse order of small to medium-large birds. 
Most members of this order can also collectively be referred to as shorebirds.

Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charadrius: Late Latin word for a yellowish bird mentioned in the fourth-century Vulgate; from Ancient Greek kharadrios a bird found in ravines and river valleys (kharadra, "ravine").

Harpactes is a genus of birds in the family Trogonidae found in forests in South and Southeast Asia, extending into southernmost China.

1/ Red-headed trogon (Nuốc bụng đỏ, Harpactes erythrocephalus)
The epithet comes from the Ancient Greek terms eruthros meaning red, and kephale meaning head.
2/ Orange-breasted trogon (Nuốc bụng vàng, Harpactes oreskios)
3/ Ward's trogon (Nuốc đuôi hồng, Harpactes wardi)

Harpactes harpax or harpago (Koinē Greek: ἅρπαγα literal "grabber, seizer, robber"; GEN ἅρπαγος harpagos)

Trogonidae is the single bird family in the order Trogoniformes. The family includes birds which are often referred to as trogon or quetzal.

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