List of Bird Species of Vietnam

in English, French, Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, and Thai

What's so great about a list of bird names? After all, the names that men give are just a pale reflection of the birds themselves.

Well, bird-lovers may rejoice in biodiversity, but in matters linguistic they tend to use common or garden English as a lowest common denominator. So, in the interest of 'lingua-diversity', here it is: a list of bird species of Vietnam, with names in Vietnamese, English, French, Chinese (Mainland and Taiwan), Japanese, and Thai. Entries include pronunciation (in the case of non-Latin scripts) and meaning. (Currently Thai names are given only in Thai scipt, but this will be rectified in future).

(List is based on Howard and Moore 2003)

NON-PASSERINES

  Families Subfamilies Description in English
family Phasianidae subfamilyPerdicinae
subfamilyPhasianinae		 Turkeys, grouse, pheasants, partridges
family Anatidae subfamilyDendrocygninae
subfamilyAnserinae
subfamilyTadorninae
subfamilyAnatinae		 Ducks, geese, swans
family Diomedeidae   Albatrosses
family Procellariidae   Petrels, shearwaters
family Podicipedidae   Grebes
family Ciconiidae   Storks
family Threskiornithidae subfamilyThreskiornithinae
subfamilyPlataleinae		 Ibises and spoonbills
family Ardeidae subfamilyBotaurinae
subfamilyArdeinae		 Herons, bitterns, and egrets
family Phaethontidae   Tropicbirds
family Fregatidae   Frigatebirds
family Pelecanidae   Pelicans
family Sulidae   Gannets, boobies
family Phalacrocoracidae   Cormorants
family Anhingidae   Anhingas
family Falconidae subfamilyFalconinae Falcons
family Accipitridae 1 2 subfamilyPandioninae
subfamilyAccipitrinae 1 2		 Osprey, kites, hawks, and eagles
family Otidae   Bustards
family Rallidae   Rails, waterhens, coots
family Heliornithidae   Finfoots
family Gruidae   Cranes
family Turnicidae   Buttonquails
family Burhinidae   Stone curlews/Thick-knees
family Haematopodidae   Oystercatchers
family Recurvirostridae
   Stilts, avocets
family Charadriidae subfamilyVanellinae
subfamilyPluvialinae
subfamilyCharadriinae		 Plovers
family Rostratulidae   Painted-snipe
family Jacanidae   Jacanas
family Scolopacidae 1 2 subfamilyScolopacinae
subfamilyGallinagininae
subfamilyTringinae
subfamilyArenariinae
subfamilyCalidridinae
subfamilyPhalaropodinae		 Sandpipers, snipe
family Glareolidae subfamilyGlareolinae Pratincoles
family Laridae subfamilyLarinae
subfamilySterninae
subfamilyRynchopinae		 Gulls, sterns
family Columbidae subfamilyColumbinae
subfamilyTreroninae		 Doves, pigeons
family Psittacidae subfamilyLoriculinae
subfamilyPsittacinae		Cockatoos and parrots
family Cuculidae subfamilyCuculinae
subfamilyPhaenicophaeinae
subfamilyCentropodinae		 Cuckoos
family Tytonidae subfamilyTytoninae
subfamilyPhodilinae		 Barn owls
family Strigidae subfamilyStriginae
subfamilySurniinae
subfamilyAsioninae		 Owls
family Podargidae subfamilyBatrachostominae Frogmouths
family Caprimulgidae subfamilyEurostopodinae
subfamilyCaprimulginae		 Nightjars
family Apodidae subfamilyApodinae Swifts
family Hemiprocnidae   Treeswifts
family Trogonidae   Trogons
family Coraciidae   Rollers
family Alcedinidae subfamilyHalcyoninae
subfamilyAlcedininae
subfamilyCerylinae		 Kingfishers
family Meropidae   Bee-eaters
family Upupidae   Hoopoes
family Bucerotidae   Typical hornbills
family Ramphastidae subfamilyMegalaiminae Asian barbets
family Picidae subfamilyJynginae
subfamilyPicumninae
subfamilyPicinae
 Woodpeckers

PASSERINES

family Eurylaimidae subfamilyCalyptomeninae
subfamilyEurylaiminae		 Broadbills
family Pittidae   Pittas
family Acanthizidae   Thornbills, gerygones
family Genera incertae sedis (Tephrodornis, Philentoma) Woodshrikes and philentoma
family Artamidae   Woodswallows
family Aegithinidae   Ioras
family Campephagidae   Cuckoo-shrikes
family Pachycephalidae   Whistlers
family Laniidae   Shrikes
family Oriolidae   Orioles and figbirds
family Dicruridae   Drongos
family Rhipiduridae   Fantails
family Monarchidae   Monarchs
family Corvidae   Crows, jays
family Paridae   Tits, chickadees
family Hirundinidae subfamilyHirundininae Swallows, martins
family Aegithalidae   Long-tailed tits
family Alaudidae   Larks
family Cisticolidae   Cisticolas and allies
family Genera incertae sedis (Orthotomus) Tailorbirds
family Pycnonotidae   Bulbuls
family Sylviidae 1 2 subfamilyMegalurinae
subfamilyAcrocephalinae
subfamilyPhylloscopinae		 Old World warblers
family Timaliidae 1 2 3   Babblers and parrotbills
family Zosteropidae   White-eyes
family Irenidae   Fairy-bluebirds
family Sittidae subfamilySittinae Nuthatches and wallcreeper
family Certhiidae subfamilyCerthiinae Treecreepers
family Sturnidae subfamilySturninae Starlings
family Turdidae   Thrushes
family Muscicapidae 1 2 subfamilySaxicolinae
subfamilyMuscicapinae 		Chats and Old World flycatchers
family Cinclidae   Dippers
family Chloropseidae   Leafbirds
family Dicaeidae   Flowerpeckers
family Nectariniidae   Sun birds
family Passeridae   Sparrows, snowfinches, and allies
family Ploceidae subfamilyPloceinae Weavers
family Estrildidae subfamilyEstrildinae
subfamilyLonchurinae		 Waxbills, grass finches, munias, and allies
family Motacillidae   Wagtails, pipits
family Fringillidae subfamilyFringillinae
subfamilyCarduelinae 		Finches
family Emberizidae subfamilyEmberizinae
 Buntings, American sparrows, and allies
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