Procellariidae
Họ Hải âu

General

The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections welcome. Malaysian names are now being updated. For consistency, Vietnamese bird names (except for ducks and chickens) are preceded by the word Chim meaning 'bird'. Ornithological lists mostly omit this as understood. Hover over Green Lettering Green lettering at this site hides a tool tip with glosses, further explanations, etc. Hover cursor to reveal. to see additional information.

Until recently, the Streak-tailed Shearwater and the Black-browed Albatross were the only members of the Procellariiformes to be recorded in Vietnamese waters. Both species are ornithologically referred to as chim hải âu, derived from the Chinese word for 'seagull' (海鷗 hǎi-ōu).

In 2009 Trần Văn Chánh (34) added Swinhoe's Storm-petrel (Oceanodroma monorhis) to Vietnam's avifauna, but at the same time removed the Streak-tailed Shearwater. The reason for this substitution is unknown. Trần Văn Chánh's name for the storm-petrels is chim hải yến, under the influence of Chinese 海燕 hǎi-yàn 'sea-swallow'.

Species names

SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		VIETNAMESE		EAST ASIAN		S. E. ASIAN
Calonectris
Latin	English/French	Vietnamese	Other V	Chinese	Japanese	Thai	Malaysian	Indonesian
Calonectris leucomelas Puffinus leucomelas	Streaked shearwater White-faced shearwater White-fronted shearwater Puffin leucomèle	Chim Hải âu mặt trắng 'white-faced hải âu (=gull) bird' (hải âu from Chinese 海鷗 hǎi'ōu 'seagull') (12, 13)		白额鹱 (白額鸌) bái-é hù 'white-foreheaded shearwater' Taiwan: (大水薙鸟) 大水薙鳥 dà shuǐ-tì-niǎo 'large water-shearing bird'	オオミズナギドリ (大水薙鳥) ō mizu-nagi-dori 'large water-shearing bird'	นกจมูกหลอดลาย nók ca-mùuk-lòaat laay 'striped tube-nose (bird)'	Burung Olak Berjalur 'striped back-and-forth bird' (25)	Burung Penggunting-laut Belang 'pied sea-shearer (bird)' Burung Penggunting Putih 'white shearer (bird)' (29)

Danh Lục Chim Việt Nam (In lần thứ hai) (Checklist of the Birds of Vietnam) Võ Quý, Nguyễn Cử, Nhà Xuất Bản Nông Nghiệp, Hà Nội 1999

Chim Việt Nam Nguyễn Cử, Lê Trọng Trải, Karen Phillipps; Nhà Xuất Bản Lao Động - Xã Hội, 2000

The Birds of the Thai-Malay Peninsula: Vol. 1 - Non-passerines by Wells, David R., Academic Press, London 1999

A Field Guide to the Birds of Java and Bali (second edition) by MacKinnon, John, Gadjah Mada University Press, Yogyakarta 1990

Danh Lục Các Loài Chim ở Việt Nam (Latinh, Việt, Pháp, Hán) Trần Văn Chánh 2008-2009