Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Turdidae
- Genus: Zoothera
Dark-Sided Thrush
Other names: lesser brown thrush, the long-billed ground-thrush, and the dark-sided ground-thrush
(Zoothera marginata)
Sáo đất nâu
The dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.
Compare:
- Dark-sided thrush (Zoothera marginata): blotched breast and belly with white stain on a dark brown background.
- Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis): female: blotched breast and belly with dark stain on a white background.
Turdidae, Turdus is the Latin word for a "thrush".
The genus name Zoothera combines the Ancient Greek zōon meaning "animal" with -thēra meaning "hunter".
marginata: Latin word meaning "border" or "margin".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Timaliidae
- Genus: Erythrogenys
Large Scimitar Babbler
(Họa mi đất mỏ dài, Erythrogenys hypoleucos)
The large scimitar babbler (Erythrogenys hypoleucos) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
Erythrogenys
Erythro: eruthros meaning "red"
genys: Latin genus (“birth, origin, a race, sort, kind”) from the root gen- in Latin gignō (“to beget, produce”).
The Latinized Greek hypoleucos, with the correct “-os” ending as first published by Gould, means white below New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὑπόλευκος (hupóleukos, “whitish underneath”).
hypo: From Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-), combining form of ὑπό (hupó, “under”).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus: Larvivora
Siberian Blue Robin
(Oanh lưng xanh, Larvivora cyane)
The Siberian blue robin (Larvivora cyane) is a small passerine bird belonging to the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
The word Larvivora comes from the Neo-Latin larva meaning caterpillar and -vorus meaning eating (vorace to devour).
Cyane (/ˈsaɪəniː/; from Κυανῆ (Kuanē), meaning "dark blue" in ancient Greek, Greek mythology).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Laniidae
- Genus: Lanius
Brown shrike
(Bách thanh nâu or Bách thanh mày trắng, Lanius cristatus)
The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family Laniidae that is found mainly in Asia.
Trait: Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye and eyeline, white brow (above), ruffous cap which extends to neck, long square tail.
Habitats: found mainly in open scrub.
Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
cristatus: From Latin crista (“the comb or tuft on the head of animals; tuft of leaves on plants; crest of a helmet”).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus: Larvivora
Japanese Robin
(Larvivora akahige, Hoét mặt đỏ)
The Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige) is a small passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Trait: male orange head, neck & chest; female: lower mandible and neck has rufous or orange colors separated from the body.
The word Larvivora comes from the Neo-Latin larva meaning caterpillar and -vorus meaning eating (vorace to devour).
The specific name akahige is, somewhat confusingly, the common name of its relative Larvivora komadori in Japanese.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Nectariniidae
- Genus: Aethopyga
Fork-Tailed Sunbird
(Hút mật đuôi nhọn, Aethopyga christinae)
The fork-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga christinae) is a bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Nectariniidae: New Latin, from Nectarinia, type genus + -idae.
The name genus combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with puge meaning "rump".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Nectariniidae
- Genus: Chalcoparia
Ruby-Cheeked Sunbird
(Hút mật bụng hung, Chalcoparia singalensis)
The ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis) is a species of sunbird in the family Nectariniidae.
Nectariniidae: New Latin, from Nectarinia, type genus + -idae.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek khalkopareos meaning "with cheeks of bronze".
khalkos: copper, or copper alloyed with tin, bronze.
parea, paraua, paraeion: cheeks. (from para-, “beside” + οὖς oûs, “ear”)
The specific epithet is from the erroneous type locality, Sri Lanka.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pellorneidae
- Genus: Gypsophila
Annam Limestone Babbler
(khướu đá hoa, Gypsophila annamensis)
native to the limestone hills of northern Indochina.
The Annam limestone babbler (Gypsophila annamensis) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.
Pellorneum, Pellorneidae: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
Gypsophila :Greek gupsos chalk, gypsum; philos fond of.
annamensis: supposed to be from Annam which is wrong.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Paridae
- Genus: Melanochlora
Sultan Tit
(Melanochlora sultanea, Chim mào vàng)
The sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) is an Asian forest bird with a yellow crest, dark bill, black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts.
Paradiae is from Parus Latin for tit.
Melanochlora / melanochloros Greek melas black;
khloros; green, yellow.
sultanea / sultaneus: sultanus sultan; Arabic al-sulta the power, sultan, sovereign.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Corvidae
- Genus: Temnurus
Ratchet-Tailed Treepie
(Chim khách đuôi cờ, Temnurus temnurus)
The ratchet-tailed treepie is a species of bird in the crow and jay family Corvidae. The species is also known as the notch-tailed treepie.
Corvidae, Corvina ( Coracina) / corvina L. corvinus raven-like, raven-black (corvus raven).
temnurus Greek temno to cut; -ouros -tailed.
temno: to cut.
New Latin -urus, -ourus, from Greek -ouros, from oura tail.
- Order: Falconiformes
- Family: Falconidae
- Genus: Microhierax
Pied Falconet
(Cắt nhỏ bụng trắng, Microhierax melanoleucos)
The pied falconet, (Microhierax melanoleucos) is a species of bird of prey in the family Falconidae.
Falco: Hawk, eagle (Late Latin).
Microhierax Greek mikros small; hierax hawk.
melanoleucos: Greek melas black; leukos white.
- Order: Piciformes
- Family: Picidae
- Genus: Picus
Red-Collared Woodpecker
(Gõ kiến xanh cổ đỏ, Picus rabieri)
The red-collared woodpecker (Picus rabieri), which is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, and Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
picidae, picus: woodpecker.bi