Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Oriolidae
- Genus: Oriolus
Maroon Oriole
(Tử anh, Oriolus traillii)
The maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii), found Southeast Asia, is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae.
"Oriole" derives from the Latin word aureolus meaning "golden".
- Order: Piciformes
- Family: Picidae
- Genus: Picumnus
Speckled Piculet
(Gõ kiến lùn đầu vàng, Picumnus innominatus)
The speckled piculet (Picumnus innominatus), found in Indian, China and Southeast Asia, is a species of bird in the family Picidae.
Picumnus: From Latin Pīcumnus (“a Roman deity personifying a woodpecker”), from pīcus (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”) + *mno-.
Latin innominatus "nameless", unnamed.
- Order: Trogoniformes
- Family: Trogonidae
- Genus: Harpactes
Red-Headed Trogon
(Nuốc bụng đỏ, Harpactes erythrocephalus)
The red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae.
The epithet erythrocephalus comes from the Ancient Greek terms eruthros meaning red, and kephale meaning head.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pycnonotidae
- Genus: Alophoixus
Puff-Throated Bulbul, also the olivaceous bearded-bulbul, olivaceous bulbul and white-throated bulbul.
(Cành cạch lớn, Alophoixus pallidus)
The latter name should not be confused with the species of the same name, Alophoixus flaveolus.
originally in the genus Criniger until moved to the genus Alophoixus in 2009.
The puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Difference between the puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) vs ochraceous bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus): former is lighter and paler than latter; under body of the former is more yellowish than the latter.
The family name is from Greek: puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".
Alophoixus Greek: alophos crestless; genus Ixos: Greek mistletoe;
pallidus: Latin (“pale yellow-green”).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus: Ficedula
Little Pied Flycatcher
(Ficedula westermanni)
Đớp ruồi đen mày trắng
The little pied flycatcher (Ficedula westermanni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The genus name Ficedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus: Ficedula
Mugimaki Flycatcher
(Ficedula mugimaki, Đớp ruồi Mugi)
The mugimaki flycatcher (Ficedula mugimaki) is a small passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the genus Ficedula in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
The genus name Ficedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
The name "mugimaki" comes from Japanese and means "wheat-sower".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Zosteropidae
- Genus: Yuhina
Black-Chinned Yuhina
(Khướu mào đầu đen, Yuhina nigrimenta)
The black-chinned yuhina (Yuhina nigrimenta) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
The genus name Yuhina is from Nepali language.
nigrimenta Latin: niger black; mentum chin.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Dicruridae
- Genus: Dicrurus
Greater Racket-Tailed Drongo
(Chèo bẻo cờ đuôi chẻ, Dicrurus paradiseus)
The greater racket-tailed drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus) is a medium-sized Asian bird which is distinctive in having elongated outer tail feathers with webbing restricted to the tips.
Dicrurus is derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.
Paradisaea / paradisaea / paradisea / paradiseus / paradisi Late L. paradisus paradise: Greek paradeisos paradise, pleasure ground of the Persian kings.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus: Enicurus
Slaty-Backed Forktail
(Chích chòe nước trán trắng, Enicurus schistaceus)
The slaty-backed forktail (Enicurus schistaceus) is a species of forktail in the family Muscicapidae.
The slaty-backed forktail has a slaty color head and mantle.
The black-backed forktail has a black color head and mantle.
The spotted forktail has spotted mantle.
Enicurus : Greek word henikos – singular or unique; ouros -tailed.
schistaceus: Latin schistaceus slate-coloured, slate-grey.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Certhiidae
- Genus: Certhia
Hume's Treecreeper
(Certhia manipurensis)
Hume's treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis) was earlier included within the brown-throated treecreeper complex and identified as a separate species on the basis of their distinctive calls.
certhia is from the Ancient Greek kerthios, a word used by Aristotle for an unidentified small insectivorous bird.
manipurensis Manipur, India.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Certhiidae
Certhia is the genus of birds containing the typical treecreepers, which together with the African and Indian spotted creepers make up the family Certhiidae.
certhia is from the Ancient Greek kerthios, a word used by Aristotle for an unidentified small insectivorous bird.
1/ Hume's Treecreeper (Certhia manipurensis)
- Order: Passeriformes
The treecreepers are a family, Certhiidae, of small passerine birds, widespread in wooded regions of the Northern Hemisphere and sub-Saharan Africa.
certhia is from the Ancient Greek kerthios, a word used by Aristotle for an unidentified small insectivorous bird.