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.

Golden-bellied gerygone 
(Chim chích bụng vàng, Gerygone sulphurea)

The golden-bellied gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. 
The bird is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Acanthiza Greek akantheo thorn-brake; zao to inhabit, to live.
Gerygone Greek gerugonos echoes (geruo to sing; gone offspring, child).
sulphurea: Latin sulphureus sulphureous.

The genus Megalurus, family  formerly included additional species but now only one: Striated grassbird.

Megalurus
mega- Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
lurus lurus
 straight
 upright
 (figurative) being honest, innocent, guiltless
 parallel

1/ Striated grassbird (Chiền chiện lớn, Megalurus palustris) 
The striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) is a warbler species in the family Locustellidae, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae, is now the only species placed in the genus Megalurus.
palustris paluster,  palustre (adj.B): inhabiting marshes, bogs, fens; see paludosus,-a,-um (adj.A); see swampy.
palustris, is from the Latin word palus, which means of marshes or swamps and refers to its native habitat. 

Cisticolas are a genus of the separate family Cisticolidae, and are sometimes called fantail-warblers due to their habit of conspicuously flicking their tails, or tailor-birds because of their nests.

Prinia is a genus in the family Cisticolidae.

Bradypterus is a genus of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers") in the newly recognized grass warbler family (Locustellidae). 

Gray Emutail
or Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler (Chích cỏ Madagasca, Bradypterus seebohmi)
The bird is found only in Madagascar. 

The grey emutail (Bradypterus seebohmi), also known as the Madagascan grassbird or feather-tailed warbler, is an emutail in the family Locustellidae.

Locustellidae, Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".
Bradypterus: Greek bradus slow, sluggish; -pteros -winged (pteron wing).

The Indian grassbird is a passerine bird in the family Pellorneidae, formerly placed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae, and the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae. Graminicola bengalensis for those in India and Graminicola striatus for those in Vietnam.

Chinese grassbird 
(Chích đuôi dài, Graminicola striatus for Vietnam)

The Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) is a bird species in the family Pellorneidae.
It occurs in tall emergent vegetation in or bordering freshwater swamps or along banks of rivers in the lowlands of southeastern China, Bangladesh, southeastern Myanmar, Cambodia, northeastern Vietnam, and Hainan Island.

Pellorneum, Pellorneidae: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
Graminicola: Latin gramen, graminis grass; -cola dweller (colere to inhabit).
striatus: Latin striatus striated (stria furrow, striare to striate).

Indian grassbird 
(Chim cỏ Ấn Độ , Chim cỏ Ấn Độ, Graminicola bengalensis for those in India)


The Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pellorneidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, northern India, Bhutan and the Chitwan National Park of Nepal.

Pellorneum, Pellorneidae: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
Graminicola: Latin gramen, graminis grass; -cola dweller (colere to inhabit).

Tesia is a genus of Old World warbler in the family Cettiidae.
The genus is from the Nepalese word Tisi for the grey-bellied tesia.

1/ Slaty-bellied Tesia/Warbler (Chích đuôi cụt, Tesia olivea)
2/ Grey-bellied Tesia/Warbler (Chích đuôi cụt bụng xám, Tesia cyaniventer)

The chestnut-headed tesia was formerly included in the genus. 
A molecular phylogenetic study found that the chestnut-headed tesia (Chích đuôi cụt bụng vàng) belongs to the genus Cettia, bush warbler. 
The species was moved but retained the same common name or sometimes referred to as Cettia castaneocoronata abadiei.

Tickellia belongs to the monotypic genus Tickellia, of bush warbler in the family Cettiidae.

1/ Broad-billed Warbler (Chích mỏ rộng, Tickellia hodgsoni)

Broad-billed Warbler 
(Chích mỏ rộng, Tickellia hodgsoni)

The broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae).
The bird is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Rufous-crowned, chestnut-crowned;
- Yellow-bellied;

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