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.

Rufous-chinned laughingthrush 
(Khướu cằm hung, Ianthocincla rufogularis)
Previously assigned to the genus Garrulax.

The rufous-chinned laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird ranges across the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent and some parts of Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.

Compare:
- rufous-chinned laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis): rufous-chinned, rufous-eared, rufous lower tail coverts.
- chestnut-eared laughingthrush (Ianthocincla konkakinhensis): rufous-eared.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus Ianthocincla combines the Ancient Greek ionthos "young hair" or "down" with the Neo-Latin cinclus "thrush".
rufogularis: Latin rufus red;  Latin gularis throated (gula: throat); 

Spectacled fulvetta 
(Lách tách ngực nâu, Lách tách bốn mắt, Fulvetta ruficapilla)
The species of this genus are closely related to the parrotbills.

The spectacled fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae.
The bird is found in China, Vietnam.


Paradoxornithidae: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
Fulvetta: probably from Latin fulvus: tawny, yellowish-brown.
ruficapilla, ruficapillum, ruficapillus Latin rufus red, ruddy; -capillus -capped (capillus hair of the head).

Grey-hooded fulvetta 
(Lách tách mũ xám, Fulvetta cinereiceps)
The genus was recently reestablished for the typical fulvettas, which had, for long, been placed in in the Timaliidae (Old World babbler) genus Alcippe.
The species of this genus are closely related to the parrotbills.

The grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae.

Traits:
- Grey-hooded (head and neck);


Paradoxornithidae: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
Fulvetta: probably from Latin fulvus: tawny, yellowish-brown.
cinereiceps: Latin cinereus ash-coloured; -ceps -headed (caput head).

White-browed fulvetta 
(Lách tách mày trắng, Fulvetta vinipectus)

The white-browed fulvetta (Fulvetta vinipectus) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae.
The bird ranges across the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, and is endemic to Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam.


Paradoxornithidae: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
Fulvetta: probably from Latin fulvus: tawny, yellowish-brown.
vinipectus Latin vinum, vini wine; Latin pectus for "breast".

Black-naped monarch
 or black-naped blue flycatcher (Dớp ruồi xanh gáy đen, Hypothymis azurea)

The black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia. 

The black-naped monarch breeds across tropical southern Asia from Iran and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and the Philippines. In Vietnam, the bird is found at the Cat Tien National Park.


The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes.
 The specific epithet azurea is from the Medieval Latin azureus meaning "azure-coloured" or "azure-blue".

Vinous-breasted myna 
or vinous-breasted starling (Acridotheres leucocephalus)

The vinous-breasted myna or vinous-breasted starling (Acridotheres leucocephalus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
The bird is found in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
In Vietnam, the bird is found at Cat Tien National Park.


The New Latin acridotheres (“locust-hunter”) is from Ancient Greek: akridos meaning locust, and theras meaning hunter.

Common myna 
or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah

The common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah, is a bird in the family Sturnidae, native to Asia.
The bird distribution zone spans Iran, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, peninsular Thailand, Indochina, Japan (both mainland Japan and the Ryukyu Islands) and China.


The New Latin acridotheres (“locust-hunter”) is from Ancient Greek: akridos meaning locust, and theras meaning hunter.
The specific name tristis is Latin for "sad" or "gloomy".

Great myna 
(Sáo mỏ vàng, Acridotheres grandis), also known as the white-vented myna

The great myna (Acridotheres grandis), also known as the white-vented myna, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. 
The bird is found in Nepal and Northeast India, through Bangladesh to Southeast Asia.

The New Latin acridotheres (“locust-hunter”) is from Ancient Greek: akridos meaning locust, and theras meaning hunter.
grandis: Latin for big, great.

Burmese myna 
(Sáo sậu đầu trắng, Acridotheres burmannicus) 

The Burmese myna (Acridotheres burmannicus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
The bird is found in Myanmar and Yunnan, China.
The Burmese myna was considered conspecific with the vinous-breasted myna. 

The New Latin acridotheres (“locust-hunter”) is from Ancient Greek: akridos meaning locust, and theras meaning hunter.
burmannicus: Latin for Burma, Burmese, Myanmar.

Streak-throated woodpecker 
(Gõ kiến xanh bụng vằn, Picus xanthopygaeus)

The streak-throated woodpecker (Picus xanthopygaeus) is a species of woodpecker found in the Indian subcontinent.

picidae, picus: woodpecker
xanthopygaeus:
 xanthos,-E,-on, yellow of various shades, golden or pale yellow; also red-yellow, chestnut, auburn
 pygaeus Greek -pugios -rumped (puge: rump).

 

Black-headed woodpecker 
(Gõ kiến xanh hông đỏ, Picus erythropygius)

The black-headed woodpecker (Picus erythropygius) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. 
The bird is found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, in deciduous and coniferous forests.

picidae, picus: woodpecker
erythropygius
 Erythro: eruthros meaning "red"
 -pugios -rumped (puge: rump).

 

Chalcites is a genus of Australasian cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. They were formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.

1/Little bronze cuckoo (Tìm vịt trán trắng, Chalcites minutillus)


The genus name Chalcites is from Ancient Greek χαλκιτης (khalkitēs) meaning "containing copper" or "coppery".

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