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.

Brown-crowned scimitar babbler 
(Pomatorhinus phayrei)

The brown-crowned scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus phayrei) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. 
The bird is found in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and China. 

Compare:
- White-browed scimitar babbler: white brow, black stripe through the eye, rufous color at the base of the neck, yellow bill.
- Brown-crowned scimitar babbler: white brow, black stripe through the eye to the side of the neck, thin black band on the white brow, red bill.
- Red-billed scimitar babbler: white brow, black stripe through the eye to the side of the neck, no black color on the white brow, red bill.

Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".
Pomarinus Pomatorhinus / pomatorhinus Greek: poma,pomatos lid, cover; rhis, rhinos nostrils.

Red-tailed laughingthrush 
(Khướu đuôi đỏ, Trochalopteron milnei)

The red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei) is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. 
The bird species is found in the montane forests of Myanmar, Laos, southern China and central Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".

Collared finchbill 
(Chào mào khoang cổ, Spizixos semitorques), 
also called black-headed finch-bill, Chinese finch-bill, Japanese finch-bill, collared finch-billed bulbul and Swinhoe's finch-billed bulbul

The collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques), found in China, Japan, Twaiwan and Vietnam, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
The word Spizixos combines the Ancient Greek spiza meaning "finch" with the genus name Ixos the Ancient Greek for "mistletoe".
semitorques Latin semi- for small, half-; torques: collar.

Crested finchbill 
(Chào mào mỏ lớn, Spizixos canifrons)

The crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
The word Spizixos combines the Ancient Greek spiza meaning "finch" with the genus name Ixos the Ancient Greek for "mistletoe".
canifrons: Latin canus grey; frons forehead, front.

Striated yuhina 
(Khướu mào khoang cổ, Staphida castaniceps)

The striated yuhina (Staphida castaniceps) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Staphida is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae, formerly placed in the genus Yuhina.


Zosteropidae, Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
Staphida: Greek staphis, staphidos dried grapes, raisins.
castaniceps: Latin castaneus: chestnut-coloured; -ceps: -headed (caput head).

Indochinese yuhina or chestnut-collared yuhina 
(Staphida torqueola)
Khướu mào Đông Dương

The Indochinese yuhina or chestnut-collared yuhina (Staphida torqueola) is a bird in the family Zosteropidae.
Staphida is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae, formerly placed in the genus Yuhina.


Zosteropidae, Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
Staphida: Greek staphis, staphidos dried grapes, raisins.
torqueola Latin torqueola necklace (Latin: torques collar).

Black-faced laughingthrush 
(Khướu mặt đen, Trochalopteron affine)

The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
affinae, affine, affinis Latin adfinis or affinis related, allied.

Black-Collared Starling
(Sáo sậu, Gracupica nigricollis)
Formerly placed in the genus Sturnus.

The black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus which in Latin means starling.
The genus name Gracupica combines the Latin graculus meaning "jackdaw" (related to but smaller than crows and ravens) with pica meaning "magpie".
The specific epithet nigricollis is Latin for "black-necked": niger, meaning "black", and collis, meaning "neck".

Brown Bullfinch 
(Mỏ ngắn, Pyrrhula nipalensis)

The brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) is a species of bird in the true finch family, Fringillidae.

Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.
The genus name Pyrrhula is derived by tautonymy from the binomial name of the Eurasian bullfinch Loxia pyrrhula introduced by Linnaeus in 1758.

Indochinese Fulvetta 
(Fulvetta danisi)
Lách tách ngực nâu, Lách tách Đông Dương

The Indochinese fulvetta (Fulvetta danisi), found in Laos and Vietnam, is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae. 

Paradoxornithidae: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
Fulvetta: probably from Latin fulvus: tawny, yellowish-brown.

Pale-throated wren-babbler 
(Spelaeornis kinneari) 

The pale-throated wren-babbler (Spelaeornis kinneari), endemic to Vietnam, is a bird species in the family Timaliidae.

Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".
Spelaeornis: Greek spelaion: cave; ornis: bird.

Sooty babbler 
(Khướu đá mun, Stachyris herberti)

The sooty babbler (Stachyris herberti), which is endemic to Laos and Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".
Stachyris: combines the Ancient Greek stakhus meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils" referring to the opercula almost closing the nostrils (nares).

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