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.

Chestnut-tailed starling 
(Sáo đá đuôi hung, Sturnia malabarica), 
also called grey-headed starling and grey-headed myna
formerly placed in the genus Sturnus.

The chestnut-tailed starling (Sturnia malabarica), also called grey-headed starling and grey-headed myna is a member of the starling family.
The bird is a resident or partially migratory species found in wooded habitats in India and Southeast Asia. 

The genus name is from Latin sturnus meaning "starling".
malabarica Malabar, India.

White-shouldered starling 
(Sáo đá Trung Quốc, Sturnia sinensis)
The specific epithet sinensis is Modern Latin for "Chinese".

The white-shouldered starling (Sturnia sinensis) is a species of bird in the starling family Sturnidae. 
The bird breeds in southern China and northern Vietnam, winters in Southeast Asia and ca be found in: Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.

The genus name Sturnia is from Latin sturnus meaning "starling".

White-browed shrike-babbler 
(Pteruthius aeralatus)
Khướu mỏ quặp Blyth

The white-browed shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus) is a bird species found in the eastern Himalayas and Southeast Asia from northern Burma to southern Cambodia


Vireonidae: Vireo / vireo Latin vireo small green migratory bird.
Pteruthius Greek pteron wing; eruthaino to dye red, to blush.
aeralatus Latin aes, aeris bronze; latus flank, side.

Pale-billed parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt mỏ nhạt hay khướu mỏ dẹt mày đen hoặc khướu mỏ dẹt đầu hung nhỏ, Suthora atrosuperciliaris) 

Pale-billed parrotbill (Khướu mỏ dẹt mỏ nhạt hay khướu mỏ dẹt mày đen hoặc khướu mỏ dẹt đầu hung nhỏ, Suthora atrosuperciliaris) is a bird species of the family Paradoxornithidae.
This bird is often spotted in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand in subtropical or tropical moist lowland regions.

Traits:
- Black-eyeringed, dark-eyeringed: an arc above the eyes;
- Orange-headed, chestnut-headed;

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).
atrosuperciliaris:
 Latin ater: black
 Latin superciliaris: From Latin supercilium +‎ -āris: eyebrow; supercilium: eyelid.

Vinous-throated parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt bé, Suthora webbiana) 

The vinous-throated parrotbill (Suthora webbiana) is a species of parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae. 
The bird is found in China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Russia, Taiwan, and Vietnam. 

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).
The specific name webbiana commemorates the English botanist Philip Barker Webb. The species is sometimes referred to as Webb's parrotbill.

Short-tailed parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt đuôi ngắn, Suthora davidiana)

The short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana) is a species of bird in the family Paradoxornithidae. 
The bird is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Short-tailed;
- Black-throated;
- Orange-headed, rufous-headed, chestnut-headed;

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).

Ashy-throated parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt Vân Nam, Suthora alphonsiana)

The ashy-throated parrotbill (Suthora alphonsiana) is a parrotbill which is the bird family of Paradoxornithidae.
The native range of this species extends from south-west China to northern Vietnam.

Traits:
- Chestnut-capped;
- Chestnut-naped;

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).

Golden parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt vàng, Suthora verreauxi)

The golden parrotbill (Suthora verreauxi) is a species of parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae. 
The bird is found in China, Laos, Japan, Myanmar, Taiwan, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Golden-headed, orange-headed;
- Black-throated;

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).

Brown-winged parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt cánh nâu, Suthora brunnea)

The brown-winged parrotbill (Suthora brunnea) is a parrotbill that was formerly placed in the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or in the Sylviidae, but has been shown by molecular genetic studies to belong to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae.

Traits:
- Chestnut-headed;

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).
brunnea Latin brunneus brown.

Eye-ringed parrotbill (Suthora ricketti), also known as the Yunnan parrotbill

The eye-ringed parrotbill (Suthora ricketti), also known as the Yunnan parrotbill, is a species of bird in the parrotbill family Paradoxornithidae.
The bird was formerly considered conspecific with the brown-winged parrotbill Suthora brunnea, (sometimes the vinous-throated parrotbill, Suthora webbiana), but more recent studies have found it to be a distinct species.

Traits:
- Rufous-headed, chestnut-headed;
- White-eyeringed or whitish-eyeringed;

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).

Black-throated parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt họng đen, Suthora nipalensis)

The black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis) is a parrotbill species of the family Paradoxornithidae.
Some bird taxonomic authorities placed this species in the  the Old World babblers (family Timaliidae) or in a distinct family Sylviidae.
The bird is found in  Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam. 

The genus name Suthora is the Nepalese word for the black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis).

Crested myna 
also known as the Chinese starling
(Sáo mỏ ngà, Sáo đen, Acridotheres cristatellus)

The crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) is a species of starling in the genus Acridotheres native to southeastern China and Indochina.

The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus which in Latin means starling.
The New Latin acridotheres (“locust-hunter”) is from Ancient Greek: akridos meaning locust, and theras meaning hunter.
The specific epithet cristatella is a Latin diminutive of cristatus meaning "crested" or "plumed".

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