Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in 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. - Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Motacillidae
- Genus: Motacilla
White Wagtail
(Chìa vôi trắng, Motacilla alba)
The white wagtail (Motacilla alba) is a small passerine bird in the family Motacillidae.
Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
alba, albo, albus: white.
- Order: Columbiformes
- Family: Columbidae
- Genus: Macropygia
Barred Cuckoo-Dove
(Gầm ghì vằn, Macropygia unchall)
The barred cuckoo-dove (Macropygia unchall) is a bird species in the family Columbidae.
Columbidae, Columba: Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). Ancient Greek κόλυμβος (kólumbos, “a diver”), from κολυμβάω (kolumbáō, “dive, plunge headlong, swim”).
Macropygia: the Ancient Greek makros meaning "long" or "deep" and "-pugios" meaning "-rumped").
unchall: The inhabitants of Java called the cuckoo-doves Burong-unchall.
- Order: Piciformes
- Family: Megalaimidae
- Genus: Psilopogon
Black-Eared Barbet
(Psilopogon duvaucelii)
Cu rốc tai lam
The black-eared barbet (Psilopogon duvaucelii) is a barbet in the family Megalaimidae native to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo.
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".
duvaucelii: A French naturalist.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Ploceidae
- Genus: Ploceus
Asian Golden Weaver
(Ploceus hypoxanthus)
The Asian golden weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae.
Ploceidae, Ploceus: from Ancient Greek plokeus meaning "weaver" derived from the Greek word pleko "to entwine".
hypoxantha, Hypoxanthus (syn. Piculus): hypoxanthus Greek hupo beneath; xanthos yellow.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Irenidae
- Genus: Irena
Asian Fairy-Bluebird
(Chim lam, Irena puella)
The Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella) is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird.
Irena, Irenidae: A modern Greek spelling of the girls' name Irene, meaning 'peace'. The name is originally spelt Eirene or Eirini in Greek. In Ancient Greek Mythology, Eirene is the Greek goddess of peace.
"puella" is a Latin noun that primarily means "girl" in English.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Nectariniidae
- Genus: Kurochkinegramma
Purple-naped spiderhunter
or purple-naped sunbird
(Hút mật bụng vạch, Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
formerly placed in the genus Hypogramma.
The purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Nectariniidae: New Latin, from Nectarinia, type genus + -idae.
Kurochkinegramma: unknown origin/meaning.
hypogrammica, hypogrammicum, hypogrammicus: Greek hupo beneath; grammikos lined, linear (gramme line).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Nectariniidae
- Genus: Leptocoma
Van Hasselt's sunbird
(Leptocoma brasiliana)
Hút mật họng hồng
Van Hasselt's sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana), is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Nectariniidae: New Latin, from Nectarinia, type genus + -idae.
The name Leptocoma combines the Ancient Greek words leptos "delicate" or "fine" and kome "hair".
Brasiliana, general term for things, collections related to Brazil (mistakenly for this species).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Dicaeidae
- Genus: Dicaeum
Plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
Chim sâu bình nguyên
The plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum) is a bird in the family Dicaeidae.
The bird is found in the central Himalayas, through western Indonesia to Taiwan, from northeastern India, extending into Myanmar, Laos and southern China, Vietnam.
The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
minullum: minulus very small.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Dicaeidae
- Genus: Dicaeum
Yellow-bellied flowerpecker
(Dicaeum melanozanthum)
Chim sâu bụng vàng
The yellow-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum melanozanthum) is a species of bird in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
melanozanthum: Greek melas black; xanthos yellow.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Dicaeidae
- Genus: Dicaeum
Nilgiri flowerpecker
(Dicaeum concolor)
Chim sâu vàng lục
The Nilgiri flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor) is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker family.
The bird is found in India, Myanmar, Laos, southern China, Vietnam.
The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
concolor: Latin for uniform, plain.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Dicaeidae
- Genus: Dicaeum
Orange-bellied flowerpecker
(Dicaeum trigonostigma)
Chim sâu ngực xám
The orange-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Brunei,Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.
trigonostigma Greek trigonos: triangular; stigma: mark.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Dicaeidae
- Genus: Dicaeum
Yellow-vented flowerpecker
(Dicaeum chrysorrheum)
Chim sâu bụng vạch
The yellow-vented flowerpecker (Dicaeum chrysorrheum) is a species of bird in the family Dicaeidae.
Dicaeidae, Dicaeum: Greek dikaion supposedly an Indian bird mentioned by Aelianus.
chrysorrheum, chrysorrhoa: Greek khrusos gold; orrhos rump.
