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.

White-throated Rock Thrush 
(Monticola gularis, Hoét đá họng trắng)

 

The white-throated rock thrush is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae of the order Passeriformes.

Monticola is the Latin word for mountain-dweller or mountaineer.
gularis gula (“throat”).

Snowy-Browed Flycatcher 
(Ficedula hyperythra)
Đớp ruồi mày trắng

The snowy-browed flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.

Trait: Male: white above and in the front of the eyes.

Warbling White-Eye, also known as the Japanese white-eye and mountain white-eye
(Vành Nhật Bản, Zosterops japonicus)

The warbling white-eye is a small passerine bird in the white-eye family. 


The genus name Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".

White-Tailed Robin 
(Oanh đuôi trắng, Myiomela leucura)

The white-tailed robin is an Old World flycatcher in the family Muscicapidae. 

Myiomela : Greek word muia – fly; melo – to take an interest in.
Specific epithet leucura is from Ancient Greek λεύκουρος (leúkouros: leukós meaning “white”, oura meaning "tail"; “white-tailed”).

Spotted Forktail 
(Chích chòe nước đốm trắng, Enicurus maculatus)

The spotted forktail is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

The slaty-backed forktail has a slaty color head and mantle.
The black-backed forktail has a black color head and mantle.
The spotted forktail has spotted mantle.

Enicurus : Greek word  henikos – singular or unique;  ouros -tailed.
Maculatus : Latin word macula – spot  (Spotted).

Verditer Flycatcher
 (Eumyias thalassinus) 

The verditer flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae.

Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Eumyias Greek: eu good; muia fly.
Thalassinus : Latin word for sea-green.
verditer:  verdigris (a blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals), or either of two pigments (blue verditer and green verditer).


Eumyias is a genus of birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

1/ Verditer Flycatcher (Eumyias thalassinus) 
Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Eumyias Greek: eu good; muia fly.
Thalassinus : Latin word for sea-green

Large Niltava 
(Đớp ruồi lớn, Niltava grandis)


The large niltava (Niltava grandis) is a species of bird in the Old world flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

Niltava (from niltau, Nepali for the rufous-bellied niltava).

Indochinese Blue Flycatcher 
(Cyornis sumatrensis)

The Indochinese blue flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.


Muscicapidae: Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Cyornis combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with ornis meaning "bird".

Hainan Blue Flycatcher 
(Cyornis hainanus, Đớp ruồi xanh hải nam)

The hainan blue flycatcher is a bird in the family Muscicapidae.

Muscicapidae: Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Cyornis combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with ornis meaning "bird".

 

Rufous-Browed Flycatcher
Anthipes solitaris

The rufous-browed flycatcher is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

Trait: rufous-front + white patch on the throat.

Muscicapidae: Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Anthipes, Anthi: possibly from Anthus a small bird, (possibly the yellow wagtail or undetermined bird), which is derived from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos).
Antho- is a prefix derived from the Ancient Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning “flower”, brightness, brilliant.

solitaria / solitaris / solitarius L. solitarius solitary, alone.

The Anthipes flycatchers are a genus of the bird family of Old World flycatchers, Muscicapidae.

1/ White-gorgeted flycatcher
Anthipes monileger

2/ Rufous-browed flycatcher
Anthipes solitaris


Muscicapidae: Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Anthipes, Anthi: possibly from Anthus a small bird, (possibly the yellow wagtail or undetermined bird), which is derived from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek ἄνθος (ánthos).
Antho- is a prefix derived from the Ancient Greek ἄνθος (anthos) meaning “flower”, brightness, brilliant.

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