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.

Cinereous tit 
Also Asian Tit
(Parus cinereus)
Formerly treated as subspecies of the great tit (Parus major). 


The cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. 
The distribution of this bird species extends from parts of West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia.

parus or paru: tit or chickadee.
cinereus: Cinereous, ash gray

Pygmy flycatcher 
(Ficedula hodgsoni)

The pygmy flycatcher (Ficedula hodgsoni), also known as the pygmy blue-flycatcher, is a bird species of 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.

Yellow-rumped flycatcher 
(Ficedula zanthopygia, Đớp ruồi vàng), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher

The yellow-rumped flycatcher (Ficedula zanthopygia), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher, is a species of flycatcher found in eastern Asia. 

The bird breeds in eastern Asia including parts of Mongolia, Transbaikal, southern China, Korea and western Japan; and winters in parts of the Malay Peninsula and South Asia.

The genus name Ficedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
xanthos,-E,-on, yellow of various shades, golden or pale yellow; also red-yellow, chestnut, auburn
-py·​ga. ˈpīgə variants or -pygia. ˈpijēə : creature having (such) a rump.

Narcissus flycatcher 
(Ficedula narcissina, Đớp ruồi lưng vàng)

The narcissus flycatcher (Ficedula narcissina) is a passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. 
The bird is native to the East Palearctic, from Sakhalin to the north, through Japan across through Korea, mainland China, and Taiwan and winters in southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Vietnam and Borneo.

The bird mates in Southeast Asia starting from early May.


The genus name Ficedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
The specific epithet narcissina is from narcissus flowers referring the the yellow colors on the throat of the male.

Taiga flycatcher 
or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla, Đớp ruồi Taiga)

The taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird breeds in northern Eurasia from eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia. It is a winter visitor to South and South-east Asia in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Japan.


The genus name Picedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
The specific name albicilla is from Latin albus, white, and Neo-Latin cilla tail; this meaning of cilla arose from a misunderstanding of motacilla, the name for the wagtail.

Grey Bush Chat 
Gray Bush Chat 
(Sẻ bụi xám, Saxicola ferreus)

The grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is found in the Himalayas, southern China, Taiwan, Nepal and mainland Southeast Asia.


Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
ferreus Latin ferreus like iron, iron-colour (ferrum iron).

Common Stonechat (Sẻ bụi đầu đen, Saxicola torquatus)
also African stonechat 
This species is considered superspecies now:
 African stonechat Saxicola torquatus in the strict sense
 European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
 Siberian stonechat Saxicola maurus
 Madagascar stonechat Saxicola sibilla


Newly added to this superspecies:
 Fuerteventura chat Saxicola dacotiae
 Reunion stonechat Saxicola tectes
 White-tailed stonechat Saxicola leucurus


Common stonechat is the name used for the Saxicola species Saxicola torquatus of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

 


The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World: ground-feeding, strong migratory.
Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
torquatus: Latin torquis (“a twisted neck chain, necklace, collar”), from torqueō (“to turn, twist, bend”), Latin torquatus collared (torques collar).

 

Pied Bushchat 
(Sẻ bụi đen, Saxicola caprata)

The pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) is a small passerine bird of the flycatcher family Muscicapidae found ranging from West Asia and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
caprata: Maria-capra was the name given to the Pied Bushchat by the inhabitants of the Luzon Island.

Jerdon's Bush chat 
(Sẻ bụi lưng xanh, Saxicola jerdoni)

Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The Jerdon's bush chat has an extremely large range and is native to Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.

 

Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World.
The Latin binomial commemorates the Norwegian ornithologist Leonhard Hess Stejneger.

Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 
Sẻ bụi đầu đen


The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae).
The bird's breeding range: most of temperate Asia, from Siberia south to the Himalaya and southwest China, and west to eastern Turkey and the Caspian Sea area, far northeast of Europe, mainly in Russia, occasionally as far west as Finland.

The wintering range: from southern Japan south to Thailand and India, and west to northeast Africa. On migration, small numbers reach as far west as western Europe, and exceptionally as far east as Alaska in North America.

Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World.
maurus, maura is Latinized from Greek maúros (μαύρος) "black".

Flavescent bulbul 
Also: Blyth's bulbul, flavescent green bulbul and round-tailed green bulbul,
(Bông lau vàng, Pycnonotus flavescens) 

The flavescent bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds. 
The bird is found in south-eastern Asia.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
flavescens Latin flavescens golden-yellowish (flavescere to become golden; flavus yellow, golden).

Yellow-vented bulbul, 
or eastern yellow-vented bulbul (Bông lau mày trắng, Pycnonotus goiavier)

The yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier), or eastern yellow-vented bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds, Pycnonotidae.
The bird is a resident breeder in southeastern Asia from Indochina to the Philippines.


Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).

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