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.

Ashy bulbul 
(Cành cạch xám, Hemixos flavala) 
The ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala) is a species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Some consider the brown-backed bulbul a subspecies of the ashy bulbul.


Pycnonotidae
pycno-
 Pycnonotus
 puknos "thick" or "compact" and 
 -nōtos "-backed".

 

Oriental pied hornbill, or Sunda pied hornbill (convexus), or Malaysian pied hornbill.
(Cao cát phương đông, Anthracoceros albirostris) 
albirostris

The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words:
 - ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos meaning "coal black" ,
 - and κερας keras, κερως kerōs meaning "horn".

albirostris: From albus (“white”) +‎ rōstrum (“beak”)

The oriental pied hornbill an Indo-Malayan pied hornbill of the family Bucerotidae.

Indochinese green magpie, also known as the yellow-breasted magpie 
(Gẻ cùi bụng vàng, Cissa hypoleuca)

The Indochinese green magpie is a small colorful bird native to the forests of China and Vietnam.
While most Cissa species have the lower body green, those in Vietnam and in southern Southeast Asia have the lower body yellow.

The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".
hypoleuca: from two Greek roots: hupo, "below", and leukos, "white".

 

Banded broadbill 
(Mỏ rộng hồng, Eurylaimus javanicus) 
Found in South-East Asia.

The genus means 'broad throat', from the Greek eurus ('broad, wide') and laimos ('throat').
The specific name javanicus comes from Java, the island on which it was discovered.

The species of bird found in the Eurylaimidae (typical broadbill family) found in Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands.

Silver-breasted broadbill 
(Mỏ rộng hung, Serilophus lunatus)

The silver-breasted broadbill (Serilophus lunatus) is a species of bird in the broadbill family, Eurylaimidae, found in parts of Southeast Asia.

Eurylaimus: from the Ancient Greek ευρυς, eurus, meaning broad, and λαιμος, laimos, meaning throat. 
Serilophus : Greek word serikos- silken; lophos -crest 
lunatus lūnātus (feminine lūnāta, neuter lūnātum): crescent- or half-moon-shaped

Dusky broadbill 
(Mỏ rộng đen, Corydon sumatranus)


Dusky broadbill is passerine birds in the family the Eurylaimidae of the order Passeriformes.
Eurylaimidae, Eurylaimus: from the Ancient Greek ευρυς, eurus, meaning broad, and λαιμος, laimos, meaning throat. 


Corydon: traditional poetic name for a shepherd or rustic swain, from Latin Corydon, from Greek Korydon, from korydos "crested lark." 
Corydon (Greek Κορύδων Korúdōn, probably related to κόρυδος kórudos "lark") is a name for a herdsman in ancient Greek pastoral poems and fables.
 

Long-tailed broadbill 
(Mỏ rộng xanh, Psarisomus dalhousiae)

The long-tailed broadbill (Psarisomus dalhousiae) is the only species of bird in the genus Psarisomus of the family Eurylaimidae, of the order Passeriformes.
The name Psarisomus: Psaris, a synonym of Tityra, the Greek word "soma" for "body".

The scientific name dalhousiae commemorates Christina Broun, Countess of Dalhousie (1786–1839), wife of George Ramsay, 9th Earl of Dalhousie.

Eurylaimidae, Eurylaimus: from the Ancient Greek ευρυς, eurus, meaning broad, and λαιμος, laimos, meaning throat. 

Indochinese barbet (Psilopogon annamensis), also called Annam barbet
Cu rốc Đông Dương

The Indochinese barbet (Psilopogon annamensis), also called Annam barbet, is a bird of the family Megalaimidae. 

Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

Banded Kingfisher 
(Sả vằn, Lacedo pulchella)
The banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) is a tree kingfisher found in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia.
Lacedo: an anagram of Alcedo, the Latin word for kingfisher. 
pulchella: Latin for "very pretty".

Oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed dwarf kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher, is a bird in the family Alcedinidae. 
(Bồng chanh đỏ, Ceyx erithaca)
Ceyx: Ancient Greek Κήϋξ (Kḗüx, “Ceyx, a king from Greek mythology who was transformed into a kingfisher”).
erithaca: New Latin, from Greek erithakos, a bird, probably the robin. 
erithacus: meaning "robin" and hence "red-breasted".

Orange-breasted trogon 
(Nuốc bụng vàng, Harpactes oreskios)
The orange-breasted trogon (Harpactes oreskios) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae.

The harpax or harpago (Koinē Greek: ἅρπαγα lit. "grabber, seizer, robber"; GEN ἅρπαγος harpagos)
(a Roman catapult-shot grapnel created by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa for use against Sextus Pompey during the naval battles of the Sicilian revolt.)

Germain's peacock-pheasant 
(Gà tiền mặt đỏ, Polyplectron germaini)

Germain's peacock-pheasants are a bird species, which is endemic to Indochina, in the genus Polyplectron, of the family Phasianidae.
Polyplectron combines the Ancient Greek polus meaning "many" with plēktron meaning "cock's spur". 
The epithet is from the French colonial army's veterinary surgeon Louis Rodolphe Germain.

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