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.

Siamese fireback 
(Gà lôi hông tía, Lophura diardi), also known as Diard's fireback

The Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi), also known as Diard's fireback, is a fairly large pheasant. 

Rusty-naped pitta
(Hydrornis oatesi)
Đuôi cụt đầu hung

The rusty-naped pitta (Hydrornis oatesi) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae.

 

Blue-rumped pitta 
(Hydrornis soror) 
Đuôi cụt đầu xám

The blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror) is a species of bird in the family Pittidae. 
The specific epithet soror is Latin for "sister" (that is "closely related").

Blue Pitta 
Hydrornis cyaneus
Đuôi cụt đầu đỏ

Found in the northeastern Indian subcontinent, southern China, and Indochina. 
Natural habitat is tropical forest.
Feed by foraging on the ground for insects and other small invertebrates.

Bar-Bellied Pitta 
(Đuôi cụt bụng vằn, Hydrornis elliotii)

A species of bird in the family Pittidae, found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. 
Natural habitat is seasonal tropical forest.

Grey-bellied Tesia/Warbler (Chích đuôi cụt bụng xám, Tesia cyaniventer)
venter - Borrowing from Latin venter (“the belly; the womb; a swelling”).
New Latin cyani, from cyanus (specific epithet of centaurea cyanus), from Greek kyanos dark blue enamel.

The grey-bellied tesia (Tesia cyaniventer) is a species of warbler in the family Cettiidae.
Natural habitat is undergrowth of subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

(Bạc má lưng xanh, Parus monticolus)
parus or paru menas tit or chickadee.
The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

There is a species called Langbiang Tit in Da Lat (Vietnam) which may be considered a subspecies of the Green-Backed Tit.

Traits: white-cheeked, black head, black line stretching from lower mandible through throat, breast to belly, yellow sides.

parus or paru menas tit or chickadee.
monticolus: Name derived from Latin for a dweller in the mountains.

Dalat shrike-babbler 
(Pteruthius aeralatus annamensis)
Khướu mỏ quặp Đà Lạt
Da Lat Shrike-Babbler is endemic to southern Vietnam on the Da Lat Plateau, considered a subspecies of the white-browed shrike-babbler.

Trilling shrike-babbler 
(Khướu mỏ quặp cánh vàng, Pteruthius aenobarbus)

The trilling shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aenobarbus) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae.

 

Vireonidae: Vireo / vireo Latin vireo small green migratory bird.
Pteruthius Greek pteron wing; eruthaino to dye red, to blush.
aenobarbus Latin aenobarbus red-bearded (aeneus of a bronze colour; barba beard).

The scimitar babblers are birds in the genera Pomatorhinus and Jabouilleia of the large Old World babbler family of passerines(or Timaliidae).
Scimitar babblers have long, downward-curved bills and long tails. Most scimitar babblers are jungle species.

Wren-babblers are small Asian birds belonging to the babbler family Timaliidae of the order Passeriformes.
Wren-babblers are closely related to scimitar-babblers, but different: shorter-tailed, shorter and more straight bill.

(Lách tách họng hung, Schoeniparus rufogularis)
The rufous-throated fulvetta (Schoeniparus rufogularis) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

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