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.

Black-crested Bulbul 
(Rubigula flaviventris, Chào mào vàng mào đen)


The black-crested bulbul is a member of the bulbul family Pycnonotidae of passerine birds.


Pycnonotidae
pycno-
 Pycnonotus
 puknos "thick" or "compact" and 
 -nōtos "-backed".
Rubigula: combines the Medieval Latin rubinus meaning "ruby" with Latin gula meaning "throat".
flaviventris: New Latin; from flāvus (“yellow”) +‎ venter (“belly”).

Pygmy Cupwing, or pygmy wren-babbler
(Khướu đất đuôi cụt Pigmi, Pnoepyga pusilla)

Pnoepyga, Pnoepygidae: pnoe [Greek] πνοή (pnoē): wind, breath, breeze, soul; pyga: puge meaning "rump".
pusillus, pusilla: very little, very small, tiny

The pygmy cupwing or pygmy wren-babbler, is a species of bird in the Pnoepyga wren-babblers family, Pnoepygidae.

Burmese Shrike 
(Bách thanh nhỏ, Lanius collurioides)

The Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. 
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Black-naped oriole 
(Vàng anh gáy đen, Oriolus chinensis)

The black-naped oriole (Oriolus chinensis) is a passerine bird in the oriole family that is found in many parts of Asia.

Traits:
- Black-naped;
- Eye-striped;

"Oriole" derives from the Latin word aureolus meaning "golden".

Silver oriole 
(Oriolus mellianus)

The silver oriole (Oriolus mellianus) is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae. 
The bird breeds in southern China and winters in mainland Southeast Asia.


"Oriole" derives from the Latin word aureolus meaning "golden".

Slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
Vàng anh mỏ nhỏ

Oriolidae, Oriolus, "Oriole" derives from the Latin word aureolus meaning "golden".
tenui-: in L. comp., slender, thin, fine.
rostris: bill.

The slender-billed oriole is a species of bird in the family Oriolidae found from the eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia.

White-bellied erpornis 
(Khướu mào bụng trắng, Erpornis zantholeuca) or simply erpornis
Formerly placed in Yuhina and often still misleadingly called "white-bellied yuhina".

"Vireo" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird; other possible meanings: green, fresh, verdant, vigorous...
Erpornis : Greek word herpo – to creep about ; ornis- bird.
Zantholeuca : Greek word xanthos – yellow; leukos – white.

The white-bellied erpornis or simply erpornis is the only member of the genus Erpornis of the family Vireonidae.

Green-legged partridge, also known as the scaly-breasted partridge or green-legged hill-partridge
(Gà so ngực gụ, Tropicoperdix chloropus)

Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).

trópico m (plural trópicos), tropic (either of the two parallels north and south of the equator);
Perdix (Ancient Greek: Πέρδιξ means "partridge";
the Greek chloropus (khloros χλωρός green or yellow; pous πούς foot).

The green-legged partridge, also known as the scaly-breasted partridge or green-legged hill-partridge, is a bird species in the family Phasianidae. 
The Vietnam partridge, Annam partridge, or Annam hill partridge, Tonkin Partridge, Tropicoperdix chloropus merlini, is now usually considered a subspecies of the green-legged partridge.

Red crossbill or common crossbill 
(Mỏ chéo, Loxia curvirostra)

Fringillidae, Fringilla: in Latin, a small bird, possibly the robin or the chaffinch, finch
Loxia: From Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “slanting, crosswise”).
curvirostra is Latin for "curved bill".
curvus meaning "curved" 
-rostris meaning "billed".

The red crossbill or common crossbill is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

Vietnamese Greenfinch 
(Chloris monguilloti)

The family name Fringillidae is from a name Fringilla which is Latin for "finch".
The genus name Chloris is from Ancient Greek khloris, the European greenfinch, from khloros, "green".
the specific epithet was chosen to honour Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, the General Secretary of French Indochina.

The Vietnamese greenfinch is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae.  
Native to Di Linh Plateau (Da Lat, Lam Dong)
The bird feeds on the seeds of pine trees, termites.

Black-headed greenfinch 
(Sẻ núi, Chloris ambigua)

The black-headed greenfinch (Chloris ambigua) is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae. 
The bird is found in the Chinese province of Yunnan, northern Laos, eastern Myanmar and adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and Northeast India. 

The greenfinches were formerly placed in the genus Carduelis.
Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek khloris, the European greenfinch, from khloros, "green".
The specific epithet ambigua is from the Latin ambiguus for "doubtful".

Mrs. Gould's Sunbird 
(Hút mật họng vàng, Aethopyga gouldiae)

Nectariniidae from Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”): the drink of the gods.
The name Aethopyga combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with puge meaning "rump".
named after British bird artist Elizabeth Gould.

Mrs. Gould's sunbird is a sunbird species native to forests and shrublands from the southern foothills of the Himalayas to Southeast Asia.

The Annam Sunbird, found in Da Lat and the Lang Biang Mountain, is an endemic sub species of the Mrs Gould's Sunbird.

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