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.

Blue Whistling Thrush 
(Myophonus caeruleus, Hoét xanh) 


The blue whistling thrush is a bird in the Old World flycatchers family Muscicapidae.

Traits: violet blue, shiny spangling on upper body: head, neck, upper back, upper wing, chest, part of belly.

The genus name Myophonus is from the Ancient Greek muia meaning "fly" and phoneus meaning "slayer".
caeruleus, coerulea: Latin caeruleus azure -blue. dark blue likely from caelum, "sky."

Orange-Headed Thrush 
(Hoét vàng, Sáo đất đầu cam, Geokichla citrina)


The orange-headed thrush is a bird in the thrush family Turdidae.

Turdidae derives from the Latin word turdus, meaning thrush.
The genus name Geokichla combines the Ancient Greek geō- meaning "ground-" with kikhlē meaning "thrush.
citrina, citrinus, citrine:  A brownish-yellow quartz.

Black-and-Red Broadbill 
(Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) 

The black-and-red broadbill is a species of bird in the typical broadbill family, Eurylaimidae.

Orange-Necked Partridge 
(Gà so cổ hung/cam, Arborophila davidi)

The orange-necked partridge, which is found in Cambodia and Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Phasianidae.

Compare:
- Rufous-Throated Partridge (Gà so họng hung, Arborophila rufogularis): only rufous or orange color on the throat, scaly body with dark colors.
- Orange-necked partridge (Arborophila davidi): Throat has white and orange colors, scaly body with light colors.

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).
Arborophila: the Latin arbor, arboris meaning "tree" with the Ancient Greek philos meaning "-loving".

Streaked Spiderhunter 
(Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)


The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

 

Arachnothera 
arachno- arachnid; arachnidial; spider. 
thera or thira: Santorini (an island in Greece)
Arachnothera Greek arakhne: spider; -theras hunter (therao: to hunt).

magna Latin magnus great

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.

Verditer Flycatcher
 (Eumyias thalassinus) 

The verditer flycatcher is an Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae.

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

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