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 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.

Traits:
- white-eyed;
- dry-blood-color on the throat;
- black-white-stripe on the wings;

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).

Pied shrike-babbler 
(Khướu mỏ quặp mày trắng, Pteruthius flaviscapis)


The pied shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis) is a bird species of the Vireonidae family.

Traits:
- white-throated;
- white-bellied (male), greyish-bellied (female);
- white-browed;
- wing color:black and orange for males; olive for females.
- male colors: black, orange, white;
- female colors: grey, white-greyish, olive. 


Vireonidae: Vireo / vireo Latin vireo small green migratory bird.
Pteruthius Greek pteron wing; eruthaino to dye red, to blush.
flaviscapis Latin flavus yellow; scapulae shoulders.

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.

(Gà lôi trắng, Lophura nycthemera)
A species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China.

It was placed in the genus Phasianus. 
For some time it was placed either in Euplocamus or Gennceus.
Today all major authorities place the silver pheasant in Lophura.

A male silver pheasant at a rescue center at Cuc Phuong National Park
A male silver pheasant at a rescue center at Cuc Phuong National Park

Japanese thrush 
(Turdus cardis)
grey thrush or the Japanese grey thrush
Hoét bụng trắng

The Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.
Male: Black head and neck, ashy back, white belly blotched with black stains.
Female: Yellowish gray head and back, blotched breast with white and black, white and yellowish belly blotched with black stains.
Immature: Back like female, speckled with brownish neck, white and yellowish belly.

A male Japanese Thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park
A male Japanese Thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park

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