Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in 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. - Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pellorneidae
- Genus: Pellorneum
Puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler
(Chuối tiêu ngực đốm, Pellorneum ruficeps)
The puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler is a species of passerine bird found in Asia.
Pellorneidae, Pellorneum: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
ruficeps Latin rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Timaliidae
- Genus: Pomatorhinus
White-browed Scimitar Babbler
(Họa mi đất mày trắng, Pomatorhinus schisticeps)
The white-browed scimitar babbler is a species of jungle bird with long downcurved bills in the family Timaliidae.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pycnonotidae
- Genus: Iole
The Gray-eyed Bulbul
(Cành cạch nhỏ, Iole propinqua)
Gray-eyed Bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
The family name is from Greek: puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".
Iole is a feminine name of Greek origin, meaning "violet flower."
propinquus (feminine propinqua, neuter propinquum, comparative propinquior): near, hence, close to, related to, neighborhood, similar.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pycnonotidae
- Genus: Alophoixus
Ochraceous Bulbul
(Cành cạch bụng hung, Alophoixus ochraceus)
The ochraceous bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
Difference between the puff-throated bulbul (Alophoixus pallidus) vs ochraceous bulbul (Alophoixus ochraceus): former is lighter and paler than latter; under body of the former is more yellowish than the latter.
The family name is from Greek: puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".
Alophoixus Greek: alophos crestless; genus Ixos: Greek mistletoe;
ochre, Ochraceous: brownish yellow, Latin from ōchra (“ochre”) + -āceus, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “wan”), from ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “yellow ochre”).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pycnonotidae
- Genus: Pycnonotus
Stripe-throated Bubul, or streak-throated bulbul
(Bông lau họng vạch, Pycnonotus finlaysoni)
The stripe-throated bulbul, or streak-throated bulbul, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds.
The genus name is from Greek: puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pycnonotidae
- Genus: Pycnonotus
Streak-eared Bulbul
(Pycnonotus conradi, Bông lau tai vằn )
The streak-eared bulbul (Pycnonotus conradi) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. It is found from Thailand and northern and central Malay Peninsula to southern Indochina.
Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pycnonotidae
- Genus: Rubigula
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”).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pnoepygidae
- Genus: Pnoepyga
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.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Laniidae
- Genus: Lanius
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.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Oriolidae
- Genus: Oriolus
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".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Oriolidae
- Genus: Oriolus
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".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Oriolidae
- Genus: Oriolus
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.
