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.

Red-Vented Barbet 
(Thầy chùa đít đỏ, Psilopogon lagrandieri)

The red-vented barbet (Psilopogon lagrandieri) is an Asian barbet native to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.


Piciformes, picidae, picus: woodpecker
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

Blue-Winged Minla (Khướu lùn cánh xanh, Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva

The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

The Plain Minla found in Da Lat Vietnam may be a subspecies of the Blue-Winged Minla, or maybe treated as a separate species.

The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).
cyanouroptera Greek kuanos dark-blue; -ouros -tailed; (oura tail); -pteros -winged (pteron wing).

Rufous-Backed Sibia 
(Khướu lùn lưng hung, Mi lưng nâu, Leioptila annectens)

The rufous-backed sibia (Leioptila annectens) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Aegithalos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family.

Aegithalidae: the Ancient Greek word aigithalos for a tit.

1/     Black-throated bushtit, also known as the black-throated tit or red-headed tit (Bạc má đuôi dài, Agegithalos concinnus)

 

Grey-Crowned Tit 
Gray-Crowned Bushtit 
(Aegithalos Annamensis, Bạc má đuôi dài đầu xám)

Grey-Crowned Tit (Aegithalos Annamensis) found in Da Lat (Central Highlands of Vietnam) is considered by some authorities a subspecies of the the black-throated tit or black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus). 
The former does not have a chestnut-colored cap as the latter.


Aegithalidae: the Ancient Greek word aegithalos for a tit.
concinnus: con +cinnus: neat, elegant, clever; pretty, pleasing.

Black-Throated Bushtit, also known as the black-throated tit or red-headed tit 
(Bạc má đuôi dài, Aegithalos concinnus)

The black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus), also known as the black-throated tit, is a very small passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae.

Grey-Crowned Tit (Aegithalos Annamensis) found in Da Lat (Central Highlands of Vietnam), which does not have a chestnut-colored cap, remains to be separated from the Black-Throated Bushtit.

Aegithalidae: the Ancient Greek word aegithalos for a tit.
concinnus: con +cinnus: neat, elegant, clever; pretty, pleasing.

Black-Headed Sibia 
(Heterophasia desgodinsi) 
Mi đầu đen

The black-headed sibia (Heterophasia desgodinsi) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. 

 

Dark-backed sibia 
(Mi lưng đen, Heterophasia melanoleuca)

The dark-backed sibia (Heterophasia melanoleuca) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae. 
The bird is found in China, Myanmar and Thailand.

Heterophasia, Hetero: derives from the Greek word heteros meaning "different" or "other".
Melanoleuca: Greek melas black; leukos Greek white.
-phasia: New Latin, from Greek, speech, from phasis utterance, from phanai to speak, say.

Long-tailed sibia 
(Mi đuôi dài, Heterophasia picaoides)

The long-tailed sibia (Heterophasia picaoides) is a species of Leiothrichidae from Southeast Asia.

Heterophasia, Hetero: derives from the Greek word heteros meaning "different" or "other".
-phasia: New Latin, from Greek, speech, from phasis utterance, from phanai to speak, say.
picaoides: From genus Pica Brisson, magpie; Greek -oides: resembling (Heterophasia).

Grey-Crowned Crocias
(Mi Núi Bà, Laniellus langbianis)
endemic to Vietnam, restricted to the Di Linh Plateau.

The gray-crowned crocias (Laniellus langbianis) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.


Leiothrix Leiothrichidae: Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Laniellus possibly from Latin Lanius: "butcher".
Ancient Greek κροκίας or krokías: “a saffron-colored stone”.

Square-Tailed Drongo-Cuckoo 
(Cu cu đen, Surniculus lugubris) 

The square-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris) is a species of cuckoo that resembles a black drongo.

lugubris: mournful, doleful, plaintive, sinister...
culus: ass, arse, anus, 

Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides)

The fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) is a species of cuckoo that resembles the Black drongo (Dicrurus macrocercus).

Surniculus: possibly from French Surnicou: sournois deceitful; Coucou cuckoo. It is also likely a portmanteau of the genus name Surnia (owl) and Cuculus (cuckoo). It can also be interpreted from Latin as a combination of surnos (or sournos) for "deceitful" and cuculus for "cuckoo," referencing the bird's deceptive nature. 
culus: In Latin, "culus" is a vulgar word meaning "buttocks," "posterior," or "anus". The Latin suffix -culus is a diminutive suffix used to mean "little" or "small," similar to the function of suffixes in both Latin and English. 

The suffix "-oides" in dicruroides is from Greek and Latin, as part of the Greek word "-eides" (meaning "like" or "in the form of"), combined with "Dicrurus," a genus name derived from Greek. The genus name Dicrurus itself comes from the Greek words "dikros" (forked) and "oura" (tail).
The name dicruroides literally translates to "like a drongo" or "in the form of a drongo," referring to the fact that the Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) resembles a drongo.

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