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.

Acridotheres is a genus of starlings, the "typical" mynas, which are tropical members of the family Sturnidae.
The New Latin acridotheres (“locust-hunter”) is from Ancient Greek: akridos meaning locust, and theras meaning hunter.

1/ Crested myna (Sáo mỏ ngà, Sáo đen, Acridotheres cristatellus), also known as the Chinese starling
The specific epithet cristatella is a Latin diminutive of cristatus meaning "crested" or "plumed".

2/ Great myna (Sáo mỏ vàng, Acridotheres grandis), also known as the white-vented myna

3/ Common myna or Indian myna (Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah

The specific name tristis is Latin for "sad" or "gloomy".

4/ Burmese myna (Sáo sậu đầu trắng, Acridotheres burmannicus) 

Sturnus is a genus of starlings. The genus name Sturnus is Latin for "starling".

1/ Common starling (Sáo đá xanh, Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European starling

Agropsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia.

1/ Daurian starling (Sáo đá lưng đen, Agropsar sturninus), or purple-backed starling
previously placed in the genus Sturnus.

Sturnia is a genus of Asian birds in the starling family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus.
The genus name is from Latin sturnus meaning "starling".

1/ Chestnut-tailed starling (Sáo đá đuôi hung, Sturnia malabarica), also called grey-headed starling and grey-headed myna
formerly placed in the genus Sturnus.

2/ White-shouldered starling (Sáo đá Trung Quốc, Sturnia sinensis)
The specific epithet sinensis is Modern Latin for "Chinese".

Spodiopsar is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae.
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek spodios meaning "ash-coloured" and psar meaning "starling".

1/ Red-billed starling (Sáo đá đầu trắng, Spodiopsar sericeus)
The specific epithet sericeus is Medieval Latin meaning "silken" (which is from "silk starling" that had been illustrated by a naturalist)

2/ White-cheeked starling or grey starling (Sáo đá má trắng, Spodiopsar cineraceus)
formerly placed in the genus Sturnus. 

Gracupica is a genus of Asian birds in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes merged with Sturnus or Sturnia.

The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus which in Latin means starling.
The genus name Gracupica combines the Latin graculus meaning "jackdaw" (related to but smaller than crows and ravens) with pica meaning "magpie".

1/ Indian pied myna (Sáo đá Á châu, Sáo khoang châu Á, Gracupica contra)

2/ Black-collared starling (Sáo sậu, Gracupica nigricollis)
Formerly placed in the genus Sturnus.
The specific epithet nigricollis is Latin for "black-necked": niger, meaning "black", and collis, meaning "neck".

Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae of the order Passeriformes.
The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus which in Latin means starling.

The paradise flycatchers (Terpsiphone) are a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.
The name is from the Ancient Greek terpsi "delighting in" and phonos "voice".

1/ Black paradise flycatcher (Thiên đường đuôi đen, Terpsiphone atrocaudata), also known as the Japanese paradise flycatcher

2/ Indian paradise flycatcher (Thiên đường đuôi phướn, Terpsiphone paradisi)

Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus Rhipidura in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. 
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek rhipis, rhipidos meaning "fan" with "oura" meaning "tail".

1/ White-throated fantail (Rẻ quạt họng trắng, Rhipidura albicollis)
albicollis is from albi for white and collis for collar.

2/ Malaysian pied fantail (Rẻ quạt java, Rhipidura javanica)

3/ White-browed fantail (Rẻ quạt mày trắng, Rhipidura aureola)
An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea, "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud.

The family Rhipiduridae are small insectivorous birds of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent that includes the fantails and silktails.
The family is of the order  Passeriformes.

Chelidorhynx is a genus of birds in the family Stenostiridae of the order Passeriformes.

1/ Yellow-bellied fantail (Rẻ quạt bụng vàng, Chelidorhynx hypoxanthus), also known as the yellow-bellied fairy-fantail

Stenostiridae, or the fairy flycatchers,are a family of small passerine birds proposed as a result of recent discoveries in molecular systematics. They are also referred to as stenostirid warblers.

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