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.

Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, magpies, jackdaws, jays, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers.

Corvina ( Coracina) / corvina Latin corvinus raven-like, raven-black (corvus raven).

Coracina is a large genus of birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.
The name Coracina is from the Ancient Greek korakinos meaning "little raven", a diminutive of korax meaning "raven".

1/ Large cuckooshrike (Phường chèo xám lớn, Coracina macei)

Lalage is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae, many of which are commonly known as trillers.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek lagages, an unidentified bird mentioned by the Greek lexicographer Hesychius of Alexandria.

1/ Black-winged cuckooshrike (Phường chèo xám, Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike

2/ Indochinese cuckooshrike (Phường chèo xám nhỏ, Lalage polioptera)

Tephrodornis is a bird genus in the family Vangidae.
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek tephodes meaning "like ashes" or "ash-coloured" with ornis meaning "bird".

1/ Large woodshrike (Phường chèo nâu hay Bách thanh nâu xám, Tephrodornis virgatus)

2/ Common woodshrike (Phường chèo nâu mày trắng, Tephrodornis pondicerianus)

The flycatcher-shrikes are two species of small Asian passerine bird belonging to the genus Hemipus in the family Vangidae.

1/ Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike (Phường chèo đen, Hemipus picatus)

Vangidae: from Vanga Malagasy name Vanga pied bird, for the Hook-billed Vanga: Vanga curvirostris.
Hemipus Greek hemi- half-, small; pous foot.

The family Vangidae (from vanga, Malagasy for the hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris) comprises a group of often shrike-like medium-sized birds distributed from Asia to Africa, including the vangas of Madagascar to which the family owes its name. 

The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”

The genus name comes from Ancient Greek peri - 'very', and krokotus 'saffron-coloured'.

1/ Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Phường chèo cánh trắng, Pericrocotus cantonensis)

2/ Long-tailed minivet (Phường chèo đỏ đuôi dài, Pericrocotus ethologus) 

3/ Orange minivet (Phường chèo đỏ lớn, Pericrocotus flammeus)
The species name flammeus has its roots in Latin, meaning 'fiery' or 'flame-coloured' (flamma - 'flame').

4/ Short-billed minivet (Phường chèo đỏ mỏ ngắn, Pericrocotus brevirostris)

5/ Rosy minivet (Phường chèo hồng, Pericrocotus roseus)

6/ Grey-chinned minivet (Phường chèo má xám, Pericrocotus solaris)

7/ Small minivet (Phường chèo nhỏ, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

8/ Ashy minivet (Phường chèo trắng lớn, Pericrocotus divaricatus)

9/ Scarlet minivet (Phường chèo đỏ, Pericrocotus speciosus) 
From speciēs (“appearance”) +‎ -osus (“-ose, -ous, forming adjectives”).
speciōsus good-looking, handsome, beautiful

Campephagidae containing the cuckooshrikes and allies is a family of passerine birds found in the subtropical and tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia.
Cuckooshrikes are not closely related to either the cuckoos or to the shrikes.

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”

Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus of the family Artamidae.
The generic name Artamus is derived from the Ancient Greek artamos, meaning butcher or murder.

1/ Ashy woodswallow (Nhạn rừng, Artamus fuscus), sometimes also called the ashy swallow-shrike

Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia.

The crag martins are four species of small passerine birds in the genus Ptyonoprogne of the swallow family.
The genus name is derived from the Greek ptuon meaning "a fan", referring to the shape of the opened tail.

1/ Dusky crag martin (Nhạn nâu hung, Ptyonoprogne concolor)
Procne is the name of a mythological girl who was turned into a swallow.

Riparia is a genus of passerine birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae.
The genus name is from the Latin riparius which means "of the riverbank"; it is derived from the Latin ripa "riverbank".

1/ Brown-throated martin or brown-throated sand martin (Riparia paludicola)
The specific epithet paludicola is Latin meaning "marsh-dweller" (from palus, paludis meaning "swamp" and -cola meaning "dweller".

2/ Sand martin (Nhạn nâu xám, Riparia riparia), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin

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