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.

Pyrrhula is a small genus of passerine birds, commonly called bullfinches, belonging to the finch family (Fringillidae).

Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.
The genus name was derived by tautonymy from the binomial name of the Eurasian bullfinch Loxia pyrrhula introduced by Linnaeus in 1758.

1/ Brown Bullfinch (Mỏ ngắn, Pyrrhula nipalensis)

Crossbills are birds of the genus Loxia within the finch family (Fringillidae), with six species.
The genus name is from the Ancient Greek loxos, "crosswise".

1/ Red crossbill or common crossbill (Mỏ chéo, Loxia curvirostra)
curvirostra is Latin for "curved bill".

The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.
The family includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias,...

Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.

Emberiza is the single genus of Old World passerine birds in the family Emberizidae.
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.


1/ Chestnut-eared bunting (Sẻ đồng đầu xám, Emberiza fucata), also called grey-headed bunting or grey-hooded bunting
The specific fucata is Latin for "painted" from fucare, "to paint red".

2/ Chestnut bunting (Sẻ đồng hung, Emberiza rutila)

3/ Little bunting (Sẻ đồng lùn, Emberiza pusilla)
 The specific pusilla is Latin for "very small".

4/ Crested bunting (Sẻ đồng mào, Emberiza lathami)

5/ Black-faced bunting (Sẻ đồng mặt đen, Emberiza spodocephala)
The specific spodocephala is from Ancient Greek spodos, "ashes", and kephalos, "headed".

6/ Yellow-breasted bunting (Sẻ đồng ngực vàng, Emberiza aureola) 
The specific aureola is Latin for "golden".

7/ Black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
Sẻ đồng đầu đen

The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae.

Ploceus is a genus of birds in the weaver family, Ploceidae. They are native to the Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek plokeus meaning "weaver" derived from the Greek word pleko "to entwine".

1/ Baya weaver (Rồng rộc, Ploceus philippinus)

2/ Streaked weaver (Rồng rộc đen, Ploceus manyar)

3/ Asian golden weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus)

House sparrow (Chim sẻ, sẻ nhà, sẻ ngựa, Passer domesticus)

The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in most parts of the world.

The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow", coming from a root word referring to speed.
The Latin word domesticus means "belonging to the house", like the common name a reference to its association with humans.

Eurasian tree sparrow 
(Sẻ, Passer montanus)

The Eurasian tree sparrow (Passer montanus) is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape and a black patch on each pure white cheek. 

The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow", coming from a root word referring to speed.
The Eurasian tree sparrow's binomial name is derived from two Latin words: passer, "sparrow", and montanus, "of the mountains" (from mons "mountain").
The Eurasian tree sparrow's common name is given because it prefers tree holes for nesting. 

Plain-backed sparrow 
(Sẻ bụi vàng, Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow

The plain-backed sparrow (Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow, is a sparrow found in Southeast Asia.
Its range spans from Myanmar to central Vietnam, and south to the western part of Peninsular Malaysia.

The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow."
flaveolus: Diminutive of flavus, yellowish.

Passer is a genus of sparrows, also known as the true sparrows.
The name Passer is the Latin word for "sparrow."

1/ House sparrow (Chim sẻ, sẻ nhà, sẻ ngựa, Passer domesticus)

2/ Eurasian tree sparrow (Sẻ, Passer montanus)

3/ Plain-backed sparrow (Sẻ bụi vàng, Passer flaveolus), also called the Pegu sparrow or olive-backed sparrow
flaveolus: Diminutive of flavus, yellowish

4/ Russet sparrow (Sẻ hung, Passer cinnamomeus), also called the cinnamon or cinnamon tree sparrow

Old World sparrows, also known as true sparrows, are a group of small passerine birds forming the family Passeridae.

Ploceidae is a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers, weaverbirds, weaver finches, or bishops.

Ploceidae, Ploceus: from Ancient Greek plokeus meaning "weaver" derived from the Greek word pleko "to entwine".

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