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.

Hydrornis is a genus of pitta in the family Pittidae.  
Formerly merged with the genus Pitta, but a 2006 study split the family into three genera.
Latin hydr-, hydro-, from Greek, from hydōr

1/ Eared pitta (Đuôi cụt nâu, Hydrornis phayrei) 
Phayrei - fairy???
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Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to flow, run."

2/blue-rumped pitta ( Đuôi cụt đầu xám, Hydrornis soror)
The specific epithet soror is Latin for "sister" (that is "closely related").

3/ Bar-bellied pitta (Đuôi cụt bụng vằn, Hydrornis elliotii)

Pittas are a family, Pittidae, of passerine birds found in Asia, Australasia and Africa.

Calliope is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
Previously placed in the genus Luscinia.
The genus Calliope name from classical Greek meaning beautiful-voiced.

1/ Siberian rubythroat (Oanh cổ đỏ, Calliope calliope)

The family Cisticolidae is a group of about 160 warblers, small passerine birds found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. 
Formerly included within the Old World warbler family Sylviidae.
The name Cisticoladae from Cisticola, which is from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell". ... cisticola).

Cinclidium is a genus of the family Muscicapidae.

1/ Blue-fronted robin (Oanh mày xanh, Cinclidium frontale)

Myiomela is a genus of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Some members have sometimes been included in the genus Cinclidium and the phylogeny has not been resolved completely.
Myiomela : Greek word muia – fly; melo – to take an interest in.

1/ White-tailed robin (Oanh đuôi trắng, Myiomela leucura)
Specific epithet is from Ancient Greek λεύκουρος (leúkouros, “white-tailed”).

Tarsiger is a genus of six species of birds in the family Muscicapidae.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek tarsos, "flat of the foot" and Latin gerere, "to carry".

1/ Golden Bush Robin (Oanh đuôi nhọn lưng vàng, Tarsiger chrysaeus)
Chrysaeus : Greek word khruseios meaning golden.

2/ White-browed Bush Robin (Oanh đuôi nhọn mày trắng, Tarsiger indicus)
Greek Indikos "of India"

3/ Red-flanked bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus, Oanh đuôi cụt lưng xanh), also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin

Larvivora is a genus of small passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in central and eastern Asia.
The word Larvivora comes from the Neo-Latin larva meaning caterpillar and -vorus meaning eating (vorace to devour).

1/ Rufous-tailed robin  (Oanh cổ trắng, Larvivora sibilans)
Also pseudorobin, red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's robin, Swinhoe's pseudorobin, Swinhoe's nightingale or whistling nightingale.
sibilans is Latin for "whistling".

2/ Siberian Blue Robin (Oanh lưng xanh, Larvivora cyane)

3/ Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige, Hoét mặt đỏ)

The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for Copsychus malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus.
formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly and capere to catch.

The name Copsychus is from the Ancient Greek kopsukhos or kopsikhos, meaning "blackbird".

1/ Oriental Magpie-Robin (Chích chòe than, Chia Voi Than, Copsychus saularis)

2/ White-rumped shama (Chích chòe lửa, Copsychus malabaricus)

The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia).
Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.

Formerly, three families Muscicapidae, Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Turdidae (thrushes) were placed in the Muscicapidae.
The extended flycatcher family that also included Timaliidae (Old World babblers) and Monarchidae (Monarch flycatchers). 

Later  DNA–DNA hybridization studies found the family should be split into several separate families.

Antigone is a genus of large birds in the crane family Gruidae. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Grus.
The specific epithet is based on the Greek mythology:  Antigone was the daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon. 
The author appears to have confused this myth with that of Gerana, queen of the pigmies, who considered herself more beautiful than Hera and was turned into a crane.

1/ Sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
Formerly placed in the genus Grus.
The common name sarus is from the Hindi name (sāras) for the species. The Hindi word is derived from the Sanskrit word sarasa for the "lake bird", (sometimes corrupted to sārhans)...

Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.
The the Latin word grus means "crane".

1/ Common crane (Sếu cổ trắng, Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane

2/ Black-necked crane (Sếu xám, Grus nigricollis) 

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