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.

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

The white-cheeked starling or grey starling (Spodiopsar cineraceus) is a passerine bird of the starling family.
The breeding range covers central and north-east China, Korea, Japan and south-east Siberia. 
In winter, birds from colder regions migrate south to southern and eastern China, South Korea, southern Japan, Taiwan and northern Vietnam with vagrants venturing further to the Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar.

Traits:
- Streaked-cheeked: white cheeks with dark grey streaks;
- Yellow-billed;
- Yellow-legged;

The genus name Spodiopsar combines the Ancient Greek spodios meaning "ash-coloured" and psar meaning "starling".
cineraceus: Latin for ashy color.

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. 

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

The Indian pied myna (Gracupica contra) is a species of starling found in the Indian subcontinent.

Traits:
- Orange-eye-ringed;
- White-bellied;
- White-cheeked;
- Black-headed;


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".
Contra was used by the people of Bengal for this species.

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.

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

The black paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), also known as the Japanese paradise flycatcher, is a medium-sized passerine bird native to southeastern Asia.

The bird breeds in Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the far north of the Philippines, and migrates to China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, other parts of the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Sumatra, Indonesia.

The name Terpsiphone is from the Ancient Greek terpsi "delighting in" and phonos "voice".
atrocaudata Latin ater black; caudata, caudatus: tailed.

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

The Indian paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) is a medium-sized passerine bird native to Asia, where it is widely distributed.
The Indian paradise flycatcher is a migratory bird and spends the winter season in tropical Asia.

Traits:
- Black-hooded;
- Bright chestnut, or rufous, or white upper body;
- White lower body;

The name is from the Ancient Greek terpsi "delighting in" and phonos "voice".
paradisi Latin paradisus paradise: Greek paradeisos paradise, pleasure ground of the Persian kings.

Blyth's paradise-flycatcher 
(Terpsiphone affinis)
 also called the oriental paradise flycatcher

Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis) is a species of bird in the family Monarchidae.

Traits:
- White or rufous upper body;
- Blue ring around the eyes;


The name is from the Ancient Greek terpsi "delighting in" and phonos "voice".
affinis is from Latin adfinis or affinis meaning "related" or "allied".

Amur paradise-flycatcher 
(Terpsiphone incei)

The Amur paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei) is a bird species in the family Monarchidae. 
The bird is native to China and in the Russian Far East, it winters in Southeast Asia.

Traits:
- White or rufous upper body;
- Blue ring around the eyes;

The name is from the Ancient Greek terpsi "delighting in" and phonos "voice".
amurensis: Amur: The world's ninth-longest river, forming part of the border between the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China, emptying into the Pacific Ocean through the Strait of Tartary, where the mouth of the river faces the northern end of the island of Sakhalin. 

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)

3/ Blyth's paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone affinis), also called the oriental paradise flycatcher

4/ Amur paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone incei)

Malaysian pied fantail 
(Rẻ quạt java, Rhipidura javanica)

The Malaysian pied fantail (Rhipidura javanica) is a species of bird in the fantail family.
The bird is found in Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- White-browed;
- White-throated;


The genus name combines the Ancient Greek rhipis, rhipidos meaning "fan" with "oura" meaning "tail".

White-browed fantail 
(Rẻ quạt mày trắng, Rhipidura aureola)

The white-browed fantail (Rhipidura aureola) is a small passerine bird belonging to the family Rhipiduridae.

Traits:
- White-browed;
- Black-capped, black-crowned;

The genus name combines the Ancient Greek rhipis, rhipidos meaning "fan" with "oura" meaning "tail".
An aureola or aureole (diminutive of Latin aurea, "golden") is the radiance of luminous cloud.

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