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.

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.

Philentoma is an enigmatic genus of birds. They are now usually included in the Vangidae of the order Passeriformes.

1/ Rufous-winged philentoma (Đớp ruồi cánh hung, Philentoma pyrhoptera) 

Hypothymis is a genus of birds in the family Monarchidae.

The word Hypothymis is from the Ancient Greek hupothumis, the name of an unidentified bird mentioned by the playwright Aristophanes.

1/ Black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher (Dớp ruồi xanh gáy đen, Hypothymis azurea)

Monarchidae is a bird family comprising passerine birds which includes shrikebills, paradise flycatchers, and magpie-larks.

Garrulus is a genus of Old World jays, passerine birds in the family Corvidae.
The name Garrulus is a Latin word meaning chattering, babbling or noisy.

1/ Eurasian jay (Quạ thông, Garrulus glandarius) 
The specific epithet glandarius is Latin meaning "of acorns".

Corvus is a widely distributed genus of passerine birds ranging from medium-sized to large-sized in the family Corvidae.
It includes species commonly known as crows, ravens, and rooks.
The genus name is derived from the Latin corvus meaning "raven".


1/ Large-billed crow (Quạ đen, Corvus macrorhynchos), formerly referred to widely as the jungle crow
The scientific name macrorhynchos is from Ancient Greek for "large beak". The species is sometimes known by the common name thick-billed crow. 

2/ Collared crow (Quạ khoang, Corvus torquatus), also known as the ring-necked crow or white-collared crow

3/ Carrion crow (Quạ mỏ nhỏ, Corvus corone) 
The epithet is from Greek korone, "crow".

Urocissa is a genus of birds in the Corvidae, a family that contains the crows, jays, and magpies.
Corvina ( Coracina) / corvina Latin corvinus raven-like, raven-black (corvus raven).
The name Urocissa combines the Ancient Greek oura meaning "tail" and kissa meaning "magpie" .

1/ Red-billed blue magpie (Giẻ cùi, Urocissa erythroryncha)
The specific epithet erythroryncha combines the Ancient Greek eruthros meaning "red" and rhunkhos meaning "bill".

2/ Yellow-billed blue-magpie, or gold-billed magpie (Giẻ cùi mỏ vàng, Urocissa flavirostris)

3/ White-winged magpie (Giẻ cùi vàng, Urocissa whiteheadi)

Cissa is a genus of relatively short-tailed magpies, sometimes known as hunting cissas, that reside in the forests of tropical and subtropical southeast Asia and adjacent regions. 

The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".

1/ Indochinese green magpie (Gẻ cùi bụng vàng, Cissa hypoleuca), also known as the yellow-breasted magpie

2/ Common green magpie (Cissa chinensis)
The specific epithet chinensis was chosen by Boddaert in the mistaken belief that the specimen illustrated by Martinet had come from China.

 

Rufous treepie 
(Choàng choạc hung, Dendrocitta vagabunda)

The rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) is a treepie, a member of the crow family, Corvidae, native to the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining parts of Southeast Asia.

The generic name is derived from the Greek words dendron, meaning "tree," and kitta, meaning "magpie".
vagabunda Latin vagabundus wandering (vagare to wander).

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