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.

Anthreptes is a genus of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.

1/ Brown-throated sunbird (Hút mật họng nâu, Anthreptes malacensis), also known as the plain-throated sunbird

Leptocoma is a genus of sunbirds found from tropical South Asia to Papua New Guinea. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.
The name Leptocoma combines the Ancient Greek words leptos "delicate" or "fine" and kome "hair".

1/ Purple-throated sunbird (Hút mật họng hồng, Leptocoma sperata)
Earlier considered conspecific with Van Hasselt's sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana)
The specific name sperata is Latin for "bride" or "betrothed".

2/ Copper-throated sunbird (Hút mật lưng đen, Leptocoma calcostetha)
The species name calcostetha originates from the words khalkos which means bronze; and stēthos which means breast.

3/ Van Hasselt's sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana)
Hút mật họng hồng

Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.
The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.

1/ Purple sunbird (Hút mật họng đen, Cinnyris asiaticus) 

2/ Garden sunbird (Hút mật họng tím, Cinnyris jugularis)
previously known as the olive-backed sunbird.
The specific name jugularis is Medieval Latin for 'of the throat'.

Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. 
Nectariniidae: New Latin, from Nectarinia, type genus + -idae.
The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with puge meaning "rump".

1/ Crimson sunbird (Hút mật đỏ, Aethopyga siparaja)

2/ Fork-tailed sunbird (Hút mật đuôi nhọn, Aethopyga christinae)

3/ Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Hút mật họng vàng, Aethopyga gouldiae)
named after British bird artist Elizabeth Gould.

4/ Green-tailed sunbird (Hút mật Nê pan, Aethopyga nipalensis) or Nepal yellow-backed sunbird

5/ Black-throated sunbird (Hút mật ngực đỏ, Aethopyga saturata)

The genus Kurochkinegramma is a genus of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains only one species: The purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum).

1/ Purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Hút mật bụng vạch, Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
formerly placed in the genus Hypogramma.

The genus Chalcoparia is a genus of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains only one species: ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis).
The genus name is from Ancient Greek khalkopareos meaning "with cheeks of bronze". 

1/ Ruby-cheeked sunbird (Hút mật bụng hung, Chalcoparia singalensis)
The specific epithet is from the erroneous type locality, Sri Lanka.

The genus Arachnothera, part of the sunbird family Nectariniidae, contains birds known as spiderhunters.
The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

1/ Spectacled spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng vàng, Arachnothera flavigaster)

2/ Streaky-breasted spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng xám, Arachnothera affinis)

3/ Streaked spiderhunter (Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)

4/ Yellow-eared spiderhunter (Bắp chuối má vàng, Arachnothera chrysogenys)

5/ Little spiderhunter (Bắp chuối mỏ dài, Arachnothera longirostra)

The family Nectariniidae of passerine birds includes sunbirds and spiderhunters of the order Passeriformes.

Hemiprocne is a single genus of the treeswift (or crested swift) family Hemiprocnidae.

1/ Grey-rumped treeswift (Yến mào, Hemiprocne longipennis)

Treeswifts or crested swifts are a family, the Hemiprocnidae, of aerial near passerine birds, closely related to the true swifts containing a single genus, Hemiprocne. 

Aerodramus is a genus of small, dark, cave-nesting birds in the Collocaliini tribe of the swift family Apodidae.
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek aer meaning "air" with -dromos meaning "-racer" (from trekho "to run").

1/ Edible-nest swiftlet (Yến hông xám, Aerodramus fuciphagus), also known as the white-nest swiftlet

2/ Himalayan swiftlet (Yến núi, Aerodramus brevirostris) 

3/ Mossy-nest swiftlet (Yến rêu, Aerodramus salangana) 

Cypsiurus is a genus of the swift family of birds in the family Apodidae, of the order Apodiformes.
The name Hirundapus is constructed from the names of the swallow genus Hirundo and the swift genus Apus.

1/ Silver-backed needletail (Yến đuôi cứng bụng trắng, Hirundapus cochinchinensis)

2/ White-throated needletail (Yến đuôi cứng họng trắng, Hirundapus caudacutus), also known as needle-tailed swift or spine-tailed swift
The specific name caudacutus comes from the Latin words cauda meaning "tail" and acutus meaning "pointed".

3/ Brown-backed needletail (Yến đuôi cứng lớn, Hirundapus giganteus), or brown needletail

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