Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in 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. - Order: Passeriformes
Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia.
They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills.
The word Estrildidae is derived from the Greek word "estrildis," meaning "sparrow-like," and the Latin suffix "-idae," denoting a family of animals.
Amandava is a genus of the estrildid finches. These birds are found in dense grass or scrub in Africa and South Asia.
1/ Red avadavat, red munia or strawberry finch (Chim mai hoa, Amandava amandava)
Parrotfinches are small, colourful passerine birds belonging to the genus Erythrura in the family Estrildidae, the estrildid finches.
1/ Pin-tailed parrotfinch (Di xanh, Erythrura prasina)
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Estrildidae
Lonchura is a genus of the estrildid finch family (Estrildidae), and includes munias (or minias) and mannikins who are seed-eating.
The name mannikin is from Middle Dutch mannekijn 'little man'.
Lonchura the Ancient Greek lonkhē meaning "spear-head" or "lance" with oura meaning "tail".
1/ White-rumped munia (Lonchura striata) or white-rumped mannikin, sometimes called striated finch (Di cam, Lonchura striata)
2/ Scaly-breasted munia or spotted munia, known in the pet trade as nutmeg mannikin or spice finch (Di đá, Lonchura punctulata)
3/ Tricoloured munia (Di đầu đen, Lonchura malacca)
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Acanthizidae
Gerygone, the gerygones or peep-warblers, is a genus of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
1/ Golden-bellied gerygone (Chim chích bụng vàng, Gerygone sulphurea)
The golden-bellied gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
Acanthiza Greek akantheo thorn-brake; zao to inhabit, to live.
Gerygone Greek gerugonos echoes (geruo to sing; gone offspring, child).
sulphurea: Latin sulphureus sulphureous.
- Order: Passeriformes
Acanthizidae—sometimes called Australian warblers—are a family of passerine birds which includes gerygones, thornbills Acanthiza, and scrubwrens Sericornis.
Acanthiza Greek akantheo thorn-brake; zao to inhabit, to live.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Acanthizidae
- Genus: Gerygone
Golden-bellied gerygone
(Chim chích bụng vàng, Gerygone sulphurea)
The golden-bellied gerygone (Gerygone sulphurea) is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae.
The bird is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
Acanthiza Greek akantheo thorn-brake; zao to inhabit, to live.
Gerygone Greek gerugonos echoes (geruo to sing; gone offspring, child).
sulphurea: Latin sulphureus sulphureous.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Locustellidae
The genus Megalurus, family formerly included additional species but now only one: Striated grassbird.
Megalurus
mega- Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “great, large, mighty”).
lurus lurus
straight
upright
(figurative) being honest, innocent, guiltless
parallel
1/ Striated grassbird (Chiền chiện lớn, Megalurus palustris)
The striated grassbird (Megalurus palustris) is a warbler species in the family Locustellidae, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae, is now the only species placed in the genus Megalurus.
palustris paluster, palustre (adj.B): inhabiting marshes, bogs, fens; see paludosus,-a,-um (adj.A); see swampy.
palustris, is from the Latin word palus, which means of marshes or swamps and refers to its native habitat.
Cisticolas are a genus of the separate family Cisticolidae, and are sometimes called fantail-warblers due to their habit of conspicuously flicking their tails, or tailor-birds because of their nests.
Bradypterus is a genus of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers") in the newly recognized grass warbler family (Locustellidae).
The Indian grassbird is a passerine bird in the family Pellorneidae, formerly placed in the Old World warbler family, Sylviidae, and the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae. Graminicola bengalensis for those in India and Graminicola striatus for those in Vietnam.
