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.

Dendrocopos is a widespread genus of woodpeckers from Asia, Europe and Northern Africa. The species range from the Philippines to the British Isles.

Piciformes, picidae, picus: Latin woodpecker
Dendrocopos: Greek dendron tree; kopos striking (kopto to strike, cut, shake).

1/ Rufous-bellied woodpecker or rufous-bellied sapsucker (Gõ kiến bụng hung, Dendrocopos hyperythrus)
2/ Great spotted woodpecker (Gõ kiến gáy đỏ, Gõ kiến nhỏ sườn đỏ, Dendrocopos major) 
3/ Freckle-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis) 
Fulvous-breasted woodpecker (Gõ kiến nhỏ mày trắng, Dendrocopos macei) was considered conspecific with this species.
4/ Darjeeling woodpecker (Gõ kiến nhỏ trán vàng, Dendrocopos darjellensis) 
5/ Stripe-breasted woodpecker (Gõ kiến nhỏ ngực đốm, Dendrocopos atratus)

Gecinulus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South and Southeast Asia.
Piciformes, picidae, picus: Latin woodpecker.
Gecinus combines the ancient Greek gē meaning "earth" or "ground" with kineō meaning "to move".
The genus name Gecinulus is a diminutive of the genus name Gecinus.

1/ Pale-headed woodpecker (Gõ kiến nâu đỏ, Gecinulus grantia) 

Blythipicus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae that are found in Southeast Asia.
Blythipicus Edward Blyth (1810–1873) English zoologist.

1/ Bay woodpecker (Gõ kiến nâu cổ đỏ, Blythipicus pyrrhotis) 

Sasia is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae, that are native to the Old World.

Sasia Nepalese name Sasya for the White-browed Piculet Sasia ochracea.

1/ White-browed piculet (Gõ kiến lùn mày trắng, Sasia ochracea)

Picumnus is a large genus of piculets. With a total length of 8–10 cm (3–4 in), they are among the smallest birds in the woodpecker family.

Picumnus: From Latin Pīcumnus (“a Roman deity personifying a woodpecker”), from pīcus (“woodpecker”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peyk- (“woodpecker; magpie”) + *mno-.

1/ Speckled piculet (Gõ kiến lùn đầu vàng, Picumnus innominatus)

Hemicircus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. Members of the genus are found in India and Southeast Asia.
The genus name is from the Ancient Greek: 'hemi meaning "half" or "small", kerkos meaning "tail".

1/  Heart-spotted woodpecker (Gõ kiến đen họng trắng, Hemicircus canente)

Dryocopus is a genus of large powerful woodpeckers in the family Picidae.
Dryocopus: Greek druokopos woodpecker (drus tree; kopos beating).

1/ White-bellied woodpecker or great black woodpecker (Gõ kiến đen bụng trắng, Dryocopus javensis)

Meiglyptes is a genus in the woodpecker family Picidae of Southeast Asian birds .

1/ Black-and-buff woodpecker (Gõ kiến đầu rắn, Meiglyptes jugularis)
The name Meiglyptes comes from the Ancient Greek: meiōn meaning "smaller" or "lesser" with gluptēs meaning "carver".

Micropternus is a genus in the woodpecker branch of the bird family Picidae.
Micropternus: Greek mikros small; pterne: heel.

1/ Rufous woodpecker (Gõ kiến nâu, Micropternus brachyurus)
formerly placed in the South American genus Celeus. Studied in 2006 based on DNA sequence comparisons confirmed that the rufous woodpecker is not closely related to Celeus and is a sister of the genus Meiglyptes and best placed within the monotypic genus Micropternus.

Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which includes 
1/ woodpeckers,
2/ the piculets, 
3/ wrynecks,
4/ sapsuckers.

The Picidae are one of nine living families in the order Piciformes, 
the others being barbets (comprising three families), toucans, toucan-barbets, and honeyguides.

Piciformes, picidae, picus: woodpecker

Psilopogon is a genus of Old World barbets which includes majority of species in the family Megalaimidae, exception of those in the genus Caloramphus.
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.

The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

1/ Coppersmith barbet (Cu rôc cổ đỏ, Psilopogon haemacephalus), also called crimson-breasted barbet and coppersmith
2/ Yellow-eared barbet (Cu rôc tai vàng, Psilopogon australis)
3/ Blue-throated barbet (Cu rốc đầu đỏ, Psilopogon asiaticus)
4/ Golden-throated barbet (Cu rốc đầu vàng, Psilopogon franklinii)
5/ Moustached barbet (Cu rốc tai đen, Psilopogon incognitus)
6/ Black-browed barbet (Cu rốc mày đen, Psilopogon oorti)
7/ Lineated barbet (Thầy chùa bụng nâu, cu rốc bụng nâu, Psilopogon lineatus)
8/ Green-eared barbet (Thầy chùa đầu xám, Psilopogon faiostrictus)
9/ Red-vented barbet (Thầy chùa đít đỏ, Psilopogon lagrandieri)
10/ Great barbet (Thầy chùa lớn, Psilopogon virens)
11/ Blue-eared barbet (Cu rốc đầu đen, Psilopogon cyanotis)

12/ Indochinese barbet (Psilopogon annamensis), also called Annam barbet
Cu rốc Đông Dương

13/ Necklaced Barbet (Psilopogon auricularis) 
Cu rốc họng vàng

14/ Black-eared barbet (Psilopogon duvaucelii)
Cu rốc tai lam

Megalaimidae, the Asian barbets, are a family of birds, once clubbed with all barbets in the family Capitonidae, but the Old World species have been found to be distinctive and are considered, along with the Lybiidae and Ramphastidae, as sister groups.

Psilopogon
Caloramphus
Megalaima
(Studies show that Psilopogon to be nested within the clade of Megalaima, nearly all members of the family are now in the genus Psilopogon, with the exception of those in Caloramphus).

Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek: megalos great; laimos throat.

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