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.

Brown Prinia 
(Chiện chiện núi, Prinia polychroa) 

The brown prinia (Prinia polychroa) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
 The Burmese prinia (Prinia cooki) and the Annam prinia (Prinia rocki) were formerly lumped with this species.
The bird is found in mainland Southeast Asia, namely in most of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, as well as on the Indonesian island of Java.


Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
polychroa, polychrous Greek polukhroos variegated (polukhrous manifold).

Hill Prinia 
(Prinia superciliaris)
Chiền chiện núi họng trắng

The hill prinia (Prinia superciliaris) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
The name of the genus Prinia is derived from the Javanese prinya, the local name for the bar-winged prinia.
superciliaris: From Latin supercilium +‎ -āris: eyebrow; supercilium: eyelid.

Anthracoceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae.
The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words:
 ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos meaning "coal black" ,
and κερας keras, κερως kerōs meaning "horn".

1/ Malabar pied hornbill (Cao cát bụng trắng, Anthracoceros coronatus), also known as lesser pied hornbill
Anthracoceros coronatus [malabaricus or albirostris] (= Anthracoceros coronatus malabaricus)

2/ Black hornbill (Cao cát đen, Anthracoceros malayanus)

3/ Oriental pied hornbill (Cao cát phương đông, Anthracoceros albirostris) 
albirostris
From albus (“white”) +‎ rōstrum (“beak”)

Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. 
The order name is from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".

Bucerotiformes is an order of birds which were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes. The clade is distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and Melanesia.
previously classified as members of Coraciiformes.

The order name is from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".

The order includes

1/ The Hornbills,
2/ The Ground Hornbills,
3/ The Hoopoes, 
4/ The Wood Hoopoes. 

Lacedo is a genus of tree kingfishers that are resident in in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia.

1/ Banded kingfisher (Sả vằn, Lacedo pulchella)

Pelargopsis is a genus of tree kingfishers that are resident in tropical south Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia.

1/ Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

Ruddy kingfisher 
(Sả hung, Halcyon coromanda)

The ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) is a medium-sized tree kingfisher, widely distributed in east and southeast Asia.

Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Halcyon: a name for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. 
The binomial name recalls the Coromandel Coast of India.

Halcyon is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae.

1/ Black-capped kingfisher (Sả đầu đen, Halcyon pileata) 
2/  White-throated kingfisher (Sả đầu nâu, Halcyon smyrnensis)
3/ Ruddy kingfisher (Sả hung, Halcyon coromanda)
4/ Collared kingfisher(Sả khoang cổ, Todiramphus chloris), also white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher 

Ceyx is an Old World genus of river kingfishers. These kingfishers are found from South East Asia to the Solomon Islands.

1/ Oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher (Bồng chanh đỏ, Ceyx erithaca)

Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae.
The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.

1/ Common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher (Bồng chanh, Alcedo atthis)
Atthis, a beautiful young woman of Lesbos, and favourite of Sappho.
2/ Blyth's kingfisher (Bồng chanh rừng, Alcedo hercules)
3/ Blue-eared kingfisher (Bói cá tai lam or tai xanh, Alcedo meninting)

The water kingfishers or Cerylinae are one of the three subfamilies of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers.

1/ Pied kingfisher (Bói cá nhỏ, Ceryle rudis)
The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a species of water kingfisher widely distributed across Africa and Asia.


Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
The genus Ceryle which is from Greek kerulos bird mentioned by Aristotle,.. but not further identified but probably mythical and associated with the halcyon, a kingfisher.

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