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.

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

1/ Crested kingfisher (Bói cá mào or Bói cá lớn, Megaceryle lugubris) 


Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Megaceryle is from the Ancient Greek megas, "great", and the existing 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.

Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes.

The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.

Kingfishers have three sub families:
- Alcedininae (River kingfishers or pygmy kingfishers)
  Genera
  + Ispidina
  + Corythornis
  + Alcedo
  + Ceyx
  
- Halcyoninae (Tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers)
  Genera
  + Actenoides
  + Caridonax
  + Cittura
  + Clytoceyx
  + Halcyon
  + Lacedo
  + Melidora
  + Pelargopsis
  + Tanysiptera
  + Dacelo
  + Syma
  + Todirhamphus

- Cerylinae,also known as the cerylid kingfishers  (Water kingfishers or Cerylinae)
  Genera
  + Megaceryle
  + Ceryle
  + Chloroceryle

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species.

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful birds including:

1/ The kingfishers, 
2/ The bee-eaters, 
3/ The rollers, 
4/ The motmots, 
5/ The todies,

The name Coraciiformes means "raven-like". Specifically, it comes from the Latin language "corax", meaning "raven" and Latin "forma", meaning "form".

The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds and 31 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus.

Dicruridae or Dicrurus is derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.

1/ Black Drongo (Chèo bẻo, Dicrurus macrocercus)
2/ Hair-crested drongo (Chèo bẻo bờm, Dicrurus hottentottus)
3/ Lesser racket-tailed drongo (Chèo bẻo cờ đuôi bằng, Dicrurus remifer)
4/ Greater racket-tailed drongo (Chèo bẻo cờ đuôi chẻ, Dicrurus paradiseus)
5/ Crow-billed drongo (Chèo bẻo mỏ quạ, Dicrurus annectens) 
6/ Bronzed drongo (Chèo bẻo rừng, Dicrurus aeneus)
7/ Ashy drongo (Chèo bẻo xám, Dicrurus leucophaeus)

The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics. The 31 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus.

Dicruridae, Dicrurus: derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.

Spizixos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
The word Spizixos combines the Ancient Greek spiza meaning "finch" with the genus name Ixos the Ancient Greek for "mistletoe"..

1/  Collared finchbill (Chào mào khoang cổ, Spizixos semitorques), also called black-headed finch-bill, Chinese finch-bill, Japanese finch-bill, collared finch-billed bulbul and Swinhoe's finch-billed bulbul
2/ Crested finchbill (Chào mào mỏ lớn, Spizixos canifrons)

Hemixos is a songbird genus in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;

1/ Ashy bulbul (Cành cạch xám, Hemixos flavala) 
 found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. 
 habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
 Formerly, classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis.


2/ Chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
Cành cạch hung

Chestnut bulbul 
or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
Cành cạch hung
Formerly considered a subspecies of the Ashy bulbul.

The chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus) is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
The bird is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. 

Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;
- Chestnut upper neck, nape and mantle;

Pycnonotidae
pycno-
 Pycnonotus
 puknos "thick" or "compact" and 
 -nōtos "-backed".

Hemixos Gr. hemi- half-; genus Ixos bulbul;
castanotus: Greek kastanon chestnut; 
-notos -backed.

Iole is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are native to tropical eastern Asia, from India to China and south through Southeast Asia to northern Indonesia.

Iole is a feminine name of Greek origin, meaning "violet flower."

1/ The grey-eyed bulbul (Cành cạch nhỏ, Iole propinqua)
 is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
 The grey-eyed bulbul was originally described in the genus Criniger and classified by some authorities within the genus Hypsipetes.

Ixos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

1/ Streaked bulbul, or green-backed bulbul (Cành cạch Mã Lai, Ixos malaccensis)
Also known as Hypsipetes malaccensis. Not certain of the genus.

2/ Mountain bulbul (Cành cạch núi, Ixos mcclellandii), also known as green-winged bulbul, McClelland's bulbul, McClelland's rufous-bellied bulbul, mountain streaked bulbul, and rufous-bellied bulbul
Often placed in Hypsipetes, but seems to be closer to the genus Ixos, the Sunda bulbul.
Found in Southeast Asia, named after British East India Company Surgeon John McClelland.

Hypsipetes is a genus of bulbuls, songbirds in the family Pycnonotidae. Most of its species are found in tropical forests around the Indian Ocean.
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek hupsi meaning "high" with petēs meaning "-flyer".

1/ Malagasy bulbul (Cành cạch Madagascar, Hypsipetes madagascariensis)

2/ Black bulbul (Hypsipetes leucocephalus), also known as the Himalayan black bulbul or Asian black bulbul

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