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Black-capped kingfisher 
(Sả đầu đen, Halcyon pileata) 

The black-capped kingfisher (Halcyon pileata) is a tree kingfisher which is widely distributed in tropical Asia from India east to China, Korea and Southeast Asia.

Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Halcyon: a name for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. 
The specific epithet pileata: from the Latin pileatus meaning '-capped'.

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 

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.

White-throated kingfisher 
(Sả đầu nâu, Halcyon smyrnensis)

The white-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) also known as the white-breasted kingfisher is a tree kingfisher, widely distributed in Asia from the Sinai east through the Indian subcontinent to China and Indonesia.

Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Halcyon: a name for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. 
The specific epithet smyrnensis is an adjective for the city of Smyrna (now İzmir in Turkey).