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Brown shrike 
(Bách thanh nâu or Bách thanh mày trắng, Lanius cristatus)

The brown shrike (Lanius cristatus) is a bird in the shrike family Laniidae that is found mainly in Asia.

Trait: Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive black "bandit-mask" through the eye and eyeline, white brow (above), ruffous cap which extends to neck, long square tail.
Habitats: found mainly in open scrub.

Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
cristatus: From Latin crista (“the comb or tuft on the head of animals; tuft of leaves on plants; crest of a helmet”).

Bull-headed shrike 
(Bách thanh đầu hung, Lanius bucephalus)

The bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the shrike family Laniidae.
The bird breeds in north-east China, Korea, Japan and far-eastern Russia. 
Northern birds migrate south for the winter with a few reaching southern China, sighted in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Vietnam. 

Traits:
- Black-eyelined;
- Brown-headed and brown-naped;
- White-throated;

Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
bucephalus:
 Cephalus: Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos means "head".
 bous bull, ox; kephale head

Burmese Shrike 
(Bách thanh nhỏ, Lanius collurioides)

The Burmese shrike (Lanius collurioides) is a species of bird in the family Laniidae. 
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Grey-backed shrike 
(Bách thanh lưng xám, Lanius tephronotus)

The grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) is a bird in the family Laniidae inhabiting South-east Asia.

Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
tephronota, tephronotum, tephronotus: Greek tephros ash-coloured; -notos-backed (noton back).

Lanius, the typical shrikes, are a genus of passerine birds in the shrike family Laniidae. The majority of the family's species are placed in this genus.

Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".

1/ Long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike (Bách thanh đuôi dài, Lanius schach)
2/ Bull-headed shrike (Bách thanh đầu hung, Lanius bucephalus)
3/  Brown shrike (Bách thanh nâu or Bách thanh mày trắng, Lanius cristatus)
4/ Burmese shrike (Bách thanh nhỏ, Lanius collurioides)
5/ tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike (Bách thanh vằn, Lanius tigrinus)

6/ Grey-backed shrike (Bách thanh lưng xám, Lanius tephronotus)

Long-Tailed Shrike
Rufous-Backed Shrike 
(Bách thanh đuôi dài, Lanius schach)

The long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike (Lanius schach) is a member of the bird family Laniidae, the shrikes.

Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
The specific schach is an onomatopoeic name based on the call.
The common English name "shrike" is from Old English scríc, "shriek", referring to the shrill call.

Tiger shrike 
or thick-billed shrike 
( Bách thanh vằn, Lanius tigrinus)

The tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike (Lanius tigrinus) is a small passerine bird which belongs to the genus Lanius in the shrike family, Laniidae. 
The bird's range extends from south-east China south through eastern Burma, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam to Malaysia and Indonesia.

Traits:
- Tiger-like patterns on the back and lower sides;
- Black-eyelined;
- Gray head and nape;

Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".