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Blue Whistling Thrush 
(Myophonus caeruleus, Hoét xanh) 

The blue whistling thrush is a bird in the Old World flycatchers family Muscicapidae.

Traits: violet blue, shiny spangling on upper body: head, neck, upper back, upper wing, chest, part of belly.

The genus name Myophonus is from the Ancient Greek muia meaning "fly" and phoneus meaning "slayer".
caeruleus, coerulea: Latin caeruleus azure -blue. dark blue likely from caelum, "sky."

The whistling thrushes comprise a genus Myophonus of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
The genus name Myophonus is from the Ancient Greek muia meaning "fly" and phoneus meaning "slayer".

1/ Blue whistling thrush (Myophonus caeruleus, Hoét xanh) 
caeruleus : dark blue likely from caelum, "sky."