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Spizixos

  • Collared Finchbill

    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

    The collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques), found in China, Japan, Twaiwan and Vietnam, is a species of songbird 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".
    semitorques Latin semi- for small, half-; torques: collar.

  • Crested Finchbill

    Crested finchbill 
    (Chào mào mỏ lớn, Spizixos canifrons)

    The crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) is a species of songbird 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".
    canifrons: Latin canus grey; frons forehead, front.

  • Spizixos

    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)

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