Birds of Cuc Phuong National Park

This is a brief guide to the birds of Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh Province in northern Vietnam. Cuc Phuong National Park includes multi-stratification tropical rain forest on limestone mountains with a rich system of flora and fauna.

Birding at the Cuc Phuong National Park is a fun and educational experience. AdventureGreen has bird tours with customized itineraries to suit your time in Vietnam.

Galliformes

Phasianidae

1/ Tonkin Partridge

Tropicoperdix tonkinensis, Tropicoperdix chloropus tonkinensis, Tropicoperdix chloropus

Green-legged partridge, scaly-breasted partridge, or green-legged hill-partridge,

Gà so ngực gụ

Pelecaniformes

Ardeidae

1/ Little Egret

Egretta garzetta

Cò Trắng

2/ Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Cò Ruồi

3/ Chinese Pond Heron

Ardeola bacchus

4/ Malayan Night Heron

Gorsachius melanolophus

Gruiformes

Rallidae

1/ White-breasted Waterhen

Amaurornis phoenicurus

2/ Purple Swamphen

Porphyrio porphyrio

Xít

Cuculiformes

Cuculidae

1/ Greater coucal or crow pheasant

(Centropus sinensis, Bìm bịp lớn)

2/ Lesser coucal

(Bìm bịp nhỏ, Centropus bengalensis)

3/ Chestnut-winged cuckoo or red-winged crested cuckoo

(Khát nước, Clamator coromandus)

4/ Green-billed malkoha

(Phướn lớn, Phaenicophaeus tristis)

5/ Asian koel

(Tu hú, Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Strigiformes

Tytonidae

1/ Oriental bay owl

(Cú lợn rừng, Phodilus badius)

Strigidae

1/ Mountain scops owl

(Cú mèo Latusơ, Otus spilocephalus), sometimes referred to as the spotted scops owl

2/ Collared owlet

(Cú vọ má trắng, Cú vọ mặt trắng, Taenioptynx brodiei), also known as the collared pygmy owl

formerly Glaucidium brodiei

Caprimulgiformes

Caprimulgidae

1/ Large-tailed nightjar

(Cú muỗi đuôi dài, Caprimulgus macrurus)

Apodiformes

Apodidae

1/ Brown-backed needletail

(Yến đuôi cứng lớn, Hirundapus giganteus), or brown needletail

2/ Pacific swift or fork-tailed swift

(Yến hông trắng, Apus pacificus)

pacificus refers to the Pacific Ocean.

3/ Little swift

(Yến cằm trắng, Apus affinis)

4/ Asian palm swift

(Yến cọ, Cypsiurus balasiensis)

Trogoniformes

Trogonidae

1/ Red-headed trogon

(Nuốc bụng đỏ, Harpactes erythrocephalus)

Coraciiformes

Alcedinidae

1/ Common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher

(Bồng chanh, Alcedo atthis)

2/ Oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher

(Bồng chanh đỏ, Ceyx erithaca)

3/ Ruddy kingfisher

(Sả hung, Halcyon coromanda)

Bucerotiformes

Bucerotidae

1/ Oriental pied hornbill

(Cao cát phương đông, Anthracoceros albirostris)

Upupidae

1/ Eurasian hoopoe

 (Chim Đầu rìu, Upupa epops)

Coraciiformes

Alcedinidae

1/ Common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher

(Bồng chanh, Alcedo atthis)

2/ Oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher

(Bồng chanh đỏ, Ceyx erithaca)

3/ Ruddy kingfisher

(Sả hung, Halcyon coromanda)

Meropidae

1/ Blue-bearded bee-eater

(Trảu lớn, Nyctyornis athertoni)

Coraciidae

1/ Oriental dollarbird

(Yểng Quạ, Eurystomus orientalis)

Piciformes

Megalaimidae

1/ Green-eared barbet

(Thầy chùa đầu xám, Psilopogon faiostrictus)

2/ Blue-eared barbet

(Cu rốc đầu đen, Psilopogon cyanotis)

Picidae

1/ Common flameback, also referred to as the common goldenback

(Gõ kiến vàng nhỏ, Dinopium javanense)

2/ Grey-capped pygmy woodpecker

(Gõ kiến nhỏ đầu xám, Yungipicus canicapillus)

3/ Lesser yellownape

(Gõ kiến xanh cánh đỏ, Picus chlorolophus)

4/  Greater yellownape

(Gõ kiến xanh gáy vàng, Chrysophlegma flavinucha)

5/ Laced woodpecker

(Gõ kiến xanh bụng vàng, Picus vittatus)

6/ Red-collared woodpecker

(Gõ kiến xanh cổ đỏ, Picus rabieri)

7/ Rufous woodpecker

(Gõ kiến nâu, Micropternus brachyurus)

8/ Greater flameback

(Gõ kiến vàng lớn, Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus)

9/ Bay woodpecker

(Gõ kiến nâu cổ đỏ, Blythipicus pyrrhotis)

10/ Eurasian wryneck or northern wryneck

(Vẹo cổ, Jynx torquilla)

11/ White-browed piculet

(Gõ kiến lùn mày trắng, Sasia ochracea)

Falconiformes

Falconidae

1/ Pied falconet

(Cắt nhỏ bụng trắng, Microhierax melanoleucos)

2/ Amur falcon

(Cắt Amur, Falco amurensis)

3/ Oriental hobby

(Cắt bụng hung, Falco severus)

4/ Peregrine falcon

(Cắt lớn, Falco peregrinus), also known simply as the peregrine

5/ Common kestrel

(Falco tinnunculus), also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel

Psittaciformes

Psittacidae

1/ Red-breasted parakeet

(Vẹt ngực đỏ, Psittacula alexandri)

Passeriformes

Eurylaimidae

1/ Long-tailed broadbill

(Mỏ rộng xanh, Psarisomus dalhousiae)

Pittidae

1/ Eared pitta

(Đuôi cụt nâu, Hydrornis phayrei)

2/blue-rumped pitta

( Đuôi cụt đầu xám, Hydrornis soror)

3/ Bar-bellied pitta

(Đuôi cụt bụng vằn, Hydrornis elliotii)

Vangidae

1/ Large woodshrike

(Phường chèo nâu hay Bách thanh nâu xám, Tephrodornis virgatus)

2/ Bar-winged flycatcher-shrike

(Phường chèo đen, Hemipus picatus)

Artamidae

1/ Ashy woodswallow

(Nhạn rừng, Artamus fuscus), sometimes also called the ashy swallow-shrike

Aegithinidae

1/ Common iora

(Aegithina tiphia, Chim nghệ)

2/ Great iora

(Aegithina lafresnayei, Chim nghệ lớn)

Aegithinidae

1/ Common iora

(Aegithina tiphia, Chim nghệ)

2/ Great iora

(Aegithina lafresnayei, Chim nghệ lớn)

Campephagidae

1/ Scarlet minivet

(Phường chèo đỏ, Pericrocotus speciosus)

2/ Rosy minivet

(Phường chèo hồng, Pericrocotus roseus)

3/ Grey-chinned minivet

(Phường chèo má xám, Pericrocotus solaris)

4/ Black-winged cuckooshrike

(Phường chèo xám, Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike

Laniidae

1/ Brown shrike

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

2/ Burmese shrike

(Bách thanh nhỏ, Lanius collurioides)

3/ Tiger shrike or thick-billed shrike

(Bách thanh vằn, Lanius tigrinus)

4/ Long-tailed shrike or rufous-backed shrike

(Bách thanh đuôi dài, Lanius schach)

5/ Grey-backed shrike

(Bách thanh lưng xám, Lanius tephronotus)

Oriolidae

1/ Maroon oriole

(Tử anh, Oriolus traillii)

Dicruridae

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/ Bronzed drongo

(Chèo bẻo rừng, Dicrurus aeneus)

6/ Ashy drongo

(Chèo bẻo xám, Dicrurus leucophaeus)

Rhipiduridae

1/ White-throated fantail

(Rẻ quạt họng trắng, Rhipidura albicollis)

Monarchidae

1/ Black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher

(Dớp ruồi xanh gáy đen, Hypothymis azurea)

2/ Indian paradise flycatcher

(Thiên đường đuôi phướn, Terpsiphone paradisi)

Corvidae

1/ White-winged magpie

(Giẻ cùi vàng, Urocissa whiteheadi)

2/ Indochinese green magpie

(Gẻ cùi bụng vàng, Cissa hypoleuca), also known as the yellow-breasted magpie

3/ Common green magpie

(Giẻ cùi xanh, Cissa chinensis)

4/ Racket-tailed treepie

(Chim khách, Crypsirina temia)

5/ Ratchet-tailed treepie

(Chim khách đuôi cờ, Temnurus temnurus)

6/ Large-billed crow

(Quạ đen, Corvus macrorhynchos), formerly referred to widely as the jungle crow

Hirundinidae

1/ Sand martin

(Nhạn nâu xám, Riparia riparia), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin

2/ Barn swallow

(Nhạn bụng trắng, Hirundo rustica)

Stenostiridae

1/ Grey-headed canary-flycatcher

(Culicicapa ceylonensis, Đớp ruồi đầu xám), sometimes known as the grey-headed flycatcher

Paridae

1/ Great Tit

(Bạc má lớn, Parus major)

2/ Sultan Tit

(Melanochlora sultanea, Chim mào vàng)

Sittidae

1/ Velvet-fronted nuthatch

(Trèo cây trán đen, Sitta frontalis)

Pycnonotidae

1/ Red-whiskered bulbul, or crested bulbul

(Chào mào, Pycnonotus jocosus)

2/ Black-crested bulbul

(Rubigula flaviventris, Chào mào vàng mào đen)

3/ Light-vented bulbul, also called the Chinese bulbul

(Bông lau Trung Quốc, Pycnonotus sinensis)

4/ Sooty-headed bulbul

(Bông lau tai trắng, Pycnonotus aurigaster)

5/ Stripe-throated Bubul, or streak-throated bulbul

(Bông lau họng vạch, Pycnonotus finlaysoni)

6/  Puff-throated bulbul

(Cành cạch lớn, Alophoixus pallidus), also  the olivaceous bearded-bulbul, olivaceous bulbul and white-throated bulbul.

7/ Grey-eyed bulbul

(Cành cạch nhỏ, Iole propinqua)

8/ Black bulbul

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

Cettiidae

1/ Asian stubtail

(Chích Á Châu, Urosphena squameiceps)

2/ Pale-footed bush warbler

(Chích Vân Nam, Hemitesia pallidipes)

3/ Yellow-bellied warbler

(Chích đớp ruồi bụng vàng, Abroscopus superciliaris)

Phylloscopidae

1/ Yellow-streaked Warbler

(Chích họng trắng, Phylloscopus armandii)

2/ Yellow-browed Warbler

(Chích mày lớn, Phylloscopus inornatus)

3/  Dusky Warbler

(Chim chích nâu, Phylloscopus fuscatus)

4/ Pale-legged Leaf Warbler

(Chích chân xám, Phylloscopus tenellipes)

5/ Eastern crowned warbler or Temminck's Crowned Willow Warbler

(Chích mào phương Đông, Phylloscopus coronatus)

Acrocephalidae

1/ Blunt-winged Paddyfield Warbler

(Chích cánh cụt, Acrocephalus concinens)

2/ Thick-billed Warbler

(Chích mỏ rộng, Arundinax aedon)

3/ Oriental Great Reed Warbler

(Chích đầu nhọn phương đông, Acrocephalus orientalis)

Locustellidae

1/ The lanceolated warbler

(Chích đầm lầy nhỏ, Locustella lanceolata)

2/ Pallas's grasshopper warbler

(Chích đầm lầy lớn, Helopsaltes certhiola)

3/ Russet bush warbler

(Chích nâu đỏ, Locustella mandelli)

Cisticoladae

1/ Common (or Long-tailed) Tailorbird

(Chích bông đuôi dài, Orthotomus sutorius)

2/ Black(or Dark)-necked Tailorbird

(Chích bông cánh vàng, Orthotomus atrogularis)

3/ Rufescent Prinia

(Chiền chiện đầu nâu, Prinia rufescens)

4/ Yellow-bellied prinia

(Chiền chiện bụng vàng, Prinia flaviventris)

Paradoxornithidae

1/  Yellow-eyed babbler

(Hoa mi mỏ ngắn, Hoa mi mat vang, Chrysomma sinense)

Zosteropidae

1/ Black-chinned yuhina

(Khướu mào đầu đen, Yuhina nigrimenta)

2/ Indian white-eye

(Vành khuyên họng vàng, Zosterops palpebrosus), formerly the Oriental white-eye

3/   Chestnut-flanked white-eye

(Vành khuyên sườn hung, Zosterops erythropleurus)

4/ Warbling white-eye

(Vành Nhật Bản, Zosterops japonicus), also known as the Japanese white-eye and mountain white-eye

Timaliidae

1/ Chestnut-capped babbler

(Hoa mi nhỏ, Timalia pileata)

2/ Pin-striped tit-babbler

(Chích chạch má vàng, Mixornis gularis), also known as the yellow-breasted babbler

3/ Streak-breasted scimitar babbler

(Họa mi đất ngực luốc, Pomatorhinus ruficollis)

4/ Large scimitar babbler

(Họa mi đất mỏ dài, Erythrogenys hypoleucos)

5/  Grey-throated babbler

(Khướu bụi đầu đen, Stachyris nigriceps)

6/ Spot-necked babbler

(Khướu bụi đốm cổ, Stachyris strialata)

Pellorneidae

1/ Rufous-throated fulvetta

(Lách tách họng hung, Schoeniparus rufogularis)

2/ Puff-throated babbler or spotted babbler

(Chuối tiêu ngực đốm, Pellorneum ruficeps)

3/  Eyebrowed wren-babbler

(Khướu đá nhỏ, Napothera epilepidota)

4/ Annam limestone babbler

(khướu đá hoa, Gypsophila annamensis)

5/ Short-tailed scimitar babbler

(Khướu mỏ dài, Napothera danjoui)

6/ Streaked wren-babbler

(Khướu đá đuôi ngắn, Gypsophila brevicaudata)

Leiothrichidae

1/ Masked laughingthrush

(Bò chao, Liếu điếu, Pterorhinus perspicillatus)

2/ Black-throated laughingthrush

(Khướu bạc má, Pterorhinus chinensis)

earlier placed in the genus Garrulax.

3/ Lesser necklaced laughingthrush

(Khướu khoang cổ, Garrulax monileger)

4/ White-crested laughingthrush

(Khướu đầu trắng, Garrulax leucolophus)

Irenidae

1/ Asian fairy-bluebird

(Chim lam, Irena puella)

Muscicapidae

1/ Magpie Robin

(Chích chòe than, Chia Voi Than, Copsychus saularis)

2/ White-rumped shama

(Chích chòe lửa, Copsychus malabaricus)

3/ Asian brown flycatcher

(Muscicapa dauurica, Đớp ruồi nâu)

4/ White-tailed flycatcher

(Leucoptilon concretum, Đớp ruồi đuôi trắng)

5/ Hainan blue flycatcher

(Cyornis hainanus, Đớp ruồi xanh hải nam)

6/ Fujian niltava

(Đớp ruồi cằm đen, Niltava davidi)

A male Fujian Niltava at Cuc Phuong
A male Fujian Niltava at Cuc Phuong

7/ Blue-and-white flycatcher

(Cyanoptila cyanomelana, Đớp ruồi Nhật Bản)

8/ Rufous-tailed robin

(Oanh cổ trắng, Larvivora sibilans)

Also pseudorobin, red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's robin, Swinhoe's pseudorobin, Swinhoe's nightingale or whistling nightingale.

sibilans is Latin for "whistling".

9/ Siberian blue robin

(Larvivora cyane, Oanh lưng xanh)

10/ Blue whistling thrush

(Myophonus caeruleus, Hoét xanh)

11/ Siberian rubythroat

(Oanh cổ đỏ, Calliope calliope)

12/ Red-flanked bluetail

(Tarsiger cyanurus, Oanh đuôi cụt lưng xanh), also known as the orange-flanked bush-robin

13/ Yellow-rumped flycatcher

(Ficedula zanthopygia), also known as Korean flycatcher or tricolor flycatcher

14/ Mugimaki flycatcher

(Ficedula mugimaki, Đớp ruồi Mugi)

15/ Taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher

(Ficedula albicilla, Đớp ruồi Taiga)

16/ Grey Bushchat

(Sẻ bụi xám, Saxicola ferrea)

Turdidae

1/ Siberian thrush

(Geokichla sibirica)

Hoét Sibêri

2/ Orange-headed Thrush

(Hoét vàng, Sáo đất đầu cam, Geokichla citrina)

3/ Scaly thrush

(Zoothera dauma)

Sáo đất

4/ Grey-backed thrush

(Turdus hortulorum)

Hoét lưng đen

5/ Japanese thrush

(Turdus cardis), grey thrush or the Japanese grey thrush

Hoét bụng trắng

 

6/ Chinese blackbird

(Turdus mandarinus)

Hoét đen

7/ Purple cochoa

(Cochoa purpurea)

Cô cô đầu xám

8/ Green cochoa

(Cochoa viridis)

Cô cô xanh

Sturnidae

1/ Golden-crested myna

(Sáo vàng, Ampeliceps coronatus)

coronatus in Latin: crowned, wreathed

2/ Common hill myna

(Yểng, Nhông, Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah", or hill myna or myna bird

3/ Black-collared starling

(Sáo sậu, Gracupica nigricollis)

4/ White-shouldered starling

(Sáo đá Trung Quốc, Sturnia sinensis)

5/ Chestnut-tailed starling

(Sáo đá đuôi hung, Sturnia malabarica), also called grey-headed starling and grey-headed myna

6/ Great myna

(Sáo mỏ vàng, Acridotheres grandis), also known as the white-vented myna

7/ Common myna or Indian myna

(Acridotheres tristis), sometimes spelled mynah

8/ Crested myna

(Sáo mỏ ngà, Sáo đen, Acridotheres cristatellus), also known as the Chinese starling

Chloropseidae

1/ Blue-winged leafbird

(Chloropsis moluccensis)

Chim xanh Nam Bộ

2/ Golden-fronted leafbird

(Chloropsis aurifrons)

Chim xanh trán vàng

3/ Orange-bellied leafbird

(Chloropsis hardwickii)

Chim xanh bụng vàng

Dicaeidae

1/ Plain flowerpecker

(Dicaeum minullum)

Chim sâu vàng lục

2/ Fire-breasted flowerpecker

(Dicaeum ignipectus)

Chim sâu ngực đỏ

Nectariniidae

1/ Ruby-cheeked sunbird

(Hút mật bụng hung, Chalcoparia singalensis)

2/ Garden sunbird, olive-backed sunbird

(Hút mật họng tím, Cinnyris jugularis)

3/ Crimson sunbird

(Hút mật đỏ, Aethopyga siparaja)

4/ Fork-tailed sunbird

(Hút mật đuôi nhọn, Aethopyga christinae)

5/ Streaked spiderhunter

(Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)

Motacillidae

1/ Forest Wagtail

(Chìa vôi rừng, Dendronanthus indicus)

2/ Grey Wagtail

(Chìa vôi núi, Motacilla cinerea)

3/ White Wagtail

(Chìa vôi trắng, Motacilla alba)

4/ Richard's pipit

(Manh Lon, Anthus richardi)

5/ Olive-backed pipit

(Anthus hodgsoni)

Chim manh Vân Nam

Emberizidae

1/ Chestnut-eared bunting

(Sẻ đồng đầu xám, Emberiza fucata), also called grey-headed bunting or grey-hooded bunting

2/ Black-faced bunting

(Sẻ đồng mặt đen, Emberiza spodocephala)

Fringillidae

1/ Common rosefinch

(Sẻ hồng mura, Carpodacus erythrinus) or scarlet rosefinch

Passeridae

1/ Eurasian tree sparrow (Sẻ, Passer montanus)

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