Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam Let's join AdventureGreen on our bird quests to learn about the different birds and bird species in Vietnam. Here you can find out more about the birding spots that these bird species are found.

Ceyx is an Old World genus of river kingfishers. These kingfishers are found from South East Asia to the Solomon Islands.

1/ Oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher (Bồng chanh đỏ, Ceyx erithaca)

Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae.
The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.

1/ Common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher (Bồng chanh, Alcedo atthis)
Atthis, a beautiful young woman of Lesbos, and favourite of Sappho.
2/ Blyth's kingfisher (Bồng chanh rừng, Alcedo hercules)
3/ Blue-eared kingfisher (Bói cá tai lam or tai xanh, Alcedo meninting)

The water kingfishers or Cerylinae are one of the three subfamilies of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers.

1/ Pied kingfisher (Bói cá nhỏ, Ceryle rudis)
The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a species of water kingfisher widely distributed across Africa and Asia.


Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
The genus Ceryle which is from Greek kerulos bird mentioned by Aristotle,.. but not further identified but probably mythical and associated with the halcyon, a kingfisher.

The water kingfishers or Cerylinae are one of the three subfamilies of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers.

1/ Crested kingfisher (Bói cá mào or Bói cá lớn, Megaceryle lugubris) 


Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Megaceryle is from the Ancient Greek megas, "great", and the existing genus Ceryle which is from Greek kerulos bird mentioned by Aristotle,.. but not further identified but probably mythical and associated with the halcyon, a kingfisher.

Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes.

The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.

Kingfishers have three sub families:
- Alcedininae (River kingfishers or pygmy kingfishers)
  Genera
  + Ispidina
  + Corythornis
  + Alcedo
  + Ceyx
  
- Halcyoninae (Tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers)
  Genera
  + Actenoides
  + Caridonax
  + Cittura
  + Clytoceyx
  + Halcyon
  + Lacedo
  + Melidora
  + Pelargopsis
  + Tanysiptera
  + Dacelo
  + Syma
  + Todirhamphus

- Cerylinae,also known as the cerylid kingfishers  (Water kingfishers or Cerylinae)
  Genera
  + Megaceryle
  + Ceryle
  + Chloroceryle

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species.

The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful birds including:

1/ The kingfishers, 
2/ The bee-eaters, 
3/ The rollers, 
4/ The motmots, 
5/ The todies,

The name Coraciiformes means "raven-like". Specifically, it comes from the Latin language "corax", meaning "raven" and Latin "forma", meaning "form".

The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds and 31 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus.

Dicruridae or Dicrurus is derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.

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/ Crow-billed drongo (Chèo bẻo mỏ quạ, Dicrurus annectens) 
6/ Bronzed drongo (Chèo bẻo rừng, Dicrurus aeneus)
7/ Ashy drongo (Chèo bẻo xám, Dicrurus leucophaeus)

The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics. The 31 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus.

Dicruridae, Dicrurus: derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.

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)

Hemixos is a songbird genus in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;

1/ Ashy bulbul (Cành cạch xám, Hemixos flavala) 
 found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia. 
 habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
 Formerly, classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis.


2/ Chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
Cành cạch hung

Chestnut bulbul 
or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus)
Cành cạch hung
Formerly considered a subspecies of the Ashy bulbul.

The chestnut bulbul or chestnut-backed bulbul (Hemixos castanonotus) is a songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
The bird is found in southern China and northern Vietnam. 

Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;
- Chestnut upper neck, nape and mantle;

Pycnonotidae
pycno-
 Pycnonotus
 puknos "thick" or "compact" and 
 -nōtos "-backed".

Hemixos Gr. hemi- half-; genus Ixos bulbul;
castanotus: Greek kastanon chestnut; 
-notos -backed.

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