Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Fringillidae
- Genus: Chloris
- French: Verdier du Vietnam
Vietnamese Greenfinch
(Chloris monguilloti)
The family name Fringillidae is from a name Fringilla which is Latin for "finch".
The genus name Chloris is from Ancient Greek khloris, the European greenfinch, from khloros, "green".
the specific epithet was chosen to honour Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, the General Secretary of French Indochina.
The Vietnamese greenfinch is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae.
Native to Di Linh Plateau (Da Lat, Lam Dong)
The bird feeds on the seeds of pine trees, termites.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Aethopyga
- Genus: Aethopyga
- French: Souimanga de Gould
Mrs. Gould's Sunbird
(Hút mật họng vàng, Aethopyga gouldiae)
Nectariniidae from Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”): the drink of the gods.
The name Aethopyga combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with puge meaning "rump".
named after British bird artist Elizabeth Gould.
Mrs. Gould's sunbird is a sunbird species native to forests and shrublands from the southern foothills of the Himalayas to Southeast Asia.
The Annam Sunbird, found in Da Lat and the Lang Biang Mountain, is an endemic sub species of the Mrs Gould's Sunbird.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Nectariniidae
- Genus: Aethopyga
- French: Souimanga sombre
Black-Throated Sunbird
(Hút mật ngực đỏ, Aethopyga saturata)
Nectariniidae from Latin nectar, from Ancient Greek νέκταρ (néktar, “nourishment of the gods”): the drink of the gods.
The name Aethopyga combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with puge meaning "rump".
saturata, saturato: saturated
The black-throated sunbird (Aethopyga saturata) is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae.
Langbiang Sunbird (Aethopyga saturata johnsi) is considered by some a subspecies of the Black-throated Sunbird.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
Brachypteryx is a genus of passerine birds in the family Muscicapidae containing ten species known as shortwings, that occurs in southeast Asia.
Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
The genus Brachypteryx from the classical Greek brakhus mean "short" and pterux meaning "wing".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Muscicapidae
- Genus: Brachypteryx
Lesser Shortwing
(Hoét đuôi cụt mày trắng, Brachypteryx leucophris)
The family name Muscicapidae is from Muscicapa which comes from the Latin musca, a fly and capere, to catch.
The genus Brachypteryx from the classical Greek: brakhus mean "short" and pterux meaning "wing".
The lesser shortwing, a species of chat, is now classified in the family Muscicapidae.
leuco- From Ancient Greek λευκός (leukós, “white”).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Leiothrichidae
- Genus: Pterorhinus
White-Cheeked Laughingthrush
(Khướu đầu xám, Pterorhinus vassali)
formerly placed in the genus Garrulax.
Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus Pterorhinus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
The white-cheeked laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Leiothrichidae
- Genus: Garrulax
Black-Hooded Laughingthrush
(Khướu đầu đen, Garrulax milleti)
Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Garrulax comes from Latin garrire "to chatter".
The black-hooded laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Leiothrichidae
- Genus: Garrulax
Orange-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax annamensis)
Khướu ngực hồng
Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Garrulax comes from Latin garrire "to chatter".
Orange-breasted laughingthrush is a bird species native to Da Lat Plateau (Di Linh Plateau).
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Leiothrichidae
- Genus: Trochalopteron
Collared laughingthrush
(Khướu đầu đen má xám, Trochalopteron yersini)
Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name Trochalopteron combines the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
The collared laughingthrush, endemic to Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pellorneidae
- Genus: Napothera
Short-tailed scimitar babbler
(Khướu mỏ dài, Napothera danjoui)
The short-tailed scimitar babbler, found in Laos and Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae or the jungle babblers.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Cettiidae
Phyllergates is a genus of tailorbirds of the family Cettiidae in the bird order Passeriformes.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Cisticolidae
- Genus: Orthotomus
Common (or Long-tailed) Tailorbird
(Chích bông đuôi dài, Orthotomus sutorius)
Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
Orthotomus from the Ancient Greek orthotomeō, meaning 'to cut straight'.
The scientific name sutorius means "cobbler" rather than "tailor".
The common tailorbird is a songbird found across tropical Asia: upright tail, greenish upper body plumage and rust coloured forehead and crown.