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.

Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), 
also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill

Tickell's brown hornbill (Anorrhinus tickelli), also known as the rusty-cheeked hornbill, is a species of hornbill found in forests in Burma and adjacent western Thailand.


Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
The name Anorrhinus comes from the Greek words ano (ἄνω), meaning "above," and rhis or rhinos (ῥίς/ῥινός), meaning "nose" or "nostril," referring to the genus's upward-oriented nostrils. 

Berenicornis is a genus of hornbills (family Bucerotidae).

1/  White-crowned hornbill (Niệc đầu trắng, Berenicornis comatus), alsothe long-crested hornbill or white-crested hornbill (leading to easy confusion with the African white-crested hornbill), is a species of hornbill.

The white-crowned hornbill is sometimes placed in genus Aceros instead

Rhyticeros is a genus of medium to large hornbills (family Bucerotidae) found in forests from Southeast Asia to the Solomons.

The order name is from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".
Rhyticeros Greek rhutis, rhutidos wrinkle; keros horn.

1/  Wreathed hornbill (Niệc mỏ vằn, Rhyticeros undulatus)

Wreathed hornbill 
bar-pouched wreathed hornbill 
(Niệc mỏ vằn, Rhyticeros undulatus)


The wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) is an Old World tropical bird of the hornbill family Bucerotidae.

Traits: ridges or wreaths on the cashque on the upper mandible, pouch with a blueish tripe across on the throat.

Compare:
- Rufous-necked hornbill: Both have tripes on the uppder mandible of the beak, tripes are flat on the upper mandible and no casque; rufous-necked for males and black neck for female; blue color around the eyess.
- Wreathed hornbill: the stripes are raised on the upper mandible to form a casque; black for both genders, possess a sac or pouch on the throat which has a blueish band across.

The order name is from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".
Rhyticeros Greek rhutis, rhutidos wrinkle; keros horn.
undulata, undulatus Latin undulatus furnished with wave-like markings, undulating.

Aceros is a genus of Asian hornbills (family Bucerotidae).

Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
Aceros: Greek akeros: hornless.

1/  Rufous-necked hornbill (Niệc cổ hung, Aceros nipalensis) 

Rufous-necked hornbill 
(Niệc cổ hung, Aceros nipalensis) 

The rufous-necked hornbill (Aceros nipalensis) is a species of hornbill in Bhutan, northeastern India, especially in Arunachal Pradesh, Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Compare:
- Rufous-necked hornbill: Both have tripes on the uppder mandible of the beak, tripes are flat on the upper mandible and no casque; rufous-necked for males and black neck for female; blue color around the eyess.
- Wreathed hornbill: the stripes are raised on the upper mandible to form a casque; black for both genders, possess a sac or pouch on the throat which has a blueish band across.

Bucerotiformes, Bucerotidae, Buceros: Latin bucerus horned like an ox (Greek boukeros: horned like an ox: bous ox; keros: horn).
Aceros: Greek akeros: hornless.

Buceros is a genus of large Asian hornbills (family Bucerotidae).

The order name     Bucerotiformes, family name  Bucerotidae are from Latin becerus meaning "horned like an ox" which in turn is from the Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".
Buceros: Ancient Greek boukerōs which combines bous meaning "ox" with kerōs meaning "horn".

1/ Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis), also known as the concave-casqued hornbill, great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill
The specific bicornis is Latin and means "two-horned".

Brown Prinia 
(Chiện chiện núi, Prinia polychroa) 

The brown prinia (Prinia polychroa) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.
 The Burmese prinia (Prinia cooki) and the Annam prinia (Prinia rocki) were formerly lumped with this species.
The bird is found in mainland Southeast Asia, namely in most of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia, as well as on the Indonesian island of Java.


Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
polychroa, polychrous Greek polukhroos variegated (polukhrous manifold).

Hill Prinia 
(Prinia superciliaris)
Chiền chiện núi họng trắng

The hill prinia (Prinia superciliaris) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
The name of the genus Prinia is derived from the Javanese prinya, the local name for the bar-winged prinia.
superciliaris: From Latin supercilium +‎ -āris: eyebrow; supercilium: eyelid.

Plain prinia 
(Prinia inornata), also known as the plain wren-warbler or white-browed wren-warbler

The plain prinia (Prinia inornata), also known as the plain wren-warbler or white-browed wren-warbler, is a small cisticolid warbler found in southeast Asia.
The bird is a resident breeder from Pakistan and India to south China and southeast Asia. 

Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
The name of the genus Prinia is derived from the Javanese prinya, the local name for the bar-winged prinia.
inornata, inornatum, inornatus Latin inornatus plain, unadorned.

Tawny-flanked prinia
(Chiền chiện bụng hung, Prinia subflava)

The tawny-flanked prinia (Prinia subflava) is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus Prinia in the family Cisticolidae, a family of Old World warblers.

Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
Prinia Javanese name Prinya for the Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris).
subflava Latin sub beneath, somewhat; flavus yellow (subflavus yellowish; Modern Latin subflavus pale yellow).

Anthracoceros is a genus of birds in the family Bucerotidae.
The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words:
 ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos meaning "coal black" ,
and κερας keras, κερως kerōs meaning "horn".

1/ Malabar pied hornbill (Cao cát bụng trắng, Anthracoceros coronatus), also known as lesser pied hornbill
Anthracoceros coronatus [malabaricus or albirostris] (= Anthracoceros coronatus malabaricus)

2/ Black hornbill (Cao cát đen, Anthracoceros malayanus)

3/ Oriental pied hornbill (Cao cát phương đông, Anthracoceros albirostris) 
albirostris
From albus (“white”) +‎ rōstrum (“beak”)

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