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.

Pale-footed bush warbler 
(Chích Vân Nam, Hemitesia pallidipes)

The pale-footed bush warbler (Hemitesia pallidipes) is a species of oriental warbler in the family Cettiidae that is found in southern Asia.
The bird is found in the Himalayan region west from Dehradun through the foothills of Nepal to northeastern India, in Myanmar, Laos, northern Vietnam and southern China.

Cettiidae: Cettia from Francesco Cetti.
The name Hemitesia combines the Ancient Greek hēmi- meaning "half-" or "small" with the genus Tesia.
Tesia Nepalese name Tisi for the Grey-bellied Tesia Tesia cyaniventer.
pallidipes combines the Latin pallidus meaning "pale" with pes meaning "foot".

Horornis is a genus of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers") which make up the core of the newly recognized family Cettiidae. 

Japanese Bush-Warbler 
(Chim chích bụi Nhật Bản, Horornis diphone)


The Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone) is an Asian passerine bird more often heard than seen.


Horornis: Greek oros mountain; ornis bird.
diphone Greek diphonos many-tongued.

Brown-flanked bush warbler
(Chích chân khỏe, Horornis fortipes)


The brown-flanked bush warbler (Horornis fortipes), also known as the brownish-flanked bush warbler, is a species of bush-warbler of the family Cettiidae. The bird is found in Himalayas, South China and Southeast Asia.


Horornis: Greek oros mountain; ornis bird.
fortipes Latin fortis stout; pes foot.

Aberrant Bush-Warbler 
(Chích mày vàng, Horornis flavolivaceus)

The aberrant bush warbler (Horornis flavolivaceus) is a species in the bush warbler family, Cettiidae.
The bird is found in Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Timor-Leste and Vietnam, and also in northeastern and southeastern Bangladesh.


Horornis: Greek oros mountain; ornis bird.
The specific epithet flavolivaceus combines the Latin flavus meaning "yellow" with the Modern Latin olivaceus meaning "olive-green".

Manchurian bush warbler 
(Horornis canturians), also known as Korean bush warbler

The Manchurian bush warbler (Horornis canturians), also known as Korean bush warbler, is a bird in the family Cettiidae.

Traits:
- Dark-eyelined, blackish-eyelined;
- Whitish-browed;


Horornis: Greek oros mountain; ornis bird.
canturians: Latin canturians chirping (cantus singing, cantare to sing).

Cettia is a genus of small insectivorous songbirds which make up the core of the family Cettiidae.

Chestnut-headed tesia 
(Chích đuôi cụt bụng vàng, Cettia castaneocoronata)

The chestnut-headed tesia (Cettia castaneocoronata) is a small insectivorous songbird formerly of the "Old World warbler" family but nowadays placed in the bush warbler family (Cettiidae).
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The chestnut-headed tesia was formerly included in the genus Tesia. 
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2011 found that the chestnut-headed tesia (Chích đuôi cụt bụng vàng) belongs to the genus Cettia, bush warbler. 
The species was moved but retained the same common name or sometimes referred to as Cettia castaneocoronata abadiei

Traits:
- Chestnut-headed;
- Yellow-throated;
- White-eyering: There is an arc of white-eyering adjacent to the ear.

Cettiidae: Cettia from Francesco Cetti.
The specific epithet castaneocoronata combines the Latin castaneus meaning "chestnut-coloured" and coronatus meaning "crowned".

Chestnut-crowned bush warbler 
(Cettia major)

The chestnut-crowned bush warbler (Cettia major) is a species of warbler found in South Asia.

Traits:
- Chestnut-crowned, chestnut-capped;
- Whitish-browed;

Cettiidae: Cettia from Francesco Cetti.

The Acrocephalus warblers are small, insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Acrocephalus, of the marsh and tree warbler family Acrocephalidae. They are sometimes called marsh warblers or reed warblers.

Paddyfield warbler 
(Acrocephalus agricola)

The paddyfield warbler (Acrocephalus agricola) is a species of marsh warbler (family Acrocephalidae).

The family is from the name of the genus Acrocephalus from Ancient Greek akros, "highest", and kephale, "head". 
It is possible that the Naumanns thought akros meant "sharp-pointed".
The specific agricola is from Latin and means "farmer".

Blunt-winged Warbler 
(Chích cánh cụt, Acrocephalus concinens)

The blunt-winged warbler (Acrocephalus concinens) is a marsh-warbler (family Acrocephalidae).

The bird is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Northeast India and China; winters in Myanmar, Thailand and Bangladesh.

The family is from the name of the genus Acrocephalus from Ancient Greek akros, "highest", and kephale, "head". 
It is possible that the Naumanns thought akros meant "sharp-pointed".
concinens Latin concinens singing (concinere to sing in chorus, to harmonise).

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