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.

Pallas's reed bunting 
(Emberiza pallasi), also known as Pallas's bunting

The Pallas's reed bunting (Emberiza pallasi), also known as Pallas's bunting, is a passerine bird in the Emberiza family, Emberizidae. 
The bird is a migrant species, wintering in southeast Asia.

Traits:
- White "moustache";

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 
The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.

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

The chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
The breeding range extends from the Himalayas locally across China to south-eastern Siberia, Korea and northern Japan.
The bird winters in southern Japan, southern China, Taiwan, north-eastern India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia.


The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific fucata is Latin for "painted" from fucare, "to paint red".

Chestnut bunting 
(Sẻ đồng hung, Emberiza rutila)

The chestnut bunting (Emberiza rutila) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae found in the East Palearctic.
The bird breeds in Siberia, northern Mongolia and north-eastern China and winters in southern China, south-east Asia and north-east India.

 

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
rutila: Latin rutilus for golden, red, auburn.

Little bunting 
(Sẻ đồng lùn, Emberiza pusilla)

The little bunting (Emberiza pusilla) is a passerine bird belonging to the bunting family (Emberizidae).
The little bunting breeds across the taiga of the far north-east of Europe and northern Eurosiberia to the Russian Far East. 
The bird is migratory wintering in the subtropics in northern India, southern China and the northern parts of south-east Asia.

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific pusilla is Latin for "very small".

Crested bunting 
(Sẻ đồng mào, Emberiza lathami)

The crested bunting (Emberiza lathami) is a species of bird in the family Emberizidae.
The bird has a wide but scattered distribution in Asia. 

Traits:
- Male: rufous-winged;
- Both male and female: crested;

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.

Black-faced bunting 
(Sẻ đồng mặt đen, Emberiza spodocephala)

The black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
The bird breeds in southern Siberia across to northern China, and winters in north-east India, southern China and northern south-east Asia.

Traits:
- Male: Grey-faced, gray-faced, ashy-faced, ashy-hooded, grey-hooded;

The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific spodocephala is from Ancient Greek spodos, "ashes", and kephalos, "headed".

Yellow-breasted bunting 
(Sẻ đồng ngực vàng, Emberiza aureola) 

The yellow-breasted bunting (Emberiza aureola) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
breeds in boreal forests of Finland to Bering Sea, from the Amur River to Manchuria, N Korea, Kamchatka and Kuril Islands, migrating to Indochina.


The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
The specific aureola is Latin for "golden".

Black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala)
Sẻ đồng đầu đen


The black-headed bunting (Emberiza melanocephala) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae.
The bird breeds in south-east Europe east to Iran and winters mainly to India, some in south-east Asia.


The genus name Emberiza is from Old German Embritz, a bunting.
The origin of the English "bunting" is unknown.
melanocephala, melanocephalos:
 Greek melas-  "black",
 kephale head,
 Greek  -kephalos  "-headed".

Moustached Laughingthrush 
(Ianthocincla cineracea) 

The moustached laughingthrush (Ianthocincla cineracea) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae. 
The bird is found in China, India, and Myanmar.

Ianthocincla is a genus of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae.
Previously assigned to the genus Garrulax.
Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus Ianthocincla combines the Ancient Greek ionthos "young hair" or "down" with the Neo-Latin cinclus "thrush".
cineracea, cineraceum, cineraceus Latin cineraceus ash-grey (cinis, cineris ashes).

Rufous-chinned laughingthrush 
(Khướu cằm hung, Ianthocincla rufogularis)
Previously assigned to the genus Garrulax.

The rufous-chinned laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird ranges across the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent and some parts of Southeast Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.

Compare:
- rufous-chinned laughingthrush (Ianthocincla rufogularis): rufous-chinned, rufous-eared, rufous lower tail coverts.
- chestnut-eared laughingthrush (Ianthocincla konkakinhensis): rufous-eared.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus Ianthocincla combines the Ancient Greek ionthos "young hair" or "down" with the Neo-Latin cinclus "thrush".
rufogularis: Latin rufus red;  Latin gularis throated (gula: throat); 

Spectacled fulvetta 
(Lách tách ngực nâu, Lách tách bốn mắt, Fulvetta ruficapilla)
The species of this genus are closely related to the parrotbills.

The spectacled fulvetta (Fulvetta ruficapilla) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae.
The bird is found in China, Vietnam.


Paradoxornithidae: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
Fulvetta: probably from Latin fulvus: tawny, yellowish-brown.
ruficapilla, ruficapillum, ruficapillus Latin rufus red, ruddy; -capillus -capped (capillus hair of the head).

Grey-hooded fulvetta 
(Lách tách mũ xám, Fulvetta cinereiceps)
The genus was recently reestablished for the typical fulvettas, which had, for long, been placed in in the Timaliidae (Old World babbler) genus Alcippe.
The species of this genus are closely related to the parrotbills.

The grey-hooded fulvetta (Fulvetta cinereiceps) is a bird species in the family Paradoxornithidae.

Traits:
- Grey-hooded (head and neck);


Paradoxornithidae: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
Fulvetta: probably from Latin fulvus: tawny, yellowish-brown.
cinereiceps: Latin cinereus ash-coloured; -ceps -headed (caput head).

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