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.

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).

Manchurian reed warbler 
(Acrocephalus tangorum, Chích sậy Mãn Châu), also known as the Manchurian reed-warbler

The Manchurian reed warbler (Acrocephalus tangorum), also known as the Manchurian reed-warbler, is a species of marsh-warbler (family Acrocephalidae).
The bird is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Laos, Russia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and possibly Myanmar.

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".

Clamorous Reed Warbler 
(Chích đầu nhọn, Acrocephalus stentoreus)

The clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus) is an Old World warbler in the genus Acrocephalus. 
The bird breeds from Egypt eastwards through Pakistan, Afghanistan and northernmost India to south China and southeast Asia.


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".
stentorea, stentoreus Latin stentoreus loud-voiced.

Flycatcher warblers are small insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Seicercus, family Phylloscopidae (formerly Old World warbler family). 

Leaf warblers are small insectivorous passerine birds belonging to the genus Phylloscopus. Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.

The mountain tailorbird (Phyllergates cucullatus) is a songbird species formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, but is now placed in the genus Phyllergates of the family Cettiidae.

Tailorbirds are small birds, most of which belong to the genus Orthotomus. They were often placed in the Old World warbler family Sylviidae, recent research suggests they more likely belong in the Cisticolidae.

Olive-backed tailorbird 
(Chích bông nâu, Orthotomus sepium)

The olive-backed tailorbird (Orthotomus sepium) is a species of passerine bird formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage, it but now placed in the family Cisticolidae.

The name Cisticoladae from Cisticola, which is from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell". ... cisticola).
Orthotomus: from the Ancient Greek orthotomeō, meaning 'to cut straight'.
sepium Latin sepium of hedges (sepes hedge).

The chats, which are insectivorous, robust ground-feeding and strong migrants, now belong to the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae).


Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World.


1/ Common Stonechat (Sẻ bụi đầu đen, Saxicola torquatus), also African stonechat 
This species is considered superspecies now:
 African stonechat Saxicola torquatus in the strict sense
 European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
 Siberian stonechat Saxicola maurus
 Madagascar stonechat Saxicola sibilla


Newly added to this superspecies:
 Fuerteventura chat Saxicola dacotiae
 Reunion stonechat Saxicola tectes
 White-tailed stonechat Saxicola leucurus


2/ Pied Bushchat (Sẻ bụi đen, Saxicola caprata)
3/ Jerdon's Bushchat (Sẻ bụi lưng xanh, Saxicola jerdoni)


4/ Grey Bush Chat (Sẻ bụi xám, Saxicola ferreus)

Gray bush chat


5/ Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 
Sẻ bụi đầu đen

6/ Amur stonechat,  or Stejneger's stonechat
Saxicola stejnegeri
The Latin binomial commemorates the Norwegian ornithologist Leonhard Hess Stejneger.

 

Niltava (from niltau, Nepali for the rufous-bellied niltava) is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

Heteroxenicus is a genus of passerine birds in the family Muscicapidae.
The genus contains only 1 bird species: Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus).

1/ Gould's shortwing 
(Heteroxenicus stellatus)

Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Heteroxenicus Greek heteros different; xenikos stranger.

Gould's shortwing 
(Heteroxenicus stellatus)

Gould's shortwing (Heteroxenicus stellatus) is a small species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is found in the Himalayas (mainly Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Bhutan), Yunnan and northern parts of Myanmar and Vietnam. 

Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.
Heteroxenicus Greek heteros different; xenikos stranger.
stellatus Latin set with stars, starry, glittering.

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