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.

Chinese grassbird 
(Chích đuôi dài, Graminicola striatus for Vietnam)

The Chinese grassbird (Graminicola striatus) is a bird species in the family Pellorneidae.
It occurs in tall emergent vegetation in or bordering freshwater swamps or along banks of rivers in the lowlands of southeastern China, Bangladesh, southeastern Myanmar, Cambodia, northeastern Vietnam, and Hainan Island.

Pellorneum, Pellorneidae: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
Graminicola: Latin gramen, graminis grass; -cola dweller (colere to inhabit).
striatus: Latin striatus striated (stria furrow, striare to striate).

Indian grassbird 
(Chim cỏ Ấn Độ , Chim cỏ Ấn Độ, Graminicola bengalensis for those in India)


The Indian grassbird (Graminicola bengalensis) is a passerine bird in the family Pellorneidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, northern India, Bhutan and the Chitwan National Park of Nepal.

Pellorneum, Pellorneidae: combines the Ancient Greek pellos meaning "dark-coloured" with orneon meaning "bird".
Graminicola: Latin gramen, graminis grass; -cola dweller (colere to inhabit).

Tesia is a genus of Old World warbler in the family Cettiidae.
The genus is from the Nepalese word Tisi for the grey-bellied tesia.

1/ Slaty-bellied Tesia/Warbler (Chích đuôi cụt, Tesia olivea)
2/ Grey-bellied Tesia/Warbler (Chích đuôi cụt bụng xám, Tesia cyaniventer)

The chestnut-headed tesia was formerly included in the genus. 
A molecular phylogenetic study 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.

Tickellia belongs to the monotypic genus Tickellia, of bush warbler in the family Cettiidae.

1/ Broad-billed Warbler (Chích mỏ rộng, Tickellia hodgsoni)

Broad-billed Warbler 
(Chích mỏ rộng, Tickellia hodgsoni)

The broad-billed warbler (Tickellia hodgsoni) is a species of bush warbler (family Cettiidae).
The bird is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Rufous-crowned, chestnut-crowned;
- Yellow-bellied;

Abroscopus is a small genus of bush warbler in the family Cettiidae.

Helopsaltes is a genus of passerine birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae.

Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola), also known as the rusty-rumped warbler, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Helopsaltes, the family Locustellidae.

1/ Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Chích đầm lầy lớn, Helopsaltes certhiola)

2/ Pleske's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes pleskei), also known as Styan's grasshopper warbler and Taczanowski's warbler


Locustellidae, Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".
The genus name Helopsaltes combines the Ancient Greek helos meaning "marshy ground" and psaltis "a chanter".

Pallas's grasshopper warbler 
also known as the rusty-rumped warbler
(Chích đầm lầy lớn, Helopsaltes certhiola)


Pallas's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes certhiola), also known as the rusty-rumped warbler, is an Old World warbler in the grass warbler genus Helopsaltes, the family Locustellidae.

The bird breeds in the eastern Palearctic: from the Altai Mountains, Mongolia and Transbaikalia to northeastern China, the Korean Peninsula, and islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin and Kuril Islands). It is migratory, wintering from India eastward to Indonesia.

Locustellidae, Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".
The genus name Helopsaltes combines the Ancient Greek helos meaning "marshy ground" and psaltis "a chanter".
The specific certhiola is a diminutive from the genus Certhia, the treecreepers.

Pleske's grasshopper warbler 
(Helopsaltes pleskei), also known as Styan's grasshopper warbler and Taczanowski's warbler

Styan's grasshopper warbler (Helopsaltes pleskei), also known as Pleske's grasshopper warbler and Taczanowski's warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. 
The bird breeds in eastern Siberia to Korea, Kyushu and Izu Islands; wintering in South China.


Locustellidae, Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".
The genus name Helopsaltes combines the Ancient Greek helos meaning "marshy ground" and psaltis "a chanter".

The grass warblers (Grasshopper Warbler) are small passerine birds belonging to the genus Locustella, now considered the northernmost representatives of a largely Gondwanan family, the Locustellidae.

The genus name Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".

1/ The lanceolated warbler (Chích đầm lầy nhỏ, Locustella lanceolata)
2/ Chinese Bush-Warbler (Chích ngực hung, Locustella tacsanowskia)
3/ Brown bush warbler (Chích bụi rậm nâu, Locustella luteoventris )
Formerly placed in the "Old World warbler" assemblage as Bradypterus luteoventrus, it is now placed in the newly recognized family Locustellidae.

4/ Russet bush warbler (Chích nâu đỏ, Locustella mandelli)
The scientific name commemorates the Italian naturalist Louis Mandelli.

5/ Dalat bush warbler (Locustella idonea)
Chích nâu đỏ Đà Lạt
also known as Annam Grasshopper-Warbler
Some authorities still consider Dalat bush warbler (Locustella idonea) conspecific with the russet bush warbler. 

6/ Spotted bush warbler (Chích họng vạch, Locustella thoracica)

7/ Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi), 
also known as Baikal grasshopper-warbler or David's bush warbler

Chinese Bush-Warbler 
(Chích ngực hung, Locustella tacsanowskia)

The Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia) is an Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.
The bird breeds in the East Palearctic (East Siberia to Tibet and South China) and winters to Northeast India, Yunnan and Southeast Asia.

The genus name Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".

Spotted bush warbler 
(Chích họng vạch, Locustella thoracica)

The spotted bush warbler (Locustella thoracica) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae.
The bird is found in the the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar and Nepal.

The genus name Locustella is from Latin and is a diminutive of locusta, "grasshopper".
thoracica: Latin thoracicus pectoral, of the chest (Greek thorakikos suffering in the chest, thorax breast).

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