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.

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”)

Hornbills (Bucerotidae) are a family of bird found in tropical and subtropical Africa, Asia and Melanesia. 
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".

Bucerotiformes is an order of birds which were previously classified as members of Coraciiformes. The clade is distributed in Africa, Asia, Europe and Melanesia.
previously classified as members of Coraciiformes.

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".

The order includes

1/ The Hornbills,
2/ The Ground Hornbills,
3/ The Hoopoes, 
4/ The Wood Hoopoes. 

Lacedo is a genus of tree kingfishers that are resident in in lowland tropical forests of southeast Asia.

1/ Banded kingfisher (Sả vằn, Lacedo pulchella)

Pelargopsis is a genus of tree kingfishers that are resident in tropical south Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia.

1/ Stork-billed kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis)

Ruddy kingfisher 
(Sả hung, Halcyon coromanda)

The ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) is a medium-sized tree kingfisher, widely distributed in east and southeast Asia.

Alcedo, Alcedinidae: Latin word for kingfisher. 
Halcyon: a name for a bird in Greek mythology generally associated with the kingfisher. 
The binomial name recalls the Coromandel Coast of India.

Halcyon is a genus of the tree kingfishers, near passerine birds in the subfamily Halcyoninae.

1/ Black-capped kingfisher (Sả đầu đen, Halcyon pileata) 
2/  White-throated kingfisher (Sả đầu nâu, Halcyon smyrnensis)
3/ Ruddy kingfisher (Sả hung, Halcyon coromanda)
4/ Collared kingfisher(Sả khoang cổ, Todiramphus chloris), also white-collared kingfisher, black-masked kingfisher or mangrove kingfisher 

Ceyx is an Old World genus of river kingfishers. These kingfishers are found from South East Asia to the Solomon Islands.

1/ Oriental dwarf kingfisher, also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher (Bồng chanh đỏ, Ceyx erithaca)

Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae.
The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.

1/ Common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher (Bồng chanh, Alcedo atthis)
Atthis, a beautiful young woman of Lesbos, and favourite of Sappho.
2/ Blyth's kingfisher (Bồng chanh rừng, Alcedo hercules)
3/ Blue-eared kingfisher (Bói cá tai lam or tai xanh, Alcedo meninting)

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