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.

Buff-Thoated Warbler 
(Chích bụng hung, Phylloscopus subaffinis)

The buff-throated warbler (Phylloscopus subaffinis) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae).
The bird breeds in China and winters down toward northern Southeast Asia.


The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
The specific epithet affinis is from Latin meaning "related" or "allied"; subaffinis: slightly, somewhat.

Claudia's leaf warbler 
(Phylloscopus claudiae)

Claudia's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus claudiae) belongs to the leaf warbler family Phylloscopidae found only in China and Vietnam.
The birds was previously considered a subspecies of the Blyth's leaf warbler.

The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").

Blyth's Leaf warbler 
(Chích đuôi xám, Phylloscopus reguloides)

Blyth's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus reguloides) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae).
It is found mainly in Southeast Asia, southern China and along the Himalayas till northern Pakistan.

The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
reguloides: Greek -oides resembling.
Regulus: Latin: regulus prince, kinglet (dimimunitive rex, regis king), from genus Regulus: kinglet,
goldcrest.

Yellow-breasted warbler 
(Phylloscopus montis) 

The yellow-breasted warbler (Phylloscopus montis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Palawan Island in the Philippines, Central Highlands of Vietnam.


Phylloscopidae, Phylloscopus: combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
mons, montis: Latin for mountain, of a mountain.

Kloss's leaf warbler 
(Phylloscopus ogilviegranti)

Kloss's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus ogilviegranti) is a leaf warbler found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").

Grey Wagtail 
(Chìa vôi núi, Motacilla cinerea)

The gray wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) is a member of the wagtail family, Motacillidae.
The bird has the yellow on its underside and vent.

Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”), the word is a diminutive of motare, "to move about".
cinerea is Latin for "ash-grey" from cinis, "ashes".

Machlolophus is a genus of birds in the tit family Paridae. The species were formerly placed with many others in the genus Parus.
Paradiae is from Parus Latin for tit.
Machlolophus:  from the classical Greek makhlos meaning luxuriant, and lophos meaning crest.

1/ Yellow-cheeked tit 
(Machlolophus spilonotus)
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Yellow-cheeked tit 
(Machlolophus spilonotus)
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The yellow-cheeked tit (Machlolophus spilonotus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.
It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Paradiae is from Parus Latin for tit.
Machlolophus:  from the classical Greek makhlos meaning luxuriant, and lophos meaning crest.
spilonota, spilonotum, spilonotus Greek spilos spot;-notos -backed.

Cook's swift (Apus cooki)

Cook's swift (Apus cooki) is a small bird in the swift family Apodidae.
Cook's swifts breed in limestone caves of Thailand, Myanmar and Indochina. 

Apodidae, Apus is Latin for a swift, thought to be a type of swallow with no feet (from Ancient Greek a meaning "without", and pous meaning "foot", Greek apous meaning "footless").

Chinese hwamei or melodious laughingthrush 
(Họa mi, Garrulax canorus)

The Chinese hwamei or melodious laughingthrush (Garrulax canorus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. 

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Garrulax comes from Latin garrire "to chatter"; Latin garrulus: babbling, chattering; -ax inclining towards.
The name "hwamei" comes from its Chinese name which means "painted eyebrow", referring to the distinctive marking around the bird's eyes. 
The specific epithet is Latin meaning "melodious" (from canere "to sing").

Eastern Red-rumped Swallow (Nhạn bụng xám, Cecropis daurica)

The eastern red-rumped swallow (Cecropis daurica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. 
The bird is found in open, often hilly, areas with clearings and cultivation across Southeast Asia to north-eastern India and Taiwan.

The alternative genus Hirundo is the Latin word for "swallow".
The name of the genus Cecropis is from the Ancient Greek Kekropis "Athenian woman".
The specific daurica is derived from Dauria, a mountainous region to the east of Lake Baikal in Russia. 

Pacific swallow 
(Nhạn đuôi đen, Hirundo tahitica) 

The Pacific swallow (Hirundo javanica) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae.
The bird breeds in tropical southern Asia and the islands of the south Pacific. 

The genus name Hirundo is Latin for a swallow.
The term "tahitica" itself is a Latin adjective, derived from the geographical location "Tahiti," used to describe the species of bird found there. 

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