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.

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.

7/  European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) 

 

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.

The shortwings are colourful, medium-sized, mostly insectivorous, Old World Flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Some taxonomists place the birds in the in the genus the thrush family Turdidae.

The thrushes are a passerine bird family, Turdidae, with a worldwide distribution. 

The Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply Redstart, formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now known to be a flycatcher, family Muscicapidae.

Redstart means a red start or a red tail (start means an old name for tail English). The species is of the genus Phoenicurus.
The name Phoenicurus is from Ancient Greek φοινιξ (phoinix), "(Phoenician) crimson/purple", and ουροσ (-ouros) -"tailed".

1/ White-capped Redstart (Đuôi đỏ đầu trắng, Phoenicurus leucocephalus)
2/ Plumbeous Redstart (Đuôi đỏ đầu xám, Phoenicurus fuliginosus)
3/ Blue-fronted Redstart (Đuôi đỏ núi đá mày xanh, Phoenicurus frontalis)
4/ Black Redstart (Đuôi đỏ núi đá trán đen, Phoenicurus ochruros)
5/ Daurian Redstart (Đuôi đỏ núi đá trán xám, Phoenicurus auroreus)

Green Cochoa (Cochoa viridis)
Cô cô xanh

The green cochoa (Cochoa viridis), a bird species which was variously placed with the thrushes of family Turdidae or the related Muscicapidae (Old World flycatchers), is considered closer to the former.


Turdidae, Turdus is the Latin word for a "thrush".
cochoas (from cocho, Nepali for Cochoa purpurea).
Latin viridis: green, young, fresh, lively, youthful.

The forktails with a long forked tail are small insectivorous birds, genus Enicurus, formerly in the thrush family, Turdidae, but now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. 

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