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.

Blue-throated barbet 
(Cu rốc đầu đỏ, Psilopogon asiaticus)

The blue-throated barbet (Psilopogon asiaticus) is a green Asian barbet native to the foothills of the Himalayas and Southeast Asia.

Traits:
- Green-bodied;
- Blue-throated;
- Red-capped, red-crowned;
- Red-fronted;
- Two red stains between the neck and breast;


Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

Moustached barbet 
(Cu rốc tai đen, Psilopogon incognitus)

The moustached barbet (Psilopogon incognitus) is an Asian barbet, a resident breeder in the hills of Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. 


Traits:
- Green-bodied;
- Red-fronted;
- Black-lined cheeks and behind ears;
- Bristle-bill-based;

Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".
incognita, incognitus: Latin for unknown, not identified.

Black-browed barbet 
(Cu rốc mày đen, Psilopogon oorti)

The black-browed barbet (Psilopogon oorti) is an Asian barbet native to Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra.

Traits:
- Green-bodied;
- Black-browed;
- Red-fronted, yellow-fronted;
- Bristle-bill-based;
- Yellow-throated, blue-throated;

Piciformes, picidae, picus: woodpecker
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

Great barbet 
(Thầy chùa lớn, Psilopogon virens)

The great barbet (Psilopogon virens) is an Asian barbet native to the Indian sub-continent and Southeast Asia.
The bird ranges across northern Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan, Bangladesh and some parts of Southeast Asia, Laos.

Traits:
- Black-headed;
- Olived-mantled;
- Green lower-bodied;
- Pale-billed, yellow-billed;
- Red-vented;
- Bristle-bill-based;
- Yellow-throated, blue-throated;

Piciformes, picidae, picus: woodpecker
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".
virens: Latin for green.

Golden-throated barbet 
(Cu rốc đầu vàng, Psilopogon franklinii)

The golden-throated barbet (Psilopogon franklinii) is an Asian barbet. The bird species is found in  Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Vietnam and mainland China.

Piciformes, picidae, picus: Latin woodpecker; Greek pikos: woodpecker.
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek: megalos great; laimos throat.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

Rufous-fronted babbler 
(Khướu bụt trán hung, Cyanoderma rufifrons)
Once placed in Stachyris, and Stachyridopsis

The rufous-fronted babbler (Cyanoderma rufifrons) is a babbler species in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
This bird species is found in the Eastern Himalayan foothills, Myanmar, Thailand, northern Indochina and south to the Malay Peninsula and the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. 

The Buff-chested babbler (Khướu bụi đầu hung, Cyanoderma ambiguum) is now subsumed into this species.

Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".
The name combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with derma meaning "skin".
The specific epithet rufifrons is modern Latin meaning "red-fronted", from Latin rufus meaning "red" or "rufous" and frons, frontis meaning "forehead" or "brow".

Golden babbler 
(Khướu bụi vàng, Cyanoderma chrysaeum)
earlier name was Stachyris chrysaea.

The golden babbler (Cyanoderma chrysaeum) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae.
Geographic distribution: Eastern Himalayas to Southeast Asia.
Many of the species of this genus were formerly placed in the genus Stachyris. 

Traits:

- Black-lored;


Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".

The name Cyanoderma combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with derma meaning "skin".
chrysaeum, chrysaeus: Greek khruseios golden (khrusos gold).

Rufous-capped babbler 
(Khướu bụi đầu đỏ, Cyanoderma ruficeps) 
Many of the species of this genus were formerly placed in the genus Stachyris. 

The rufous-capped babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps) is a babbler species in the family Timaliidae. 
The bird is found from the Eastern Himalayas to northern Thailand, Laos, eastern China to Vietnam and Taiwan.


Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".
The name combines the Ancient Greek kuanos meaning "dark-blue" with derma meaning "skin".
ruficeps Latin rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed.

Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula)

The Yunnan fulvetta (Alcippe fratercula) is a species of bird in the family Alcippeidae. 
This bird species is endemic to southern China, southeastern Myanmar and northern Indochina.

Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.
Fratercula is a Medieval Latin word meaning "little friar" or "little brother," derived from frater (brother) and -cula for little.

Mountain fulvetta 
(Lách tách vành mắt, Alcippe peracensis)

The mountain fulvetta (Alcippe peracensis) is a species of bird in the Alcippeidae family. 
The bird species is found in Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Many species of the family Alcippeidae were previously placed in families Pellorneidae or Timaliidae.

Compare:
- Mountain fulvetta (Lách tách vành mắt, Alcippe peracensis): found above 900 m, white eyeing.
- black-browed fulvetta (Lách tách mày đen, Alcippe grotei): found below 400 m, blur or no white eyeing.

Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.
Perak State, Malaya or Malaysia.

Rusty-capped fulvetta 
(Lách tách đầu hung, Lách tách chóp bạc màu, Schoeniparus dubius)

The rusty-capped fulvetta (Schoeniparus dubius) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.
The bird species is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam. 

The species in genus Schoeniparus were until recently placed in the genus Alcippe with other fulvettas.
The English name of species of this genus are not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta.
Schoeniparus: Greek skhoinos rush, reed; Latin Parus: tit.
dubius: Latin dubia dubius: doubtful, dubious ((duo two; habere to have).

Rufous-winged fulvetta 
(Lách tách đầu đốm, Schoeniparus castaneceps)

The rufous-winged fulvetta (Schoeniparus castaneceps) is a bird species of the family Pellorneidae.

Schoeniparus castaneceps stepanyani: Central Highlands of Vietnam (Kon Tum Province and Gia Lai Province).

The species in genus Schoeniparus were until recently placed in the genus Alcippe with other fulvettas.
The English name of species of this genus are not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta.
Schoeniparus: Greek skhoinos rush, reed; Latin Parus: tit.
castaneceps, castaniceps: Latin castaneus: chestnut-coloured; -ceps: -headed (caput head).

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