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.

Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush 
(Khướu đầu hung, Trochalopteron erythrocephalum)

The chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Trochalopteron erythrocephalum) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in Bhutan, China, India, and Nepal.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
erythrocephala, erythrocephalum, erythro- cephalus Greek eruthros red; -kephalos -headed (kephale: head).

Scaly laughingthrush (Khướu vằn, Trochalopteron subunicolor)

The scaly laughingthrush (Trochalopteron subunicolor) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
subunicolor: Latin sub underneath, somewhat; unicolor uniform.

Blue-winged laughingthrush 
(Khướu vảy, Trochalopteron squamatum)

The blue-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron squamatum) is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae. 
The bird is found in Eastern Himalaya, Yunnan, Myanmar and Laos.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
squamatum, squamatus Latin squamatus scaled (squama scale).

Silver-eared laughingthrush 
(Trochalopteron melanostigma)

The silver-eared laughingthrush (Trochalopteron melanostigma) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in southern Yunnan, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
melanostigma: Greek melas black; stigma spot, mark.

Collared finchbill 
(Chào mào khoang cổ, Spizixos semitorques), 
also called black-headed finch-bill, Chinese finch-bill, Japanese finch-bill, collared finch-billed bulbul and Swinhoe's finch-billed bulbul

The collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques), found in China, Japan, Twaiwan and Vietnam, is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
The word Spizixos combines the Ancient Greek spiza meaning "finch" with the genus name Ixos the Ancient Greek for "mistletoe".
semitorques Latin semi- for small, half-; torques: collar.

Crested finchbill 
(Chào mào mỏ lớn, Spizixos canifrons)

The crested finchbill (Spizixos canifrons) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
The word Spizixos combines the Ancient Greek spiza meaning "finch" with the genus name Ixos the Ancient Greek for "mistletoe".
canifrons: Latin canus grey; frons forehead, front.

Whiskered yuhina 
(Khướu mào cổ hung, Yuhina flavicollis)

The whiskered yuhina (Yuhina flavicollis) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. 
The range of the bird range extends across the Himalayan forests in northern India to northeast Indian states, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and in the east to Indochina including Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Crested;
- White-eyeringed;
- White-throated;
- Orange-collared;

Zosteropidae, Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
The genus name is from Nepali language.
flavicollis: flavi New Latin from flāvus (“yellow”); Modern Latin -collis, "-necked".

Stripe-throated yuhina 
(Khướu mào họng đốm, Yuhina gularis)

The stripe-throated yuhina (Yuhina gularis) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
The bird is found from the Himalayas to southern China and central Vietnam

Zosteropidae, Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
The genus name is from Nepali language.
gularis: Latin gularis throated (gula: throat); 

Striated yuhina 
(Khướu mào khoang cổ, Staphida castaniceps)

The striated yuhina (Staphida castaniceps) is a bird species in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Staphida is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae, formerly placed in the genus Yuhina.


Zosteropidae, Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
Staphida: Greek staphis, staphidos dried grapes, raisins.
castaniceps: Latin castaneus: chestnut-coloured; -ceps: -headed (caput head).

Indochinese yuhina or chestnut-collared yuhina 
(Staphida torqueola)
Khướu mào Đông Dương

The Indochinese yuhina or chestnut-collared yuhina (Staphida torqueola) is a bird in the family Zosteropidae.
Staphida is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae, formerly placed in the genus Yuhina.


Zosteropidae, Zosterops combines the Ancient Greek words zosteros "belt" or "girdle" and opos "eye".
Staphida: Greek staphis, staphidos dried grapes, raisins.
torqueola Latin torqueola necklace (Latin: torques collar).

Black-faced laughingthrush 
(Khướu mặt đen, Trochalopteron affine)

The black-faced laughingthrush (Trochalopteron affine) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Trochalopteron: the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".
affinae, affine, affinis Latin adfinis or affinis related, allied.

Black-Collared Starling
(Sáo sậu, Gracupica nigricollis)
Formerly placed in the genus Sturnus.

The black-collared starling (Gracupica nigricollis) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.

The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus which in Latin means starling.
The genus name Gracupica combines the Latin graculus meaning "jackdaw" (related to but smaller than crows and ravens) with pica meaning "magpie".
The specific epithet nigricollis is Latin for "black-necked": niger, meaning "black", and collis, meaning "neck".

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