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.

Golden-breasted fulvetta 
(Lách tách ngực vàng, Lioparus chrysotis)

The golden-breasted fulvetta (Lioparus chrysotis) is a species of songbird of the family Paradoxornithidae.
The bird species is found in central Nepal through Bhutan, northern India and Myanmar to western China and northern Vietnam.

Paradoxornithidae: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
Lioparus: Greek leios smooth; Latin Parus: tit.
chrysotis: Greek khrusos gold; -otis: -eared.

Brown-crowned scimitar babbler 
(Pomatorhinus phayrei)

The brown-crowned scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus phayrei) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae. 
The bird is found in Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and China. 

Compare:
- White-browed scimitar babbler: white brow, black stripe through the eye, rufous color at the base of the neck, yellow bill.
- Brown-crowned scimitar babbler: white brow, black stripe through the eye to the side of the neck, thin black band on the white brow, red bill.
- Red-billed scimitar babbler: white brow, black stripe through the eye to the side of the neck, no black color on the white brow, red bill.

Coral-billed scimitar babbler has been split into two species:
- Black-crowned scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
- Brown-crowned scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus phayrei

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".
Pomarinus Pomatorhinus / pomatorhinus Greek: poma,pomatos lid, cover; rhis, rhinos nostrils.

Black-crowned scimitar babbler 
(Họa mi đất ngực hung, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus)

The black-crowned scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ferruginosus) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.

The bird is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal, and China.

Coral-billed scimitar babbler has been split into two species:
- Black-crowned scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus
- Brown-crowned scimitar babbler, Pomatorhinus phayrei

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".
Pomarinus Pomatorhinus, pomatorhinus Greek: poma,pomatos lid, cover; rhis, rhinos nostrils.
ferruginosus Latin ferruginosus rusty, ferruginous (ferrugo iron rust).
ferruginus Latin ferruginus rusty, ferruginous.

Slender-billed scimitar babbler 
(Khướu mỏ cong, Pomatorhinus superciliaris) 
 formerly placed in the monotypic genus Xiphirhynchus.

The slender-billed scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus superciliaris) is a passerine bird in the Old World babbler family. 
The bird is found from the Himalayas to north-western Vietnam.

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".
Pomarinus Pomatorhinus, pomatorhinus Greek: poma,pomatos lid, cover; rhis, rhinos nostrils.
Latin superciliaris: From Latin supercilium +‎ -āris: eyebrow; supercilium: eyelid.

Streak-breasted scimitar babbler 
(Họa mi đất ngực luốc, Pomatorhinus ruficollis)

The streak-breasted scimitar babbler (Pomatorhinus ruficollis) is a species of bird in the family Timaliidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam.

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".
Pomarinus Pomatorhinus, pomatorhinus Greek: poma,pomatos lid, cover; rhis, rhinos nostrils.
ruficollis is from Latin rufus "red" and Modern Latin -collis, "-necked".

Red-tailed laughingthrush 
(Khướu đuôi đỏ, Trochalopteron milnei)

The red-tailed laughingthrush (Trochalopteron milnei) is a species of bird in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae. 
The bird species is found in the montane forests of Myanmar, Laos, southern China and central 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".

Red-winged laughingthrush 
(Khướu cánh đỏ, Trochalopteron formosum) 

The red-winged laughingthrush (Trochalopteron formosum) is a bird species in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in south-west China (Sichuan, Yunnan and Guangxi provinces) and north-west 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".
formosum, formosus Latin formosus beautiful (forma beauty).

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.

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