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.

Tree Pipit 
( Anthus trivialis)

The tree pipit (Anthus trivialis) is a small passerine bird that breeds throughout most of Europe and the Palearctic as far east as the East Siberian Mountains.

The Wagtails, the pipits and longclaws form the family Motacillidae (Họ Chìa vôi).
Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
The genus name Anthus is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands.
The specific trivialis means "common" or "ordinary" (from Latin trivium meaning "public street").

Water Pipit 
(Chim manh Nhật Bản, Anthus spinoletta)

The water pipit (Anthus spinoletta) is a small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and the Palearctic eastwards to China.

The Wagtails, the pipits and longclaws form the family Motacillidae (Họ Chìa vôi).
Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
The genus name Anthus is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands.
The specific spinoletta is a local dialect word for a pipit from the Florence area of Italy.

New Zealand Pipit 
(Anthus novaeseelandiae)

The New Zealand pipit (Anthus novaeseelandiae) is a fairly small passerine bird of open country in New Zealand and outlying islands.

The Wagtails, the pipits and longclaws form the family Motacillidae (Họ Chìa vôi).
Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
The genus name Anthus is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands.

Red-throated Pipit 
(Chim manh họng đỏ, Anthus cervinus)

The red-throated pipit (Anthus cervinus) is a small passerine bird of the family Motacillidae.
The bird breeds in the far north of Europe and the Palearctic. 
It is a long-distance migrant, wintering to Africa and South-East Asia and the west coast of the United States, is vagrant to Western Europe.

The Wagtails, the pipits and longclaws form the family Motacillidae (Họ Chìa vôi).
Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
The genus name Anthus is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands.
The specific name cervinus means "stag-coloured", from Latin cervus, "stag".

Rosy Pipit 
(Chim Manh Hồng, Anthus roseatus)

The rosy pipit (Anthus roseatus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. 
The bird is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, South Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The Wagtails, the pipits and longclaws form the family Motacillidae (Họ Chìa vôi).
Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
The genus name Anthus is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands.

Forest Wagtail 
(Chìa vôi rừng, Dendronanthus indicus)

The forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) is a passerine bird in the wagtail family Motacillidae.
The bird is found mainly in forested habitats, breeding in the temperate parts of east Asia and wintering across tropical Asia from India to Indonesia.

Dendronanthus: "Dendron" (δένδρον) is the Greek word for "tree"; Anthus introduced for the pipits.
The specific epithet is from Latin indicus meaning "Indian".

Upland pipit 
(Anthus sylvanus)

The upland pipit (Anthus sylvanus) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. 
The bird is found in Afghanistan, China, Hong Kong, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.

The Wagtails, the pipits and longclaws form the family Motacillidae (Họ Chìa vôi).
Passeriformes, Passerina, passerina: Latin passerinus sparrow-like, (i.e. sparrow-sized) (passer sparrow).
Motacillidae, Motacilla: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
The genus name Anthus is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands.
sylvanus Latin silvanus of the woods (silva woodland).

Olive-Backed Pipit 
(Anthus hodgsoni)
Chim manh Vân Nam

The olive-backed pipit (Anthus hodgsoni) is a small passerine bird of the pipit (Anthus) genus, which breeds across southern, north central and eastern Asia, as well as in the north-eastern European Russia.

Motacillidae: From Latin motacilla (“wagtail”).
The genus name Anthus is from Latin and is the name for a small bird of grasslands.

Grey-backed shrike 
(Bách thanh lưng xám, Lanius tephronotus)

The grey-backed shrike (Lanius tephronotus) is a bird in the family Laniidae inhabiting South-east Asia.


Laniidae, Lanius: derived from the Latin word for "butcher".
tephronota, tephronotum, tephronotus: Greek tephros ash-coloured; -notos-backed (noton back).

Common Hill Myna
Sometimes spelled "mynah", or hill myna or myna bird
(Yểng, Nhông, Gracula religiosa)

The common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is a bird species of the starling Sturnidae family.

The Sturnidae are named for the genus Sturnus which in Latin means starling.
The genus name is from Latin graculus, an unknown bird sometimes identified as the western jackdaw.
The specific name religiosa may allude to the practice of teaching mynas to repeat prayers.

Streaked barwing 
(Khướu vằn gáy xanh, Actinodura souliei)

The streaked barwing (Actinodura souliei) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

The species is found distributed at elevations of 1,700 to 3,000 meters in China in Sichuan and Yunnan, as well as northwestern Vietnam in provinces such as Lai Châu, Lào Cail, Hà Giang, Điện Biên, Sơn La, and Yên Bái.


Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).

Spectacled barwing 
(Khướu đuôi vằn Vân Nam, Actinodura ramsayi)

The spectacled barwing (Actinodura ramsayi) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).

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