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.

Rufous-bellied niltava 
(Niltava sundara)

The rufous-bellied niltava (Niltava sundara) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Stripe-breasted: a white stripe (line) on the breast of the female;

The genus name Niltava is from the Nepali word Niltau for the rufous-bellied niltava.
The specific epithet sundara is a Latinised version of the Hindi word sundar, meaning "beautiful".

Ward's trogon 
(Nuốc đuôi hồng, Harpactes wardi)

Ward's trogon (Harpactes wardi) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae.
The bird is found in the northeastern parts of the Indian subcontinent stretching eastwards to Southeast Asia. It is found in Bhutan, India, Tibet, and Myanmar, no recent records in Vietnam.

The genus name Harpactes: The harpax or harpago (Koinē Greek: ἅρπαγα lit. "grabber, seizer, robber"; GEN ἅρπαγος harpagos)

Brown-cheeked fulvetta 
(Lách tách má nâu, Alcippe poioicephala) or brown-cheeked alcippe

The brown-cheeked fulvetta (Alcippe poioicephala) is a bird species belonging to the family Alcippeidae. 
This species is not closely related to the typical fulvettas which belong to the family Paradoxornithidae.

The brown-cheeked fulvetta is a resident breeding bird in Bangladesh, India and Southeast Asia.


Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.
poioicephala Greek phaios dusky, brown; -kephalos -headed.

Grey-cheeked fulvetta 
or Morrison's fulvetta (Lách tách má xám, Alcippe morrisonia)

The grey-cheeked fulvetta or Morrison's fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia) is a bird in the family Alcippeidae.

Alcippeidae, Alcippe: Greek Mythology Alcippe, daughter of Aries the god of war.

Large woodshrike 
(Phường chèo nâu hay Bách thanh nâu xám, Tephrodornis virgatus)

The large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus) is a bird species belonging to the Vangidae family, a medium-sized shrike-like bird.
The bird is found in south-eastern Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.

Compare:
- Common woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus): white brow.
- Large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus): No white brow.


The genus name Tephrodornis combines the Ancient Greek tephodes meaning "like ashes" or "ash-coloured" with ornis meaning "bird".
virgatus, virgata: Latin striped, streaked (virga: streak).

Common woodshrike 
(Phường chèo nâu mày trắng, Tephrodornis pondicerianus)

The common woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus) is a species of bird found in Asia.

Compare:
- Common woodshrike (Tephrodornis pondicerianus): white brow.
- Large woodshrike (Tephrodornis virgatus): No white brow.

The genus name Tephrodornis combines the Ancient Greek tephodes meaning "like ashes" or "ash-coloured" with ornis meaning "bird".
pondicerianus: Pondicherry (in India).

Slaty-bellied Tesia or Warbler 
(Chích đuôi cụt, Tesia olivea)

The slaty-bellied tesia (Tesia olivea) is a species of warbler in the family Cettiidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.


The genus Tesia is from the Nepalese word Tisi for the grey-bellied tesia.
olivea: Latin oliveus olive-coloured ( Latin oliva olive).

Yellow-browed Tit 
(Bạc má rừng or bạc má mày vàng, Sylviparus modestus)

The yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae. 
The bird is found in the southern Himalayas, Northeast India and southern China with smaller amounts in Southeast Asia. 

Paridae, Parus: Tit.
Sylviparus: from genus Sylvia for typical warblers; genus Parus: latin for tit.
modesta, modestum, modestus Latin modestus plain, modest, unassuming (modus measure, standard).

Great Tit 
(Bạc má lớn, Parus major)

The great tit (Parus major) is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae.
The bird has a wide distribution across much of Eurasia.


parus or paru: tit or chickadee.

Cinereous tit 
Also Asian Tit
(Parus cinereus)
Formerly treated as subspecies of the great tit (Parus major). 


The cinereous tit (Parus cinereus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. 
The distribution of this bird species extends from parts of West Asia across South Asia and into Southeast Asia.

parus or paru: tit or chickadee.
cinereus: Cinereous, ash gray

Green-backed flycatcher 
(Ficedula elisae)

The green-backed flycatcher (Ficedula elisae) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers.
The bird breeds in northeastern China and winters in southeast Asia.

Ficedula is a genus of passerine birds in the family Muscicapidae.
The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.

Slaty-backed flycatcher 
(Ficedula erithacus)

The slaty-backed flycatcher (Ficedula erithacus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is native to the eastern Himalayas, central China, Yunnan ; it winters to northern Indochina. 

The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
New Latin, from Greek erithakos, a bird, probably the robin.
erithacus Latin meaning "robin" and hence "red-breasted".

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