Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in 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.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Chinese leaf warbler
(Phylloscopus yunnanensis)
The Chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Palla's Leaf Warbler
(Chích hông vàng, Phylloscopus proregulus)
Pallas's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus proregulus) or Pallas's warbler, is a bird that breeds in mountain forests from southern Siberia east to northern Mongolia and northeast China.
The bird is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in south China and adjacent areas of southeast Asia; recently increasing numbers have been found in Europe in autumn.
Identification:
- Big head;
- Three vertical stripes on the head which converge on the front;
- Bright yellow color on the front;
- Black eyeline;
- Bright yellow rump;
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
The specific proregulus is from Greek pro, "close to", and the name regulus, referring to the similar-looking goldcrest, Regulus regulus.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Gansu leaf warbler
(Phylloscopus kansuensis, Chích lá Cam Túc)
The Gansu leaf warbler (Phylloscopus kansuensis) is a small passerine bird known only from China.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Sichuan leaf warbler
(Phylloscopus forresti)
The Sichuan leaf warbler (Phylloscopus forresti) is a species of leaf warbler found in central China.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Radde's warbler
(Phylloscopus schwarzi)
Radde's warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi) is a leaf warbler which breeds in Siberia.
This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in Southeast Asia.
Radde's warbler breeds in southern parts of Central and Eastern Siberia as far east as Korea and Manchuria.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Yellow-streaked warbler
(Phylloscopus armandii)
The yellow-streaked warbler (Phylloscopus armandii) is a species of leaf warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
The bird breeds across much of China and migrates south to Yunnan and northern Southeast Asia.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Dusky warbler
(Phylloscopus fuscatus)
The dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus) is a leaf warbler which breeds in the east Palearctic.
This warbler is strongly migratory and winters in South Asia and South-east Asia, sometimes occurs in North America in Alaska, and has also occurred in California.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
The specific fuscatus is from Latin fuscus "dark".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Common chiffchaff
(Phylloscopus collybita), or simply the chiffchaff
The common chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita), or simply the chiffchaff, is a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds in open woodlands throughout northern and temperate Europe and the Palearctic.
The bird is a migratory passerine which winters in southern and western Europe, southern Asia and north Africa.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
collybita Latin collybista money-changer (> Greek kollubistes money-changer > kollubos small coin); in Normandy the Common Chiffchaff was known as “Compteur d’argent,” from its song resembling the chinking or ringing sound of coins.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Eastern crowned warbler
or Temminck's Crowned Willow Warbler
(Chích mào phương Đông, Phylloscopus coronatus)
The eastern crowned warbler (Phylloscopus coronatus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
The bird inhabits boreal and temperate forests in the east Palearctic.
The eastern crowned warbler breeds in eastern Siberia from the Argun River eastwards and southwards into western Manchuria and into central Sichuan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan. This bird winters in south-east Asia from eastern India and Bangladesh to Java.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
coronatus, coronata: Latin meaning "crowned".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Gray-crowned warbler
(Phylloscopus tephrocephalus)
The grey-crowned warbler (Phylloscopus tephrocephalus) is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
tephrocephalus
Ancient Greek tephodes meaning "like ashes" or "ash-coloured",
Cephalus: Ancient Greek: Κέφαλος Kephalos means "head".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Bianchi's warbler (Phylloscopus valentini)
Bianchi's warbler (Phylloscopus valentini) is a species of leaf warbler (family Phylloscopidae).
This species was formerly included in the "Old World warbler" assemblage.
The bird is found in China, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Phylloscopidae
- Genus: Phylloscopus
Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis)
also known as Omei warbler or Emei Shan warbler
Martens's warbler (Phylloscopus omeiensis), also known as Omei warbler or Emei Shan warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Phylloscopidae.
The bird is found in China and Myanmar.
Leaf warblers were formerly included in the Old World warbler family but are now considered to belong to the family Phylloscopidae, introduced in 2006.
The name Phylloscopus combines the Ancient Greek phullon meaning "leaf" and skopos meaning "seeker" (from skopeo, "to watch").