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.

Dicaeum is a genus of birds in the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae, a group of passerines tropical southern Asia and Australasia from India east to the Philippines and south to Australia.


The name Dicaeum is from the Ancient Greek dikaion. Cuvier claimed that this was a word for a very small Indian bird.

1/ Plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum)
Chim sâu bình nguyên

2/ Fire-breasted flowerpecker (Dicaeum ignipectus)
Chim sâu ngực đỏ

3/ Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
Chim sâu lưng đỏ

4/ Orange-bellied flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma) 
Chim sâu ngực xám

5/ Nilgiri flowerpecker (Dicaeum concolor)
Chim sâu vàng lục

Eurasian Jay 
(Quạ thông, Garrulus glandarius) 

The Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a species of passerine bird in the crow family Corvidae. 

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Birdlife International split the Eurasian jay into three species:
- Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius);
- The subspecies Garrulus glandarius leucotis becomes the white-faced jay (Garrulus leucotis);
- The bispecularis group containing six subspecies becomes the plain-crowned jay (Garrulus bispecularis).

Corvina ( Coracina) / corvina Latin corvinus raven-like, raven-black (corvus raven).
The name Garrulus is a Latin word meaning chattering, babbling or noisy.
The specific epithet glandarius is Latin meaning "of acorns".

Indochinese Cuckooshrike 
(Phường chèo xám nhỏ, Lalage polioptera)

The Indochinese cuckooshrike (Lalage polioptera) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. 

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”
The genus name is from Ancient Greek lagages, an unidentified bird mentioned by the Greek lexicographer Hesychius of Alexandria.
polioptera / poliopterus: Greek polios pale, grey; -pteros -winged (pteron wing, feather).

Black-winged cuckooshrike 
(Phường chèo xám, Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike

The black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia.

The genus name is from Ancient Greek lagages, an unidentified bird mentioned by the Greek lexicographer Hesychius of Alexandria.
melaschistos Greek melas black; Late Latin schistus slate (> Latin lapis schistos fissile stone > schistos split).

Long-Tailed Minivet 
(Phường chèo đỏ đuôi dài, Pericrocotus ethologus) 

The long-tailed minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”
The genus name comes from Ancient Greek peri - 'very', and krokotus 'saffron-coloured'.

ethologus: Latin from Greek ethologos: mimic.

The Annam minivet (Pericrocotus ethologus annamensis) is considered a subspecies of the long-tailed minivet.

Necklaced Barbet
(Psilopogon auricularis) 
Cu rốc họng vàng

The necklaced barbet (Psilopogon auricularis) is an Asian barbet species found in Laos and southern Vietnam.

Megalaimidae: ‘large throat’ in Greek: megalos great; laimos throat.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".
auricularis: From auricula (“the external ear; the ear”) +‎ -āris (“-ar”, adjectival suffix).

Red-Vented Barbet 
(Thầy chùa đít đỏ, Psilopogon lagrandieri)

The red-vented barbet (Psilopogon lagrandieri) is an Asian barbet native to Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia.


Piciformes, picidae, picus: woodpecker
Megalaima means ‘large throat’ in Greek.
The name Psilopogon combines the Ancient Greek psilos meaning "bare" and pōgōn meaning "beard".

Blue-Winged Minla (Khướu lùn cánh xanh, Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva

The blue-winged minla (Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

The Plain Minla found in Da Lat Vietnam may be a subspecies of the Blue-Winged Minla, or maybe treated as a separate species.

The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).
cyanouroptera Greek kuanos dark-blue; -ouros -tailed; (oura tail); -pteros -winged (pteron wing).

Rufous-Backed Sibia 
(Khướu lùn lưng hung, Mi lưng nâu, Leioptila annectens)

The rufous-backed sibia (Leioptila annectens) is a passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

Aegithalos is a genus of passerine birds in the family Aegithalidae (bushtits), encompassing majority of the species in the family.

Aegithalidae: the Ancient Greek word aigithalos for a tit.

1/     Black-throated bushtit, also known as the black-throated tit or red-headed tit (Bạc má đuôi dài, Agegithalos concinnus)

 

Grey-Crowned Tit 
Gray-Crowned Bushtit 
(Aegithalos Annamensis, Bạc má đuôi dài đầu xám)

Grey-Crowned Tit (Aegithalos Annamensis) found in Da Lat (Central Highlands of Vietnam) is considered by some authorities a subspecies of the the black-throated tit or black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus). 
The former does not have a chestnut-colored cap as the latter.


Aegithalidae: the Ancient Greek word aegithalos for a tit.
concinnus: con +cinnus: neat, elegant, clever; pretty, pleasing.

Black-Throated Bushtit, also known as the black-throated tit or red-headed tit 
(Bạc má đuôi dài, Aegithalos concinnus)

The black-throated bushtit (Aegithalos concinnus), also known as the black-throated tit, is a very small passerine bird in the family Aegithalidae.

Grey-Crowned Tit (Aegithalos Annamensis) found in Da Lat (Central Highlands of Vietnam), which does not have a chestnut-colored cap, remains to be separated from the Black-Throated Bushtit.

Aegithalidae: the Ancient Greek word aegithalos for a tit.
concinnus: con +cinnus: neat, elegant, clever; pretty, pleasing.

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