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.

Taiga flycatcher 
or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla, Đớp ruồi Taiga)

The taiga flycatcher or red-throated flycatcher (Ficedula albicilla) is a migratory bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird breeds in northern Eurasia from eastern Russia to Siberia and Mongolia. It is a winter visitor to South and South-east Asia in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Vietnam, and Japan.


The genus name Picedula is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (ficus, "fig") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter.
The specific name albicilla is from Latin albus, white, and Neo-Latin cilla tail; this meaning of cilla arose from a misunderstanding of motacilla, the name for the wagtail.

Grey Bush Chat 
Gray Bush Chat 
(Sẻ bụi xám, Saxicola ferreus)

The grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is found in the Himalayas, southern China, Taiwan, Nepal and mainland Southeast Asia.


Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
ferreus Latin ferreus like iron, iron-colour (ferrum iron).

Common Stonechat (Sẻ bụi đầu đen, Saxicola torquatus)
also African stonechat 
This species is considered superspecies now:
 African stonechat Saxicola torquatus in the strict sense
 European stonechat Saxicola rubicola
 Siberian stonechat Saxicola maurus
 Madagascar stonechat Saxicola sibilla


Newly added to this superspecies:
 Fuerteventura chat Saxicola dacotiae
 Reunion stonechat Saxicola tectes
 White-tailed stonechat Saxicola leucurus


Common stonechat is the name used for the Saxicola species Saxicola torquatus of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

 


The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World: ground-feeding, strong migratory.
Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
torquatus: Latin torquis (“a twisted neck chain, necklace, collar”), from torqueō (“to turn, twist, bend”), Latin torquatus collared (torques collar).

 

Pied Bushchat 
(Sẻ bụi đen, Saxicola caprata)

The pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) is a small passerine bird of the flycatcher family Muscicapidae found ranging from West Asia and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
caprata: Maria-capra was the name given to the Pied Bushchat by the inhabitants of the Luzon Island.

Jerdon's Bush chat 
(Sẻ bụi lưng xanh, Saxicola jerdoni)

Jerdon's bush chat (Saxicola jerdoni) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
The Jerdon's bush chat has an extremely large range and is native to Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.

 

Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World.
The Latin binomial commemorates the Norwegian ornithologist Leonhard Hess Stejneger.

Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) 
Sẻ bụi đầu đen


The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae).
The bird's breeding range: most of temperate Asia, from Siberia south to the Himalaya and southwest China, and west to eastern Turkey and the Caspian Sea area, far northeast of Europe, mainly in Russia, occasionally as far west as Finland.

The wintering range: from southern Japan south to Thailand and India, and west to northeast Africa. On migration, small numbers reach as far west as western Europe, and exceptionally as far east as Alaska in North America.

Saxicola in Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in. 
The stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World.
maurus, maura is Latinized from Greek maúros (μαύρος) "black".

Flavescent bulbul 
Also: Blyth's bulbul, flavescent green bulbul and round-tailed green bulbul,
(Bông lau vàng, Pycnonotus flavescens) 

The flavescent bulbul (Pycnonotus flavescens) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family of passerine birds. 
The bird is found in south-eastern Asia.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
flavescens Latin flavescens golden-yellowish (flavescere to become golden; flavus yellow, golden).

Yellow-vented bulbul, 
or eastern yellow-vented bulbul (Bông lau mày trắng, Pycnonotus goiavier)

The yellow-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus goiavier), or eastern yellow-vented bulbul, is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds, Pycnonotidae.
The bird is a resident breeder in southeastern Asia from Indochina to the Philippines.


Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).

Brown-breasted bulbul
also Anderson's Bulbul (Bông lau ngực nâu, Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) 

The brown-breasted bulbul (Pycnonotus xanthorrhous) is a songbird in the family Pycnonotidae. 
The bird is found in south-eastern Asia from central and southern China to Myanmar and northern Thailand.

Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
xanthorrhoa, xanthorrhous Gr. xanthos yellow; orrhos rump.

Irrawaddy Bulbul
or Streak-eared Bulbul, or Blanford's Olive Bubul (Bông lau tai vằn, Pycnonotus blanfordi)

The Ayeyarwady bulbul (Pycnonotus blanfordi) is a member of the bulbul family of passerine birds. 


Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).

Light-vented bulbul
also called the Chinese bulbul (Bông lau Trung Quốc, Pycnonotus sinensis)

The light-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus sinensis), also called the Chinese bulbul, is a species of bird in the bulbul family.
The bird is found in central and southern China, Hong Kong, Macao, northern Vietnam, southern Japan and Taiwan, with occasional records from South Korea. 


Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).

Red-whiskered bulbul
 or crested bulbul (Chào mào, Pycnonotus jocosus)

The red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus), or crested bulbul, is a passerine bird native to Asia.


Pycnonotus, Pycnonotidae: from Greek puknos "thick" or "compact" and -nōtos "-backed" (noton: back).
jocosa, jocosus Latin iocosus merry (iocus joke).

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