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.

Wayanad laughingthrush 
(Khướu bụng vằn, Pterorhinus delesserti)
Once placed in Crateropus, Dryonastes or Garrulax, Ianthocincla.

The Wayanad laughingthrush (Pterorhinus delesserti) is a species of laughingthrush in the family Leiothrichidae. It is endemic to the Western Ghats south of Goa in India.

Some resemblance to the rufous-vented laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis) of northeastern India which has a yellow throat. 
Some older treatments considered lumped delesserti with gularis.

The ranges of delesserti and gularis are widely disjunct but museum specimens can be told apart by the pale lower mandible of delesserti unlike the all dark bill of gularis. 
The tail is uniformly coloured and is darker than the back in delesserti while that of gularis is pale with rufous outer tail feathers. 
The chin is yellow in gularis while white in delesserti. 

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
The specific epithet was chosen to honour the French naturalist Adolphe Delessert who had collected specimens from near Kotagiri in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

White-browed laughingthrush 
(Bò chiêu, Pterorhinus sannio) 

The white-browed laughingthrush (Pterorhinus sannio) is a bird in the family Leiothrichidae. 
The bird is found in China, Hong Kong, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
sannio Latin for sannio jester, buffoon.

Chestnut-capped laughingthrush 
(Pterorhinus mitratus), also known as the spectacled laughingthrush

The chestnut-capped laughingthrush (Pterorhinus mitratus), also known as the spectacled laughingthrush, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in Sumatra (Indonesia) and the Thai-Malay Peninsula.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
mitrata, mitratus Latin mitratus crowned, mitred (mitra head-dress; Greek mitra cap, head-dress).

Masked laughingthrush 
(Bò chao, Liếu điếu, Pterorhinus perspicillatus)

The masked laughingthrush (Pterorhinus perspicillatus) is a species of laughingthrush found in China and Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
The specific epithet perspicillatus is Latin meaning "spectacled".

Rufous-vented laughingthrush 
(Pterorhinus gularis)

The rufous-vented laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae. 
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Laos, Myanmar, and Vietnam.

Pterorhinus is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
Earlier the species of this genus were placed in the genus Garrulax.
Latin gula throat; gularis: -throated; 

Greater necklaced laughingthrush 
(Pterorhinus pectoralis)
 formerly placed in the genus Garrulax.

The greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
pectoralis Latin pectoralis of the breast, or pectoral (from Latin pectus breast).

Black-throated laughingthrush 
(Khướu bạc má, Pterorhinus chinensis)
earlier placed in the genus Garrulax.

The black-throated laughingthrush (Pterorhinus chinensis) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. 

Compare:

  • Black-throated laughingthrush (Khướu bạc má, Pterorhinus chinensis): black hair stretches along the throat to the breast.
  • White-Cheeked Laughingthrush (Khướu đầu xám, Pterorhinus vassali): Black hair does not stretch into the breast.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name of the genus Pterorhinus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".

Black-Hooded Laughingthrush 
(Khướu đầu đen, Garrulax milleti)

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Garrulax comes from Latin garrire "to chatter".

The black-hooded laughingthrush is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
Traits: black bill, head, throat and breast, white behind eyes, white ring between neck and body.

Lesser necklaced laughingthrush 
(Khướu khoang cổ, Garrulax monileger)


The lesser necklaced laughingthrush (Garrulax monileger) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam.


Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Garrulax comes from Latin garrire "to chatter"; Latin garrulus: babbling, chattering; -ax inclining towards.
monileger
 monīle (genitive monīlis): necklace, collar.
 leger Borrowed from French léger, assumed to be from Latin leviarius, from levis (“light in weight”).

Orange-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax annamensis)
Khướu ngực hồng

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Garrulax comes from Latin garrire "to chatter".

Orange-breasted laughingthrush is a bird species native to Da Lat Plateau (Di Linh Plateau).

Spot-breasted Laughingthrush 
(Garrulax merulinus)

The spot-breasted laughingthrush (Garrulax merulinus) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
The bird is found in Yunnan, Northeast India, Laos, Myanmar, north-west Thailand, and northern Vietnam.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
Garrulax comes from Latin garrire "to chatter"; Latin garrulus: babbling, chattering; -ax inclining towards.

Collared laughingthrush 
(Khướu đầu đen má xám, Trochalopteron yersini)


Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".
The name Trochalopteron combines the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".

The collared laughingthrush, endemic to Vietnam, is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.

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