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.

Black-headed parrotbill 
(Paradoxornis margaritae)
Khướu mỏ dẹt đầu đen

The black-headed parrotbill, found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests in eastern Cambodia and southern Vietnam, belongs to the distinct family Paradoxornithidae.

Margarita, margaritae: In Latin from the Greek word margaritari (μαργαριτάρι), meaning pearl.

Grey-headed parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt đầu xám, Paradoxornis gularis)

The grey-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis gularis) is a parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae and is found in eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Indochina and Hainan.

Traits:
- Gray-headed, grey-headed;
- Black-throated;
- Yellow-billed, orange-billed;

Paradoxornithidae, Paradoxornis: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
gularis gula (“throat”).

White-breasted parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt to, Paradoxornis ruficeps)
Formerly considered conspecific with the rufous-headed parrotbill.

The white-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis ruficeps) is a bird species placed in the distinct family Paradoxornithidae.
The bird is found in Eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Chestnut-headed, rufous-headed, rufous-hooded, chestnut-hooded;
- White-throated;

Paradoxornithidae, Paradoxornis: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
ruficeps Latin rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed.

Spot-breasted parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt cằm đen, Paradoxornis guttaticollis)

The spot-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis guttaticollis) is a species of bird in the family Paradoxornithidae.
The bird is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Traits:
- Black-cheeked;
- Spot-breasted;
- Chestnut-capped.

Paradoxornithidae, Paradoxornis: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.
guttaticollis Latin guttatus spotted (gutta spot); Latin -collis -throated.

Rufous-headed parrotbill 
(Khướu mỏ dẹt to hay khướu mỏ dẹt đầu hung, Paradoxornis bakeri), 
or greater rufous-headed parrotbill

The rufous-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis bakeri), or greater rufous-headed parrotbill, is a parrotbill in the family Paradoxornithidae and is found in eastern Asia from the eastern Himalayas to Indochina: Eastern Himalaya, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam.

This species is confusingly similar to the white-breasted parrotbill (Paradoxornis ruficeps).

Paradoxornithidae, Paradoxornis: puzzling, paradox bird; Greek paradoxos extraordinary; ornis bird.

Yellow-bellied prinia 
(Chiền chiện bụng vàng, Prinia flaviventris)
The yellow-bellied prinia is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae.

Cisticoladae from Cisticola, which is from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell". ... cisticola)
flaviventris: New Latin; from flāvus (“yellow”) +‎ venter (“belly”)

Rufescent Prinia 
(Chiền chiện đầu nâu, Prinia rufescens)

The rufescent prinia (Prinia rufescens) is a species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. 
The bird is found in Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent (mainly in the northeast) and southern Yunnan.

Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
rufescens Latin reddish.

Grey-breasted prinia 
or Franklin's prinia 
(Chiền chiện lưng xám, Prinia hodgsonii)

The grey-breasted prinia or Franklin's prinia (Prinia hodgsonii) is a wren-warbler belonging to the family of small passerine birds Cisticolidae, found mainly in warmer southern regions of the Old World. 
This prinia is a resident breeder in the Indian subcontinent, Sri Lanka and southeast Asia.

Cisticolidae, Cisticolas (pronounced sis-TIC-olas): from Ancient Greek kisthos, "rock-rose", and Latin colere, "to dwell".
Prinia Javanese name Prinya for the Bar-winged Prinia (Prinia familiaris).

Ashy bulbul 
(Cành cạch xám, Hemixos flavala) 
Also Brown-backed bulbul
The ashy bulbul (Hemixos flavala) is a species in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.


Traits:
- The Hemixos lineage with its stark white throat;
- gray (grey) upper neck, nape and mantle;
- Olive wing;


Pycnonotidae
pycno-
 Pycnonotus
 puknos "thick" or "compact" and 
 -nōtos "-backed".

flava Latin flāvus: yellow, yellow colour.
ala wing.

Oriental pied hornbill, or Sunda pied hornbill (convexus), or Malaysian pied hornbill.
(Cao cát phương đông, Anthracoceros albirostris) 
albirostris

The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek words:
 - ανθραξ anthrax, ανθρακος anthrakos meaning "coal black" ,
 - and κερας keras, κερως kerōs meaning "horn".

albirostris: From albus (“white”) +‎ rōstrum (“beak”)

The oriental pied hornbill an Indo-Malayan pied hornbill of the family Bucerotidae.

Indochinese green magpie, also known as the yellow-breasted magpie 
(Gẻ cùi bụng vàng, Cissa hypoleuca)

The Indochinese green magpie is a small colorful bird native to the forests of China and Vietnam.
While most Cissa species have the lower body green, those in Vietnam and in southern Southeast Asia have the lower body yellow.

The name Cissa is from the Ancient Greek kissa meaning a "jay" or "magpie".
hypoleuca: from two Greek roots: hupo, "below", and leukos, "white".

 

Banded broadbill 
(Mỏ rộng hồng, Eurylaimus javanicus) 
Found in South-East Asia.

The genus means 'broad throat', from the Greek eurus ('broad, wide') and laimos ('throat').
The specific name javanicus comes from Java, the island on which it was discovered.

The species of bird found in the Eurylaimidae (typical broadbill family) found in Mainland Southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands.

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