Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Long-tailed minivet 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.

(Bạc má lưng xanh, Parus monticolus)
parus or paru menas tit or chickadee.
The green-backed tit (Parus monticolus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae.

There is a species called Langbiang Tit in Da Lat (Vietnam) which may be considered a subspecies of the Green-Backed Tit.

Traits: white-cheeked, black head, black line stretching from lower mandible through throat, breast to belly, yellow sides.

parus or paru menas tit or chickadee.
monticolus: Name derived from Latin for a dweller in the mountains.

Dalat shrike-babbler 
(Pteruthius aeralatus annamensis)
Khướu mỏ quặp Đà Lạt
Da Lat Shrike-Babbler is endemic to southern Vietnam on the Da Lat Plateau, considered a subspecies of the white-browed shrike-babbler.

Trilling shrike-babbler 
(Khướu mỏ quặp cánh vàng, Pteruthius aenobarbus)

The trilling shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aenobarbus) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae.

Traits:
- white-eyed;
- dry-blood-color on the throat;
- black-white-stripe on the wings;

Vireonidae: Vireo / vireo Latin vireo small green migratory bird.
Pteruthius Greek pteron wing; eruthaino to dye red, to blush.
aenobarbus Latin aenobarbus red-bearded (aeneus of a bronze colour; barba beard).

Pied shrike-babbler 
(Khướu mỏ quặp mày trắng, Pteruthius flaviscapis)


The pied shrike-babbler (Pteruthius flaviscapis) is a bird species of the Vireonidae family.

Traits:
- white-throated;
- white-bellied (male), greyish-bellied (female);
- white-browed;
- wing color:black and orange for males; olive for females.
- male colors: black, orange, white;
- female colors: grey, white-greyish, olive. 


Vireonidae: Vireo / vireo Latin vireo small green migratory bird.
Pteruthius Greek pteron wing; eruthaino to dye red, to blush.
flaviscapis Latin flavus yellow; scapulae shoulders.

The scimitar babblers are birds in the genera Pomatorhinus and Jabouilleia of the large Old World babbler family of passerines(or Timaliidae).
Scimitar babblers have long, downward-curved bills and long tails. Most scimitar babblers are jungle species.

Wren-babblers are small Asian birds belonging to the babbler family Timaliidae of the order Passeriformes.
Wren-babblers are closely related to scimitar-babblers, but different: shorter-tailed, shorter and more straight bill.

(Lách tách họng hung, Schoeniparus rufogularis)
The rufous-throated fulvetta (Schoeniparus rufogularis) is a species of bird in the family Pellorneidae.

(Gà lôi trắng, Lophura nycthemera)
A species of pheasant found in forests, mainly in mountains, of mainland Southeast Asia and eastern and southern China.

It was placed in the genus Phasianus. 
For some time it was placed either in Euplocamus or Gennceus.
Today all major authorities place the silver pheasant in Lophura.

A male silver pheasant at a rescue center at Cuc Phuong National Park
A male silver pheasant at a rescue center at Cuc Phuong National Park

 

Edwards's pheasant (Gà lôi lam mào trắng, Lophura edwardsi) 
endemic to the seasonal tropical forests of central Vietnam.

Edwards's pheasant (Lophura edwardsi) is a bird of the pheasant family Phasianidae and is endemic to the seasonal tropical forests of central Vietnam. 


Galliformes is a scientific order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds (landfowl) named from Latin gallus ("cock/rooster") and forma ("shape/form").

Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).

The genus name combines the Ancient Greek λοφος/lophos meaning "crest" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail".

Vietnamese pheasant 
(Gà lôi lam đuôi trắng, Lophura hatinhensis), or Vietnam fireback, 

This bird was formerly considered a species of gallopheasant, Lophura hatinhensis, but is now considered a variant of Edward's pheasant.
Endemic to central Vietnam. Its range concentrates around Kẻ Gỗ Nature Reserve in Hà Tĩnh Province.


Galliformes is a scientific order of heavy-bodied, ground-feeding birds (landfowl) named from Latin gallus ("cock/rooster") and forma ("shape/form").

Phasianidae from Phasianus: Latin for "pheasant", derived from the Ancient Greek φἀσιἀνος, phāsiānos, meaning "(bird) of the Phasis", the River Phasis (now the Rioni) in Colchis on the east coast of the Black Sea (now western Georgia).

The genus name combines the Ancient Greek λοφος/lophos meaning "crest" with ουρα/oura meaning "tail".

Japanese thrush 
(Turdus cardis)
grey thrush or the Japanese grey thrush
Hoét bụng trắng

The Japanese thrush (Turdus cardis) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae.
Male: Black head and neck, ashy back, white belly blotched with black stains.
Female: Yellowish gray head and back, blotched breast with white and black, white and yellowish belly blotched with black stains.
Immature: Back like female, speckled with brownish neck, white and yellowish belly.

A male Japanese Thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park
A male Japanese Thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park
A male Japanese thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh, Vietnam
A male Japanese thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh, Vietnam
A male Japanese thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh, Vietnam
A male Japanese thrush at Cuc Phuong National Park in Ninh Binh, Vietnam

Black-breasted thrush 
Turdus dissimilis
Hoét ngực đen
dissimilis: Latin: unlike, dissimilar, different (as the opp. of similis and consimilis

The black-breasted thrush (Turdus dissimilis) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.

Male: The section from their head to the back of their neck and breast area is black, and the remaining areas at the top are slate gray. 
Female: Gray-brown from the eyes to the tail, and the section from their throat to their breast is a "diffused" or streaked shade of buff.

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