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.

White-bellied redstart 
(Luscinia phaenicuroides)

The white-bellied redstart (Luscinia phaenicuroides) is a species of bird of the family Muscicapidae.
The bird is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam


Luscinia: luscinia Latin for nightingale; luscus (Latin for "half-blind", "half-understood" etc.) possibly meaning little seen.
phaenicuroides: from the genus Phoenicurus of the redstarts and Greek -oides: resembling.
phoenicurus: Greek phoinix crimson, red, purple; -ouros -tailed.

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)

The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

This bird species is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in Europe and across the Palearctic.
The bird winters in the Iberian Peninsula, the northern half of Africa, and in southern Asia (among others including the Indian subcontinent).

Luscinia: luscinia Latin for nightingale; luscus (Latin for "half-blind", "half-understood" etc.) possibly meaning little seen.
The specific epithet svecica is Modern Latin meaning "Swedish".

Larvivora is a genus of small passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that occur in central and eastern Asia.
The word Larvivora comes from the Neo-Latin larva meaning caterpillar and -vorus meaning eating (vorace to devour).

1/ Rufous-tailed robin  (Oanh cổ trắng, Larvivora sibilans)
Also pseudorobin, red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's red-tailed robin, Swinhoe's robin, Swinhoe's pseudorobin, Swinhoe's nightingale or whistling nightingale.
sibilans is Latin for "whistling".

2/ Siberian Blue Robin (Oanh lưng xanh, Larvivora cyane)

3/ Japanese robin (Larvivora akahige, Hoét mặt đỏ)

The magpie-robins or shamas (from shama, Bengali and Hindi for Copsychus malabaricus) are medium-sized insectivorous birds (some also eat berries and other fruit) in the genus Copsychus.
formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly and capere to catch.

The name Copsychus is from the Ancient Greek kopsukhos or kopsikhos, meaning "blackbird".

1/ Oriental Magpie-Robin (Chích chòe than, Chia Voi Than, Copsychus saularis)

2/ White-rumped shama (Chích chòe lửa, Copsychus malabaricus)

The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia).
Muscicapa comes from the Latin musca meaning a fly, and capere to catch.

Formerly, three families Muscicapidae, Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Turdidae (thrushes) were placed in the Muscicapidae.
The extended flycatcher family that also included Timaliidae (Old World babblers) and Monarchidae (Monarch flycatchers). 

Later  DNA–DNA hybridization studies found the family should be split into several separate families.

Sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
Formerly placed in the genus Grus.

The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large nonmigratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

Antigone is a genus of large birds in the crane family Gruidae. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Grus.
The specific epithet is based on the Greek mythology:  Antigone was the daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon. 
The author appears to have confused this myth with that of Gerana, queen of the pigmies, who considered herself more beautiful than Hera and was turned into a crane.
The common name sarus is from the Hindi name (sāras) for the species. The Hindi word is derived from the Sanskrit word sarasa for the "lake bird", (sometimes corrupted to sārhans)...

Antigone is a genus of large birds in the crane family Gruidae. The species in this genus were formerly placed in the genus Grus.
The specific epithet is based on the Greek mythology:  Antigone was the daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon. 
The author appears to have confused this myth with that of Gerana, queen of the pigmies, who considered herself more beautiful than Hera and was turned into a crane.

1/ Sarus crane (Antigone antigone)
Formerly placed in the genus Grus.
The common name sarus is from the Hindi name (sāras) for the species. The Hindi word is derived from the Sanskrit word sarasa for the "lake bird", (sometimes corrupted to sārhans)...

Black-necked crane (Sếu xám, Grus nigricollis) 

The black-necked crane (Grus nigricollis) is a medium-sized crane in Asia that breeds on the Tibetan Plateau and remote parts of India and Bhutan.

The the Latin word grus means "crane".
The specific epithet nigricollis is Latin for "black-necked": niger, meaning "black", and collis, meaning "neck".

Common crane 
(Sếu cổ trắng, Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane

The common crane (Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane, is a bird of the family Gruidae, the cranes. 
The common cranes winter in the northern half of the Indian subcontinent including Pakistan are those breeding in central Russia. These birds also winter in Burma, Vietnam and Thailand.

The the Latin word grus means "crane".

Grus is a genus of large birds in the crane family.
The the Latin word grus means "crane".

1/ Common crane (Sếu cổ trắng, Grus grus), also known as the Eurasian crane

2/ Black-necked crane (Sếu xám, Grus nigricollis) 

Cranes are a type of large bird with long legs and necks in the biological family Gruidae of the order Gruiformes.
The family name Gruidae comes from the Latin word grus meaning "crane".

Houbaropsis is a bird genus comprising bustards, including floricans and korhaans, are large, terrestrial birds in the family Otididae, formerly known as Otidae.

1/ Bengal florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis), also called the Bengal bustard

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