Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam
- Order: Coraciiformes
- Family: Alcedinidae
Alcedo is a genus of birds in the kingfisher subfamily Alcedininae.
The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.
1/ Common kingfisher, also known as the Eurasian kingfisher and river kingfisher (Bồng chanh, Alcedo atthis)
Atthis, a beautiful young woman of Lesbos, and favourite of Sappho.
2/ Blyth's kingfisher (Bồng chanh rừng, Alcedo hercules)
3/ Blue-eared kingfisher (Bói cá tai lam or tai xanh, Alcedo meninting)
The water kingfishers or Cerylinae are one of the three subfamilies of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers.
1/ Pied kingfisher (Bói cá nhỏ, Ceryle rudis)
The pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) is a species of water kingfisher widely distributed across Africa and Asia.
The water kingfishers or Cerylinae are one of the three subfamilies of kingfishers, and are also known as the cerylid kingfishers.
1/ Crested kingfisher (Bói cá mào or Bói cá lớn, Megaceryle lugubris)
- Order: Coraciiformes
Kingfishers are a family, the Alcedinidae, of small to medium-sized, brightly colored birds in the order Coraciiformes.
The name is from Latin alcēdō, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn): halcyon, kingfisher.
Kingfishers have three sub families:
- Alcedininae (River kingfishers or pygmy kingfishers)
Genera
+ Ispidina
+ Corythornis
+ Alcedo
+ Ceyx
- Halcyoninae (Tree kingfishers, also called wood kingfishers)
Genera
+ Actenoides
+ Caridonax
+ Cittura
+ Clytoceyx
+ Halcyon
+ Lacedo
+ Melidora
+ Pelargopsis
+ Tanysiptera
+ Dacelo
+ Syma
+ Todirhamphus
- Cerylinae,also known as the cerylid kingfishers (Water kingfishers or Cerylinae)
Genera
+ Megaceryle
+ Ceryle
+ Chloroceryle
A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes (from Latin passer 'sparrow' and formis '-shaped'), which includes more than half of all bird species.
The Coraciiformes are a group of usually colourful birds including:
1/ The kingfishers,
2/ The bee-eaters,
3/ The rollers,
4/ The motmots,
5/ The todies,
The name Coraciiformes means "raven-like". Specifically, it comes from the Latin language "corax", meaning "raven" and Latin "forma", meaning "form".
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Dicruridae
The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds and 31 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus.
1/ Black Drongo (Chèo bẻo, Dicrurus macrocercus)
2/ Hair-crested drongo (Chèo bẻo bờm, Dicrurus hottentottus)
3/ Lesser racket-tailed drongo (Chèo bẻo cờ đuôi bằng, Dicrurus remifer)
4/ Greater racket-tailed drongo (Chèo bẻo cờ đuôi chẻ, Dicrurus paradiseus)
5/ Crow-billed drongo (Chèo bẻo mỏ quạ, Dicrurus annectens)
6/ Bronzed drongo (Chèo bẻo rừng, Dicrurus aeneus)
7/ Ashy drongo (Chèo bẻo xám, Dicrurus leucophaeus)
- Order: Passeriformes
The drongos are a family, Dicruridae, of passerine birds of the Old World tropics. The 31 species in the family are placed in a single genus, Dicrurus.
Dicruridae, Dicrurus: derived from the Greek words dikros meaning forked, ouros meaning tailed.
Spizixos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family Pycnonotidae.
1/ Collared finchbill (Chào mào khoang cổ, Spizixos semitorques), also called black-headed finch-bill, Chinese finch-bill, Japanese finch-bill, collared finch-billed bulbul and Swinhoe's finch-billed bulbul
2/ Crested finchbill (Chào mào mỏ lớn, Spizixos canifrons)
Hemixos is a songbird genus in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
1/ Ashy bulbul (Cành cạch xám, Hemixos flavala)
found on the Indian subcontinent and in Southeast Asia.
habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Formerly, classified the ashy bulbul in the genera Hypsipetes and Microscelis.
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Pycnonotidae
Iole is a genus of songbirds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. They are native to tropical eastern Asia, from India to China and south through Southeast Asia to northern Indonesia.
Iole is a feminine name of Greek origin, meaning "violet flower."
1/ The grey-eyed bulbul (Cành cạch nhỏ, Iole propinqua)
is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia in its natural habitat of subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The grey-eyed bulbul was originally described in the genus Criniger and classified by some authorities within the genus Hypsipetes.
Ixos is a genus of passerine birds in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae.
1/ Streaked bulbul, or green-backed bulbul (Cành cạch Mã Lai, Ixos malaccensis)
Also known as Hypsipetes malaccensis. Not certain of the genus.
2/ Mountain bulbul (Cành cạch núi, Ixos mcclellandii), also known as green-winged bulbul, McClelland's bulbul, McClelland's rufous-bellied bulbul, mountain streaked bulbul, and rufous-bellied bulbul
Often placed in Hypsipetes, but seems to be closer to the genus Ixos, the Sunda bulbul.
Found in Southeast Asia, named after British East India Company Surgeon John McClelland.