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.

Mirafra is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Some Mirafra species are called "larks", while others are called "bush larks". 
They are found in Africa except for the singing bush lark that is found through South Asia to Australia.

1/ Singing bush lark or Horsfield's bush lark (Sơn ca Java, Mirafra javanica)

Alaudidae is from Alauda for lark in Latin.
The exact etymological origin of "Mirafra" is unknown, but the Latin root "mirus" (meaning "wonderful" or "wondrous") is a possibility, as the name is given to a genus of larks, birds known for their song. 

Oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula), also known as the small skylark,
eastern skylark, Indian skylark and lesser skylark.

The Oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula), also known as the small skylark, is a species of skylark found in the Sino-Indian region and parts of central Asia.


The current genus name Alauda is from Latin alauda, "lark".
The meaning of the specific epithet gulgula is uncertain but is perhaps a reference to the song as gula is Latin for "throat" or may be the color of the "gulgula" or a sweet.

Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis) 
Other names: the Asiatic short-toed lark, eastern short-toed lark (a name also used by the steppe greater short-toed lark), grey short-toed lark, Mongolian short-toed lark (not to be confused with the species of the same name, Calandrella dukhunensis), salined lark and salt-marsh lark.

The Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis) is a lark in the family Alaudidae. 
This bird species is found from south-central to eastern Asia.

The family name Alaudidae, the genus name alauda are from Latin alauda, "lark".

Alauda is a genus of larks found across much of Europe, Asia and in the mountains of north Africa...
The current genus name is from Latin alauda, "lark".

1/ Oriental skylark (Alauda gulgula), also known as the small skylark,
eastern skylark, Indian skylark and lesser skylark.
The meaning of the specific epithet gulgula is uncertain but is perhaps a reference to the song as gula is Latin for "throat" or may be the color of the "gulgula" or a sweet.

Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae.
The genus name is from the Ancient Greek spinos, a name for a now-unidentifiable bird.
All of the species in the genus, except for the Tibetan serin, were formerly included in the genus Carduelis. 

1/ Eurasian siskin (Sẻ thông Siskim, Spinus spinus)
The English name is from German dialect sisschen or zeischen.

The greenfinches are small passerine birds in the genus Chloris in the subfamily Carduelinae within the Fringillidae.
The greenfinches were formerly placed in the genus Carduelis.
The genus name is from Ancient Greek khloris, the European greenfinch, from khloros, "green".

1/ Black-headed greenfinch (Sẻ núi, Chloris ambigua)
The specific epithet ambigua is from the Latin ambiguus for "doubtful".

2/ Vietnamese greenfinch (Chloris monguilloti)
the specific epithet was chosen to honour Maurice Antoine François Monguillot, the General Secretary of French Indochina.

 

The genus Procarduelis is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae.

1/ Dark-breasted rosefinch (Sẻ hồng Nê pan, Procarduelis nipalensis)
 formerly placed in the genus Carpodacus.

Brambling (Sẻ núi, Sẻ đồng đầu đen, Sẻ đồng họng hồng, Fringilla montifringilla) 

The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. 
This species has also been called the cock o' the north and the mountain finch. 

This bird is widespread, in the breeding season, throughout northern Europe and east across the Palearctic. 
This species is migratory, wintering in southern Europe, North Africa, northern India, northern Pakistan, China, and Japan.
Brambling has been sighted during the migration season at Cuc Phuong National Park in northern Vietnam.


The genus name Fringilla is Latin for "finch".
Montifringilla is from Latin mons, montis mountain.
The English name "bramlyng" (Bram "loud" + lyng "lung") was used in 1544 by the English naturalist William Turner, but later in the 16th century the current spelling "brambling" was used.

The genus Fringilla is a small group of finches from the Old World, which are the only species in the subfamily Fringillinae.
The genus name Fringilla is Latin for "finch".

1/  Brambling (Sẻ núi, Sẻ đồng đầu đen, Sẻ đồng họng hồng, Fringilla montifringilla) 
Montifringilla is from Latin mons, montis mountain.

Common rosefinch (Sẻ hồng mura, Carpodacus erythrinus) or scarlet rosefinch
The specific erythrinus is from Latin erythros, "red".

The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) or scarlet rosefinch is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Asia and Europe.

The bird breeds from the Danube valley, Sweden, and Siberia to the Bering Sea; the Caucasus, northern Iran and Afghanistan, the western Himalayas, Tibet and China; to Japan between latitudes 25° and 68°. 

This bird species winters from southern Iran to south-east China, India, Burma, and Indochina. 

Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.
The genus name is from the Ancient Greek terms karpos, "fruit", and dakno, "to bite".
The specific epithet erythrinus is from Latin erythros, "red".

Scarlet finch (Mỏ to lưng đỏ, Carpodacus sipahi) 
formerly placed in the monotypic genus Haematospiza.


The scarlet finch (Carpodacus sipahi) is a small passerine bird of the genus rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. 
The bird is found in the Himalayas from Uttarakhand state in the Indian Himalayas eastwards across Nepal, stretching further east to the adjacent hills of Northeast India and Southeast Asia as far south as Thailand.

The genus name is from the Ancient Greek terms karpos, "fruit", and dakno, "to bite".
The species name sipahi comes from the Hindustani word sipahi for a soldier or the Anglicised form sepoy, for the red uniform worn by those in the employment of the East India Company.

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