Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

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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.

The rosefinches are a genus, Carpodacus, of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae.
The genus name is from the Ancient Greek terms karpos, "fruit", and dakno, "to bite".

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

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

The Oriental grosbeaks (Eophona) are a genus of finches containing two species in the family Fringillidae.
The name Eophona is derived from the classical Greek words eos meaning "dawn" and phone meaning "shout" or "cry".

1/ Yellow-billed grosbeak, or black-tailed hawfinch (Mỏ to đầu đen, Eophona migratoria)

Pyrrhula is a small genus of passerine birds, commonly called bullfinches, belonging to the finch family (Fringillidae).

1/ Brown Bullfinch (Mỏ ngắn, Pyrrhula nipalensis)
2/ Grey-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythaca), Gray-headed bullfinch, or Beavan's Bullfinch

Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.
Pyrrhula comes from the Greek word pyrrhoulas (πυρρούλας), meaning "worm-eating bird" or a "flame-colored bird". This name was given by Aristotle to a small, reddish bird he identified, though the bullfinch it refers to is actually mostly vegetarian. 

Crossbills are birds of the genus Loxia within the finch family (Fringillidae), with six species.
The genus name is from the Ancient Greek loxos, "crosswise".

1/ Red crossbill or common crossbill (Mỏ chéo, Loxia curvirostra)
curvirostra is Latin for "curved bill".

The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.
The family includes the canaries, siskins, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias,...

Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.

Emberiza is the single genus of Old World passerine birds in the family Emberizidae.

The buntings are a group of Old World passerine birds forming the genus Emberiza, the only genus in the family Emberizidae.

The scientific name for the bunting family, Emberizidae, originates from the Old German word "emberitz" meaning "bunting" or "hammer,". 
The genus Emberiza is of Germanic origin, referring to the common bunting bird. 

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