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.

Small minivet 
(Phường chèo nhỏ, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

The small minivet (Pericrocotus cinnamomeus) is a small passerine bird. 
The bird is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia.

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”
The genus name comes from Ancient Greek peri - 'very', and krokotus 'saffron-coloured'.
cinnamomeus Latin for cinnamon-coloured.

Ashy minivet 
(Phường chèo trắng lớn, Pericrocotus divaricatus)

The ashy minivet (Pericrocotus divaricatus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia belonging to the minivet genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

The bird breeds in south-east Siberia, north-east China, Korea and Japan, and winters in South and South-east Asia as far south as Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines.

Traits:
- Black-lored;
- White-throated;
- White-underpart;

- Male: Black-naped, white-fronted;
- Female: ashy head, ashy nape and ashy mantle.

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”
The genus name comes from Ancient Greek peri - 'very', and krokotus 'saffron-coloured'.
divaricatus Latin divaricatus spread out.

The minivets are passerine birds belonging to the genus Pericrocotus in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”

The genus name comes from Ancient Greek peri - 'very', and krokotus 'saffron-coloured'.

1/ Swinhoe's minivet or the brown-rumped minivet (Phường chèo cánh trắng, Pericrocotus cantonensis)

2/ Long-tailed minivet (Phường chèo đỏ đuôi dài, Pericrocotus ethologus) 

3/ Orange minivet (Phường chèo đỏ lớn, Pericrocotus flammeus)
The species name flammeus has its roots in Latin, meaning 'fiery' or 'flame-coloured' (flamma - 'flame').

4/ Short-billed minivet (Phường chèo đỏ mỏ ngắn, Pericrocotus brevirostris)

5/ Rosy minivet (Phường chèo hồng, Pericrocotus roseus)

6/ Grey-chinned minivet (Phường chèo má xám, Pericrocotus solaris)

7/ Small minivet (Phường chèo nhỏ, Pericrocotus cinnamomeus)

8/ Ashy minivet (Phường chèo trắng lớn, Pericrocotus divaricatus)

9/ Scarlet minivet (Phường chèo đỏ, Pericrocotus speciosus) 
From speciēs (“appearance”) +‎ -osus (“-ose, -ous, forming adjectives”).
speciōsus good-looking, handsome, beautiful

Campephagidae containing the cuckooshrikes and allies is a family of passerine birds found in the subtropical and tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia.
Cuckooshrikes are not closely related to either the cuckoos or to the shrikes.

Campephagidae: New Latin, from Campephaga, type genus (from Greek kampē caterpillar + New Latin -phaga) + -idae; 'Phago' is a term used as a prefix in Latin meaning 'Eating' or 'swallowing'. Phago ultimately comes from the Greek phageîn, which means “to eat, devour.”

Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus of the family Artamidae.
The generic name Artamus is derived from the Ancient Greek artamos, meaning butcher or murder.

1/ Ashy woodswallow (Nhạn rừng, Artamus fuscus), sometimes also called the ashy swallow-shrike

Artamidae is a family of passerine birds found in Australia, the Indo-Pacific region, and Southern Asia.

The crag martins are four species of small passerine birds in the genus Ptyonoprogne of the swallow family.
The genus name is derived from the Greek ptuon meaning "a fan", referring to the shape of the opened tail.

1/ Dusky crag martin (Nhạn nâu hung, Ptyonoprogne concolor)
Procne is the name of a mythological girl who was turned into a swallow.

Sand martin 
(Nhạn nâu xám, Riparia riparia), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin

The sand martin (Riparia riparia), also known as the collared sand martin or common sand martin, and in the Americas as the bank swallow, is a migratory passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae.

In summer, the bird has is found in  the the whole Holarctic area, from Europe, across Asia to the Pacific Ocean, and throughout North America. 
It winters in eastern and southern Africa, southern Asia, and South America.

Hirundinidae is from the Latin Hirundo for a swallow.
The genus name Riparia is from the Latin riparius which means "of the riverbank"; it is derived from the Latin ripa "riverbank".

Riparia is a genus of passerine birds in the swallow family Hirundinidae.
The genus name is from the Latin riparius which means "of the riverbank"; it is derived from the Latin ripa "riverbank".

1/ Brown-throated martin or brown-throated sand martin (Riparia paludicola)
The specific epithet paludicola is Latin meaning "marsh-dweller" (from palus, paludis meaning "swamp" and -cola meaning "dweller".

2/ Sand martin (Nhạn nâu xám, Riparia riparia), also known as the bank swallow (in the Americas), collared sand martin, or common sand martin

Delichon is a small genus of passerine birds that belongs to the swallow family and contains four species called house martins.
The name of the genus, "Delichon", is an anagram of the Ancient Greek term chelidon meaning swallow.

1/  Asian house martin (Nhạn hông trắng Á châu, Delichon dasypus)
dasypus is from Greek meaning "rough-legged".

2/ Nepal house martin (Nhạn hông trắng Nêpan, Delichon nipalense)
nipalense refers to Nepal, where the type specimen was obtained.

3/ Western house martin (Nhạn hông trắng Xibêri, Delichon urbicum), sometimes called the common house martin, northern house martin or, particularly in Europe, just house martin
The species name urbicum (urbica until 2004, due to a misunderstanding of Latin grammar) means "of the town" in Latin.

4/ Siberian house martin or eastern house martin (Delichon lagopodum)

The bird genus Hirundo is a group of passerines in the family Hirundinidae (swallows and martins). The genus name is Latin for a swallow.

1/ Barn swallow (Nhạn bụng trắng, Hirundo rustica)

2/ Wire-tailed swallow (Nhạn đầu hung, Hirundo smithii)

3/ Pacific swallow (Nhạn đuôi đen, Hirundo tahitica) 

Cecropis is a genus of large swallows found in Africa and tropical Asia in the family Hirundinidae of the order Passeriformes.
The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek Kekropis "Athenian woman".

1/ Rufous-bellied swallow (Nhạn bụng hung, Cecropis badia)

2/ Striated swallow (Nhạn bụng vằn, Cecropis striolata)

3/ Red-rumped swallow (Nhạn bụng xám, Cecropis daurica)

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