Birds of Vietnam, Bird Species in Vietnam

Cuc Phuong National Park, Ninh Binh, Vietnam

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Pterorhinus is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.
The name of the genus combines the Ancient Greek pteron meaning "feather" with rhinos meaning "nostrils".
Earlier the species of this genus were placed in the genus Garrulax.

1/ Masked laughingthrush (Bò chao, Liếu điếu, Pterorhinus perspicillatus)
2/ Chestnut-capped laughingthrush (Pterorhinus mitratus), also known as the spectacled laughingthrush
3/ White-browed laughingthrush (Bò chiêu, Pterorhinus sannio) 

4/ Black-throated laughingthrush (Khướu bạc má, Pterorhinus chinensis)
earlier placed in the genus Garrulax.

5/ Wayanad laughingthrush (Khướu bụng vằn, Pterorhinus delesserti)
The specific epithet was chosen to honour the French naturalist Adolphe Delessert who had collected specimens from near Kotagiri in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Once placed in Crateropus, Dryonastes or Garrulax, Ianthocincla.

Some resemblance to the rufous-vented laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis) of northeastern India which has a yellow throat. 

Some older treatments considered lumped delesserti with gularis.

 The ranges of delesserti and gularis are widely disjunct but museum specimens can be told apart by the pale lower mandible of delesserti unlike the all dark bill of gularis. 
The tail is uniformly coloured and is darker than the back in delesserti while that of gularis is pale with rufous outer tail feathers. 
The chin is yellow in gularis while white in delesserti. 

6/ White-cheeked laughingthrush (Khướu đầu xám, Pterorhinus vassali)
formerly placed in the genus Garrulax.

7/ White-throated laughingthrush (Khướu họng vàng, Pterorhinus albogularis) 
 formerly placed in the genus Garrulax.

8/ Greater necklaced laughingthrush (Pterorhinus pectoralis)

 formerly placed in the genus Garrulax.

9/ Rufous-vented laughingthrush (Pterorhinus gularis)

The laughingthrushes are a family, Leiothrichidae, of Old World passerine birds. The family used to be included in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

Leiothrix Leiothrichidae Ancient Greek leios meaning "smooth" and thrix meaning "hair".

Timaliidae or the Old World babblers are a family of mostly Old World passerine birds.

Timaliidae, Timalia: The word "Timalo" originates in the Greek "Thimalos", which means "bird". This Greek root was adapted to Latin as "Timalus" and later to Portuguese as "Timalo".

Anthreptes is a genus of the sunbird family, Nectariniidae.

1/ Brown-throated sunbird (Hút mật họng nâu, Anthreptes malacensis), also known as the plain-throated sunbird

Brown-throated sunbird near Cat Tien National Park Vietnam
Brown-throated sunbird near Cat Tien National Park Vietnam
Brown-throated sunbird near Cat Tien National Park Vietnam
Brown-throated sunbird near Cat Tien National Park Vietnam
Brown-throated sunbird near Cat Tien National Park Vietnam
Brown-throated sunbird near Cat Tien National Park Vietnam

Brown-throated sunbird 
(Hút mật họng nâu, Anthreptes malacensis), also known as the plain-throated sunbird

The brown-throated sunbird (Anthreptes malacensis), also known as the plain-throated sunbird, is a species of bird in the family Nectariniidae. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in south-east Asia, ranging from Myanmar to the Lesser Sundas and west Philippines.

Leptocoma is a genus of sunbirds found from tropical South Asia to Papua New Guinea. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.
The name Leptocoma combines the Ancient Greek words leptos "delicate" or "fine" and kome "hair".

1/ Purple-throated sunbird (Hút mật họng hồng, Leptocoma sperata)
Earlier considered conspecific with Van Hasselt's sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana)
The specific name sperata is Latin for "bride" or "betrothed".

2/ Copper-throated sunbird (Hút mật lưng đen, Leptocoma calcostetha)
The species name calcostetha originates from the words khalkos which means bronze; and stēthos which means breast.

3/ Van Hasselt's sunbird (Leptocoma brasiliana)
Hút mật họng hồng

Cinnyris is a genus of sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Nectarinia.
The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.

1/ Purple sunbird (Hút mật họng đen, Cinnyris asiaticus) 

2/ Garden sunbird (Hút mật họng tím, Cinnyris jugularis)
previously known as the olive-backed sunbird.
The specific name jugularis is Medieval Latin for 'of the throat'.

3/ Ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus)

Purple sunbird 
(Hút mật họng đen, Cinnyris asiaticus) 

The purple sunbird (Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. 
The bird is found in parts of the Arabian peninsula and South and Southeast Asia. 

The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.

Ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus)

The ornate sunbird (Cinnyris ornatus) is a species of bird in the sunbird family Nectariniidae that is endemic to Mainland Southeast Asia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Lesser Sunda Islands.

The ornate sunbird is resident in Myanmar, southern China, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia.


The name Cinnyris is from the Ancient Greek kinnyris, an unknown small bird mentioned by Hesychius of Alexandria.
The specific epithet is Latin meaning "ornate" or "adorned".

Aethopyga is a genus of birds in the sunbird family Nectariniidae. 
Nectariniidae: New Latin, from Nectarinia, type genus + -idae.
The name combines the Ancient Greek aithos meaning "fire" or "burning heat" with puge meaning "rump".

1/ Crimson sunbird (Hút mật đỏ, Aethopyga siparaja)

2/ Fork-tailed sunbird (Hút mật đuôi nhọn, Aethopyga christinae)

3/ Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Hút mật họng vàng, Aethopyga gouldiae)
named after British bird artist Elizabeth Gould.

4/ Green-tailed sunbird (Hút mật Nê pan, Aethopyga nipalensis) or Nepal yellow-backed sunbird

5/ Black-throated sunbird (Hút mật ngực đỏ, Aethopyga saturata)

The genus Kurochkinegramma is a genus of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains only one species: The purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum).

1/ Purple-naped spiderhunter or purple-naped sunbird (Hút mật bụng vạch, Kurochkinegramma hypogrammicum)
formerly placed in the genus Hypogramma.

The genus Chalcoparia is a genus of the sunbird family Nectariniidae. The genus contains only one species: ruby-cheeked sunbird (Chalcoparia singalensis).
The genus name is from Ancient Greek khalkopareos meaning "with cheeks of bronze". 

1/ Ruby-cheeked sunbird (Hút mật bụng hung, Chalcoparia singalensis)
The specific epithet is from the erroneous type locality, Sri Lanka.

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