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Cephalopyrus is a genus of birds in the tit family bird species assigned to the family Paridae.

1/ Fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps)

Paridae: New Latin, from Latin Parus, type genus + -idae.
parus or paru: Latin for tit or chickadee.

Cephalopyrus scientific name is a combination of two Ancient Greek words:
 Kephale (κεφαλή): Meaning "head".
 Purrhos (πυρρός): Meaning "flame-colored", "red", or "orange" (derived from pyr, meaning "fire").

Coal tit (Periparus ater)

The coal tit (Periparus ater) is a passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. 
The bird is found throughout the temperate to subtropical Palearctic, including North Africa.

Paridae is from Parus, Latin for for tit or chickadee.

The genus name, is Ancient Greek peri plus the pre-existing genus Parus.
parus or paru: Latin for tit or chickadee.
In Latin, "-parus" is a suffix (from pariō, meaning "to give birth" or "to produce").

The genus name Periparus combining Ancient Greek and Latin:
- Prefix (Greek): Derived from \(\pi\epsilon\rho\text{í}\) (peri), meaning "very," "around," or "near".
- Suffix (Latin): Derived from Parus, which is the classic Latin word for a titmouse or tit.

The specific ater is Latin for "dull black".

Fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps)
once considered to be a kinglet but is today treated as a tit.

The fire-capped tit (Cephalopyrus flammiceps) is a bird species assigned to the tit family Paridae.

The bird breeds in the temperate forest in the Himalayas, China, Myanmar. This species winters migrating to lower altitudes and/or further south.

Paridae: New Latin, from Latin Parus, type genus + -idae.
parus or paru: Latin for tit or chickadee.

Cephalopyrus scientific name is a combination of two Ancient Greek words:
 Kephale (κεφαλή): Meaning "head".
 Purrhos (πυρρός): Meaning "flame-colored", "red", or "orange" (derived from pyr, meaning "fire").

The specific epithet flammiceps is a compound word derived from Latin roots
 Flammi-: From the Latin noun flamma, meaning "flame".
 -ceps: From the Latin noun caput (stem: capit-), meaning "head".

The sultan tit (Melanochlora sultanea) is an Asian forest bird with a yellow crest, dark bill, black upperparts plumage and yellow underparts. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Melanochlora, which is fairly distinct from the Parus tits with the nearest relative being the monotypic Sylviparus.

Paradiae is from Parus Latin for tit.
Melanochlora / melanochloros Greek melas black;
khloros; green, yellow.

1/ Sultan Tit (Melanochlora sultanea, Chim mào vàng) 

The tits, chickadees, and titmice (titmouses) constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which are found mostly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Species found in North America are referred to as chickadees; species found elsewhere in the world are called tits.

Parus is a genus of Old World birds in the tit family, formerly a large genus containing most of the 50 odd species in the family Paridae. In 2013, the genus was split into different genera based on detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis.

Periparus is a genus of birds in the tit family Paridae. 
The genus includes bird species which were formerly included in the genus Parus. 

Poecile is a genus of Old World birds in the tit family, formerly a large genus containing most of the 50 odd species in the family Paridae. In 2013, the genus was split into different genera based on detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis.

Rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris)

The rufous-vented tit (Periparus rubidiventris) is an Asian songbird species in the tit and chickadee family of Paridae.

The genus name, is Ancient Greek peri plus the pre-existing genus Parus.
parus or paru: Latin for tit or chickadee.
In Latin, "-parus" is a suffix (from pariō, meaning "to give birth" or "to produce").

The genus name Periparus combining Ancient Greek and Latin:
- Prefix (Greek): Derived from \(\pi\epsilon\rho\text{í}\) (peri), meaning "very," "around," or "near".
- Suffix (Latin): Derived from Parus, which is the classic Latin word for a titmouse or tit.

rubidiventris: "red-bellied" or "rufous-vented": 
- Rubidus: Latin for "red," "ruddy," or "deep red".
- Ventris: Latin for "belly" or "underbelly".

The yellow-browed tit (Sylviparus modestus) is a species of bird in the family Paridae, in the monotypic genus Sylviparus.

1/ Yellow-browed Tit (Bạc má rừng or bạc má mày vàng, Sylviparus modestus)