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Passeriformes

  • Acrocephalidae

    The Acrocephalidae (the reed warblers, marsh- and tree-warblers, or acrocephalid warblers) are a family of oscine passerine birds, in the superfamily Sylvioidea.

    The family is from the name of the genus Acrocephalus from Ancient Greek akros, "highest", and kephale, "head". 
    It is possible that the Naumanns thought akros meant "sharp-pointed".

  • Actinodura

    The barwings are the genus Actinodura of passerine birds in the family Leiothrichidae.
    The name Actinodura is derived from Greek words meaning "ray-like tail" (actinodes and ura).

    1/Spectacled barwing (Khướu đuôi vằn Vân Nam, Actinodura ramsayi)

    2/ Blue-winged minla (Khướu lùn cánh xanh, Actinodura cyanouroptera), also known as the blue-winged siva
     Formerly placed in the genus Minla and also in the monotypic Siva.

    3/ Bar-throated minla or chestnut-tailed minla (Khướu lùn đuôi hung, Actinodura strigula), or bar-throated siva
    Earlier placed in the genus Minla.

    4/ Black-crowned barwing (Khướu vằn đầu đen, Actinodura sodangorum)
     The epithet sodangorum came from the Sodang tribe (also known as Xo Dang) which lives in Ngoc Linh and other areas in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos where black-crowned barwings are distributed.

    5/ Streaked barwing (Khướu vằn gáy xanh, Actinodura souliei)

  • Aegithinidae

    The ioras are a small family, Aegithinidae, of four passerine bird species found in south and southeast Asia.
    Aegithinidae is from the genus Aegithina which is from  Ancient Greek aigithos or aiginthos, a mythical bird mentioned by Aristotle and other classical authors.
    In Greek Baby Names the meaning of the name Iora is: Pure.

  • Aethopyga

    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)

  • Alaudidae

    Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae.

  • Alcippe

    Alcippe is a genus of passerine birds in the monotypic family Alcippeidae of the order Passeriformes.

    1/ Brown-cheeked fulvetta (Lách tách má nâu, Alcippe poioicephala) or brown-cheeked alcippe

    2/ Grey-cheeked fulvetta or Morrison's fulvetta (Lách tách má xám, Alcippe morrisonia)

    3/ Mountain fulvetta (Lách tách vành mắt, Alcippe peracensis)

  • Alcippeidae

    Alcippe is a genus of passerine birds in the monotypic family Alcippeidae of the order Passeriformes.
    Many species of this family were previously placed in families Pellorneidae or Timaliidae.

  • Anthreptes

    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

  • Arachnothera

    The genus Arachnothera, part of the sunbird family Nectariniidae, contains birds known as spiderhunters.
    The genus name Arachnothera means "spider hunter" and the species epithet refers to the long beak.

    1/ Spectacled spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng vàng, Arachnothera flavigaster)

    2/ Streaky-breasted spiderhunter (Bắp chuối bụng xám, Arachnothera affinis)

    3/ Streaked spiderhunter (Bắp chuối đốm đen, Arachnothera magna)

    4/ Yellow-eared spiderhunter (Bắp chuối má vàng, Arachnothera chrysogenys)

    5/ Little spiderhunter (Bắp chuối mỏ dài, Arachnothera longirostra)

  • Artamidae

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

  • Artamus

    Woodswallows are soft-plumaged, somber-coloured passerine birds in the genus Artamus of the family Artamidae.
    The generic name, which in turn gives rise to the family name, 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

  • Calyptomena

    Calyptomena is a genus containing three green birds in the broadbill family Calyptomenidae that are found in Southeast Asia.
    The genus name combines Ancient Greek kaluptos meaning "covered" with mene meaning "moon".

    1/ Green broadbill (Mỏ rộng xồm, Calyptomena viridis) also known as the lesser green broadbill
    Formerly classified in the family Eurylaimidae, a group of closely related birds that share the name "broadbill".

  • Calyptomenidae

    Calyptomenidae is a family of passerine birds found in Africa, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.

  • Campephagidae

    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.”

  • Cecropis

    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)

  • Cettiidae

    Cettiidae is a newly validated family of small insectivorous songbirds ("warblers"), formerly placed in the Old World warbler "wastebin" assemblage. It contains the typical bush warblers (Cettia) and their relatives. As a common name, cettiid warblers is usually used.

  • Chrysomma

    Chrysomma is a songbird genus, closely related to the parrotbills, and is a member of the family Paradoxornithidae.
    The genus name combines the Ancient Greek khrusos meaning "gold" and omma meaning "eye".

    1/ Yellow-eyed babbler (Hoa mi mỏ ngắn, Hoa mi mat vang, Chrysomma sinense)

  • Cinclidae

    Cinclidae, which is comprised of one genus Cinclus, is a bird family of the order Passeriformes. A study in 2002 showed that the dipper family, Cinclidae, is most closely related to the thrush family, Turdidae.

  • Cinclus

    Cinclus, commonly known as dippers, is the only genus in the family Cinclidae of the order Passeriformes.
    The name cinclus is from the Ancient Greek word kinklos that was used to describe small tail-wagging birds that resided near water.

    1/ Brown dipper (Lội suối, Cinclus pallasii), also known as Pallas's dipper, Asian dipper or the Asiatic dipper

  • Cinnyris

    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'.

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