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Pnoepyga is a genus of passerines endemic to southern and southeastern Asia. Its members are known as cupwings or wren-babblers. 

Pnoepyga, Pnoepygidae: pnoe [Greek] πνοή (pnoē): wind, breath, breeze, soul; pyga: puge meaning "rump".

1/ Scaly-breasted cupwing or scaly-breasted wren-babbler (Khướu đất đuôi cụt, Pnoepyga albiventer) 

2/ Pygmy cupwing (Khướu đất đuôi cụt Pigmi, Pnoepyga pusilla) or pygmy wren-babbler

Pnoepygidae of the bird order Passeriformes is a family for species known as cupwings or wren-babblers. Pnoepyga, Pnoepygidae: pnoe [Greek] πνοή (pnoē): wind, breath, breeze, soul; pyga: puge meaning "rump".

Pomatorhinus is a genus of scimitar babblers, jungle birds with long downcurved bills.

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".

Pomarinus Pomatorhinus / pomatorhinus Greek: poma,pomatos lid, cover; rhis, rhinos nostrils.

1/ White-browed scimitar babbler (Họa mi đất mày trắng, Pomatorhinus schisticeps) 

2/ Red-billed Scimitar-Babbler (Họa mi đất mỏ đỏ, Pomatorhinus ochraceiceps) 

3/ Black-crowned scimitar babbler (Họa mi đất ngực hung, Pomatorhinus ferruginosus)

4/ Streak-breasted scimitar babbler (Họa mi đất ngực luốc, Pomatorhinus ruficollis)

5/ Slender-billed scimitar babbler (Khướu mỏ cong, Pomatorhinus superciliaris) 
 formerly placed in the monotypic genus Xiphirhynchus.

Psarisomus is a genus of broadbills in the family Eurylaimidae of the order Passeriformes. 
The generic name Psarisomus comes from the name Psaris, a synonym of Tityra and the Greek word soma for "body".

1/ Long-tailed broadbill (Mỏ rộng xanh, Psarisomus dalhousiae)

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.

The shrike-babblers are a group of small birds in the genus Pteruthius in the family Vireonidae of the order Passeriformes.

Vireonidae: Vireo / vireo Latin vireo small green migratory bird.
Pteruthius Greek pteron wing; eruthaino to dye red, to blush.

1/ Black-headed shrike-babbler (Khướu mỏ quặp bụng hung, Pteruthius rufiventer)

2/ Trilling shrike-babbler (Khướu mỏ quặp cánh vàng, Pteruthius aenobarbus)

3/ Pied shrike-babbler (Khướu mỏ quặp mày trắng, Pteruthius flaviscapis)

4/ Black-eared shrike-babbler (Khướu mỏ quặp tai đen, Pteruthius melanotis) 

5/ White-browed shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus)
Khướu mỏ quặp Blyth

6/ Dalat shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus annamensis)
Khướu mỏ quặp Đà Lạt
A sub-species of White-browed shrike-babbler (Pteruthius aeralatus)

7/ Clicking Shrike-Babbler (Pteruthius intermedius)
Khướu mỏ quặp cánh vàng

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.

The family Rhipiduridae are small insectivorous birds of Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent that includes the fantails and silktails.
The family is of the order  Passeriformes.

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

Schoeniparus is a genus of passerine birds in the family Pellorneidae.
The species in genus Schoeniparus were until recently placed in the genus Alcippe with other fulvettas.
The English name of species of this genus are not a close relative of the "typical" fulvettas, which are now in the genus Fulvetta.

1/ Rufous-winged fulvetta (Lách tách đầu đốm, Schoeniparus castaneceps)

2/ Dusky fulvetta (Lách tách đầu nâu, Schoeniparus brunneus)

3/ Rufous-throated fulvetta (Lách tách họng hung, Schoeniparus rufogularis)

4/ Yellow-throated fulvetta (Lách tách họng vàng, Schoeniparus cinereus)

5/ Rusty-capped fulvetta (Lách tách đầu hung, Lách tách chóp bạc màu, Schoeniparus dubius)

6/ Black-crowned fulvetta (Schoeniparus klossi)
Lách tách gáy đen

The nuthatches constitute a genus, Sitta, of small passerine birds belonging to the family Sittidae.
The nuthatches are all in the genus Sitta, a name derived from sitte, Ancient Greek for this bird.
The English term nuthatch refers to the propensity of some species to wedge a large insect or seed in a crack and hack at it with their strong bills.

Spelaeornis, the typical wren-babblers, is a bird genus in the family Timaliidae. 

1/ Naga wren-babbler or long-tailed wren-babbler (Khướu đất đuôi dài, Spelaeornis chocolatinus)

Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.
The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stakhus meaning "ear of wheat" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils".

1/ Grey-throated babbler (Khướu bụi đầu đen, Stachyris nigriceps)
The specific epithet nigriceps is from Latin niger meaning "black" and "-ceps" meaning "-headed".

2/ Spot-necked babbler (Khướu bụi đốm cổ, Stachyris strialata) 

3/ Sooty babbler (Khướu đá mun, Stachyris herberti)

Staphida is a genus of passerine birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae.
Formerly placed in the genus Yuhina.

1/ Striated yuhina (Khướu mào khoang cổ, Staphida castaniceps)

Stenostiridae, or the fairy flycatchers,are a family of small passerine birds proposed as a result of recent discoveries in molecular systematics. They are also referred to as stenostirid warblers.

Suthora is a genus of parrotbills in the family Paradoxornithidae of the order    Passeriformes.

1/ Vinous-throated parrotbill (Khướu mỏ dẹt bé, Suthora webbiana) 
The specific name webbiana commemorates the English botanist Philip Barker Webb. The species is sometimes referred to as Webb's parrotbill.

2/ Short-tailed parrotbill (Khướu mỏ dẹt đuôi ngắn, Suthora davidiana)

3/ Black-throated parrotbill (Khướu mỏ dẹt họng đen, Suthora nipalensis)

4/ Ashy-throated parrotbill (Khướu mỏ dẹt Vân Nam, Suthora alphonsiana)

5/ Golden parrotbill (Khướu mỏ dẹt vàng, Suthora verreauxi)

6/ Brown-winged parrotbill (Khướu mỏ dẹt cánh nâu, Suthora brunnea)

Timalia is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family Timaliidae.

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".

1/ Chestnut-capped babbler (Hoa mi nhỏ, Timalia pileata)

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".

Trochalopteron is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.
The name combines the Ancient Greek trokhalos meaning "round" or "bowed" with pteron meaning "wing".

1/ Red-winged laughingthrush (Khướu cánh đỏ, Trochalopteron formosum) 

2/ Collared laughingthrush (Khướu đầu đen má xám, Trochalopteron yersini)
endemic to Vietnam.

3/ Chestnut-crowned laughingthrush (Khướu đầu hung, Trochalopteron erythrocephalum)

4/ Red-tailed laughingthrush (Khướu đuôi đỏ, Trochalopteron milnei)

5/ Black-faced laughingthrush (Khướu mặt đen, Trochalopteron affine)

6/ Golden-winged laughingthrush (Khướu Ngọc Linh, Trochalopteron ngoclinhense)

7/ Scaly laughingthrush (Trochalopteron subunicolor)

8/ Blue-winged laughingthrush (Khướu vảy, Trochalopteron squamatum)

The family Vangidae (from vanga, Malagasy for the hook-billed vanga, Vanga curvirostris) comprises a group of often shrike-like medium-sized birds distributed from Asia to Africa, including the vangas of Madagascar to which the family owes its name.