The difference between the Common Flameback and the Greater Flameback:
The difference between the Lesser Yellownape and the Greater Yellownape:
1/ Lesser Yellownape
- Head: with red colors;
- Underparts: Barred with white and gray;
2/ Greater Yellownape
- Head: without red colors;
- Underparts: all gray;
The difference between the Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo and the Large Hawk-Cuckoo:
1/ Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
- Smaller size, shorter tail in comparison with the body;
- Patterned back with warm coloration (reddish brown);
- Not well-defined streaks on the underparts;
2/ Large Hawk-Cuckoo
- Bigger size and longer tail compared to the body;
- Plain dark brown back (adult) or patterned back with gray and dark colors (juvenile), not warm coloration (juvenile);
- Well-defined, clear streaks on the breast and/or underparts;
The difference between the Spotted Dove and the Oriental Turtle-Dove:
How to identify the Thick-billed Green-Pigeon from other green-pigeons in the wild in Vietnam?
- Greenish bill with red base;
- Broad bluish-green eye ring.
The male of either of these two birds has an orange breast and the female has green mostly.
The birds in Vietnam with black eyeline could be:
1/ Pied triller (Lalage nigra)
2/ Some shrikes
3/ Some pittas
4/ Some barbets
These two birds are very similar white black face, white cheek, black throat, chestnut back.
The difference between the White-cheeked Laughingthrush and the Black-throated Laughingthrush:
How to identify the dark blue-and-orange niltavas in Vietnam?
These two birds are very similar with golden cap and throat, red front, green body with some parts blue...
The difference between the Golden-throated Barbet and the Necklaced Barbet:
1/ Golden-throated Barbet
- Uniform color on the cheek and lower throat.
2/ Necklaced Barbet
- Necklace line at the base of the throat.
The birds in Vietnam with black upperparts and white underparts could be:
1/ Jerdon's Bushchat
Saxicola jerdoni
Male
2/ Black-winged flycatcher-shrike (Hemipus hirundinaceus)
If we consider the hood of a bird including the head, the neck and throat, then what is the name of the bird in Vietnam with a white hood?
1/ White-headed Bulbul
Hypsipetes thompsoni
2/ Collared Babbler
Gampsorhynchus torquatus
3/ White-hooded babbler (Gampsorhynchus rufulus)
4/ White-crested Laughingthrush
Garrulax leucolophus
