What is that warbler with a grey cap and white eyerings in Vietnam?
1/ Alström's warbler
- Bright eyerings;
- Grey cap and nape with two black stripes on the two sides;
- Olive-green with yellow tone face;
- Olive green back with dark grey at the wing tips;
- Yellow underparts;
- No wingbars.
2/ Martens's warbler
3/ Gray-crowned warbler
- Not quite bright eyerings;
- A thin break at the rear of the eyering.
4/ White-speckled warbler
- Bright eyerings;
- Some have a grey face;
- Mostly olive green back;
- One wing bar.
5/ Bianchi's warbler
- Bright eyerings;
- One wing bar.
6/ Grey-cheeked warbler
- Eyering has a wide break on the upper side;
- Grey throated;
- Head head.
What is that raptor bird in Vietnam with reddish-browned back?
It is quite definitive the Common Kestrel or Eurasian Kestrel.
Further identification features:
- Black scaly patterns or chevrons all over the body (underparts and upperparts);
- Clear black marks from the eyes alongside the sides of the neck which look like 'tears'.
The difference between the White-hooded Babbler and the Collared Babbler:
1/ White-hooded Babbler: not clear mark between the neck and the breast.
2/ Collared Babbler: well-defined colors between the neck and the breast.
The difference between the Painted Stork and the Milky Stork in Vietnam:
1/ Painted Stork
- Painted stork has 'stain' like paint on the rump and upper tailcoverts.
- Some individuals have ashy-browned colors.
2/ Milky Stork
- Some individuals have ashy colors.
The difference between the Grey-bellied Tesia and the Slaty-bellied Tesia:
1/ Grey-bellied Tesia
- Black and yellowish-green eyebrow
2/ Slaty-bellied Tesia
- Black and olive and yellowish crown, no yellowish stripe.
The birds with a red head in Vietnam could be:
1/ Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker
(Dicaeum cruentatum)
Chim sâu lưng đỏ
Male: Remarkably with a scarlet or red stripe or line extending from the crown to the rump.
2/ Common flameback, also referred to as the common goldenback
(Gõ kiến vàng nhỏ, Dinopium javanense)
a woodpecker with a red head and golden color back.
3/ Red-Collared Woodpecker
Picus rabieri
4/ Red-headed trogon
(Nuốc bụng đỏ, Harpactes erythrocephalus)
Vietnam possesses an amazing avifauna that is surprising to quite a few birding enthusiasts and ornithologists. The country has diverse terrain and has the territory stretching in different climatic zones which helps to make the favorable habitats for different bird species.
