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
Leaf warblers are warblers of the genus phylloscopus, of the family Phylloscopidae.
Most leaf warblers have wingbars and what is that leaf warbler in Vietnam without wingbar?
1/ Tickell's leaf warbler (Phylloscopus affinis)
2/ Radde's warbler (Phylloscopus schwarzi)
3/ Yellow-streaked Warbler
Phylloscopus armandii
4/ Dusky warbler (Phylloscopus fuscatus)
5/ Buff-throated Warbler
Phylloscopus subaffinis
6/ Gray-hooded Warbler
Phylloscopus xanthoschistos
The birds in Vietnam with a chestnut throat (or dark-browned throat) could be:
1/ Black-eared shrike-babbler (Pteruthius melanotis)
Larks are similar to pipits in the wild given similarities in plumage and general appearance.
The difference between a lark and a pipit in Vietnam can be summarized as below.
What is that bird in Vietnam with chestnut ears?
1/ Chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata), also called grey-headed bunting or grey-hooded bunting
2/ Chestnut-eared laughingthrush
The birds in Vietnam with a White on the throat could be:
1/ White-gorgeted flycatcher (Anthipes monileger)
2/ Spot-necked babbler (Stachyris strialata)
The birds in Vietnam with a rufescent head (or a rufous head, or a reddish brown head, or a chestnut head, or a brown head) could be:
1/ Rufous-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis bakeri),
or greater rufous-headed parrotbill
2/ Short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana)
Both these two birds could have brownish head, rufous head or reddish brown head.
The difference between Rufous-headed Parrotbill and Short-tailed Parrotbill in Vietnam:
1/ Rufous-headed parrotbill (Paradoxornis bakeri), or greater rufous-headed parrotbill,
- Longer tail length per body;
- Whitish or beighe throat
2/ Short-tailed parrotbill (Suthora davidiana)
- Shorter tail length per body;
- Black throat
These two birds have similar colors which may cause confusion at at glance: blue nape, blue upperparts, brown underparts.
The difference between Blue-naped Pitta and Blue-rumped Pitta in Vietnam:
1/ Blue-naped pitta (Hydrornis nipalensis)
- Brown front;
- Brown face;
2/ Blue-rumped pitta (Hydrornis soror)
- Grey front;
- Some have gray face;
How to identify Gray-eyed Bulbul in Vietnam?
- Grey-eyed;
- White or whitish puffed throat;
- Unique feathers on the front, the crown and the nape which look like a low crest;
- Some have a rufous or reddish brown, or yellowish vent.
The birds in Vietnam with white eye-ring could be:
1/ The white-eye
2/ Some fulvetta (Grey-cheeked, Nepal, Yunnan fulvetta)
