Fringillidae / Họ Sẻ thồng

燕雀科 Yàn-què kē * 雀科 Què kē * アトリ科 Atori ka

In the interest of disambiguation, we follow Nguyen, Le, and Phillips in using Họ Sẻ thồng
Fringillidae in Japan Fringillidae in Taiwan

The same Vietnamese name is given to the Fringillidae and the Emberizidae by Vo Quy and Nguyen Cu: Họ Sẻ dồng. Nguyen, Le and Phillipps use the name Họ Sẻ thông for the Fringillidae.

General names

The following is based on analysis of dictionaries and other sources. Comments and corrections are welcome.

Vietnam does not have a large number of finch species and there is no unique name for the finches. Most of them are identified as some kind of Sẻ, normally referring narrowly to the sparrows, although it can be interpreted more broadly as covering sparrows and finches in general. To save clutter, in this table Sẻ is translated consistently as 'finch'.

One general V-E dictionary gives Chim sẻ khướư 'babbler finch bird' as the word for 'chaffinch', although these birds do not occur in Vietnam.

Under Vo and Nguyen's original scheme, the official names are deployed as follows:

Vietnamese name Genera Notes
Sẻ thông
'pine finch'
Greenfinches (Carduelis)  
Sẻ dồng
'field finch'
Brambling (Fringilla) Also used for the Buntings
Sẻ hồng
'rosy finches'
Rosefinches (Carpodacus)  
Sẻ
'sparrow/finch'
Bullfinches (Pyrrhula)  
Mỏ to
'large bill'
Scarlet Finch (Haematospiza)
Grosbeak (Coccothraustes = Eophona)
May be related to English 'grosbeak' or French gros-bec
Mỏ chéo
'oblique/slanting bill'
Crossbills (Loxia)  

In what appears to be an attempt to make the names more systematic, Nguyen, Le & Phillipps extend Sẻ thông 'pine finch' to four more species: the Brambling, the Eurasian Siskin, the Common Rosefinch, and the Brown Bullfinch. However, the unfortunate result of this is confusion in naming between the Brambling and the Black-headed Greenfinch, which is renamed as a Sẻ đồng, somewhat defeating the point of the exercise.

Vietnamese name Genera Notes
Sẻ thông
'pine finch'
Greenfinches (Carduelis)
Brambling (Fringilla)
Rosefinches (Carpodacus)
Bullfinches (Pyrrhula)
 
Sẻ đồng
'field finch'
Black-headed Greenfinch (Carduelis) Used only for this species so as to avoid confusion with the Brambling
Mỏ to
'large bill'
Scarlet Finch (Haematospiza)
Grosbeak (Eophona)
 
Mỏ chéo
'oblique/slanting bill'
Crossbills (Loxia)  

Species names

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FRINGILLINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN
VIETNAMESE
EAST ASIAN
S. E. ASIAN
Latin
English/French
Vietnamese
Other V
Chinese
Japanese
Thai
Malay
Indonesian
Fringilla                
Fringilla montifringilla
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Brambling
Mountain finch
Pinson du nord
Pinson des Ardennes
Sẻ đồng đầu đen
'black headed field finch' (= 'black headed bunting' - 'field finch' also refers to buntings)
Sẻ thông đầu đen
'black headed pine finch' (13)
›Note‹
Sẻ núi
'mountain finch'
燕雀
yàn-què
'swallow-finch'
Taiwan:
花雀
huā-què
'flowery finch'
アトリ
(花鶏, 猲子鳥)
atori
'atori' (first characters mean 'flower fowl', probably from Chinese; second characters origin unclear)
นกจาบปีกอ่อนอกสีส้ม
nók-jàap-bpèek-òn òk sĕe sôm
'orange-breasted finch'
   
 
CARDUELINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN
VIETNAMESE
EAST ASIAN
S. E. ASIAN
Latin
English/French
Vietnamese
Other V
Chinese
Japanese
Thai
Malay
Indonesian
Carduelis                
Carduelis sinica
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Oriental greenfinch
Grey-capped greenfinch
Greenfinch
Chinese greenfinch
Verdier de Chine
Sẻ thông đầu xám
'grey-headed pine-finch' (13)
  金翅雀
jīn-chì-què
'gold wing finch' (1, 2, 3, 4)
or
金翅
jīn-chì
'gold-wing' (Alternative in 1, 3, 5)
›Note‹
东方金翅
dōngfāng jīn-chì
'eastern gold-wing' (5)
Taiwan:
金翅雀
jīn-chì-què
'gold wing finch'
カワラヒワ
(河原鶸)
kawara hiwa
'river-bed hiwa'
    
Carduelis monguilloti Vietnamese greenfinch
Verdier du Vietnam
Sẻ thồng họng vàng
'golden-throated pine finch'
›Note‹
  越南金翅雀
Yuènán jīn-chì-què
'Vietnamese gold-wing finch' (4)
       
Carduelis ambigua Black-headed greenfinch
Yunnan greenfinch
Oustalet's Black-headed Greenfinch
Verdier d'Oustalet
Sẻ thông đầu đen
'black-headed pine-finch'
Sẻ đồng đầu đen
'black-headed field finch' (='black-headed bunting') (13)
›Note‹
  黑头金翅雀
hēi-tóu jīn-chì-què
'black-headed gold-wing finch' (1, 2, 3, 4)
黑头金翅
hēi-tóu jīn-chì
'black-headed gold-wing' (5. Alternative in 1, 3)
ズグロカワラヒワ
(頭黒河原鶸)
zu-guro kawara hiwa
'black-headed river-bed hiwa'
นกจาบปีกอ่อนเขียว
nók-jàap-bpèek-òn kĭeow
'green finch'
   
Carduelis spinus
link to photolink to photo
Eurasian siskin
Spruce siskin
Siskin
Tarin des aulnes
Sẻ thông Siskim
'siskin pine-finch' (13)
Hoàng yến
'yellow swallow'
黄雀
huáng-què
'yellow finch'
Taiwan:
黄雀
huáng-què
'yellow finch'
マヒワ
(真鶸)
ma-hiwa
'true hiwa'
    
Carpodacus                
Carpodacus nipalensis
link to photo
Dark-breasted rosefinch
Dark rosefinch
Roselin sombre
Sẻ hồng Nêpan
'Nepalese rosy finch'
›Note‹
  暗胸朱雀
àn-xiōng zhū-què
'dark-breasted vermilion finch'
クリムネアカマシコ
(栗胸赤猿子)
kuri-mune aka mashiko
'chestnut-breasted red mashiko'
นกจาบปีกอ่อนสีชมพูคล้ำ
nók-jàap-bpèek-òn sĕe-chom poo-klám
   
Carpodacus erythrinus
link to photo
Common rosefinch
Roselin cramoisi
Sẻ hồng mura
'mura rosy finch'
Sẻ thông mura
'mura pine finch' (13)
  普通朱雀
pǔtōng zhū-què
'common vermilion finch'
Taiwan:
普通朱雀
pǔtōng zhū-què
'common vermilion finch'
アカマシコ
(赤猿子)
aka mashiko
'red mashiko'
นกจาบปีกอ่อนสีกุหลาบ
nók-jàap-bpèek-òn sĕe-gù-làap
'rose-coloured finch'
   
Haematospiza                
Haematospiza sipahi Scarlet finch
Cipaye écarlate
Mỏ to lưng đỏ
'red-backed large-bill'
  血雀
xuè què
'blood finch'
シュイロマシコ
(朱色猿子)
shu-iro mashiko
'vermilion-coloured mashiko'
นกจาบปีกอ่อนสีแดง
nók-jàap-bpèek-òn sĕe-daeng
'red-coloured finch'
   
Loxia                
Loxia curvirostra
link to photo
Red crossbill
Crossbill
Bec-croisé des sapins
Mỏ chéo
'slanting/oblique bill '
  红交嘴雀
hóng jiāo-zuǐ-què
'red cross-billed finch'
イスカ
(交喙, 鶍)
isuka
'isuka' (1. means 'crossed bill' in Chinese; 2. is a Japanese creation)
     
Pyrrhula                
Pyrrhula nipalensis Brown bullfinch
Bouvreuil brun
Sẻ mỏ ngắn
'short-billed finch'
Sẻ thông mỏ ngắn
'short-billed pine finch' (13)
  褐灰雀
hè huī-què
'brown grey-finch'
Taiwan:
褐鷽
hè xué
'brown xue'
チャイロウソ
(茶色鷽)
cha-iro uso
'brown uso'
  Cakar Coklat
'brown cakar'
 
Eophona                
Eophona migratoria
Coccothraustes migratorius
link to photolink to photolink to photolink to photo
Yellow-billed grosbeak
Black-tailed hawfinch
Chinese grosbeak
Gros-bec migrateur
Mỏ to đầu đen
'black-headed large-bill '
  黑尾蜡嘴雀
hēi-wěi là-zuǐ-què
'black-tailed wax-billed finch'
Taiwan:
小桑鳲
xiǎo sāng-shī
'small mulberry shi'
コイカル
(小桑鳲, 小鵤, 小斑鳩 )
ko-ikaru
'small ikaru'
นกกระติ๊ดใหญ่ปากเหลือง    
Mycerobas                
Mycerobas melanozanthos
Coccothraustes melanozanthos
link to photo
Spot-winged grosbeak
Spotted-wing grosbeak
Gros-bec à ailes tachetées
Mỏ to cánh đốm
'spot-winged large-bill' (from Internet)
  黑腰拟蜡嘴雀
hēi-yāo nǐ-là-zuǐ-què
'black-rumped pseudo wax-billed finch' (2, 4)
白点翅拟蜡嘴雀
bái-diǎn chì nǐ-là-zuǐ-què
'white spotted wing pseudo wax-billed finch' (1, 3)
斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
bān-chì nǐ-là-zuǐ-què
'stripe-winged pseudo wax-billed finch' (5)
キバラクロシメ
(黄腹黒鴲, 黄腹黒蝋嘴)
ki-bara kuro shime
'yellow-bellied black shime'
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