General
Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Pinyin readings reflect standard Mandarin usage; for some dialect alternative names it may be of little practical use, especially for South China. Many Korean glosses are highly tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
In Chinese, the Darter is known as 蛇鹈 'snake-pelican'. Given the birds resemblance to a cormorant rather than a pelican, the name possibly originates in Japanese ヘビウ (蛇鵜) hebi-u 'snake cormorant'.
Species names
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Mongolian |
Anhinga melanogaster |
Darter Indian darter Asian darter |
黑腹蛇鹈 (黑腹蛇鵜) 'black-bellied snake pelican' |
アジアヘビウ (アジア蛇鵜) ajia hebi-u 'Asian snake cormorant' |
Chim Cổ rắn 'snake-necked bird' or Chim Điêng điểng 'dieng dieng bird' |
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